cornell's olympic showing (pat-pat)

[littleredfan]

Just going by what's on the Cornell Athletics' site, heres the rundown:

Travis Mayer, Freestyle moguls, Silver medal
Dana Antal, Women's hockey, Gold medal
Sarah Hughes, Figure skating, Gold medal
Joe Nieuwendyk, Men's hockey, Gold/Silver medal (w/ Canada's victory today)
Julie Sasner, Ass't Coach Women's hockey, Silver Medal

Hannah Hardaway, Freestyle moguls, JUST misses medal in 5th place :-/

I think we made out pretty well! ::rolleyes::

[kaelistus]

I was rooting for Sarah Hughes too, but she isn't a Cornellian you know.

[Greg Berge]

Close enough (even if she follows her sister to Harvard).

[kaelistus]

I don't know... All rooting will cease to exist if she goes to Harvard.

If she played hockey then good sibling / bad sibling cheer would be in order.

[Craine]

Something tells me she doesn't play hockey...

She also made an amusing comment last night, when talking about her brother(s)... It was something to the effect of "They don't know anything about skating"...

Now, I know she was referring to figure skating, but I thought it amusing that she claimed her hockey-playing brother doesn't know anything about skating...

[Greg Berge]

Though it would explain his lack of playing time...

I'll be a Sarah fan for life even if she chooses poorly when it's time to go to college.  Not only is she GREAT to watch, but that CU connection is forever.

[CUlater \'89]

Didn't you know that Michelle Kwan's third-cousin once-removed was Arts '93, Law '96? ;-)

[Greg Berge]

Still not enough for me to root for her.  Some ya like, some ya don't...

[min \'97]

are we playing the kevin bacon game here? ;-)

[CUlater \'89]

I don't know... the whole thing about wanting to go to Harvard sort of cancels out the Cornell connection-benefit in my mind.

I assume you'd feel differently if a prominent alum's son chose to play hockey elsewhere?

Interestingly, I know several families where one or both parents are rabid Cornellians (Tower Club etc.) and yet some or all of their children chose to attend Harvard.  I hope that doesn't happen to me and Mrs. Later.

[jdeafv]

Is Sarah the sister of David or Kelly?  David right?

[cbuckser]

Yes, David is Sarah's brother.

Kelly Hughes's cousins are Mark Messier and Jeff Finley, so Kelly has impressive bloodlines as well.

[CUlater \'89]

For those Americans looking for a Cornell-related reason to root for the men's hockey team on Sunday against Joe Nieuwendyk '88 and the other Canadian icers, the US trainer is Ray Barile, who used to be the trainer for the Big Red men's team (he now works for the St. Louis Blues and has been the trainer for various US squads for years).

[Al DeFlorio]

When your Daddy scores the game-winner for Cornell in the last minute of an ECAC championship game against Clarkson, you'll always have a Cornell connection. ::laugh::

[Jim Hyla]

Especially when he can do it twice in a row because the first was offside, thereby continuing an undefeated season.