Well, Gerek -- the #2 ranked athlete in the world in the FOIL, was upset in his first match by the 124th ranked player in the world...
Here's the Washington Post story.
LINK: WASHINGTON POST
Lee's husband, Gerek Meinhardt '13 is currently ranked #2 in the world in Foil -- and he begins his Olympic journey tonight at 10:35 PM ET
OLYMPIC FUN FACT: America has won only three Olympic Gold Medals in history in Fencing -- and all three have been won by former Notre Dame student-athletes!
Just minutes ago -- Lee Kiefer just became the first American ever to win an Olympic Gold Medal in the Foil!
Here's the moment it happened: OLYMPIC HISTORY
Her husband (and fellow Domer) Gerek Meinhardt is currently ranked #2 in the World -- he begins his quest for a Gold Medal in the Foil this evening at 10:35 PM ET
Notre Dame alum Lee Kiefer makes history!!!
The University of Notre Dame will be well represented in Tokyo these next few months -- with a total of 24 athletes and coaches on Olympic & Paralympic Teams!
Here's the list of all of the athletes and coaches who currently call or did call -- Notre Dame home:
TEAM USA (17):
TEAM CANADA (1):
TEAM HONG KONG (1):
TEAM MONTENGRO (1):
TEAM PANAMA (2):
TEAM POLAND (1):
TEAM SINGAPORE (1):
I joined the Development Team at the University of Notre Dame back in January of 2012 -- in December that same year, we moved into our new home just a couple of blocks away...
In that new home, we specifically designed an area in the garage to park a golf car -- that was more than eight years ago. I've been waiting a long time to finally have that golf car built!
This past February, I started the process of talking with custom golf car builders who could help create my long dreamed Notre Dame themed golf car. Surprisingly, most every company I spoke with had been severely impacted by COVID. They've been unable to acquire used golf cars from golf courses (they are hanging on to them for another year) limiting their ability to find inventory for custom golf car builds.
So, I had to expand my search beyond Indiana, Michigan and Illinois -- which led me to seeking out one of the top players in this space, EXCESSIVE CARTS out of the Dallas, TX. Rob & Stacie Wallach have built quite a business out of "tricking out" new and used golf cars -- and, they've agreed to build my golf car.
The custom golf car (pictured above) is one of the many that Excessive Carts has built for customers around the world.
Back in April, we began the process of designing the golf car and doing our best to try to match the helmet paint color of our Notre Dame Football team -- it's a color you can't order at any paint store. It's made exclusively for Notre Dame by Finish Line Industries and their company Hydro Graphics, Inc.
So -- we had to look around to try to find the closest match to that exquisite GOLD HELMET. We ended up choosing a powder coat color called GOLD GLITZ from a company called Columbia Coatings in Columbia, TN -- this took a lot longer than I had hoped...
That takes us to today -- Rob & Stacie just sent this video clip of the first golf car parts that have been powder coated in the Gold Glitz color and delivered to their production floor -- here's the video...
Our guy Pat Connaughton is introduced to the thousands in attendance at the 2:02:18 mark.
You will also find Pat in the parade for the first time at the 35:50 mark.
Jim Phillips, the new Commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference is well acquainted with the University of Notre Dame. He is a parent of two Notre Dame students and he's a former member of the Notre Dame Athletics staff -- serving as an Associate Director of Athletics for the Fighting Irish from 2000-2004...
LINK: MILWAUKEE BUCKS PARADE
Notre Dame's Pat Connaughton -- front row and center of NBA Championship photo! Click on photo to enlarge...
This is what a class act does -- minutes after losing a chance at an NBA Championship as a head coach...
Monty Williams -- you are a wonderful human being.
What a night it could be for the fans of the Milwaukee Bucks. The city is building a second "watch party" area, just north of the Fiserv Forum on a vacant site where a hotel is to be constructed.
They are expecting a total of 65,000 people will be "outside" the arena watching the game -- see photo below from ND GO IRISH BLOG regular Brian Couch '84
Here's hoping they get a win and our guy Pat Connaughton earns a RING!
Sorry Monty -- Pat is a good friend.