Cal Athletics: 2008 Summer Olympians - Magdalena Lewy

The University of California will be well represented at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing with a record 39 athletes and coaches from 14 different countries having qualified for the Games, as of July 9.

Lewy earned a spot on the U.S. Olympic team with a second-place finish in the marathon at the Olympic Trials in Boston April 20, crossing the line in a lifetime-best 2:30.19. She led from the start until the 24th mile before being overtaken by eventual winner Deena Kastor. While a runner at Cal, Lewy earned All-America honors with a third-place finish in the 5000-meter run at the 1997 NCAA championships with a career-best time of 16:04.86. On Cal's all-time performers list, she ranks second in the 5000m (16:04.86), third in the 3000m (9:25.93) and seventh in the 1500m (4:23.34). Lewy is in her seventh year as an assistant coach with the Cal track & field program.

To help Golden Bear fans follow the Cal delegation this summer, Cal Athletics has built a special website at http://www.CalBears.com/Olympics, complete with bio information, schedules, results, feature stories and the history of the Bears at the Games. In addition, there is a sortable database of all Cal Olympic results.

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