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The 12 in '12 series celebrates the fact that the London 2012 Olympic Games are just two years away. The series previews 12 athletes who have proven themselves as true competitors in past Games and look to win medals for Team USA in London. The fifth part of the series features gold medalist sailor from Beijing, Anna Tunnicliffe.
Olympic gold medalist. ISAF World Sailor of the Year. Ranked second in World Cup standings.
Anna Tunnicliffe made history two years ago when she won Laser Radial gold at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, becoming the first
Athletic Beginnings
Although she excelled at most activities she took up, Tunnicliffe eventually realized that her calling lied in sailing.
"My parents never forced me to race, I chose to race." Tunnicliffe said. "I am very competitive as is my family. I chose to stick to sailing because that's what I dreamed of going to the Olympics in at age 12."
When Tunnicliffe was 12, her family moved to
"I wasn't nervous that I would stop sailing," Tunnicliffe said. "I was nervous that I was coming to such a big country."
On the contrary, she did not have much trouble adjusting to life in the
"I think having my parents support in the event made it possible," Tunnucliffe said. "We came across it somehow, and my mum thought it would be a great idea to put a team together from our club and go to it. I was asked to helm, and I said yes. They did all the organization since I was in school."
Tunnicliffe chose to go to
"They graduated, and left spots open for me to sail," Tunnicliffe said. "From the spring season my sophomore year through the end of my senior year, I sailed almost every weekend. It was a great opportunity to sail all of the time and work on the whole game of racing."
Olympic Dreams Coming True
In 2003, Tunnicliffe competed in the U.S. Olympic Trials in an attempt to fulfill her Olympic dreams at the age of 21.
"It was a long shot for sure," Tunnicliffe said. "I had never sailed the boat save three weeks of practice before the event. My main goal for the event was to learn how the trials work and to get the experience."
She gained even more experience and, surprisingly, managed to finish in fourth place in the
She spent those four years honing in on her craft and learning to become the best in the world.
"She's as dedicated as any athlete I've ever met," said Dean Brenner, Chairman of the U.S. Olympic Sailing Program. "She's the fittest athlete we have on our team. She's very professional, thorough and diligent in her approach to her sailing. I think the level of dedication is as good as I've ever seen."
Brenner became the chairman of the program in 2004 and began working with Tunnicliffe the following year.
Tunnicliffe reached her goal in 2008 when she won at U.S. Olympic Trials and made it to the Beijing Games to compete in Laser Radial. Brenner was the team leader for the U.S. Olympic Sailing Team at those Games where he got to know her even better.
His roommate in
"She's got the attitude of a champion," Brenner said. "Really confident in her abilities, if she gets rattled she never shows it. She knows she's prepared, she knows she's talented. She just lets her preparation and her talent take over. I would actually say she's a conservative sailor because she doesn't take massive risk on the race course because she knows she doesn't have to, because she's prepared, she's thorough, she's fit. She's done all the things prior to the racing that she needs to do."
Tunnicliffe had done everything she needed to before the 2008 Olympic Games and it all paid off. She won the gold medal in her event.
"That was my goal for the previous four years of my life," Tunnicliffe said. "I worked hard to get there, and I knew that I could do it if I sailed a good regatta, then I would be able to bring home the gold."
Bringing home the gold made Tunnicliffe the first woman in 20 years to win Olympic sailing gold for the
"I was very proud," Tunnicliffe said. "I didn't realize that it was that long since we won the gold, so when I found out I was even more excited."
"She earned that gold medal," Brenner added.
Olympic Dream Lives On
Tunnicliffe's intense athletic spirit lived on after her gold medal performance in
"I had to drop some weight for the Games, and thought this was a good way to force myself to do it," Tunnicliffe said. "Also, it gave me a distraction from the sailing. I had been doing some training before the Games, but then started the hard training after the Games."
As she does with everything she puts her mind to, Tunnicliffe surpassed her goals and proved that it really is possible to be good at everything you do. She beat her goal time by thirty minutes at her first triathlon.
