NAU has been well represented in the Olympic Games. Ten former Lumberjacks have qualified for their countries, and a former NAU coach also will be in Beijing.<\/p>\n
Maya Benzora<\/strong>, 1984, Israel, track and field Ron Mann<\/strong>, NAU alumnus and former head coach of the NAU track and field team, will be assistant coach for the U.S. Olympic Track and Field team in Beijing.<\/p>\n NAU’s Center for High Altitude Training connection United States – Track and Field<\/strong> Australia – Swimming<\/strong> Australia – Track and field<\/strong> Austria – Swimming<\/strong> Brazil – Swimming<\/strong> Bulgaria – Swimming<\/strong> Canada – Swimming<\/strong> Canada – Track and field<\/strong> Canada – Triathlon<\/strong> Denmark – Swimming<\/strong> Germany – Swimming<\/strong> Germany – Track and Field<\/strong> Great Britain – Track and Field<\/strong> Ireland – Track and Field<\/strong> Italy – Swimming<\/strong> Japan – Swimming<\/strong>
\nVictor Castillo<\/strong>, 2004, Venezuela, long jump
\nAngela Chalmers<\/strong>, 1988, 1992, Canada, track and field
\nSamantha George<\/strong>, 2000, Canada, track and field
\nLopez Lomong<\/strong>, 2008, United States, 1,500 meters
\nAndrew Mavis<\/strong>, 2000, Canada, basketball
\nKristian Pettersson<\/strong>, 2000, Sweden, throws
\nJama Pile<\/strong>, 1996, Samolia, track and field
\nAnna Soderberg<\/strong>, 2000, 2004, Sweden, discus
\nAnthony Wilson<\/strong>, 1996, Canada, track and field<\/p>\n
\nEighty-two athletes who trained at NAU’s Center for High Altitude Training have qualified to compete for their country’s 2008 Olympic teach. The list is partial because some Olympic rosters have not been announced.<\/p>\n
\nAbdi Abdirahman
\nAnthony Famiglietti
\nBernard Lagat
\nLopez Lomong
\nMagdalena Lewy-Boulet<\/p>\n
\nEamon Sullivan
\nStephanie Rice<\/p>\n
\nNathan Deakes
\nCraig Mottram
\nBenita Johnson<\/p>\n
\nMirna Jukic<\/p>\n
\nRodrigo Castro
\nThiago Pereira
\nPoliana Okimoto<\/p>\n
\nMike Alexandrov<\/p>\n
\nMike Brown
\nJoel Greenshields<\/p>\n
\nAchraf Tadili
\nGary Reed<\/p>\n
\nSimon Whitfield
\nPaul Tichelaar
\nColin Jenkins
\nLauren Groves<\/p>\n
\nMads Gl\u00e6sner
\nChris Christensen
\nJon Rud
\nEmil Dall Nielsen
\nLouise Jansen
\nLotte Friis
\nJulie Hjorth Hansen
\nJeanette Ottesen
\nMicha \u00d8stergaard<\/p>\n
\nChristian Kubusch
\nPaul Biedermann
\nSteffan Deibler
\nStefan Herbst
\nThomas Rupprath
\nBenjamin El-Masri
\nDaniela Gotz
\nSonja Schober
\nDaniela Samulski
\nNicole Hetzer
\nBritta Steffen
\nAntje Buschshulte
\nPetra Dallmann
\nMeike Freitag<\/p>\n
\nSabrina Mockenhaupt
\nMelanie Kraus<\/p>\n
\nAndrew Lemoncello<\/p>\n
\nMartin Fagan<\/p>\n
\nPaolo Bossini
\nEmiliano Brembilla
\nAlessio Boggiatto
\nFederico Colbertaldo
\nFilippo Magnini
\nLuca Marin
\nMassimiliano Rosolino
\nNicola Cassio
\nChristian Galenda
\nFlavia Zoccari
\nFederica Pellegrini
\nAlessia Filippi<\/p>\n
\nRyuichi Shibata
\nTomomi Morita
\nKosuke Kitajima
\nTakeshi Matsuda
\nJunichi Miyashita
\nSho Uchida
\nTakuro Fujii
\nHisayoshi Sato
\nKen Takakuwa
\nRyosuke Irie
\nAsami Kitagawa
\nHaruka Ueda
\nMaki Mita
\nReiko Namamura
\nYuko Nakanishi
\nHanae Ito
\nMaiko Fujino
\nRie Kaneto
\nMegumi Taneda
\nSaori Haraguchi<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"