2016 Rio Olympics

Student Athletes & Coaches

Mohammed Ahmed
Men's Track and Field
5000 meters, 10,000 meters
Canada
Dave Astrauskas
Track and Field
Personal Coach (Kelsey Card)
USA
Kelsey Card
Women's Track and Field
Discus
USA
Nate Davis
Track and Field
Personal Coach (Zach Ziemek)
USA
Pascal Dobert
Track and Field
Personal Coach (Bowerman Track Club)
USA
Matt Hutchins
Men's Swimming
400-meter freestyle, 1500-meter freestyle
New Zealand
Matt Imes
Men's Rowing
Staff
USA
Evan Jager
Men's Track and Field
3000-meter steeplechase
USA
Gwen Jorgensen
Women's Triathlon
USA
Alev Kelter
Women's Rugby
USA
Grace Latz
Women's Rowing
Quadruple sculls
USA
Vicki Opitz
Women's Rowing
Eight (Alternate)
USA
Cierra Runge
Women's Swimming
800-meter freestyle relay
USA
Kendall Schmidt
Women's Rowing
Staff
USA
Jerry Schumacher
Track and Field
Personal Coach (Bowerman Track Club)
USA
Hilary Stellingwerff
Women's Track and Field
1500 meters
Canada
Jesse Thielke
Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling
59 KG
USA
Zach Ziemek
Men's Track and Field
Decathlon
USA

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Schedule

Saturday, Aug. 6
Time
Name
Country
Sport
Round
TV
 
10:50 a.m.
Grace Latz
USA
Women's Rowing
Quadruple sculls heats
NBC
Stream
11 a.m.
Alev Kelter
USA
Women's Rugby
Fiji
NBCSN
Stream
11:48 a.m.
Matt Hutchins
New Zealand
Men's Swimming
400-meter freestyle heats
NBC
Stream
4 p.m.
Alev Kelter
USA
Women's Rugby
Colombia
CNBC
Stream
Sunday, Aug. 7
11:30 a.m.
Alev Kelter
USA
Women's Rugby
Australia
USA
Stream
4:30 p.m.
Alev Kelter
USA
Women's Rugby
New Zealand
CNBC
Stream
Monday, Aug. 8
8:10 a.m.
Grace Latz
USA
Women's Rowing
Quadruple sculls repechage (if necessary)
Stream
12 p.m.
Alev Kelter
USA
Women's Rugby
Fiji
NBCSN
Stream
TBD
Alev Kelter
USA
Women's Rugby
Consolation Round
CNBC
Stream
Wednesday, Aug. 10
Time
Name
Country
Sport
Round
TV
 
8:34 a.m.
Grace Latz
USA
Women's Rowing
Quadruple sculls final
Stream
12:36 p.m.
Cierra Runge
USA
Women's Swimming
800-meter freestyle relay heats
NBC
Stream
9:55 p.m.
Cierra Runge
USA
Women's Swimming
800-meter freestyle relay final
NBC
Stream
Friday, Aug. 12
11:40 a.m.
Matt Hutchins
New Zealand
Men's Swimming
1500-meter freestyle heats
NBC
Stream
6:30 p.m.
Hillary Stellingwerf
Canada
Women's Track and Field
1500 meters first round
NBC
Stream
Saturday, Aug. 13
7:25 p.m.
Mohammed Ahmed
Canada
Men's Track and Field
10,000 meters final
NBC
Stream
Sunday, Aug. 14
8 a.m.
Jesse Thielke
USA
Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling
First Round
USA*
Stream
2 p.m.
Jesse Thielke
USA
Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling
Finals
NBCSN*
Stream
Monday, Aug. 15
Time
Name
Country
Sport
Round
TV
 
