Texas A&M Athletes Earn Four Medals at 2012 Olympics

By: Texas A&M Sports Information

Posted: Wed 3:02 PM, Aug 15, 2012

The largest group of Texas A&M Olympians in school history brought home a total of four medals, including three gold, from the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

A total of 23 athletes and two coaches with Texas A&M ties participated in the London Games. Representing 15 different countries, Aggies saw action in four different sports – swimming and diving (12), track and field (8), archery (2) and basketball (1). Current Aggie women’s swimming head coach Steve Bultman was on the Team USA staff and swimming letterman Rick Walker was on the Egyptian swimming staff.

At the swimming venue, sophomore Breeja Larson earned the A&M’s program’s first-ever Olympic gold medal in the 4 x 100-meter medley relay. Larson swam the breaststroke leg for Team USA in the prelims to help the relay advance to the final. The 2012 NCAA and U.S. Olympic Team Trials Champion in the 100 breastroke also contributed a sixth-place finish in the race in London.

Texas A&M sprinters had three medalists in Olympic track and field, earning two gold medals and a bronze.

After placing seventh in the men’s 400-meter final, Demetrius Pinder ran the second leg of the Bahamas’ winning effort in the 4 x 400 relay as they handed the United States its first loss in an Olympic final since 1952 in Helsinki. The national record of 2:56.72 for the Bahamas topped the Americans (2:57.05) and makes Bahamas the third fastest country ever behind the U.S. and Great Britain.

Trinidad & Tobago finished third in the men’s 4 x 400 relay as Aggie freshman Deon Lendore ran the anchor leg and held off the British for the bronze medal position. With a time of 2:59.40 the Trinidad squad lowered its national record for the third time this season, running sub-three minutes for the first time.

Jeneba Tarmoh ran in the prelims of the 4 x 100 for the United States and earned a gold medal after the American squad broke the world record with a winning time of 40.82 seconds in the final.

SEC 2012 SUMMER OLYMPIC RECAP (Final - August 14, 2012)
#SECOlympics2012

Some notes about current & former SEC student-athletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics:

* - SEC current & former student-athletes have won 58 medals at the games. These include:

