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Summarized by Kent Larsen
Tagaloa to Play for Bronze; Additional Mormon Athlete Paewai Already Finished
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA -- The US Women's Volleyball Team, including LDS player
Charlete Tagaloa lost to Russia yesterday, putting the team in a match
against Brazil for the Bronze medal. The loss was the US team's second of
the tournament.
Mormon News has been able to confirm that athlete Caryn Paewai of New
Zealand is Mormon, although sources report that she is an inactive LDS
Church member. Unfortunately, Paewai's participation on the New Zealand's
field hockey team is complete. Her team won two games, lost three and tied
twice during the preliminary and medal rounds, coming in 6th. Paewai also
was relatively unsuccessful, failing to score in six attempts.
Today's competition is busy, with teammates (and LDS Church members) Leonard
Myles-Mills and Kenneth Andam competing as part of Ghana's 4x100m relay
team. If the team qualifies in the first round heats in the morning, it will
go on to compete in the Semifinals in the evening. Jared Deacon, Amy Palmer,
Jason Pyrah and Natalie Williams will also compete today.
Mormon News has been unable to confirm that either US baseball player Marcus
Jensen or Australian Trampoliner Ji Wallace are Mormon. We are therefore
dropping them from consideration.
Results - September 28th
| Athlete | Sport | Country |
| Tagaloa, Charlene | Volleyball | USA |
| USA v. Russia | L 2-3 | 0 pts |
| To date: | | 7 pts |
Here is a schedule of the Mormon athletes competing Friday, September 29,
along with the times they will compete (Sydney time).
| Athlete | Sport | Country |
| Andam, Kenneth | Track &Field | Ghana |
| Myles-Mills, Leonard | Track &Field | Ghana |
| 4x100m Relay | Round 1 | 10:16 am - Heat 3 |
| 4x100m Relay | Semifinals | 8:50 pm |
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| Deacon, Jared | Track &Field | Great Britain |
| 4x400m Relay | Round 1 | 1:00 pm - Heat 1 |
| 4x400m Relay | Semifinals | 9:30 pm |
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| Palmer, Amy | Track &Field | USA |
| Hammer Throw | | 6:00 pm |
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| Pryah, Jason | Track &Field | USA |
| 1500m Finals | | 8:00 pm |
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| Williams, Natalie | Basketball | USA |
| USA v. Korea | Semifinals | 4:30 pm |
The following is the list of Mormon athletes competing in the games
that we know about. If you know of an additional athlete, please let
us know!
| Athlete | Sport | Country |
| Andam, Kenneth | Track &Field | Ghana |
| Baird, Marsha | Track &Field | Trinidad |
| Berg, Laura | Softball | USA |
| Chan, Maggie | Track &Field | Hong Kong |
| Dantzscher, Jamie | Gymnastics | USA |
| Deacon, Jared | Track &Field | Great Britain |
| Gardner, Rulon | Wrestling | USA |
| Johnson, Courtney | Water Polo | USA |
| Millar, Ryan | Volleyball | USA |
| Myles-Mills, Leonard | Track &Field | Ghana |
| Paewai, Caryn | Field Hockey | New Zealand |
| Palmer, Amy | Track &Field | USA |
| Pratt, Robby | Track &Field | Mexico |
| Pryah, Jason | Track &Field | USA |
| Savickas, Arunas | Swimming | Lithuania |
| Tagaloa, Charlene | Volleyball | USA |
| Williams, Natalie | Basketball | USA |
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