Sports Shorts

In case you lost count, athletes and coaches with Stanford ties earned 17 medals at the 2004 Olympic games in Athens: three gold, seven silver and seven bronze. The Athens total was four shy of the school-record 21 medals won at the 1924 Olympics in Paris. For photos, stories and a complete list of winners, go to the athletics website . . . . Stanford has resumed management of its Equestrian Center and Red Barn, the 13-acre California historic landmark where University founder Leland Stanford bred his world-famous trotters. For the past 20 years, the site has been leased as a public boarding stable for about 100 horses. Under the new arrangement, Stanford’s department of athletics, physical education and recreation will continue private boarding while expanding classes for students who want to learn to ride, as well as services for Stanford’s intercollegiate equestrian team. The University is renovating the 126-year-old facility and appointing an advisory board that will include alumni with equestrian and Olympic experience. . . . Stanford athletics director Ted Leland, PhD ’82, has received the 2004 Dick Enberg Award from the College Sports Information Directors of America for his commitment to education and student-athletes. Since Leland’s arrival in 1991, Stanford has won 46 national team championships and 151 conference championships.