For those who want to expand their Olympic rooting beyond Buff athletes to all Pac 12 representatives, there's an article (
http://pac-12.com/article/2016/08/01/pac-12-sends-impressive-contingent-rio-games) and roster (
http://static.pac-12.com/sports/pdf/Pac-12Rio-Olympians.pdf) of Pac 12 athletes going to Rio.
For the Buffs, this thread had already noted 3 track athletes going, but per the roster there is a 4th Buff to root for,
Flora Duffy, who will be representing Bermuda in the triathlon. Best of wishes to her!
(I know NOTHING about triathlon tours, rankings and so forth, but per
https://bdatriathlonnews.com/2016/05/03/flora-heads-to-boulder/comment-page-1/ , she is currently ranked number 1 (or at least was on May 3 when the article was written) in the ITU World Triathlon Series and is the defending XTerra World Champion, so assume she has high Olympic aspirations/ expectations.)
In general, as can be expected of the "Conference of Champions", there are LOTS of Pac people representing (From the article)-
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Renowned for its tradition of excellence at the Summer Olympics, the Pac-12 Conference, with its 12 member institutions, will be well-represented again at the Games. When the XXXI Olympiad begins on Friday, August 5 with the Opening Ceremony in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 273 athletes, coaches and other officials with ties to Pac-12 institutions will be among those participating in the 17-day event. In addition to representing Pac-12 member schools, Olympians will also be representing 44 countries in 22 sports.
Of the 273 Pac-12 delegates, 140 go as part of the U.S. contingency. Of the 554 athletes named to Team USA, 118 are from Pac-12 schools, making up over 21 percent of the U.S. roster. For the second time in history, the Team USA roster will feature more female athletes than male and nearly a quarter of those female athletes have Pac-12 ties (69), including returning Olympic champions Missy Franklin (CAL), Katie Ledecky (STAN) and Kerri Walsh Jennings (STAN). Additionally, five women’s soccer players from the Conference will help Team USA defend its gold medal, as will the 12 water polo players that attend, will attend or are alumni of Pac-12 institutions. The number of women Pac-12 athletes on Team USA is testament to the Conference’s strength in women’s athletics.
On the men’s side, 18 percent of the Team USA roster are Pac-12 affiliated athletes (48), including returning Olympic champion and world record holder in the decathlon Ashton Eaton (ORE). Swimmer Nathan Adrian (CAL) also returns to defend his gold from the London Olympic Games and basketball NBA players Klay Thompson (WSU) and DeMar DeRozan (USC) will help Team USA go for gold again.
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