The latest news from the USOC - July 9

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Aries Merritt (Atlanta, Ga.) ran a season-best time of 13.09 to win the 110- meter hurdles at the 2013 Diamond League Series, held July 6 in Paris. LaShawn Merritt (Portsmouth, Va.) continued his successful year with a second-place finish in the men's 400 hurdles with a season-best time of 44.09. Michelle Carter (Red Oak, Texas) garnered a second-place finish in the women's shot put with a throw of 19.57 meters, while Brigetta Barrett (Duncanville, Texas) claimed second place in the women's high jump at 1.98 meters.

TRIATHLON

As the top U.S. finisher, Gwen Jorgensen (St. Paul, Minn.) finished 18th in 1:07:34 at the 2013 ITU World Triathlon Kitzbuhel, held July 6 in Kitzbuhel, Austria. Ben Kanute (Geneva, Ill.) made his ITU World Triathlon Series debut with a 14th-place finish by logging a time of 58:46, while Matt Chrabot (Virginia Beach, Va.) finished the course in 59:55 to place 22nd.

VOLLEYBALL

April Ross (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Whitey Pavlik (Laguna Beach, Calif.) secured fourth place at the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, held July 1-7 in Stare Jablonki, Poland. The pair topped Austria's Doris Schwaiger and Stefanie Schwaiger, 19-21, 21-19, 15-13, in the quarterfinals and eventually lost to Brazil's Liliane Maestrini and Barbara Seixas, 21-18, 21-15, in the bronze-medal match. On the men's side, U.S. pair Phil Dalhausser (Ormond Beach, Fla.) and Sean Rosenthal (Redondo Beach, Calif.) tied for ninth after losing to Brazil's Ricardo Santos and Alvaro Filho, 21-18, 21-17, in the round of 16.

The U.S. garnered a 16th-place finish at the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Championship, held June 29-July 7 in Mexicali, Mexico. The U.S. finished with a 2-6 record, highlighted by a 22-25, 25-20, 25-21, 15-25, 17-15 win against Korea and a 23-25, 25-16, 28-26, 25-17 victory over Algeria.

The U.S. went 0-2 against Poland at the 2013 FIVB World League Final, held July 7 in Wroclaw, Poland. Team USA currently stands at 4-4 in pool play and will look to qualify for the final round when it faces Brazil on July 13-14.

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