8:25 a.m.
Evan Jager
USA
Men's Track and Field
3000-meter steeplehcase first round
Stream
6:30 p.m.
Kelsey Card
USA
Women's Track and Field
Discus first round
Stream
Wednesday, Aug. 17
7:30 a.m.
Zach Ziemek
USA
Men's Track and Field
Decathlon (Day 1)
Stream
8:05 a.m.
Mohammed Ahmed
Canada
Men's Track and Field
5000 meters semifinal
Stream
9:50 a.m.
Evan Jager
USA
Men's Track and Field
3000-meter steeplehcase final
NBC
Stream
Thursday, Aug. 18
7:30 a.m.
Zach Ziemek
USA
Men's Track and Field
Decathlon (Day 2)
Stream
Saturday, Aug. 20
9 a.m.
Gwen Jorgensen
USA
Women's Triathlon
Final
NBC
Stream
7:30 p.m.
Mohammed Ahmed
Canada
Men's Track and Field
5000 meters final
NBC
Stream
* Tape Delayed TV broadcast

News

Rowing

Rugby

August 8, 2016 Kelter leads U.S. Rugby to fifth place at 2016 Rio Olympics
August 7, 2016 Kelter helps United States to quarterfinals at 2016 Rio Olympics
August 7, 2016 D'Amato: Women's rugby makes Olympic debut (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
August 6, 2016 Kelter leads United States to historic victory at 2016 Rio Olympics
August 5, 2016 Team USA Has Particular Interest in Alev Kelter at Rio Olympics (USA Hockey)
August 4, 2016 Former Wisconsin two-sport athlete ready for Olympics 
August 3, 2016 Phone call leads former UW women's hockey, soccer player Alev Kelter to rugby pitch (Madison.com)
August 2, 2016 How to YouTube Your Way to the Olympics (The Players’ Tribune)
August 2, 2016 Who is Alev Kelter (NBC Olympics)
July 30, 2016 Two-sport star Alev Kelter heads to Rio Olympics (NHL.Com)
July 18, 2016 Former Badgers hockey, soccer star realizes Olympic dream, in rugby (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Swimming

August 10, 2016 Runge earns Olympic gold medal as member of 800 freestyle relay
August 10, 2016 Runge strikes Olympic gold in Rio (Daily Cardinal)
August 10, 2016 Octorara grad Cierra Runge earns gold medal (Lancaster Online)
August 10, 2016Pennsylvania's Cierra Runge & Leah Smith Win Gold in Freestyle Relay in Rio (NBC 10)
August 6, 2016 Hutchins gets first taste of Rio, competes in 400 Freestyle
August 5, 2016 USA Swimming Introduces 2016 Olympic Team: Cierra Runge (Swimming World)
August 4, 2016 Olympic vets Phelps, Schmitt help catapult Runge to Rio (Cronkite News)
August 2, 2016 Philly-Area Swimmers Going for Gold in Rio (NBC 10)
August 1, 2016 Big Ten Competition Is Good Preparation For Rio Olympics, UW-Madison Swimmer Says (WPR)
July 27, 2016 Meet local swimmer Cierra Runge (WGAL)
July 26, 2016 Road to Rio (Daily Local News)
July 22, 2016 5 Reasons to Count on First-Time Olympian Cierra Runge (Swimming World)
July 2, 2016 Runge officially headed to Rio
June 30, 2016 Cierra Runge excited to head to Rio (Madison.Com)
April 8, 2016 Matt Hutchins earns spot on New Zealand's Olympic team (Madison.com)
April 7, 2016 Ready for Rio: Hutchins qualifies for New Zealand Olympic team
April 5, 2016 Hutchins’ road to Rio takes an interesting detour

