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Fredonia native Jenn Suhr won a gold medal in pole vaulting Monday at the Olympics. She vaulted 15 feet, 7 inches to defeat Cuba's Yarisley Silva, who cleared the same height but lost on a tiebreaker because she had one more miss in the competition. The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947

LONDON – St. Bonaventure University will be represented by at least one, and possibly two, former student-athletes at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, which officially got underway Friday evening with the Opening Ceremony. Stef Collins, a 2006 graduate, will play for Great Britain women’s basketball team, while Ogo Adeboye, a 2011 grad, enters the Olympic Games as the first reserve for the Great Britain men’s basketball team. Collins was named the 2001-02 Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year after leading all A-10 first-year players with 11.1 points per game. In her junior season she was named to the A-10 Third Team All-Conference and All-Academic Team. She followed that up with an A-10 Honorable Mention selection in her senior campaign. The Montour Falls, N.Y. native, who is expected to start at point guard for GB, scored 1,421 points in her career, which now ranks ninth all-time in program history. She also sits third all-time in 3-pointers made with 288, behind only Suzie Dailer (291) and J...

OMAHA, NEB – St. Bonaventure men’s swimmer, sophomore James Martin will compete today in the 100m Freestyle event at the United States Olympic Swimming Trials. The NBC Sports Network will have full coverage of the semifinals at 4:30 p.m. ET followed by coverage of the finals on NBC at 8:00 p.m. ET. Martin qualified for the Olympic trials at Flickinger Aquatic Center in Buffalo, N.Y. during an event hosted by the USA Swimming Speedo Champions Series in late March. Martin qualified in the 100-meter freestyle when he touched in at 51.39, coming in .10 below the standard time of 51.49. At the A-10 Championships, Martin sprinted to a gold medal time of 44.82 in the same event. The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947

LEICESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND – Former St. Bonaventure women's basketball star Stef Collins will participate in the 2012 Olympic Games in London as a member of Great Britain's women's basketball team as announced Friday morning by Tom Maher, GB's senior women's head coach. Collins, a 2006 graduate of St. Bonaventure, scored 1,421 points in her career which now ranks ninth all-time in program history. She also sits third all-time in 3-pointers made with 288, behind only Suzie Dailer (291) and Jessica Jenkins (338). "Stef is certainly a great player, but we're also very proud of the person she is and the way she carries herself," St. Bonaventure head coach Jim Crowley said. "It's going to be a great experience for her and we know she will represent St. Bonaventure well." Collins is tied for third in the women's basketball record book with three, 30-point games. Her 36 points against Stony Brook in 2003 is still tied for third-most in a single...

BUFFALO, N.Y.- James Martin of the St. Bonaventure University men's swimming and diving team qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 50-meter freestyle and the 100-meter freestyle this weekend at the Flickinger Aquatic Center in Buffalo, N.Y. The event was hosted by USA Swimming Speedo Champions Series. Martin qualified in the 50-meter freestyle with a time of 23.48, finishing just below the cut time of 23.49. In the 100-meter freestyle he touched in at 51.39, coming in .10 below the standard time of 51.49. Standard time can only be accomplished in Long Course Meters (50 meter pool) as opposed to Short Course Yards (25 yard pool), which is the Olympic distance. Olympic trials will take place in Omaha Nebraska June 25-July 2. The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947