News bits: 5 days to go
August 4, 2008 | 11:43 AMKevin Roderick
Here are some of the UCLA athletes who are in the news:
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U.S. softball players Andrea Duran and Stacey Nuveman were featured in the Fresno Bee. Duran is blogging for us at the games.
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Another of our bloggers, Jessica Cosby, a hammer thrower on the U.S. Olympic team, was featured in a Los Angeles Times column by Sandy Banks.
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Natalie Golda, one of our bloggers from the U.S. water polo team, thanks her family and friends for their support over at her NBC Sports blog.
- Here's a new YouTube interview with Monique Henderson, a Bruin member of the U.S. track and field team. She won a gold medal in the Athens games four years ago.
- U.S. soccer player Marvell Wynne was profiled in the North County Times in San Diego.
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Julie Chiu
Julie, who works with the media in Beijing, prepared for her third Olympics by studying Mandarin for two years.
Jessica Cosby
Jessica competes in the hammer throw for the U.S. Olympic team.
Andrea Duran
Andrea, Pac-10 Player of the Year in 2006, plays on the U.S. Olympic softball team.
Jillian Ellis
Jillian, head coach at UCLA, is an assistant coach for the U.S. women's soccer team.
Natalie Golda
Natalie, a UCLA alum, is a member of the U.S. water polo team.
Kimberly Kyan
Kimberly, UCLA '05, moved to Beijing on a whim two years ago and stayed for the Olympics.
Kara Lang
Kara, a student at UCLA, is a member of Canada's Olympic soccer team.
Nicolette Teo
Nicolette swims the breaststroke for the Singapore Olympic team.
Elizabeth Kivowitz Boatright-Simon
Liz is a senior media relations officer at UCLA. She is happy to be at home during the Olympics.
Kevin Roderick
Kevin is director of the UCLA Newsroom. He wishes he were in Beijing.