Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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UNDER THE DOME be competing in the 2012 Summer Olympics that are being held July 25-Aug. 12 in London, England. The contingent is headlined by two- time gold medalists Shannon Boxx (class of 1999) in soccer, and Mariel Zagunis, a fencer (sabre) who is on course for a degree in anthropology. An 11th-hour addition on July 24 A Notre Dame-record nine athletes with ties to the school will REPRESENT NOTRE DAME NINE OLYMPIANS the years, and how unfair is it to compare statis- tics from yesteryear to today? All one has to do is realize that before even How much has college football changed over ✦ GIMME FIVE was Selim Nurudeen ('05), the lone male among the nine, for the Nige- rian team in the 110-meter hurdles. Nurudeen has more all-conference citations (15) than any track and field athlete in Notre Dame history. In addition to Boxx, Zagunis and Nurudeen, here are the six oth- ers, with three competing for their native Canada. MARLEL ZAGUNIS uSa — track and field Molly Huddle ('07) — The 10-time All-American will be in the 5,000-meter run. and team epee. Lee Kiefer — The incoming freshman will be in the individual and team foil events. canada — Soccer candace chapman ('05) and Melissa tancredi ('04). and 4.4 rebounds per game for last year's NCAA Tournament runners-up to Baylor. canada — Basketball Natalie achonwa — The junior forward averaged 7.6 points men's fencer Gerek Meinhardt (team foil), Amanda Polk ('08, row- ing) and Mary Saxer ('09, pole vault). were chosen as alternates: Women's fencer Kelley Hurley ('10, team epee), current senior AUGUST 2012 21 Four other American athletes with connections to Notre Dame uSa — fencing courtney Hurley — Current Irish senior will be in the individual Date throwing a pass in his junior year this season, Irish quarterback Tommy Rees already has thrown more touchdown passes than the last five national title-winning Notre Dame quar- terbacks had during their careers, even after starting more games. Rees has 32. Here are the totals from the last five national champ quarterbacks, including bowls when applicable: 1. Bob Williams (1948-50) — 29 2. Terry Hanratty (1966-68) — 27 3. Tom Clements (1972-74) — 25 4. Joe Montana (1975-78) — 27 5. Tony Rice (1987-89) — 13 2012 NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Sept. 15 at Michigan State (ABC) 8 p.m. Sept. 22 Michigan (NBC) Oct. 6 Sept. 1 vs. Navy* (CBS) Sept. 8 Purdue (NBC) Opponent (tV) Nov. 10 at Boston College (TBD) TBD Nov. 17 Wake Forest (NBC) Nov. 24 at USC (TBD) Oct. 20 Brigham Young (NBC) Oct. 27 at Oklahoma (TBD) Nov. 3 Pittsburgh (NBC) Oct. 13 Stanford (NBC) * at Dublin, Ireland; ^ at Chicago TBD vs. Miami^ (NBC) time (et) 9 a.m. 7:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. TBD 3:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m. 3:30 p.m.