Eight Cavaliers go for gold

Current students and alumni represented four countries in the Summer Games.

By Heather Ferngren Morton (MA, English '00)

If you just couldn’t fund a trip to Sydney this past September, chances are that one of your fellow Wahoos could give you a first-hand report, and maybe even a backstage glimpse, of the 2000 Summer Olympic Games. Eight Cavaliers — current students as well as recent alumni — represented four countries in the Summer Olympics, proving that our “Academical Village” is more than merely academic — and maybe even just a little more cosmopolitan than your ordinary village.

Athlete, Year Major Country Sport

Medals

Mirjana Bosevska ’03 College Former Yugoslav Swimming:
800m freestyle
200m butterfly
400m ind. medley
 
Ed Moses ’02 Sports Medicine U.S. Swimming:
400m medley
100m breaststroke
Gold
Silver
Shamek Pietucha ’99 Biology Canada Swimming:
400m medley
100m butterfly
200m butterfly
 
Pathunyu “Guy” Yimsomruay ’03
College Thailand Swimming:
200m ind. medley
 
Dawn Staley ’92 Rhetoric & Communication U.S. Basketball Gold
Jeff Agoos ’91 Marketing & Business Admin U.S. Soccer  
Chris Albright ’98* College U.S. Soccer  
Ben Olsen ’99* College U.S. Soccer  

*left the University before completing his degree