San Diego and OTC athletes bring home 13 medals from 2008 Olympics
SAN DIEGO ATHLETES
BASEBALL (3) -- Stephen Strasburg, Trevor Cahill and Brian Barden helped the U.S. to a bronze medal. Strasburg, a pitcher, is from San Diego State and West Hills High that is entering his junior year for the Aztecs. Cahill is pitching in the Oakland A's organization at Double-A Midland (Texas) and is from Vista High. Barden is an infielder in the St. Louis Cardinals's organization at Triple-A Louisville. The Oregon State alus is from St. Augustine High.
WOMEN'S SOCCER (1) -- Rachel Buehler, a Torrey Pines High alumnus, helped the U.S. to a gold medal in women's soccer. Buehler, a defender, has an extensive history on USA Soccer Youth National teams before making the Olympic team this year. She was an All-Pac-10 player at Stanford.
WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD (1) -- Monique Henderson, a Morse High alumnus, ran the third leg of the 4x400-meter relay as the U.S. won the gold medal. It's Henderson's second gold medal after running on the 4x400 team that won at Athens in 2004. As a senior at UCLA in 2005, Henderson was the Honda Award recipient as the nation's top women's track and field athlete.
MEN'S VOLLEYBALL (1) -- David Lee, a Granite Hills High alumnus, led the team in blocks as the U.S. won the gold medal. Lee, a middle blocker, was an All-American at Long Beach State.
MEN'S WATER POLO (2) -- Layne Beaubian and Jesse Smith, both Coronado High graduates, helped the U.S. to a silver medal. It's the first Olympic medal for the men in water polo since 1988. Beaubian, a Stanford alum, and Smith, a Pepperdine alum, are both defenders that both play professionally in Europe.
WOMEN'S WATER POLO (1) -- Moriah van Norman, a USDHS alumnus, led the U.S. to a silver medal in women's water polo. It's her second international medal after helping the U.S. win a gold medal in the 2007 World Championships. Van Norman, a center, is a former national player of the year in women's water polo at USC.
OLYMPIC TRAINING CENTER ATHLETES
MEN'S BMX CYCLING (2) -- Mike Day won a silver medal and Donny Robinson won a bronze medal.
WOMEN'S BMX CYCLING (1) -- Jill Kintner won a bronze medal.
WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD (1) -- Sheena Tosta won a silver medal in the 400-meter hurdles.
