Texas Christian University
features 18 varsity sports teams. The school's mascot is the Horned Frog and its women's athletics teams are referred to often as the Lady Frogs. They participate in the NCAA's Division I and in the Div I-Bowl Sub-Division for football competing in the Mountain West Conference. The University's current athletic director is Dr. Daniel Morrison.
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Varsity sports
Texas Christian University began its athletic life as an independent program with a six-year (1914-1920) stint in the
Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association before eventually joining its longtime home, the
Southwest Conference (SWC), in 1923. TCU remained a member of the SWC until it disbanded after the 1994-1995 academic year because of
Texas,
Texas A&M,
Texas Tech and
Baylor defecting to the
Big 8 Conference to form the
Big 12 Conference.The Horned Frogs, without a conference to call home after 72 years, joined the
Western Athletic Conference (WAC), along with SMU and Rice. TCU called the WAC home from 1996 through 2000. In 2001, TCU joined
Conference USA (C-USA) and remained there through 2004. TCU joined its current home of the Mountain West Conference (MWC) in 2005.
Football
The revival of TCU football began under the watch of
Dennis Franchione when TCU defeated the
Trojans of USC in the
1998 Sun Bowl. From
1939, the year after TCU’s last national championship, to
1997, TCU’s record was 318-380-24.
[1] In those 67 years, TCU won 6
Southwest Conference titles and attended 11 bowl games winning only one of those games. Since the
1998 season, TCU has won 4 conference titles, two in the
Western Athletic Conference (
1999 &
2000), one in
Conference USA (
2002), and one in the
Mountain West Conference (
2005). Since
1998,
TCU has amassed a record of 79-30. In four of the last five years, the Horned Frogs have won at least 10 games in a season, and won 11 games in three of the last four. During this period TCU has won games against
Louisville,
Oklahoma,
Texas Tech,
Utah and
BYU. From
1998 to
2006, TCU has attended 8 bowl games, winning five of them. The record of TCU in bowl games as of
2006 is 9-13-1.
[2] TCU also claims two national championships from
1935 and
1938.
[3] [4]
TCU has 36 1st team All-Americans, listed at
TCU Horned Frogs football. The school's most famous past players include
Rags Matthews,
Sammy Baugh,
Davey O'Brien (a
Heisman Trophy winner, and namesake of the
Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award),
Johnny Vaught (later one of the most celebrated coaches of the
University of Mississippi),
Ki Aldrich,
Darrell Lester,
Jim Swink,
Sonny Gibbs,
Bob Lilly,
Kenneth Davis, and 2006-07
NFL MVP LaDainian Tomlinson. TCU's most successful head coaches include
Matty Bell,
L.D. "Dutch" Meyer,
Abe Martin,
Dennis Franchione, and current coach
Gary Patterson.
Matthews,
Baugh,
O'Brien,
Aldrich,
Lester,
Swink,
Lilly, and
Dutch Meyer are all members of the
College Football Hall of Fame.
Baugh and
Lilly are also members of the
Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The TCU Football team plays its games in
Amon G. Carter Stadium. The stadium opened in
1930 and holds 44,008.
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Baseball
TCU has fielded a baseball team since 1896, before the school found its home in
Fort Worth, TX. The Horned Frog baseball team began playing baseball in the
Southwest Conference when it became a member of the conference in 1923
[6]. That year they finished the year with a 13-11 overall record and a 2-10 conference record.
[7] In 1933 Dutch Meyer, also the coach of the football team, led TCU to its first
SWC title with a 9-1 record. During the rest of their time in the
SWC, the Frogs would win 6 more regular-season SWC baseball titles. Their next conference championship would come while members of
Conference USA in 2004 and 2005.
2006 saw the Horned Frogs in a new conference, the
Mountain West Conference. The Frogs went 17-5 in their first year in the
MWC and never left first place. They also only had to play 3 games in the conference tournament to win the
MWC Tournament Title to complement the regular season title.
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TCU has made six appearances in the
NCAA Baseball Tournament: 1956, 1994, 2004, 2005, 2006 & 2007.
TCU has 23 All-Americans, 6 Freshman All-Americans, 3 players of the year awards, and 2 pitchers of the year not to mention countless All-Conference selections.
The TCU Baseball Team makes its home in
Lupton Stadium. It is located on the campus of
TCU, and it holds 3,500 patrons.