Track & Field

August 20, 2016Moving on up: Ahmed finishes fourth at Olympics
August 20, 2016Farah repeats as 5,000 champion, Canada's Ahmed 4th (CBC)
August 18, 2016Throwback Thursday: Looking back at Olympian Mohammed Ahmed in high school (Canadian Running)
August 18, 2016Seventh heaven: Ziemek shines in Olympic debut
August 18, 2016D'Amato: Zach Ziemek finishes 7th in decathlon (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
August 17, 2016UW's Zach Ziemek sits 10th in decathlon (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
August 17, 2016Algonquin's Evan Jager great athlete, much more (Northwest Herald)
August 17, 2016Jager's silver medal run an inspiration to Fox Valley followers (Chicago Tribune)
August 17, 2016Ziemek stands 10th after first day of Olympic decathlon
August 17, 2016Sweet silver: Jager finishes second in steeplechase at Olympics
August 17, 2016At Rio Games, Evan Jager Uses His Man Bun Power for Good (Wall Street Journal)
August 17, 2016Ex-Badger Evan Jager wins steeplechase silver (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
August 17, 2016American Evan Jager keeps cool and calmly collects silver in the steeplechase (Washington Post)
August 17, 2016Jager wins Olympic silver in men’s steeplechase (The Register-Guard)
August 17, 2016Jacobs High School celebrates as Jager wins silver at Olympics (Elign Courier News)
August 17, 2016U.S.'s Evan Jager clears another barrier in breaking Kenya's distance dominance (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
August 17, 2016USA's Evan Jager wins silver medal in men's 3000 steeplechase at Rio Olympics (USA Today)
August 16, 2016Forever grateful, Ziemek thanks team that got him to Rio
August 15, 2016Jager says he has mental edge to medal (Chicago Tribune)
August 15, 2016Jacobs grad Evan Jager primed to make history in Olympic steeplechase final (Northwest Herald)
August 15, 2016Card closes historic season at Olympics
August 15, 2016Card comes up short of Olympic discus finals (The State Journal-Register)
August 15, 2016Card’s Olympic dream ends abruptly (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
August 15, 2016Jager advances to steeplechase final at 2016 Rio Olympics
August 15, 2016 Jager reaches Olympic steeplechase final (Northwest Herald)
August 15, 2016 Fans celebrate Evan Jager's steeplechase heat win at Buffalo Wild Wings (Northwest Herald)
August 14, 2016 D'Amato: Kelsey Card throwing it all out there in discus (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
August 14, 2016 Card to compete Monday in discus prelims at Rio games (The State Journal-Register)
August 14, 2016 Ahmed opens second Olympics appearance 
August 12, 2016Jager takes new approach to steeplechase (Northwest Herald)
August 9, 2016 Card's Corner: Olympic Dreaming
August 7, 2016 How Pascal Dobert turned Evan Jager into America's top steeplechase runner (Sports Illustrated)
August 6, 2016 Decathlete Zach Ziemek proud to represent UW, has lofty goals for Rio (Madison.com)
August 5, 2016 Former University of Wisconsin runner Evan Jager ready to shine in steeplechase at Rio (Madison.com)
August 5, 2016History awaits Jacobs' Evan Jager in Rio steeplechase ( Chicago Tribune)
August 4, 2016 Itasca Decathlete Hopes to Join List of Famous Olympians to Win Gold in Rio (NBC Chicago)
August 4, 2016 Carlinville Athlete Competing In Rio 2016 Olympics (Fox Illinois)
August 3, 2016 USA should again be the team to beat in Olympic track and field (USA Today)
August 3, 2016 Former Badger, now U.S. Olympian, prepares for Rio (WKOW)
August 3, 2016 Chatting with Olympian Mohammed Ahmed (Running Magazine)
August 1, 2016 Astrauskas, Davis ready for Olympic adventure
July 30, 2016 Going for gold: Discus thrower Kelsey Card wants 'whole experience' (The State Journal-Register)
July 27, 2016 Former Cavies great Kelsey Card leaves Monday for Olympics (Alton Telegraph)
July 26, 2016 Get to Know Mohammed Ahmed (Athletics Canada)
July 23, 2016 Pennsylvania man headed to Olympics as decathlon coach (The Washington Times)
July 21, 2016 Former Badger decathlete Ziemek gears up for Rio (WKOW)
July 20, 2016 Trip to the Olympics is not changing Kelsey Card
July 14, 2016 Zach Ziemek prepares for Rio Olympics (Channel 3000)
July 14, 2016 Wisconsin decathlete headed to Rio (TMJ 4)
July 14, 2016 Windber grad heading to Olympics as decathlete’s coach
July 10, 2016 Decathlete Zach Ziemek looking to make his mark in Rio (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
July 10, 2016 Stellingwerff punches her ticket to Rio
July 9, 2016 Stellingwerff set to return to Olympic Games
July 9, 2016 Jager says he's ready for another shot at Olympic gold
July 9, 2016 Jager cruises to victory in the steeplechase
July 8, 2016 Mohammed Ahmed wins 5,000 metres (Toronto Star)
July 8, 2016 Jager races his way back to Olympics
July 8, 2016 Bacck for Mo: Ahmed punches ticket for 2016 Rio Olympics
July 8, 2016 Stellingwerff hoping for one last shot at a clean race (The Record)
July 8, 2016 Jager, Bor, and Cabral in Top Three (Runner's World)
July 5, 2016 Card, Ziemek qualify for spot on U.S. Olympic track & field team (Wisconsin Radio Network)
July 4, 2016 Ziemek earns Olympic berth in decathlon
July 3, 2016 Rio Realized: Ziemek bound for Olympics in decathlon
July 3, 2016 Card books trip to Olympics in women's discus (Madison.Com)
July 2, 2016 Bring on the world: Badgers’ Card bound for Olympics
July 1, 2016 Card advances to discus final at U.S. Olympic Trials
June 17, 2016 Hilary Stellingwerff hopes for ‘redo’ in Rio after Russian ban (Toronto Star)
June 8, 2016 Mo Speed: Canada’s 5K King (Canadian Running)
June 7, 2016 Card finds calming presence in fiancé Bartsch
June 6, 2016 Check the Box: Ziemek works through historic to-do list
May 10, 2016 The Grind for Greatness

