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TSU unveils new Olympic Plaza
By Nate Rau, Sports Correspondent
May 26, 2005

Before they competed on sport�s grandest stage, some of the greatest athletes in United States Olympic history first represented Tennessee State University.

To honor names like Wilma Rudolph, Ralph Boston, Wyomia Tyus, Edith McGuire Duvall, Chandra Cheeseborough and many other former Tigers-turned-Olympians, the university will dedicate its brand new Olympic Plaza Saturday at 10 a.m. The plaza will be located at the north end of the main TSU campus next to the Gentry Center.

�It�s often said, and rightly so, that TSU has won more medals than most countries,� said Steve Gillett, TSU director of campus planning. �This is to honor those athletes.�

The number of TSU athletes to compete in the Olympics has reached 59, with Paralympian Ryan Fann as the most recent. Those athletes have won 17 gold medals, eight silver and seven bronze.

The plaza, which was still receiving finishing touches this week, will feature a 46-foot tall monument, creating by TSU arts professor Jane-Allen McKinney to honor the Tigers� Olympic tradition.

The sculpture, which is of an athletic figure carrying a torch, is comprised of brass, aluminum and copper, which represent the gold, silver and bronze medals won by TSU athletes at the Games. The amount of material used is equal to the number of medals each one represents.

The plaza will be adorned with commemorative bricks bearing the names of all past TSU Olympians and will have space available for bricks for future Olympians from the university.

�The Olympic Plaza and sculpture are there symbolically as part of the TSU Olympic legacy,� Gillett said.

Every one of the 59 TSU Olympians will have their name represented on a brick at the plaza and more room will be left for future TSU Olympic team members.

Cheeseborough, who now coaches the TSU women�s track and field team, won three medals at the 1984 Olympics. She came back to Nashville with two gold medals and one silver.

�It�s an honor because a lot of years have passed,� Cheeseborough said. �A lot of people put their blood, sweat and tears into this. Thank God for the vision of the university to honor those [athletes] who have gone before us.�

reprinted from the Nashville City Paper com, photo by M.J. Masotti Jr.

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