Men's Basketball
TCU Men's Basketball
has played since the 1908-1909 season. That first year they entered the
Waco City League and left with a record of 2-3, losing to the
Baylor teams and defeating the
Waco High teams.
The Horned Frogs played basketball in the
Southwest Conference from the 1923-24 seasons until the breakup of the conference after the 1995-96 season. During their time in the
SWC they won 10 conference titles (1931, 1934, 1951*, 1952, 1953, 1959, 1968, 1971, 1986*, 1987; * denotes shared title).
[15] Buster Brannon owns the most wins as a coach in TCU Men's Basketball history with a career that spanned 20 years he earned a record of 205-259, a 104-144 record in
SWC play, won 4 conference titles and earned three trips to the NCAA Basketball Tournament in
1952,
1953 and
1959.
[16] The TCU Men's Basketball Team would only win one more conference championship after the breakup of the
Southwest Conference.
During the 1997-98 season under Coach
Billy Tubbs, the team went 27-6 and 14-0 in
WAC play. The team earned a trip to the
Midwest Regional played in
Oklahoma City,
OK. They would lose in the first round to
Florida State. TCU never won a title during their time in
Conference USA and have not won a conference title in their current conference, the
Mountain West Conference.
TCU's other NCAA tournament appearances occurred in
1968,
1971 and
1987.
[17] Along with NCAA Tournament appearances, TCU appeared in the
National Invitational Tournament six times --
1983,
1986,
1992,
1997,
1999 and
2005. They advanced to the quarterfinal round three times --
1983,
1999 and
2005, but have never earned a birth to play in the semifinal round in
Madison Square Garden [18].
The TCU Men's Basketball Team was coached from 2002 to 2007 by
Neil Dougherty. He was fired in March, 2008, after TCU limped through yet another season with a losing record. Jim Christian, formerly with Kent State, was hired shortly after Dougherty was fired.
The TCU Men's Basketball Team plays their home games in
Daniel-Meyer Coliseum on the campus of TCU.
Kurt Thomas, widely considered the best athlete to attend TCU, played for the basketball team from 1990-1995. He was a three time All-American and averaged 29 points and 15 rebounds his senior year.
Women's Basketball
The
Lady Frogs
sported their first women's basketball team in the 1977-78 season, in which
TCU boasted a 5-18 record. The Lady Frogs improved significantly in the following year, going 19-8. Current coach
Jeff Mittie has been the coach of the team since the
1999-
00 season. During the
2000-
01 season, the Lady Frogs won their first regular season and conference championship at the
WAC Tournament. The Lady Frogs would match that accomplishment the very next season their first season in
Conference USA during the
2001-
2002 season. They then proceeded to win the
C-USA tournament in
2002-
03 and
2004-
05. Of the four years the Lady Frogs were in
C-USA, they would win the conference title 4 out of 5 years.
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TCU has also reached the
Women's NCAA Tournament for an outstanding six consecutive years, stretching back to the
2000-01 season. Each year, the Lady Frogs have won their first game of the tournament and lost the second game, except for a first-round loss to Oregon in 2005.
The Lady Frogs also share
Daniel-Meyer Coliseum with the men's team, playing under the roof there for the entire history of the program.
Women's Volleyball
The
TCU Women's Volleyball Team is coached by
Prentice Lewis who joined the team in February 2002. In 2002, the volleyball team accomplished the 3rd best record to date at 12-18.
[20] The next year, 2003, the Horned Frogs recorded their best record to date at 20-11 and made it to the second round of the
C-USA tournament, a first for a TCU Volleyball team. 2005 the Horned Frog Volleyball team saw their first year in the
Mountain West Conference. The team finished the season 16-18 and were seeded 8th in the conference tournament. They defeated the #9 seed,
Air Force, in the play-in match 3-1. The Frogs then fell to the top seeded
BYU 3-0 in the quarterfinals round. 2006 the Frogs recorded a 17-15 record and were the sixth seed in the
MWC tournament. They would eventually lose to
Colorado State University 3-1. The 2006 season would mark the Horned Frogs third winning season in four years.
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The
Women's Volleyball Team
plays their home games in the
Student Recreation Center
on the campus of
TCU.
Men's & Women's Cross Country
The Men's and Women's
TCU Harriers
Cross Country teams compete in the
Mountain West Conference. For purposes of qualifying for the
NCAA Men's and
Women's Cross Country Championships, the
TCU Harriers
compete in the
South Central Regional
while the rest of the conference competes in the
Rocky Mountain Regional
.