Triathlon

August 20, 2016 Golden Gwen: Jorgensen runs away with triathlon title in Rio
August 20, 2016 Unbreakable Gwen Jorgensen wins USA’s first gold in triathlon (Sports Illustrated)
August 20, 2016 Avenging a Flat Tire, Gwen Jorgensen Wins Triathlon (AP)
August 20, 2016 Jorgensen finds first U.S. gold after her swim, bike and run (ESPN)
August 20, 2016 D'Amato: Gwen Jorgensen wins triathlon gold (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
August 20, 2016 Gwen Jorgensen Wins Women’s Triathlon (The Wall Street Journal)
August 20, 2016 Gwen Jorgensen wins USA's first gold in women's triathlon (Yahoo)
August 20, 2016 As planned USA's Gwen Jorgensen wins triathlon gold at Rio Olympics (USA Today)
August 20, 2016 Gwen Jorgensen wins U.S.' first triathlon gold (Team USA)
August 20, 2016 Jorgensen wins Olympic triathlon (Star Tribune)
August 19, 2016 For the Olympian Gwen Jorgensen, the Triathlon is a Mental Race (The New York Times)
August 18, 2016 Downhill Battle: How Gwen Jorgensen pushed past her fears ahead of Rio Olympics (Sports Illustrated)
August 18, 2016 Jorgensen's journey included chance meeting in Milwaukee (AP)
August 16, 2016 Gwen Jorgensen driven to be the best (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
August 16, 2016 Rio women's preview: Gwen's to lose? (Triathlon World)
August 2, 2016 Olympic preview: 16 days to go (Triathlon World)
August 1, 2016 Q&A with Gwen Jorgensen (NBC Olympics)
July 30, 2016 Getting to know Gwen Jorgensen (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
July 27, 2016 Gwen Jorgensen’s Mom Reveals Whether Her Daughter Always Looked Like A Future Olympic Triathlete (Team USA)
July 26, 2016 Gwen Jorgensen all-in for Olympic gold in triathlon (USA Today)
July 22, 2016 Jorgensen out for redemption at Rio Olympics (Sports Illustrated)
March 8, 2016 Triathlete Gwen Jorgensen has sights set on Olympic gold in Rio (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

Wrestling

August 3, 2016 Thielke defiant in defeat (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
August 2, 2016 U.S. Greco-Roman wrestlers Andy Bisek and Jesse Thielke ousted (Colorado Springs Gazette)
August 3, 2016 Best of Jesse Thielke (FloWrestling)
August 2, 2016 Gold or bust for former UW wrestler Jesse Thielke (Madison.Com)
May 30, 2016 Jesse Thielke goes from troubled kid to Olympic wrestler (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
August 6, 2016 Jesse Thielke qualifies for Rio Olympics in Greco-Roman wrestling (NBC Sports)