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APU Hosts Send-off Celebration for Olympian Bryan Clay
July 30, 2008
AZUSA, Calif. –
WHO:
APU Alumnus and 2008 Olympian Bryan Clay and his coaches Kevin Reid, Mike Barnett, and Rana Reider.
WHAT:
APU President Jon Wallace and the Azusa Pacific University community will gather for a send off and celebration dessert for Bryan Clay and his coaches as they depart to compete in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
WHEN:
Fri., Aug. 1, 1-2 p.m.
WHERE:
Wilden Atrium, East Campus
901 E. Alosta Ave., Azusa
FACTS:
America’s top decathlete, Clay won the silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Summer Games in Athens, broke the previous U.S. Track and Field Olympic Trials record this year, and is favored to win the gold at this year’s Olympic Games.
View a video of Clay talking about the three priorities that keep him focused as he seeks the gold in Beijing: God first, family second, and track third: www.apu.edu/stories/bclay/.
To read more about Clay and other APU Olympic athletes, visit www.apu.edu/olympians/.
Featured in TIME magazine and ranked as one of the nation’s best by U.S.News & World Report and The Princeton Review, Azusa Pacific is a comprehensive, Christian, evangelical university, committed to God First and known for excellence in higher education. Azusa Pacific’s main campus lies just 26 miles northeast of Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley, while its seven Southern California regional centers bring convenience and extend quality programming. The university offers more than 60 areas of undergraduate study, 26 master's degree programs, and 7 doctorates to a total student population of more than 8,100.
