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Leonid and Friends

Leonid and Friends is a Russian tribute band, covering primarily the music of Chicago. Launched from the success of a YouTube video, the band has released two albums, Chicagovich and Chicagovich II. Popular in the United States, they have performed three American tours and had a fourth tour cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background

Leonid Vorobiev (Russian: Леонид Петрович Воробьев), born November 6, 1954 in Chita, USSR is a music producer, engineer, composer, arranger and bassist. In 2014, as he was approaching the Russian retirement age of 60, he wanted to put together a birthday present to himself; a recording of Chicago's Brand New Love Affair, a 1975 single from the Chicago VIII album. To assist him, he asked friends he had made in his years in the industry including drummer Igor Javad-Zade (Russian: Игорь Джавад-заде) one of the best in Russia, guitar prodigy Sergey Kashirin (Russian: Сергей Каширин) and the vocalist for the death metal band Monomakh, Vasily Akimov (Russian: Василий Акимов) to duplicate the gravely, soulful baritone of Terry Kath. Leonid played piano and sang the first part of the two part song. At the last minute, it was suggested they shoot video of the session. Vorobiev edited the video and uploaded it to YouTube. Within two weeks, word had gotten back to the band Chicago. They posted the video to the band's official website. From there popularity amongst the original band's fanbase grew, along with demand for more material.

What made this so special was the high level of musicianship from all involved. But how did they learn how to play this music? There were no charts published. Growing up in Siberia as part of the Soviet Union, western music was only available by smuggled reel to reel audio tapes. Vorobiev was able to get his own copies overnight in a hotel room and from there he not only became a fan, but he developed the skill to dissect the music. The electric instruments of rock and roll were not available, so they had to make their own, doing things like carving a guitar body out of a table. On stage they tell the story of how Vorobiev read in a magazine that they could get an electronic coil to pick up the sound by using the coils in telephone handsets. The next day, every handset on every payphone in town had somehow, mysteriously been stolen. Vorobiev's ability to hear and chart what each instrument was doing helped him later in the music industry. And it is his transcriptions that carefully directs each musician what to play.

It took almost four months to post their second song, Make Me Smile, but the project was underway. He had solidified a horn section of Alexey Batychenko on Trumpet, Alexandr Michurin on Trombone and Konstantin Gorshkov on Saxophone, all senior, experienced studio musicians, along with Dmitry Maximov on Bass. The third release, Color My World included Vladimir Popov on flute. But in order to do the majority of Chicago songs, someone needed to be able to sing the tenor parts of Peter Cetera and Vorobiev did not have that in his rolodex of friends. A talent search began, aided by Trent Gardner the web manager for the Chicago website who ran a contest. From Kiev, Ukraine, Serge Tiagniryadno sent in an audition video and was hired. He was introduced on their fourth Chicago release, Woman Don't Want To Love Me. Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation. Starting with this first effort, Tiagniryadno records most of his parts in his Kiev studio while the rest of the band plays in Moscow. He didn't meet the rest of the band members in person until the spring of 2016.

“Chicago has never been in Russia and none of us have attended their concerts. We have only audio records and videos (to help us learn Chicago songs).”

— Leonid Vorobiev

By their fifth release, What's This World Coming To?, Vorobiev relinquished the keyboards to Vlad Senchillo, moving himself into the bass role. Wishing You Were Here "featured" Ksenona, (Ksenia Buzina Russian: Ксения Бузина) to add harmonies to match the Beach Boys in the original recording. A multi-lingual solo artist, also hailing from Chita, Buzina became a regular backing vocalist in subsequent recordings. A former contestant on The Voice Russia, her voice added a vocal range to the sound Chicago never had. Her movie star beauty took center stage for their touring act.

On March 4, 2017, the band released their first album Chicagovich featuring the first eleven Chicago songs they had recorded. Shortly thereafter, they made their first forays into playing live in a Moscow club. Over the summer, auditions were held and a new horn section emerged, musicians a generation younger than their predecessors. There was a confluence on the recording of Beginnings where members of both horn sections played together on an impressively full track including a host of latin percussion. Since this, Maxim Likhachev plays trombone, Oleg Kudryavtsev plays saxophone, mostly tenor and flute parts, and Belorussian Andrey Zyl plays trumpet.

