The latest news from the USOC - June 18

 

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The U.S. Women's National Team captured its second consecutive gold medal at the 2013 Pan American Cup, held June 10-16 in Lima, Peru. Team USA lived up to its world No. 1 ranking after defeating Dominican Republic, 25-12, 25-20, 25-18, in the final match to cap its impressive showing with a 5-0 record. Nicole Fawcett (Zanesfield, Ohio) accumulated 15 points in the gold-medal match to earn the tournament's most valuable player award.

MCFADDEN, PRINCE SHINE AT PARALYMPIC TRACK & FIELD NATIONALS

Tatyana McFadden (Clarksville, Md.) won all six of her events at the 2013 U.S. Paralympics Track & Field National Championships, held June 14-16 in San Antonio. McFadden emerged victorious in the women's 100 meters (T54), 200(T54), 400 (T54), 800 (T54), 1,500 (T53/54) and 5,000 (T53/54). On the men's side, David Prince (Sarasota, Fla.) dominated the field by setting a new world record in the 200 (T44) and topping his previous world record in the 400 (T44) with times of 22.47 and 49.87.

ARCHERY

Carli Cochran (Harrisburg, Pa.), Erika Jones (Grand Island, Neb.) and Jamie Van Natta (Toledo, Ohio) clinched silver in the women's team compound event at the 2013 Archery World Cup, held June 10-16 in Antalya, Turkey. On the men's side, Braden Gellenthien (Woodbrige, Va.), Reo Wilde (Pocatello, Idaho) and Rodger Willet Jr. (Gloucester, Va.) also earned silver in the team compound event.

CYCLING

Arielle Martin (East Spanaway, Wash.) secured second place in the elite women's final in 39.932 at the 2013 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup, held June 15-16 in Papendal, Netherlands. Alise Post (Saint Cloud, Minn.) rode to a second-place finish in the elite women's superfinal time trial in 37.937. In the men's competition, Connor Fields (Henderson, Nev.) claimed his second consecutive world cup superfinal time trial in 38.06.

Lea Davison (Jericho, Vt.) captured eighth place in the elite women's race with a time of 1:39:51 at the 2013 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, held June 15-16 in Val di Sole, Italy. Mary McConneloug (Fairfax, Calif.) finished 20th in 1:45:23, while Georgia Gould (Ketchum, Idaho) rounded out the top-25 U.S. finishers in 1:46:32 to claim 22nd place.

Allison Jones (Colorado Springs, Colo.) won gold in the women's road race (C2) in 1:06:34 at the 2013 Para-cycling Road World Cup, held June 14-16 in Segovia, Spain. The U.S. continued its gold-medal haul with wins from Jamie Whitmore Cardenas (Mount Aukum, Calif.) in the women's road race (C3) and Monica Bascio (Evergreen, Colo.) in the women's road race (H3). On the men's side, William Groulx (Portland, Ore.) secured bronze in the road race (H1) with a time of 1:10:42.

EQUESTRIAN

The U.S. Stripes Team cruised to a second-place finish at the 2013 FEI Nations Cup at the CSIO5* Spruce Meadows, held June 13-16 in Calgary, Alberta. Aboard Nougat Du Vallet, Katie Dinan's (Wellington, Fla.) flawless effort sparked the jumping team of Brianne Goutal (New York, N.Y.), Candice King (Wellington, Fla.) and McLain Ward (Brewster, N.Y.), which completed its two rounds with nine faults. The U.S. Stars Team placed fourth to elevate Team USA atop the North American, Central America and Caribbean League standings and qualify for the FEI Nations Cup Jumping Season Series Final.

Marilyn Little (Frederick, Md.) and RF Demeter clinched seventh place at the 2013 Luhmuhlen CCI4*/CIC3*, held June 13-16. The pair finished the eventing course with 57.50 points on four total faults.

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