From
2003-
2005 the
TCU Harriers
sent a runner to the NCAA Men's or Women's Cross Country Championships.
The
TCU Harriers
Cross Country team is coached by .
Women's Equestrian
In December 2005 it was announced that starting in the 2006-2007 academic year women's equestrian would become a varsity sport sponsored by TCU. The NCAA designated equestrian as an emerging sport in 1998, and there are currently 23 intercollegiate programs in NCAA Division I and II. Programs in the region include Baylor, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, SMU, Stephen F. Austin, Texas A&M and West Texas A&M. Intercollegiate equestrian programs support an average of 70 student-athletes.
Golf
Men's Golf
The
TCU Men’s Golf
team is led by 20-year Head Coach
Bill Montigel. During his tenure, Coach Montigel guided the
Men’s Golf Team
to five consecutive conference titles from 2001-2005 between the Horned Frog’s time in the
WAC and
MWC. Since 1990, the Horned Frogs have qualified as a team to the
NCAA South Central Regional every year. In ten of those years, the team moved on to the
NCAA Championships. One of the most notable TCU Men’s Golf Alumnus is
J. J. Henry who was a member of the United States team during the
2006 Ryder Cup. The TCU golf team practices at the
Colonial Golf & Country Club.
Women's Golf
In 1983, the
TCU Women's Golf
team accounted for the school's lone national championship outside of football. Currently the women's golf team is led by Head Coach
Angie Ravaioli-Larkin. The Horned Frogs have at least four former players now playing professionally:
Susan Horton,
Angela Stanford,
Brooke Tull and
D'Rae Ward. TCU practices at the
Colonial Country Club.
Women's Rifle
All-Americans
| Player
| Event
| Year(s)
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| Sue Ann Sandusky
| Smallbore
| 1972, 1973, 1974
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| G. David Tubb
| Smallbore
| 1976, 1977, 1978
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| Allen W. Cunniff
| Smallbore
| 1976, 1977
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| William H. Kovaric
| Smallbore
| 1976, 1977
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| Robert A. Hayes
| Smallbore
| 1977
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| Wendy S. Warner
| Air Rifle
| 1980
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| Barbara Mann
| Air Rifle
| 1980, 1981, 1982
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| Celeste Green
| Smallbore
| 2003
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Women's Soccer
In 1986, the TCU Women's Soccer team played its first season.
[22] The coach of the Horned Frogs is
Dan Abdalla who is has now coached at TCU for two seasons. The women's soccer team plays their home matches at
Garvey-Rosenthal Stadium which seats 1,500.
The team yet to win a conference championship in its first 20 seasons, but with the recent building of the soccer stadium in 2000 and adding lights to the field in 2006, the school has shown a commitment to the program.
All-Conference Players
| Award
| Player
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| 1995 SWC All-Conference
| Angela Garrett
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| 1996 WAC All-Conference
| Sarah Suess
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| 1998 WAC All-Conference
| Allison Calleri
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| Jill Cook
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| 1999 WAC All-Conference
| Brenda DeRose
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| Jennifer Maunder
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| 2000 WAC All-Conference
| Brenda DeRose
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| Sherry Dick
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Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving
The coach of the
TCU Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving team
is
Richard Sybesma. He has been the coach of the swim team since its inception in 1979.
[23] The Horned Frogs greatest conference finish came in 2004 when the Men's and Women's Swim teams swept the
Conference USA meet in
Houston, Texas.
All home meets are located in the
Student Recreation Center
on the campus of
TCU.
