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OLY: Older athletes - M T - 07-06-2024

A different kind of 40-year decision?

I was flipping through a month-old local paper when I noticed an article about Brooke (Bishop) Boak (Stanford 2008) having qualified for the Olympic Trials in swimming.  Although the article indicated she would be swimming Free and Fly, the psych sheets had her in the 50 and 100 Free events.

Born in 1986, she was third oldest at the swimming Olympic Trials.
Quote:The third-oldest qualifier is 37-year-old Brooke Boak, a former captain at Stanford (where she swam as Brooke Bishop) and mother of three. Her Olympic Trials journey began last year after swimming a 25-yard free in 10 seconds at her kids’ summer league meet. Then in March, she blasted a 25.24 50 free during her first time swimming the event since the 2008 Olympic Trials, seeding her 24th next week. Boak is also seeded 54th in the 100 free with a time of 55.72.

“It’s been really fun having a goal, I think that’s what I struggled with before, but once I committed myself to making trials, it’s been really fun,” said Boak, a Pac-10 champion in the 50 free back in 2006.

In the 2008 Olympic Trials, she finished 6th in the 50 Free with a 25.16 (four qualify for the Olympics).  16 years later, she swam a 25.24 in March and a 25.38 (28th) in the Olympic Trials (25.20 qualified for the consolation finals)
In 2008, she got DQ'ed in the 100 Free prelims.  In 2024, she qualified for the trials with a 55.73, finishing 54th with a 56.68. Her split of 26.16 was where she needed to be to get into the top 16.
In the 2008 Olympic Trials, she finished fourth in the 100 Fly (only two qualify for the Olympics) with a 58.54.  She didn't qualify in that event in 2024.

She graduated with a degree in product design.  I found this article (which doesn't mention her as a swimmer) about one of her products.

RE: OLY: Older athletes - TonyLima - 07-06-2024

No connection to Stanford, but deserves a mention: Dara Torres.  From Wikipedia.

Dara Grace Torres (born April 15, 1967) is an American former competitive swimmer, who is a 12-time Olympic medalist and former world record-holder in three events. Torres is the first swimmer to represent the United States in five Olympic Games (1984, 1988, 1992, 2000 and 2008), and at age 41, the oldest swimmer to earn a place on the U.S. Olympic team. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she competed in the 50-meter freestyle, 4×100-meter medley relay, and 4×100-meter freestyle relay, and won silver medals in all three events.

Torres has won 12 Olympic medals (four gold, four silver, four bronze), one of three women with the most Olympic women's swimming medals. The others are fellow Americans Jenny Thompson and Natalie Coughlin. Torres won five medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics, when at age 33, she was the oldest member of the 2000 U.S. Olympic swim team. She has also won at least one medal in each of the five Olympics in which she has competed, making her one of only a handful of Olympians to earn medals in five different Games.

RE: OLY: Older athletes - Mick - 07-06-2024

(07-06-2024, 06:28 PM)TonyLima Wrote:  No connection to Stanford, but deserves a mention: Dara Torres.  From Wikipedia.

Dara Grace Torres (born April 15, 1967) is an American former competitive swimmer, who is a 12-time Olympic medalist and former world record-holder in three events. Torres is the first swimmer to represent the United States in five Olympic Games (1984, 1988, 1992, 2000 and 2008), and at age 41, the oldest swimmer to earn a place on the U.S. Olympic team. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she competed in the 50-meter freestyle, 4×100-meter medley relay, and 4×100-meter freestyle relay, and won silver medals in all three events.

Torres has won 12 Olympic medals (four gold, four silver, four bronze), one of three women with the most Olympic women's swimming medals. The others are fellow Americans Jenny Thompson and Natalie Coughlin. Torres won five medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics, when at age 33, she was the oldest member of the 2000 U.S. Olympic swim team. She has also won at least one medal in each of the five Olympics in which she has competed, making her one of only a handful of Olympians to earn medals in five different Games.

Little bit of a Stanford connection. She moved to California to train with Stanford coach Richard Quick right before the 2000 Sydney Olympics, swam at Stanford, stayed with former relay partner Jenny Thompson for a week.
https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/torres-dara-1967-olympic-swimmer-model-tv-reporter-and-announcer
https://usopm.org/dara-torres-no-shortage-of-motivation/

RE: OLY: Older athletes - CompSci87 - 07-07-2024

(07-06-2024, 09:10 PM)82lsju Wrote:  fixed the font size for you, or maybe I was the only one who could not read it....

I fixed it too (by editing the post) before I noticed what you did. Thanks.

RE: OLY: Older athletes - cardcrimson - 07-07-2024

Brooke is a puppy compared to a different Stanford swimmer, Gabrielle Rose. Gabrielle graduated from Stanford in 2000 and from the B school in 2009. Swam for Brazil in 1996, and the US in 2000. Gave up swimming in 2004, but made a comeback the last couple of years. At the Olympic trials this year, she finished 9th in the 100 breast, just missing the finals by a half second. None of the top 16 finalists were born when she made her Olympic debut. Amazing story.

https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/swimming-olympic-trials-chase-kalisz-gabrielle-rose#:~:text=Then%20came%2046%2Dyear%2Dold,to%20compete%20at%20Olympic%20Trials.

RE: OLY: Older athletes - oldalum - 07-07-2024

This summer, former standout Stanford W soccer player Ali Riley, age 36, will be competing in her 5th Olympic games on the New Zealand national team. She is and has been captain of that national team, and was a captain at Stanford as well. Currently plays for Angel City in the NWSL.

RE: OLY: Older athletes - TonyLima - 07-07-2024

(07-06-2024, 10:01 PM)Mick Wrote:  
(07-06-2024, 06:28 PM)TonyLima Wrote:  No connection to Stanford, but deserves a mention: Dara Torres.  From Wikipedia.

Dara Grace Torres (born April 15, 1967) is an American former competitive swimmer, who is a 12-time Olympic medalist and former world record-holder in three events. Torres is the first swimmer to represent the United States in five Olympic Games (1984, 1988, 1992, 2000 and 2008), and at age 41, the oldest swimmer to earn a place on the U.S. Olympic team. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she competed in the 50-meter freestyle, 4×100-meter medley relay, and 4×100-meter freestyle relay, and won silver medals in all three events.

Torres has won 12 Olympic medals (four gold, four silver, four bronze), one of three women with the most Olympic women's swimming medals. The others are fellow Americans Jenny Thompson and Natalie Coughlin. Torres won five medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics, when at age 33, she was the oldest member of the 2000 U.S. Olympic swim team. She has also won at least one medal in each of the five Olympics in which she has competed, making her one of only a handful of Olympians to earn medals in five different Games.

Little bit of a Stanford connection. She moved to California to train with Stanford coach Richard Quick right before the 2000 Sydney Olympics, swam at Stanford, stayed with former relay partner Jenny Thompson for a week.
https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/torres-dara-1967-olympic-swimmer-model-tv-reporter-and-announcer
https://usopm.org/dara-torres-no-shortage-of-motivation/

Wow.  Thank you.