2010 Olympic Athletes | United States Olympic Education Center

2010 U.S. Olympic Team Members with ties to NMU/USOEC

Athletes

Name	Sport	Tie to NMU/USOEC	Results at Vancouver Olympic Games
Nick Baumgartner	Snowboard	Former NMU student and member of 2000 Wildcat football team	2/15 Finished 7th in snowboard cross qualifying round, was 20th overall.
Allison Baver	Short track speedskating	Former NMU student and USOEC resident athlete	2/20 Finished 5th in 1,500m heat at 2:44.915, but was advanced to semifinals. Finished 5th in semifinal heat at 2:25.053. Was 15th overall in 1,500m. 2/24 Disqualified in her heat race of the 1,000m. Member of the bronze-medal winning 3,000m relay. Team was clocked at 4:14.081 and finished 4th in Final A, but moved into 3rd place when Korea was disqualified. 2/26 Disqualified in opening heat of 1,000m.
Ryan Bedford	Long track speedskating	Former NMU student and USOEC resident athlete	2/23 Finished 12th in the 10,000m at 13:40.20.
Simon Cho	Short track speedskating	Former Marquette Senior High School student and USOEC resident athlete	2/17 Member of 5,000m relay team that was second in semifinal heat at 6:46.369 to qualify to advance to the finals on Feb. 26. 2/24 Was 2nd in 500 heat at 41.726 to qualify for the quarterfinals on Feb. 26. 2/26 Third in quarterfinal heat of 500m at 41.211. Non-skating member of 5,000m relay team that took bronze in the finals at 6:44.498. (Skated on team in semifinals.)
Caitlin Compton	Cross country skiing	Former All-American NMU Nordic skier	2/15 Finished 30th in 10k at 26.49.1 Top American finisher, best U.S. finish since 1984. 2/19 Second American finisher in 15km Pursuit (7.5km classic, 7.5km freestyle), with 43rd of 68 skiers at 44:23.3. 2/22 Skied with Kikkan Randall for best U.S. women's Olympic finish in cross country skiing with sixth in women's sprint freestyle at 18:51.6, just 47.9 off the gold medal time. In semifinals, duo was 16th at 18:48.9 to qualify for finals. Caitlin skied 1st, 3rd and 5th legs and went 7th, 4th and 4th (3:05.0, 3:09.5, 3:14.0). In finals, Caitlin skied the same legs and finished 9th in each (3:07.5, 3:08.6, 3:12.2). 2/25 Member of Women's 4X5km relay that finished 12th at 58:57.5.
Shani Davis	Long track speedskating	Former NMU student and USOEC resident athlete	2/13 Finished 12th in 5,000m at 6:28.44 2/15 Finished 18th in 500m heats at 35.45, withdraws from race 2. 2/17 Defends his gold medal in 1,000m at 1:08.94. First man to win back-to-back Olympic gold in this race. 2/20 Won silver medal in 1,500m at 1:46.10, repeating Turin Games finish.
Kimberly Derrick	Short track speedskating	Former NMU student and USOEC resident athlete	2/13 Member of 3,000m relay, second in heats, qualified for semifinals on Wednesday, Feb. 24. 2/20 Finished 4th in 1,500m heat at 2:24.375. 2/24 Was 3rd in her opening heat of the 1,000m at 1:31.663. 2/26 Finished 3rd in opening heat of 1,000m at 1:31.663.
Travis Jayner	Short track speedskating	Former USOEC resident athlete	2/17 Finished 4th in 1,000m heat at 1:26.870. Member of 5,000m relay team that was second in semifinal heat at 6:46.369 to qualify to advance to the finals on Feb. 26.
Katherine Reutter	Short track speedskating	Former NMU student and USOEC resident athlete	2/13 Finished 1st in 500m heat at 44.187, qualified for quarterfinals on Wednesday, Feb. 17. Member of 3,000m relay, second in heats, qualified for semifinals on Wednesday, Feb. 24. 2/17 Finished 1st in 500m quarterfinal heat with Olympic record time of 43.834. Finished 4th in semifinal heat at 44.145. Earlier record broken in this heat by China’s Meng Wang who went on to win the gold. 2/19 In first heat of 1,500m was 2nd at 2:29.316 . In semifinal heat was 4th at 2:37.060 but was advanced. Finished in 4th place in finals 2:18.396. 2/24 Had an Olympic record time of 1:30.508 in 1,000m heat to qualify for quarterfinals on Feb. 26. Member of the bronze-medal winning 3,000m relay. Team was clocked at 4:14.081 and finished 4th in Final A, but moved into 3rd place when Korea was disqualified. 2/26 Captured silver in the 1,000m with a time of 1:29.324. Was top finisher in each heat leading to finals: 1:30.508 (Olympic record, later broken by another competitor) in opening heat, 1:29.9555 in quarterfinals and 1:30.568 semifinals.

Coaches and Other Team Support Staff

Name	Role	Tie to NMU/USOEC
Brad Aldrich	Video Coordinator for U.S. men's ice hockey team.	2005 NMU graduate. Works for the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks as team video coach.
Brad Goskowicz	USA Speedskating president	Both his son and daughter attended NMU while training at the USOEC. His son, Tony, is currently an assistant coach at the USOEC.
Jimmy Jang	Short track speedskating assistant coach	Former USOEC head coach
Mike Kooreman	Long track speedskating Olympic team leader	Former NMU student and USOEC resident athlete
Ryan Shimabukuro	Long Track National sprint coach	Former resident athlete at the USOEC
Peter Toohey	Head athletic trainer for U.S. Paralympic Team	Former USOEC head athletic trainer
Pete Vordenberg	Cross Country Skiing head coach	Former All-American NMU Nordic skier and former USOEC resident athlete

Other Notes: In addition to the above list, nearly every short track speedskater competing at the Olympic Games also competed at the international World Cup competition held at NMU in November. Many of the short track officials and support staff in Vancouver also worked at the NMU World Cup. In fact, the entire team of officials that are working the women’s short track speedskating events also worked the World Cup at NMU last fall. Forward Phil Kessel of Team USA men’s hockey team is the son of former Wildcat All-America quarterback Phil Kessel (1977-80). Team USA member Kessel plays for the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs.