cornell's olympic showing (pat-pat)

[Al DeFlorio]

If he'd had to, I think he'd have done it a third time.:-)

[Anne 85]

FWIW, I gather the coach doesn't get a medal, so Julie Sasner doesn't really count.

[CUlater \'89]

Not to mention that Harvard would claim her anyway, since that's where she starred as a player, IIRC.

[Greg Berge]

So, the final Cornell medal count is 4: 3-1-0

Travis Mayer, Freestyle moguls, Silver
Dana Antal, Women's hockey, Gold
Sarah Hughes, Figure skating, Gold
Joe Nieuwendyk, Men's hockey, Gold

Note that Cornell finished tied for 9th in gold medals and 14th in total medals.  Among the nations that had fewer golds than Cornell:

Austria
China
Sweden

Among those with fewer total medals in addition to fewer golds:

Czech Republic
Belarus
Hungary

[CUlater \'89]

But how many of those people actually have a degree from Cornell?

;-)

[kingpin248]

I think only one does (Nieuwendyk).

[jeh25]

you can't count her.  We can cheer for her all we want but given that her top two choices are Harvard and Columbia, I wouldn't count your chickens just yet.

[CUlater \'89]

That discussion has been had earlier in this thread, although for the record I agree with you.

[jeh25]

pssss - joe left before his senior year. Do you have knowledge that he finished in the off season?

[Al DeFlorio]

Tough to get a degree from Cornell when you're still a junior. ::yark::

[Greg Berge]

Joe did come back to complete his degree, and I'm counting Sarah because I want to.  So there.

[cquinn]

I'm pretty sure that Joe did not come back and finish his degree.  Beeeej?

[Al DeFlorio]

And her parents have five.  The ayes have it. ::nut::

[Al DeFlorio]

I believe he did complete it during summers.

[Sarli]

I thought I saw something written on a Cornell site about Joe that had a number after his name.  But I believe it was like '03 or something in the future.  So maybe he's 1 or 2 classes away.  I had heard that he lives up on the lake over the summers and takes a class each summer. I'm too lazy to do a real search for the article, and the quick one I did on the CU site was basically useless.