In 2009, Tunnicliffe received the highest honor that could be bestowed upon a sailor when she was named ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year.
"I didn't expect it," Tunnicliffe said. "There are so many good people sailing these days, and the list of nominees was extremely good, so I was very surprised to win it. I was overjoyed. It was a fantastic award for all of the hard work I have been putting in."
That year, Tunnicliffe continued to work harder than ever and remained number one in the world for Laser Radial sailing. But dominating one sailing class must not have been enough for Tunnicliffe, who made a bold move that year. While the vast majority of sailors only ever compete in one sailing class in their careers, Tunnicliffe decided to take on a new challenge: match racing.
"I still have a lot to learn in the radial, but match racing is a new challenge," Tunnicliffe said. "match racing is like chess on the water. There is so much going on. You have to put yourself ahead and in control of the other boat using the rules, the wind and your boathandling. It's a lot of fun."
Laser Radial was chosen as the Olympic class for singlehanded women at the 2008 Games for the first time, meaning Tunnicliffe was the first to win gold in the event. Match racing will take the place of fleet racing for the first time at the 2012 Games so Tunnicliffe could easily be among the first to medal in that class as well.
"It's really not surprising that she's taken another challenge on," Brenner said. "And it is an entirely different challenge because it's a totally different type of racing, it's a totally different type of boat. She goes from sailing singlehanded to having two other teammates on the boat with her, so it is an entirely new challenge for sure."
Those two other teammates are Debbie Capozzi and Molly Vandemoer. Both women come with a long list of their own sailing accolades. Capozzi came in fourth at the 2008 World Championships and seventh at the 2008 Olympic Games in fleet racing, and Vandemoer's women's 470 team won the 2008 National Championships.
Tunnicliffe quickly adapted to match racing. Team Tunnicliffe sailed away from the XII International Women's Match Race Criterium in first place this past April. After six World Cup events this year, the team is currently ranked second, only one point behind the top team from Great Britain. The seventh and final World Cup, Sail for Gold, begins Aug. 9. This regatta is especially important because it is being held at the London Olympic venue in Weymouth, England.
"It wasn't all that long ago that Anna was number one in the world in the radial," Brenner said. "So she switches classes and she rockets right back up to the top of the international rankings. It's pretty impressive."
Tunnicliffe said she and her crew studied the game and learned as much as they could from the beginning, which has helped them to progress as quickly as they have.
She continues to race competitively in laser radial for fun and placed seventh at last month's 2010 ISAF Laser Radial World Championships. While she has found time to excel in both classes, Tunnicliffe knows that her campaign for the 2012 Games will be in match racing and that is something she thinks about often.
"Every day I think about London," Tunnicliffe said. "But I know that I can't just think about the end, I have to think about the steps that it's going to take to get me there. It's what drives me to do my workouts or do an extra hour of practice if I'm getting tired."
Team Tunnicliffe has a long road ahead if it wants to succeed in London, including qualifying for the one Olympic spot the U.S. gets in match racing. But if they do qualify, all eyes will be on Tunnicliffe to make history yet again.
"Assuming they qualify and win the spot, I expect that they'll be a serious competitor for a gold medal," Brenner said. "They're that good, and they're doing all the right things."
Tunnicliffe herself has that same word on her mind: gold. She agreed that gold is their main objective and said everything her team does over the next two years will be a stepping stone to that goal. But if sailing's golden girl does not find victory again in London, she would just be happy to have the support of her nation watching Team Tunnicliffe.
"Match racing is an exciting discipline of sailing and easy to follow," Tunnicliffe said. "It will be a good and easy way to learn about the sport and it is a discipline that we should do quite well in. Having the USA following us would be amazing. We were once the sailing nation and I want to get back to that point."
