Olympic Field Hockey News

After six Fredericksburg-area field hockey standouts played in the National Futures Tournament at the end of last month, they received an even greater honor.

Jake Genereux loves to wrestle, but there are priorities. Last summer, the Duxbury teen passed on competing in the annual Bay State Games because there was other business to tend to: he owns a mobile hot dog cart in town.

Three local athletes were named to the USA field hockey women's national team last week and will be part of the team through the 2010 season.

Liam Walsh's summer has been busy. As one of the top field hockey players in the country, the recent Concrete High School graduate has been traveling to international and national tournaments to represent the United States.

Former University of Massachusetts goalie Jon Quick's stock continues to rise in the hockey world as he was invited to the United States Olympic orientation camp that is preparing for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Former Indiana standout, All-American and Olympian Kayla Bashore , along with current Hoosier assistant coach Kelly Doton were named to the 2009-10 USA Field Hockey National Team roster.

Recently graduated field hockey All-American Allison Scola has been named to the USA Field Hockey's Women's Development Team as announced at the conclusion of the Women's National Championship on Saturday.

London Cricket and Olympic need each other to spread wings and Twenty20 is the tailor-made format "to achieve the common goal" said former Australia cricketer Adam Gilchrist.

Michael Redd was the Big Ten freshman of the year in 1998 and helped lead OSU to the Final Four in 1999.

Two-time Olympic beach volleyball gold medalists Misty May-Treanor will be a featured speaker and a participant in today's Healthy Honolulu 5-kilometer fun run/walk around the University of Hawai'i area.

Coach Antonelli, who currently resides in Chesapeake, Virginia, is the Head Team Coach for the US National Team that competed in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

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Between 1980 and 1984, Stefani Booker was a visible Boston University track star, likely headed for the Olympics as a sprinter.

Five accomplished student-athletes, one legendary coach and the `Voice of the Terrapins' comprise the seven-member Class of 2009 to be inducted into the University of Maryland Athletics Hall of Fame this fall.

Former Olympic rower Jennifer Walinga knows what it feels like to win and what it feels like to lose.

The first - ever world under-17 basketball championships will be held next year.

In the time it took for Brian Chibudu to fill out an online form, Canada acquired a world class long jumper.

In an unusual spectacle of subversion, athletes and demonstrators in Beijing used nudity, turban-wearing - and even the choice of flag-bearer - to score some political points before the Olympics' Opening Ceremony on Friday.

CHENNAI: India hope new field hockey coach Jose Brasa will revive the eight-times Olympic champions' fortunes and plan to provide the Spaniard with Hindi lessons to ensure his words of wisdom are not lost in translation.

UVic conferred major athletic awards at the Vikes Celebration of Champions April 1, and women's soccer player Sarah Cameron came away the big winner as recipient of the prestigious President's Cup.