Just for fun... and not likely complete because I am working CRAZY hours right now... here is my best guess as to how the University of Michigan would be doing if it was its own COUNTRY in the olympics! ;)Michael Phelps (the swimmer.. you might have heard of him): 6 gold (to date)
Peter Vanderkaay: 1 gold as a member of the U.S. 800-meter freestyle relay squad. 1 bronze in 200 meter freestyle. Graduated from the University of Michigan in 2006.
Heather Mandoli of Canada and her boatmates finished first in their women's eight race, advancing to Sunday's medal race. Mandoli is a 2004 graduate of the University of Michigan .
That's just what I could find in 2 minutes googling. So, that would make us... let me see... let me see...
6 Golds (Peter and Michael won gold in the same race) 1 Bronze or: 7 medals. So the University of Michigan would be the 12th country in the medals count! And.. we'd be tied for 4th in Gold Medals!
Go BLUE!
BTW... here's the CAL summary so far! GO BEARS!!
Silver: 2
Bronze: 1
Broken down as follows:
Women's Swimming
Natalie Coughlin (USA) - 100 Backstroke (Gold), 400 Free Relay (Silver), 200 Individual Medley (Bronze)
Sara Isakovic (Slovenia) - 200 Freestyle (Silver)
Emily Silver (USA) - 400 Free Relay (Silver)
Men's Swimming
Nathan Adrian (USA) -- 400 Free Relay (Gold)
OK... Ok.. even Willamette has a hopeful!!: Willamette University graduate Nick Symmonds earned the top spot on the 2008 U.S. Olympic 800-meter team with the second fastest time ever recorded on American soil. Go BearCats!!
Sorry Michigan State.. couldn't find anything for you ;(
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Who says Michigan is a bunch of Hillbillies?? We are a bunch of fine athletes!!
joanne - i was referring to the University of Michigan itself. i bet if you summed the entire state there would be like, at least.. hmm... would there be??? anyways...
Hey....we can claim them as our own!
Man you need to update those Gold totals! He is amazing! And that swim last night....silver....NO GOLD!
hey joanne... i was just offering a snapshot of our successes! i simply don't have the time to keep it updated. so, please feel free to update the totals via comments if you like.
we are in oregon now visiting joel!
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