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Villanova's streak of having a Wildcat participate in every Summer Olympiad since 1948 will continue this summer at Rio 2016.
After winning the Australian Athletics Championships (effectively the Olympic Trials) 5,000 Meter run in early April with a time of 13:37.95, Sam McEntee had until July to secure a 13:25 qualifying time. Over the weekend, McEntee ran a 13.20.72 at the 20th Annual Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational Track and Field Meeting held on Stanford's campus to book his ticket.
The Games of the XXXI Olympiad will open on August 5th.
Update 5/2 4p ET: Villanova notes that McEntee "can expect to be nominated for inclusion on Australia’s delegation of athletes".
List of Villanova Olympians
| Year | Event | Villanovan | Medal |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 | Track & Field | J.F. O'Connell | |
| 1948 | Track & Field | Cummin Clancy | |
| 1948 | Track & Field | John Joe Barry | |
| 1948 | Track & Field | Jimmy Reardon | |
| 1948 | Track & Field | Browning Ross | |
| 1948 | Track & Field | George Guida | |
| 1952 | Track & Field | Browning Ross | |
| 1956 | Track & Field | Charles Jenkins, Sr. | GOLD Medal in 400 Meters & 1,600 Meter Relay |
| 1956 | Track & Field | Rolando Cruz | |
| 1956 | Track & Field | Ron Delany | GOLD Medal in 1,500 Meters |
| 1956 | Track & Field | Phil Reavis | |
| 1956 | Baseball | Ken Lowe | |
| 1960 | Track & Field | Don Bragg | GOLD Medal in Pole Vault |
| 1960 | Track & Field | Alex Breckenridge | |
| 1960 | Track & Field | Frank Budd | |
| 1960 | Track & Field | Rolando Cruz | |
| 1960 | Track & Field | Ron Delany | |
| 1964 | Track & Field | Noel Carroll | |
| 1964 | Track & Field | Rolando Cruz | |
| 1964 | Track & Field | Paul Drayton | GOLD Medal in 400 Meter Relay; SILVER Medal in 200 Meters |
| 1964 | Track & Field | Vic Zwolak | |
| 1964 | Rowing | William Knecht | GOLD Medal |
| 1968 | Track & Field | Noel Carroll | |
| 1968 | Track & Field | Marty Liquori | |
| 1968 | Track & Field | Frank Murphy | |
| 1968 | Track & Field | Dave Patrick | |
| 1968 | Track & Field | Larry James | GOLD Medal in 1,600 Meter Relay; SILVER Medal in 400 Meters |
| 1968 | Track & Field | Erv Hall | SILVER Medal in 110 Meter Hurdles |
| 1968 | Swimming | Tom Aretz | |
| 1968 | Swimming | Olaf G. von Schilling | |
| 1972 | Track & Field | Frank Murphy | |
| 1972 | Track & Field | John Hartnett | |
| 1972 | Track & Field | Donal Walsh | |
| 1972 | Swimming | Tom Aretz | |
| 1972 | Swimming | Olaf G. von Schilling | |
| 1972 | Modern Pentathlon | John Fitzgerald | |
| 1976 | Track & Field | Glenn Bogue | |
| 1976 | Track & Field | Dick Buerkle | |
| 1976 | Track & Field | Eamonn Coghlan | |
| 1976 | Modern Pentathlon | John Fitzgerald | |
| 1980 | Track & Field | Dick Buerkle | |
| 1980 | Track & Field | Eamonn Coghlan | |
| 1980 | Track & Field | Don Paige | |
| 1980 | Modern Pentathlon | John Fitzgerald | |
| 1984 | Track & Field | Sydney Maree | |
| 1984 | Track & Field | Eamonn Coghlan | |
| 1984 | Track & Field | John Marshall | |
| 1984 | Track & Field | Marcus O'Sullivan | |
| 1984 | Swimming | Frank Keefe - Coach | |
| 1984 | Handball | Steve Kirk | |
| 1984 | Basketball | George Raveling - Coach | |
| 1988 | Track & Field | Sydney Maree | |
| 1988 | Track & Field | Eamonn Coghlan | |
| 1988 | Track & Field | Gerry O'Reilly | |
| 1988 | Track & Field | Marcus O'Sullivan | |
| 1988 | Track & Field | Salaam Gariba | |
| 1988 | Track & Field | Vicki Huber | |
| 1988 | Swimming | Frank Keefe - Coach | |
| 1988 | Handball | Steve Kirk | |
| 1988 | Basketball | George Raveling - Coach | |
| 1992 | Track & Field | Charles "Chip" Jenkins, Jr. | GOLD Medal in 1,600 Meter Relay |
| 1992 | Track & Field | Marcus O'Sullivan | |
| 1992 | Track & Field | Sonia O'Sullivan | |
| 1992 | Track & Field | Salaam Gariba | |
| 1992 | Swimming | Lisa Flood | |
| 1996 | Track & Field | Maulan Byron | |
| 1996 | Track & Field | Kim Certain | |
| 1996 | Track & Field | Kate Fonshell | |
| 1996 | Track & Field | Vicki Huber | |
| 1996 | Track & Field | Marcus O'Sullivan | |
| 1996 | Track & Field | Sonia O'Sullivan | |
| 1996 | Swimming | Kire Filipovski | |
| 1996 | Swimming | Lisa Flood | |
| 2000 | Track & Field | Sonia O'Sullivan | SILVER Medal in 5,000 Meters |
| 2000 | Track & Field | Jen Rhines | |
| 2000 | Baseball | Mike Neill | GOLD Medal |
| 2000 | Swimming | Frank Keefe - Coach | |
| 2000 | Swimming | Maddy Crippen | |
| 2004 | Track & Field | Sonia O'Sullivan | |
| 2004 | Track & Field | Carmen Douma | |
| 2004 | Track & Field | Jen Rhines | |
| 2004 | Track & Field | Carrie Tollefson | |
| 2008 | Track & Field | Adrian Blincoe | |
| 2008 | Track & Field | Jen Rhines | |
| 2008 | Swimming | Kristina Lennox | |
| 2012 | Basketball | Lisa Karcic | |
| 2012 | Basketball | Andrew Sullivan | |
| 2012 | Track & Field | Sheila Reid | |
| 2012 | Track & Field | Marina Muncan | |
| 2012 | Cycling | Dotsie Bausch | SILVER Cycling Team Pursuit |
| 2016 | Track & Field | Sam McEntee |