Born in 1993, Zyl is perhaps the youngest of the band which spans a multi-generational age range of almost 4 decades with Vorobiev, Javad-Zade, Senchillo and Popov representing the senior side, while Tiagniryadno, Kashirin and Kudryavtsev are close to 30 years younger. And many of the video performances are supplemented by additional friends, including string quartets, full string sections and guest appearances by virtuoso specialists like Arkady Shilkloper and Arturo Sandoval.

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Collegiate Olympians

Name	School	Country	Year	Event	Result	Medal
Bud Houser	USC	United States	1924	Shot put	23-3.25	Gold
Bud Houser	USC	United States	1924	Discus	23-3.25	Gold
Bud Houser	USC	United States	1928	Discus	23-3.25	Gold
Dan Kelly	Oregon	United States	1908	Broad jump	23-3.25	Silver
Martin Hawkins	Oregon	United States	1912	High hurdles	15.3	Bronze
Ralph Hill	Oregon	United States	1932	5,000 meters	14:30.0	Silver
Mack Robinson	Oregon	United States	1936	200 meters	21.1	Silver
Otis Davis	Oregon	United States	1960	400 meters	45.07 (WR)	Gold
Otis Davis	Oregon	United States	1960	4x400 meter relay	3:02.37 (WR)	Gold
Bill Dellinger	Oregon	United States	1964	5,000 meters	13:49.8	Bronze
Harry Jerome	Oregon	Canada	1964	100 meters	10.26	Bronze
Joaquim Cruz	Oregon	Brazil	1984	800 meters	1:43.00 (OR)	Gold
Keshia Baker	United States	2012	4x400 meter relay	3:16.99 (semis)	Gold
Ashton Eaton	United States	2012	Decathlon	8,869	Gold
Galen Rupp	United States	2012	10,000 meters	27:30.90	Silver
Matthew Centrowitz	United States	2016	1,500 meters	3:50.00	Gold
Ashton Eaton	United States	2016	Decathlon	8,893 (OR-t)	Gold
Phyllis Francis	United States	2016	4x400 meter relay	3:19.06	Gold
English Gardner	United States	2016	4x100 meter relay	41.01	Gold
Galen Rupp	United States	2016	Marathon	2:10.05	Bronze
Brianne Theisen-Eaton	Canada	2016	Heptathlon	6,653	Bronze

Multiple medallists in a single event

Men

There are fifteen athletes who have won at least four medals.

Athlete	Country	Event				Tot.
Ezekiel Kemboi	Kenya	3000 metres steeplechase	4	3	0	7
Sergey Bubka	Soviet Union / Ukraine	pole vault	6	0	0	6
LaShawn Merritt	United States	4x400 metres relay	6	0	0	6
Lars Riedel	Germany	discus	5	0	1	6
Hicham El Guerrouj	Morocco	1500 metres	4	2	0	6
Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	10,000 metres	4	1	1	6
Usain Bolt	Jamaica	200 metres	4	1	0	5
Usain Bolt	Jamaica	4x100 metres relay	4	1	0	5
Allen Johnson	United States	110 metres hurdles	4	0	1	5
Jan Železný	Czechoslovakia / Czech Republic	javelin throw	3	0	2	5
LaShawn Merritt	United States	400 metres	2	3	0	5
Maksim Tarasov	Soviet Union / Russia	pole vault	1	2	2	5
Danny McFarlane	Jamaica	4x400 metres relay	0	5	0	5
Michael Johnson	United States	400 metres	4	0	0	4
Kenenisa Bekele	Ethiopia	10,000 metres	4	0	0	4
Iván Pedroso	Cuba	long jump	4	0	0	4
Nesta Carter	Jamaica	4x100 metres relay	3	1	0	4
Moses Kiptanui	Kenya	3000 metres steeplechase	3	1	0	4
Robert Harting	Germany	discus	3	1	0	4
Jefferson Pérez	Ecuador	20Km walk	3	1	0	4
Robert Korzeniowski	Poland	50Km walk	3	0	1	4
Virgilijus Alekna	Lithuania	discus	2	2	0	4
Jonathan Edwards	United Kingdom	triple jump	2	1	1	4
Colin Jackson	United Kingdom	110 metres hurdles	2	1	1	4
Frankie Fredericks	Namibia	200 metres	1	3	0	4
Adam Nelson	United States	shot put	1	3	0	4
Andreas Thorkildsen	Norway	javelin throw	1	3	0	4
Yaroslav Rybakov	Russia	high jump	1	3	0	4
Jesús Ángel García	Spain	50Km walk	1	2	1	4
Avard Moncur Chris Brown	Bahamas	4x400 metres relay	1	2	1	4
Liu Xiang	China	110 metres hurdles	1	2	1	4
Brimin Kipruto	Kenya	3000 metres steeplechase	1	1	2	4
Davian Clarke	Jamaica	4x400 metres relay	0	4	0	4
Greg Haughton	Jamaica	4x400 metres relay	0	3	1	4
Yuriy Borzakovskiy	Russia	800 metres	0	2	2	4
Gerd Kanter	Estonia	discus	0	2	2	4
Marlon Devonish	United Kingdom	4x100 metres relay	0	1	3	4