5 - Ryan Lochte (Florida-former S/A, Swimming, USA) – 2 Gold / 2 Silver / 1 Bronze
Gold – 400m Individual Medley
Gold – 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Silver – 200m Individual Medley
Silver – 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Bronze – 200m Backstroke
5 - Allison Schmitt (Georgia-current S/A, Swimming, USA) – 3 Gold / 1 Silver / 1 Bronze
Gold – 200m Freestyle
Gold – 4x400m Freestyle Relay
Gold – 4x100m Medley Relay
Silver – 400m Freestyle
Bronze – 4x100m Freestyle Relay
2 – Elizabeth Beisel (Florida-current S/A, Swimming, USA) – 1 Silver / 1 Bronze
Silver – 400m Individual Medley
Bronze – 200m Backstroke
2 – Veronica Campbell-Brown (Arkansas-former S/A, Track & Field, Jamaica) – 1 Silver / 1 Bronze
Silver – 4x100m Relay
Bronze – 100m
2 – Will Claye (Florida-former S/A, Track & Field, USA) – 1 / Silver / 1 Bronze
Silver – Triple Jump
Bronze – Long Jump
2 – Justin Gatlin (Tennessee-former S/A, Track & Field, USA) – 1 Silver / 1 Bronze
Silver – 4x100m Relay
Bronze – 100m
2 – DeeDee Trotter (Tennessee-former S/A, Track & Field, USA) – 1 Gold / 1 Bronze
Gold – 4x400m Relay
Bronze – 400m
1 – Shannon Vreeland (Georgia-current S/A, Swimming, USA) – 1 Gold
Gold – 4x200m Freestyle Relay
1 - Conor Dwyer (Florida-former S/A, Swimming, USA) – 1 Gold
Gold – 4x200m Freestyle Relay
1 – Tyler McGill (Auburn-former S/A, Swimming, USA) – 1 Gold
Gold – 4x100m Medley Relay (prelim)
1 – Eric Shanteau (Auburn-former S/A, Swimming, USA) – 1 Gold
Gold – 4x100m Medley Relay (prelim)
1 – Breeja Larson (Texas A&M-current S/A, Swimming, USA) – 1 Gold
Gold – 4x100m Medley Relay (prelim)
1 – Kirani James (Alabama-former S/A, Track & Field, Grenada) – 1 Gold
Gold – 400m
1 – Aries Merritt (Tennessee-former S/A, Track & Field, USA) – 1 Gold
Gold – 110m Hurdles
1 – Tianna Madison (Tennessee-former S/A, Track & Field, USA) – 1 Gold
Gold – 4x100m Relay
1 – Brittney Reese (Ole Miss-former S/A. Track & Field, USA) – 1 Gold
Gold – Long Jump
1 – Christian Taylor (Florida-former S/A, Track & Field, USA) – 1 Gold
Gold – Triple Jump
1 – Abby Wambach (Florida-former S/A, Women’s Soccer, USA) – 1 Gold
Gold – Women’s Soccer
1 – Heather Mitts (Florida-former S/A, Women’s Soccer, USA) – 1 Gold
Gold – Women’s Soccer
1 – Semoine Augustus (LSU-former S/A, Women’s Basketball, USA) – 1 Gold
Gold – Women’s Basketball
1 – Tamika Catchings (Tennessee-former S/A, Women’s Basketball, USA) – 1 Gold
Gold – Women’s Basketball
1 – Anthony Davis (Kentucky-former S/A, Men’s Basketball, USA) – 1 Gold
Gold – Men’s Basketball
1 – Sylvia Fowles (LSU-former S/A, Women’s Basketball, USA) – 1 Gold
Gold – Women’s Basketball
1 – Candace Parker (Tennessee-former S/A, Women’s Basketball, USA) – 1 Gold
Gold – Women’s Basketball
1 – Demetrius Pinder (Texas A&M-former S/A, Track & Field, Bahamas) – 1 Gold
Gold – 4x400m Relay
1 – Jeneba Tarmoh (Texas A&M-former S/A, Track & Field, USA) – 1 Gold
Gold – 4x100m Relay (prelim)
1 – Lashinda Demus (South Carolina-former S/A, Track & Field, USA) – 1 Silver
Silver – 400m Hurdles
1 – Jason Richardson (South Carolina-former S/A, Track & Field, USA) – 1 Silver
Silver – 110m Hurdles
1 – Tony McQuay (Florida-current S/A, Track & Field, USA) 1 Silver
Silver – 4x400m Relay
1 – Tyson Gay (Arkansas-former S/A, Track & Field, USA) – 1 Silver
Silver – 4x100m Relay
1 – Jeff Demps (Florida-former S/A, Track & Field, USA) – 1 Silver
Silver – 4x100m Relay (prelim)
1 – Kerron Stewart (Auburn-former S/A, Track & Field, Jamaica) – 1 Silver
Silver – 4x100m Relay
1 – Samantha Henry-Robinson (LSU-former S/A, Track & Field, Jamaica) – 1 Silver
Silver – 4x100m Relay (prelim)
1 – Cesar Cielo (Auburn-former S/A, Swimming, Brazil) – 1 Bronze
Bronze - 50m Freestyle
1 – Lisa Raymond (Florida-former S/A, Tennis, USA) – 1 Bronze
Bronze – Mixed Doubles
1 – Matt Targett (Auburn-former S/A, Swimming, Australia) – 1 Bronze
Bronze – 4x100m Medley Relay
1 – Reese Hoffa (Georgia-former S/A, Track & Field, USA) – 1 Bronze
Bronze – Shot put
1 – Rhian Wilkinson (Tennessee-former S/A, Women’s Soccer, Canada) – 1 Bronze
Bronze – Soccer
1 – Melanie Booth (Florida-former S/A, Women’s Soccer, Canada) – 1 Bronze
Bronze – Soccer
1 – Novele Williams-Mills (Florida-former S/A, Track & Field, Jamaica) – 1 Bronze
Bronze – 4x400m Relay
1 – Richard Thompson (LSU-former S/A, Track & Field, Trinidad & Tobago) – 1 Bronze
Bronze – 4x100m Relay
1 – Marc Burns (Auburn-former S/A, Track & Field, Trinidad & Tobago) – 1 Bronze
Bronze – 4x100m Relay
1 – Marie-Eve Nault (Tennessee-former S/A, Women’s Soccer, Canada) – 1 Bronze
Bronze – Soccer
1 – Ade Alleyne-Forte (LSU-current S/A, Track & Field, Trinidad & Tobago) – 1 Bronze
Bronze – 4x400m Relay
1 – Deon Lendore (Texas A&M-current S/A, Track & Field, Trinidad & Tobago) – 1 Bronze
Bronze – 4x400m Relay

SEC By Medal
Gold – 25
Silver – 14
Bronze – 19

* - If the SEC were a country, the 58 medals (counting multiple entries on teams and relays) would rank 5th among all countries:

1 - USA 104
2 - China 87
3 - Russia 82
4 - Great Britain 65
5 - Germany 44

* Not counting multiple entries and relays, SEC athletes medaled in 39 events at the Olympics, which would rank 6th among all countries:

* - If the SEC were a country, the 25 gold medals (counting multiple entries on teams and relays) would be 4th among all countries:

1 - USA 46
2 - China 38
3 - Great Britain 29
4 - Russia 24
5 - South Korea 13

* Not counting multiple entries and relays, SEC athletes gold medaled in 15 events at the Olympics, which would rank 5th among all countries.

Additional Notes

* - 11 of the 14 SEC schools have had a representative claim a medal at this year’s Olympics.

* - Florida leads among SEC schools in medals with 18, followed by Tennessee with 10, Georgia with 7, Auburn 6, LSU 5, Texas A&M 4, Arkansas 3 and South Carolina 2. Alabama, Kentucky, Ole Miss have one each.

* - An SEC athlete won 19.5 percent of all Track & Field medals (28 of 143) and 18.6 percent of all Swimming medals (19 of 102).

* - Ryan Lochte and Allison Schmitt are two of five athletes at the 2012 Olympic Games that have won five or more medals.

* - By Sport

Men’s Track & Field - 17
Women’s Track & Field – 11
Men’s Swimming – 10
Women’s Swimming - 9
Women’s Soccer – 5
Women’s Basketball – 4
Men’s Basketball – 1
Women’s Tennis - 1

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