July 29, 2008
Mustang Alumni Heading to Olympics in Track, Baseball, Equestrian Events
SAN LUIS OBISPO -- Four Cal Poly alums made headlines over the past month in qualifying for the coming Olympics in Beijing. Former Cal Poly Mustang track stars Sharon Day and Stephanie Brown Trafton made the U.S. Olympic Team. Day will compete in the women's high jump event and Brown Trafton in in women's discus.
Crop Science Alumna Gina Miles and her horse McKinlaigh are headed to Beijing to compete in Equestrian events.
While not competing for the U.S., 23 year old Jimmy Van Ostrand was named to Canada's 24-man Olympic baseball team for the Beijing Olympics. A standout baseball star at Cal Poly, Van Ostrand raised the number of Mustangs representing his or her country in Beijing next month to four.
See the video on Van Ostrand
SLO Tribune story on Van Ostrand
KSBY article on Van Ostrand
Read the SLO Tribune story on Brown Trafton
Read the GoPoly story on Day
Read the SLO Tribune story on Gina Miles and McKinlaigh
See the KSBY story on Gina Miles and McKinlaigh
KSBY video on Miles and McKinlaigh
The Tribune reports Gina Miles Goes the Distance
KSBY Features Gina Miles
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