;Women

There are thirteen athletes who have won at least six medals.

Athlete	Country	Event				Tot.
Allyson Felix	United States	4x400 metres relay	5	1	0	6
Natasha Hastings	United States	4x400 metres relay	5	1	0	6
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce	Jamaica	4x100 metres relay	4	2	0	6
Jearl Miles Clark	United States	4x400 metres relay	3	3	0	6
Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	200 metres	2	1	3	6
Valerie Adams	New Zealand	shot put	4	1	0	5
Sanya Richards-Ross	United States	4x400 metres relay	4	1	0	5
Gail Devers	United States	100 metres hurdles	3	2	0	5
Kerron Stewart	Jamaica	4x100 metres relay	3	2	0	5
Maria Mutola	Mozambique	800 metres	3	1	1	5
Meseret Defar	Ethiopia	5000 metres	2	1	2	5
Beverly McDonald	Jamaica	4x100 metres relay	1	2	2	5
Yipsi Moreno	Cuba	hammer throw	3	1	0	4
Allyson Felix	United States	200 metres	3	0	1	4
Yelena Isinbayeva	Russia	pole vault	3	0	1	4
Blanka Vlašić	Croatia	high jump	2	2	0	4
Fiona May	Italy	long jump	2	1	1	4
Veronica Campbell-Brown	Jamaica	4x100 metres relay	1	3	0	4
Veronica Campbell-Brown	Jamaica	200 metres	1	2	1	4
Lashinda Demus	United States	400 metres hurdles	1	2	1	4
Yuliya Pechonkina	Russia	400 metres hurdles	1	2	1	4
Lorraine Graham	Jamaica	4x400 metres relay	1	1	2	4
Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	4x100 metres relay	1	1	2	4
Carmelita Jeter	United States	100 metres	1	0	3	4
Steffi Nerius	Germany	javelin throw	1	0	3	4
Shericka Williams	Jamaica	4x400 metres relay	0	4	0	4
Tatyana Kotova	Russia	long jump	0	3	1	4
Yarelys Barrios	Cuba	discus	0	2	2	4
Merlene Ottey	Jamaica	100 metres	0	2	2	4
Zhang Wenxiu	China	hammer throw	0	1	3	4
Christine Ohuruogu	United Kingdom	4x400 metres relay	0	0	4	4

