DIVING

Laura Ryan (Elk River, Minn.) earned a fifth-place finish in women's platform with 292.00 points at the 2013 World University Games, held July 6-17 in Kazan, Russia. Samantha Pickens (Murrysville, Pa.) also placed fifth with 263.90 points in the women's 1-meter. Meanwhile, Harrison Jones (Spring, Texas) captured an eighth-place finish in the men's 1-meter with 363.85 points.

FENCING

Ryan Estep (Florence, Miss.) earned the silver medal in the men's Category B epee event at the 2013 Wheelchair Fencing World Cup, held July 4-8 in Warsaw, Poland. Fellow American Curtis Lovejoy (College park, Ga.) captured bronze in the men's Category C foil competition.

SHOOTING

Corey Cogdell (Eagle River, Alaska) collected the bronze medal in women's trap at the 2013 ISSF Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun World Cup, held July 3-7 in Granada, Spain. In the same event, Ashley Carroll (Solvang, Calif.) placed fifth, while Sarah Scherer (Woburn, Mass.) secured a sixth-place finish in the women's 10- meter air rifle. On the men's end, Connor Davis (Shelbyville, Ky.) clinched an eighth-place finish in the men's 10-meter air rifle and Daryl Szarenski placed 13th in the men's 50-meter free pistol.

SOCCER

The U.S. Men's National Team routed Guatemala, 6-0, in an international friendly, held July 5 in San Diego. In his first international match in more than 10 months, Landon Donovan (Redlands, Calif.) notched his 50th and 51st international goals as the U.S. extended its unbeaten streak against Guatemala to 20 games. The win improved Team USA's winning streak to five games.

SOFTBALL

The U.S. secured the silver medal at the 2013 ISF Junior Women's World Championship, held July 1-7 in Brampton, Ontario. Led by a stellar performance from pitcher Cheridan Hawkins (Anderson, Calif.), the U.S. topped Japan, 4-0, in the playoffs. A day later, the U.S. lost to Japan, 4-0, in the gold-medal match. The game was called in the top of the seventh inning due to rain. Team USA finished with a 9-1 record that included wins over Australia, Canada, Great Britain, the Czech Republic, Korea, New Zealand and Puerto Rico.

SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING

The U.S. stands in third place after scoring 86.800 points in the team technical preliminary round at the 2013 World University Games, held July 5-9 in Kazan, Russia. The U.S. duo of Olivia Morgan (Lafayette, Calif.) and Rosilyn Tegart (Kamloops, British Columbia) scored 85.600 points and currently sits in fourth place after the duet technical preliminary round. Meanwhile Mary Killman (McKinney, Texas) earned a fourth-place finish after scoring 87.300 points in the solo technical preliminary round.

TABLE TENNIS

Lily Zhang (Palo Alto, Calif.) advanced to the semifinals after overcoming Canada's Zhang Mo, 4-3, at the 2013 U.S. Open Table Tennis Championships, held July 2-6 in Las Vegas. Zhang lost in the semifinals to No. 1 seed Elizabeta Samara of Romania. Ariel Hsing (San Jose, Calif.) advanced to the round of 16 before dropping a 4-1 decision to eventual winner Megumi Abe of Japan. On the men's side, Timothy Wang (Houston, Texas) reached the round of 32 before losing to Masato Shiono of Japan, 4-1.

TRACK & FIELD

The U.S. swept the 100-meter hurdles as Dawn Harper-Nelson (East St. Louis, Ill.) nabbed the top spot in 12.53 at the 2013 Diamond League Series, held July 4 in Lausanne, Switzerland. Kellie Wells (Richmond, Va.) took second in 12.58, while Lolo Jones (Des Moines, Iowa) placed third in 12.60. Francena McCorory (Hampton, Va.) claimed the women's 400 in 50.36 to notch her first international win of the year. Tyson Gay (Lexington, Ky.) ran a 9.79 to win the men's 100, while Ryan Whiting (Harrisburg, Pa.) set a meet record of 21.88 meters in the men's shot put.