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CHICAGO, Ill. (July 14, 2012) – Day two of the Chicago Open concluded with top seeds John Hyden (Sherman Oaks, Calif.)/Sean Scott (Redondo Beach, Calif.) and Whitney Pavlik (Laguna Beach, Calif.)/Jenny Kropp (Holly Glen, Calif.) advancing to the final day of play, which begins at 8 a.m. on Sunday.
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Metzger and Williams will meet No. 2 seed Brad Keenan (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and John Mayer (Culver City, Calif.) on Sunday.
Fans who have been cheering on the athletes include 2010 Winter Olympic Skiing gold medalist Bode Miller who showed up to support Morgan Beck (Coto de Caza, Calif.) this weekend, as well as actor Vince Vaughn who grew up in Illinois and currently lives in Chicago.
In the first half of the morning, 16th-seeded Kevin McColloch (San Diego, Calif.) and Mike Placek (Cardiff, Calif.) defeated top seeds Hyden and Scott at stadium court. Hyden and Scott were reunited this weekend after Scott had been out with an injury. The "twin towers," as they are affectionately referred to by fans, showed that they are still a force to be reckoned with when they eliminated Jennings and Strickland in the contenders' bracket later this afternoon in two sets, 21-17, 21-19.
Looking stronger than ever in a filled stadium court, Pavlik and Kropp once again dominated their matches on Saturday and are looking for a series sweep, should they win Sunday. Clad in matching bright swimsuits, the pair defeated Olaya Pazo (Miami, Fla.) and Kendra Van Zweiten (Coconut Creek, Fla.), 21-15, 19-21, 15-8. They will go up against Priscilla Lima (Hermosa Beach, Calif.) and Tyra Turner (Fort Myers Beach, Fla.) in the quarterfinals.
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As the new Interim CEO of USA Taekwondo, I was faced with several issues that warranted my immediate attention, one of which was the selection of a Coach or Coaches for USA Taekwondo. Coach contracts expired on Dec. 31, 2012, and our organization was left without a coaching staff after that time. It was my decision to put into place a selection procedure that would be inclusive and not exclusive of those coaches who wished to be considered for the job of Head Coach. To that end, we published a call for coach candidates on the USAT website. Following that, I selected a Coach Selection Committee with the sole purpose of advising me on whom they felt should be hired as the USAT Head Coach. That committee screened the list of coach candidates who applied and narrowed the list to eight highly-qualified coach candidates. The list was then narrowed a list of five finalists. The five finalists were flown to Colorado Springs for in-person interviews in front of the Selection Committee. The Selection Committee consisted of the following persons: USAT High Performance Director, Meredith Miller; Coaching Science Committee Chair, Brian McCutcheon; USAT AAC Rep, Barb Kunkel; and USOC AAC Rep, Lynda Laurin. As Interim CEO, I was present at all of the deliberations in order to be able to make an informed decision.
The responsibility for hiring a Coach for USA Taekwondo has always been the responsibility of the CEO. That is true in this case as well. I read all of the applications, screened all of the resumes submitted, listened to the questions and responses of the eight with whom telephone interviews were conducted, and I was present at the in-person interviews with the finalists. Even with the advice and recommendations given to me by the Search Committee, it was always my decision to make.
As USOC AAC Representative, Ms. Laurin conducted an athlete poll to ascertain the will and pleasure of the athletes. Additionally, athletes commented on their preferences regarding the hiring of a Head Coach. I read each and every email that was written and submitted by the athletes and I considered every expressed opinion from the pool of athletes. I gave full consideration to the opinions expressed before making a final decision regarding whom to hire.
As the new Interim CEO of USA Taekwondo, part of what I want to do is to take our organization in a new direction, one with open communication, one that will serve to unite our membership, and one that will demonstrate fairness and equal opportunity to all athletes, coaches and members. I never lose sight of the fact that our organization is athlete-centered and that doing what is in the best interests of our athletes should remain foremost in all that we seek to achieve with our organization. I want to revitalize what I see as a broken athlete pipeline by giving fair and equal opportunity to the preponderance of athletes throughout the USA who do belong to one camp or another. Again, I believe that all athletes have the right for fair and equal consideration when it comes to making the USA National Team and representing our country in international competitions.