CCCAA

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	School	Date	Place
100 m	11.23	Zelda Johnson	Mt. SAC	5/26/1984
200 m	22.86	Ashton Purvis	Laney College	5/19/2012	Cerritos College
400 m	52.69	Gwen Gardner	West Los Angeles College	5/30/1981
800 m	2:06.30	Dawn Williams	Riverside	5/21/1994
1500 m	4:18.10	Sylvia Mosqueda	East Los Angeles College	5/16/1986
5000 m	15:52.50	Sylvia Mosqueda	East Los Angeles College	5/16/1986
10000 m	35:31.92	Aminat Olowara Nigeria	Southwestern College	5/15/2015	College of San Mateo
100 m hurdles	13.46	Candise Maxwell	Laney College	5/17/2008	Cerritos College
400 m hurdles	58.88	Celana Clarke	Riverside	5/20/1995
3000 m steeplechase	10:44.46	Cassie Mitchell	Orange Coast College	5/18/2009	College of San Mateo
4x100 m relay	45.02		Laney College	5/17/2008	Cerritos College
4x400 m relay	3:37.75	Saville/Hemmans/Mayberry/Cabell	El Camino College	5/21/1994
High jump	5 ft 101⁄2 in (1.79 m)	Janine Bonin	San Joaquin Delta	5/21/1988
Pole vault	12 ft 101⁄4 in (3.91 m)	Dimara Planell-Cruz	San Jose	5/18/2013	College of San Mateo
Long jump	21 ft 31⁄2 in (6.48 m)	Shella Nicks Christy Opara Nigeria	Sequoias Citrus College	1983 1993
Triple jump	42 ft 61⁄4 in (12.96 m)	Juanita Webster	Cerritos College	5/20/2017	American River College
Shot put	55 ft 33⁄4 in (16.85 m)	Grace Apiafi Nigeria	Mt. SAC	5/19/1990
Discus throw	168 ft 3 in (51.28 m)	Samantha Gutierrez	Riverside	5/21/2010	Antelope Valley College
Hammer throw	195 ft 10 in (59.69 m)	Jessika Byrd	Riverside	5/17/2013	College of San Mateo
Javelin throw	158 ft 9 in (48.38 m)	Amy Thiel	Moorpark College	5/20/2000	Bakersfield College
Heptathlon	5424	Juanita Webster	Cerritos College	5/20/2017	American River College

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Men

Event	Record	Athlete	School	Date	Place
100 m	9.93	Kemarley Brown Jamaica	Merritt College	5/17/2014	Mt. SAC
200 m	20.29	Kemarley Brown Jamaica	Merritt College	5/17/2014	Mt. SAC
400 m	44.91	Tyree Washington	San Bernardino	5/17/1997
800 m	1:46.97	Lorenzo Brown	Mira Costa College	5/17/1986
1500 m	3:41.76	Noureddine Morceli Algeria	Riverside	5/18/1989
5000 m	14:10.40	Victor Simonian	Los Angeles	5/31/1976
10000 m	29:39.31	Wilhelm Gidabuday Tanzania	Riverside	5/21/1999
110 m hurdles	13.64	Larry Harrington	Porterville College	5/16/1992
400 m hurdles	50.07	Greg Johnson	Mt. SAC	5/22/1982
3000 m steeplechase	8:53.20	Shannon Laird	Palomar College	5/28/1977
4x100 m relay	39.01		Taft College	5/21/1988
4x400 m relay	3:06.03	Taylor/Chambers/Swift/Maye	Sacramento City College	5/21/1994
High jump	7 ft 51⁄4 in (2.26 m)	Milton Goode	Alameda	5/30/1981
Pole vault	17 ft 6 in (5.33 m)	Ralph Preiman Doug Wicks	Foothill College Bakersfield	5/22/1982 5/26/1984
Long jump	26 ft 23⁄4 in (7.99 m)	Kenneth Hays	Pasadena	5/27/1978
Triple jump	54 ft 31⁄4 in (16.54 m)	Bryon Criddle	Contra Costa	5/22/1982
Shot put	65 ft 4 in (19.91 m)	Hank Kraychir	Long Beach	5/22/1982
Discus throw	196 ft 7 in (59.91 m)	Robert Slowik	Moorpark	5/15/2004	Bakersfield College
Hammer throw	209 ft 11 in (63.98 m)	Robert Slowik	Moorpark	5/15/2004	Bakersfield College
Javelin throw	222-00	Cooper Thompson	Bakersfield	5/15/2009	College of San Mateo
Decathlon	7478	Doug Fernandez	Long Beach	1983

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