Women's Swimming All-American's
| Year
| Name
| Source
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| 1980
| Kathy Todd
| AIAW
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| 1981
| Karen Andrews
| AIAW
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| Linda Wadsworth
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| 1981-82
| Becky Brill
| AIAW
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| Dea Frederick
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| Kim Healy
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| Catherine MacLane
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| Susan Seppanen
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| Dianna Stiles
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| 1982
| Dianna Stiles
| AIAW
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| Laura Crouch
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| 1993
| Kelly Crowell
| NCAA
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Source:
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Men's Swimming All-American's
| Year
| Name
| Source
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| 1994
| Walter Soza
| NCAA
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| 1997
| Jason Flint
| NCAA
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Source:
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Men's & Women's Track & Field
Indoor Track
Individual Championships
| Year
| Name
| Event
| Time
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| 1989
| Raymond Stewart
| 55m Dash
| 6.07
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| 2000
| R. Williams
| 4x400m Relay
| 3:06.69
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| A. Amantine
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| K. Campbell
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| J. Collins
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| 2001
| Kim Collins
| 60m Dash
| 6.58
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| 200m Dash
| 20.55
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| 2006
| Jackson Langat
| 800m Dash
| 1:47.02
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Outdoor Championships
Individual Champions
| Year
| Name
| Event
| Time
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| 1983
| A. Ingraham
| 4x400m Relay
| 3:02.09
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| J. Richard
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| K. Burnett
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| D. Walker
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| 1986
| R. Tatum
| 4x100m Relay
| 38.46**
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| A. Smith
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| L. Reid
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| G. Sholars
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| 1987
| R. Tatum
| 4x100m Relay
| 38.82
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| A. Smith
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| G. Sholars
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| R. Stewart
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| 1987
| Raymond Stewart
| 100m Dash
| 10.14
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| 1989
| R. Tatum
| 4x100m Relay
| 38.23**
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| A. Smith
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| G. Sholars
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| R. Stewart
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| 1989
| Raymond Stewart
| 100m Dash
| 9.97
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| 1991
| J. Drummond
| 4x100m Relay
| 38.88
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| C. Johnson
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| R. Wright
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| H. Porter
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| 1995
| D. Powell
| 4x100m Relay
| 38.63
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| B. Carter
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| L. Edwards
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| H. Abdallah
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| 1998
| Khadevis Robinson
| 800m Run
| 1:46.04
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**collegite record; NCAA meet record
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Tennis
The
TCU Tennis
teams play their home matches at the
Bayard H. Friedman Tennis Center, rated the #1 facility in the nation by
Tennis Magazine.
Men's Tennis
The
TCU Men's Tennis
team is coached by
Dave Borelli. Before he became coach of the men's team,
Coach Borelli
coached the
TCU Women's Tennis
team four years before.
[27] They are the 2005-2006
Mountain West Conference Tournament Champions.
[28]
Women's Tennis
The
TCU Women's Tennis
team is coached by
Jefferson Hammond. They are the 2005-2006
Mountain West Conference regular season and tournament champions.
Traditions
Horned Frog Mascot
The Horned Frog first appeared in 1897 on the cover of the first AddRan yearbook. By 1915, the mascot made its way onto the first TCU seal. During the post-WWII years, the Horned Frog Mascot was embraced in costume, on stationery, class rings and the band's bass drum. In 1979 the mascot was renamed from
Addy the All-American Frog
to
Super Frog
.
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TCU has capitalized on its mascot by marketing a bumper sticker (in a role reversal of where a frog, once kissed, turns into a prince) stating "My Princess Turned into a Frog".
Alma Mater
Academic Verse:
Hail all hail, TCU
Memories Sweet, Comrades True
Light of Faith, Follow Through
Praise to Thee, TCU
Athletic Verse:
Hail all hail, Glory bright
Purple Frogs, Honor White
Victory, Spirits True
Praise to Thee, TCU
Fight Song
Verse:
We'll raise a song, both loud and long
To cheer our team to victory
For TCU, so tried and true,
We pledge eternal loyalty.
Rah, Rah, TCU!
Rah, Rah, TCU!
Fight on boys, fight, with all your might
Roll up the scores for TCU
Hail white and purple flag whose heroes never lag,
Horned Frog, we are all for you!
Chant:
F-R-O-G-S F-I-G-H-T
Purple, White, Horned Frogs Fight
Victory, Victory, Right, Right, Right
Rah, Rah TCU! Rah, Rah, TCU
F-R-O-G-S F-I-G-H-T
Go, Go, Horned Frogs Go
TCU Frogs Fight
Cheers
Rif Ram:
Riff, Ram, Bah Zoo
Lickety, Lickety, Zoo, Zoo
Who, Wah, Wah, Who
Give 'em Hell, TCU
NCAA National Championships
| Year
| Sport
| Coach
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| 1935
| Football
| Dutch Meyer
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| 1938
| Football
| Dutch Meyer
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| 1983
| Women's Golf
| Fred Warren
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| 2008
| Women's Equestrian
| Gary Reynolds
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