In keeping with my goal of moving our organization in a different direction, it was my decision to go to a one-coach system instead of the two-coach system previously in place at USA Taekwondo. I also weighed the merits of each coach and I decided that Patrice Remarck was, in my mind, the best fit for the direction in which I seek to move our organization. In no way was my selection of Coach Remarck intended to be a slight to any of the other Coach candidates. Each of our final Coach candidates brought great strengths to the job consideration, strengths that I hope will be used to help to develop future athletes to represent our country, and strengths that will be brought to bear in coaching our existing team of USA Taekwondo athletes. It is my fervent hope that our coaches will all work together to better develop our pool of current athletes, and to develop a pipeline of athletes that will represent us beyond 2016. There is a place for all of our Coach finalists. It is up to them to choose to work together to make our U.S. Team the best that it can be, or to choose to stand back and refuse to help our team to reach its potential. No matter who would have been selected as USA Taekwondo Head Coach, that person would not have been able to make our team the best possible by him/herself. It is through a cooperative effort that our athletes will achieve greater success. That is what I am asking of our coaches and of our athletes. Decide to work together to produce the best training for our athletes. In return, we will achieve the best results by our athletes.
Having made the decision to select Coach Patrice Remarck, it is my hope and desire that our USAT team of athletes and coaches unite and support Coach Remarck in trying to achieve a common goal of excellence that manifests itself on the medal podium. We all recognize that we are behind in training and preparing the team for a very critical competition- the upcoming World Championships in Puebla, Mexico. We need to maximize what little time remains to prepare and to train and to get mentally focused on the task at hand. World Championships this year are more critical to making the Olympic Team for 2016 than ever before. Some may disagree with my hiring decision, but it is time to put that behind us. Again, I ask that we all unite and support Coach Remarck and our current USA Taekwondo National Team as they prepare for crucial competitions that will be a strong determinant factor in who will make the 2016 Rio Olympic Games Taekwondo Team. I believe that a fair and open hiring process was put into place and was adhered to. Once again, even with all of the advice received from many areas of concern, to include the athletes, ultimately it was the decision of one person— me. I appreciate those who have taken the time to express their support of my decision, as well as those who took the time to express their concern over my decision. Let us all unite and give as much support to our Head Coach and team as they prepare to represent the USA in international competition.
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Murr named first recipient of Ken Tuck International Study Award
Murr named first recipient of Ken Tuck International Study Award
Nov. 12, 2012
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Erin Murr '14 has never traveled to a foreign country, used public transportation or lived in a residence hall, but she'll experience all of that in January, when she travels to study for a semester at the University of Ulster in Coleraine, Northern Ireland.
"It's terrifying, but I'm looking forward to it," said the Maryville College junior from Greenback, Tenn. "I really want to put myself in situations where it's not predictable, where I don't know what's going to happen next."
Murr, the daughter of James and Lynne Murr and a 2010 graduate of Greenback High School, will be a participant in the Irish-American Scholars Program, which is a bilateral exchange between the College and the University of Ulster through the Association of Presbyterian Colleges and Universities. Only 27 students from the United States were accepted for study in Northern Ireland next semester, so the program is incredibly competitive. Murr is the only student from a Tennessee college or university selected to participate in the program for the semester.
Murr chose Northern Ireland, in part, because of her own Scots-Irish lineage. A history major, she also was intrigued by opportunities to study the religious history of Ireland and European history.
"I want to understand European history from the viewpoint of Europeans," she explained.
While she's studying at the University of Ulster, Murr hopes to be housed with other international students and take short trips to nearby Scotland, England and France.
"I hope to get so much out of this experience," she said. "For me, this may be the most economical way to experience other countries – and the only time in my life I'll be able to go.
