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How To Watch All 28 Aggies Competing In Rio

Texas A&M athletics has a record 28 current and former student-athletes competing in the Rio Olympics.
August 5, 2016

Texas A&M athletics has a record 28 current and former student-athletes competing in the Rio Olympics with opening ceremonies scheduled for the XXXI Olympiad, beginning Friday, August 5.

The previous best mark was the 2012 London Games when 23 Aggie student-athletes competed.

The website 12thMan.com has a special section with individual information on each Aggie representative.

Visit nbcolympics.com to view a full broadcast and streaming schedule.

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Track & Field

  • Maggie Malone, USA
  • Shelbi Vaughan, USA
  • Ameer Webb, USA
  • Fabrice Lapierre, Australia
  • Latario Collie, Bahamas
  • Shavez Hart, Bahamas
  • Demetrius Pinder, Bahamas
  • Kanika Beckles, Grenada
  • Bralon Taplin, Grenada
  • Lindon Victor, Grenada
  • Brenessa Thompson, Guyana
  • Simone Facey, Jamaica
  • Olivia Ekpone’, Nigeria
  • Jennifer Madu, Nigeria
  • Ibukun Mayungbe, Nigeria
  • Janeil Bellille, Trinidad & Tobago
  • Deon Lendore, Trinidad & Tobago
  • Gerald Phiri, Zambia

When to watch:

Aug. 12

@ 6:20 p.m. – Watch Live

  • M 400 1st round (Lendore, Taplin)
  • M long jump qualifying (Lapierre)
  • W 100m 1st round (Thompson)

Aug. 13

@ 7:30 a.m.: W 400m 1st round (Beckles) – Watch Live

@ 10 a.m.: M 100 1st round (Hart, Phiri) – Watch Live

@6 p.m. – Watch Live on NBC

  • M 400 semifinal (Lendore, Taplin)
  • M long jump final (Lapierre)
  • W 100m semifinal (Thompson)
  • W 100m final (Thompson)

Aug. 14

@ 6:15 p.m.: W 400m semifinals (Beckles) – Watch Live

@ 6:20 p.m.: M 400 final (Lendore, Taplin) – Watch Live

@ 7 p.m.: M 100 semifinal (Hart, Phiri) – Watch Live

@ 8:25 p.m.: M 100 final (Hart, Phiri) – Watch Live

Aug. 15

@ 7:30 a.m. – Watch Live

  • M triple jump qualifying (Collie)
  • W 200m 1st round (Thompson, Facey)

@ 6:15 p.m. – Watch Live

  • W 400 hurdles 1st round (Bellille)
  • W 400m final (Beckles)
  • W discus qualifying (Vaughan)

Aug. 16

@ 7:30 a.m. – Watch Live

  • M 200m 1st round (Webb)
  • M triple jump final (Collie)

@ 11:20 a.m.: W discus final (Vaughan) – Watch Live

@ 6:15 p.m. – Watch Live

  • W 200m semifinal (Thompson, Facey)
  • W 400 hurdles semifinal (Bellille)
  • W javelin qualifying (Malone)

Aug. 17

@ TBD: M decathlon first half (Victor) – Live Results

@ 6:20 p.m. – Watch Live

  • M 200m semifinal (Webb)
  • W 200m final (Thompson, Facey)

Aug. 18

@ TBD: M decathlon first half (Victor) – Live Results

@ 7:30 a.m.: W 4×1 relay 1st round (Madu, Ekpone, Facey) – Watch Live

@ 4:35 p.m. – Watch Live

  • M 200m final (Webb)
  • W javelin final (Malone)

@ 5:20 p.m.: W 400 hurdles final (Bellille) – Live Results

Aug. 19

@ 6:10 p.m. – Watch Live

  • M 4×4 relay 1st round (Lendore, Pinder)
  • W 4×1 relay final (Madu, Ekpone, Facey)

Aug. 20

@ 6:10 p.m.: M 4×4 relay final (Lendore, Pinder) – Watch Live

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Swimming

  • Cammile Adams, USA
  • Sydney Pickrem, Canada
  • Béryl Gastaldello, France
  • Alia Atkinson, Jamaica
  • Liliana Ibanez, Mexico
  • Amini Fonua, Tonga

When to watch:

Aug. 6

@ 11 a.m. – Watch Live

  • W 400 IM prelims (Pickrem)
  • M 100 breast prelims (Fonua)
  • W 4×100 free relay prelims (Gastaldello)

@ 8 p.m. – Watch Live

  • M 100 breast semifinal (Fonua)
  • W 400 IM final (Pickrem)
  • W 4×100 free relay prelims (Gastaldello)

Aug. 7

@ 8 p.m. – Watch Live

  • W 100 breast semifinal (Atkinson)
  • M 100 breast final (Fonua)

Aug. 8

@ 11 a.m. – Watch Live

  • W 200 IM prelims (Pickrem)

@ 8 p.m. – Watch Live

  • W 100 breast final (Atkinson)
  • W 200 IM semifinal (Pickrem)

Aug. 9

@ 11 a.m. – Watch Live

  • W 200 fly prelims (Adams)

@ 8 p.m. – Watch Live

  • W 200 IM final (Pickrem)
  • W 200 fly semifinal (Adams)

Aug. 10

@ 11 a.m. – Watch Live

  • W 100 free prelims (Gastaldello)

@ 8 p.m. – Watch Live on NBC

  • W 100 free semifinal (Gastaldello)
  • W 200 fly final (Adams)

Aug. 11

@ 8 p.m. – Watch Live

  • W 100 free final (Gastaldello)

Aug. 12

@ 11 a.m. – Watch Live

  • W 50 free prelims (Ibanez)

@ 8 p.m. – Watch Live

  • W 50 free semifinal (Ibanez)

Aug. 13

@ 8 p.m. – Watch Live

  • W 50 free final (Ibanez)

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Diving

  • Grant Nel, Australia.

When to watch:

Aug. 15

@ 3:15 p.m. M 3m prelims – Watch Live

Aug. 16

@ 10 a.m. M 3m semifinal – Watch Live

@ 6 a.m. M 3m final – Watch Live

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Basketball

  • DeAndre Jordan, USA
  • Antanas Kavaliauskas, Lithuania

When to watch:

Aug. 6 @ 5 p.m.: USA vs CHN (Jordan) – Watch Live

Aug. 7 @ 12:15 p.m.: LTU vs BRA (Kavaliauskas) – Watch Live

Aug. 8 @ 5 p.m.: USA vs VEN (Jordan) – Watch Live

Aug. 9 @ 5 p.m.: LTU vs NGR (Kavaliauskas) – Watch Live

Aug. 10 @ 5 p.m.: USA vs AUS (Jordan) – Watch Live

Aug. 11 @ 8:30 p.m.: LTU vs ARG (Kavaliauskas) – Watch Live

Aug. 12 @ 5 p.m.: USA vs SRB (Jordan) – Watch Live

Aug. 13 @ 5 p.m.: LTU vs ESP (Kavaliauskas) – Watch Live

Aug. 14 @ 12:15 p.m.: USA vs FRA (Jordan) – Watch Live

Aug. 15 @ 8:30 p.m.: LTU vs CRO (Kavaliauskas) – Watch Live

Aug. 17 @ TBD: Quarterfinals (Jordan, Kavaliauskas) – Live Results

Aug. 19 @ TBD: Semifinals (Jordan, Kavaliauskas) – Live Results

Aug. 21 @ TBD: Medal round (Jordan, Kavaliauskas) – Live Results

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Women’s Soccer

  • Stephanie Malherbe, South Africa.

When to watch:

Aug. 6 @ 5 p.m.: RSA vs CHN – Watch Live

Aug. 9 @ 8 p.m.: RSA vs BRA – Watch Live

Aug. 12 @ TBD: Quarterfinals – Live Results

Aug. 16 @ TBD: Semifinal – Live Results

Aug. 19 @ TBD: Medal matches – Live Results

Staff

  • Alleyne Francique, Grenada: Head Track & Field Coach (Texas A&M Assistant Coach)
  • Kris Grimes, Grenada: Assistant Track & Field Coach (Texas A&M Assistant Coach)
  • Steve Bultman, Mexico: Assistant Swimming Coach (Texas A&M Women’s Swimming Head Coach)
  • Shawn Price, Texas A&M Track & Field Media Relations will be working his sixth Olympic Games.
  • Cecil Bleiker ’96, former Texas A&M student assistant in the media relations office, serving as press officer for the USOC.

This article originally appeared in www.12thman.com.

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