"I'm just blown away thinking about what it will be like."
Traveling for all the right reasons
Murr's reasons for studying abroad are exactly what inspired alumnus Ken Tuck '54 and his wife, Sara, to establish the Tuck International Study Endowment last year and make another donation this year that doubles the size of the endowment.
Murr will be the first recipient of the Ken Tuck International Study Award, which is funded by the endowment.
"Study abroad expands and enhances your education," said Ken, who graduated in 1954 and went on to a successful career in ophthalmology that continues to this day. "These experiences change lives, and I am passionate about the development of the College's international program. It has the potential to greatly strengthen the Maryville College academic and cultural experience for many students, as well as the value of a Maryville College diploma in our complex and changing world."
Ken didn't study internationally as an undergraduate at Maryville, but meeting students at Maryville College who came from all over the East Coast was as much a cultural eye-opener as he had ever experienced growing up in rural Moneta, Va.
Representing his profession nationally and internationally, Ken has traveled extensively and developed relationships with people of different ethnicities, faiths and economic backgrounds.
"Through much of that, I've seen the importance of developing relationships to improve the lives of others and bring them hope for a better world," he said.
The Tucks were able to provide their daughters with international experiences while in college. When grandson Peter Coats attended Maryville College from 2004 until his graduation in 2009, the couple made it possible for Coats to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the College for travel-study.
Ken and Sara saw, first-hand, the impact studying abroad had on their daughters and grandson and were so convinced of its value that they wanted to ensure that others had the same opportunities.
Sharing a dream
By doubling the size of the endowment, more students will be able to study abroad – just what Ken and Sara Tuck intend.
"I heard that 85 percent of freshmen at Maryville College last year indicated that they would like to have an international experience while they're enrolled, but many can't afford it," said Ken, who serves on the College's Board of Directors. "We want to remove barriers to that dream.
"Seeing the world was a dream I had as a young student at Maryville in the 1950s," Ken said. "Now, I want to share that dream with the institution I love."
Kirsten Sheppard, director of international education at the College, said students face many obstacles to studying abroad, with financial obstacles being among the most significant.
"The Ken Tuck International Study Award will provide Erin and future Maryville College students the opportunity to have significant and sustained engagement with cultures and peoples of the world and develop their leadership and citizenship skills," she said. "Scholarships like this one, along with more coordinated campus-wide support for study abroad, increased incentives for students, and high-visibility education about the tangible and professional benefits of studying abroad will encourage students to prioritize international education."
The value of the award is up to $3,000 per student and is intended to cover costs such as air travel, books and additional cultural or educational activities offered through the study abroad program that are not covered in basic tuition.
Murr intends to use the award to pay for her residence hall room on the Coleraine campus. That will allow her to use the money she has been saving since high school for a study abroad experience on trips into other countries.
"Without the Tuck award, I would have to pinch pennies to study abroad, and I probably would not be able to travel beyond Ireland," she said. "I'm very thankful."
Sending scholars and ambassadors
Ken Tuck's great-grandfather emigrated from Ireland to Virginia, so the Tucks have visited the Emerald Isle to learn more about those familial origins.
Although they didn't visit Northern Ireland, Ken said he believes the residents there will treat Murr as hospitably as he and his wife were treated in the Republic of Ireland.
And he recognizes that she will be an ambassador – for the College, as well as the United States – while she is abroad.
"More people abroad will have heard of Maryville College because of Erin's study abroad experience," he said. "So ours is an investment in the College, as well as in the student."
Maryville College is ideally situated in Maryville, Tenn., between the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Knoxville, the state's third largest city. Founded in 1819, it is the 12th oldest institution of higher learning in the South and maintains an affiliation with the Presbyterian Church (USA). Known for offering its students a rigorous and highly personal experience that includes an undergraduate research requirement, Maryville College is a nationally ranked institution of higher learning that successfully joins the liberal arts and professional preparation. Total enrollment for the fall 2016 semester is 1,197.