Team USA Weekend Wrap-Up: July 15, 2013 Technical Education

Amanda Polk, Simonds Kerry, Emily Regan, Lauren Schemetterling, Grace Luczak, Caroline Lind, Victoria Opitz, Heidi Robbins, Katelin Snyder of the U.S. win the gold medal in the women's eight during the 2013 Samsung World Rowing Cup III on Lucerne Rotsee on July 14, 2013 in Lucerne, Switzerland.

The United States set a planet record and had eight teams win decorations throughout the weekend at the Samsung World Rowing Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland.

The ladies' eight group set a planet record time of 5:54.16. The ladies' eight beat Romania by 6.2 seconds.

"This feels completely staggering," Robbins said.

The men's eight and men's four likewise won gold decorations.

Award James, Seth Weil, Henrik Rummel and Mike Gennaro structured the men's four group.

Eleanor Logan earned silver in ladies' single scull while Kate Bertko and Kristin Hedstrom did the same in lightweight ladies' twofold sculls.

"The group at this moment has a truly positive vibe —the men and the ladies," Logan said. "The what's to come looks okay at this moment. We all know its 2013, and Rio is a ways away, yet this is an exceptional base layer."

The United States likewise earned bronze decorations in the ladies' pair and the ladies' twofold sculls.

Three groups —the ladies' twofold sculls, lightweight ladies' twofold sculls and ladies' pair —earned the chance to race at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in South Korea, Aug. 25-Sept. 1.

Somewhere else, the Vesper Boat Club cleared the men's, ladies' and general focus trophies at the Usrowing Club National Championships in Camden, N.j.

Marathon

Katie Hursey won a World Cup title in her first period as a first class long distance runner.

Hursey hurried to the title of the ITU Triathlon World Cup occasion Sunday in Palamos, Spain.

The previous Syracuse University runner, who joined the game as a major aspect of USA Triathlon's Collegiate Recruitment Program, fulfilled the 1,500-meter swim, 40-kilometer cycle, and 10-kilomer run in 2:01:19.

Hursey was sixth after the swim, then had the quickest two wheeler part of the day.

"I recently took a gander at it as a swim race, a two wheeler race and a run race," said Hursey, who will contend again this weekend at the 2013 ITU World Triathlon Series occasion in Hamburg, Germany.

An additional American, Erin Jones, fulfilled sixth. Greg Billington headed U.s. men, finalizing fifteenth.

Somewhere else, at The Hague-Kijkduin, Team USA got six rough terrain marathon big showdown decorations and one planet title Saturday at the 2013 ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships.

Kathy Hudson headed the route as the top American finisher, winning her age assembly for the second time in the three-year history of the occasion. Hudson won the 50-54 age aggregation in persuading manner, logging a period of 2 hours, 59 minutes, 16 seconds on the 1-kilometer swim, 26-kilometer mountain two wheeler and 9-kilometer crosscountry run course. Her an opportunity was more than 14 minutes quicker than the following closest contender.

SOCCER

The U.s. men's soccer group has matched its longest winning streak.

Chris Wondolowski headed the way, scoring two objectives when the United States vanquished Cuba, 4-1, Saturday to land a spot in the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals and stretch its winning streak to seven. The other seven-diversion winning streak came in June 2007 and transformed a Gold Cup title.

The United States would have been wise to rally for its most recent triumph in Sandy, Utah.

Cuba opened the scoring before Landon Donovan tied the diversion, 1-1, on an extra shot in first-half stoppage time.

Joe Corona put the United States ahead in the second half, and afterward Wondolowski fell off the seat to score twice in the last 20 minutes.

Wondolowski, who was named Budweiser Man of the Match, has five objectives in two competition diversions —the most objectives scored by a U.s. player in a solitary Gold Cup competition.

ET Tuesday in East Hartford, Conn., yet has as of recently guaranteed itself of progressing out of assembly play.

VOLLEYBALL

The U.s. ladies' volleyball group crushed Japan Friday and Saturday in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., to finish a three-match range of the USA Volleyball Cup and enhance to 8-0 in Karch Kiraly's first time of year as mentor.

Nicole Fawcett had 24 focuses Saturday in a 25-15, 25-19, 21-25, 23-25, 15-10 triumph to finish the range. Fawcett had 18 slaughters, three pieces and three aces.

The United States is stacked up first on the planet while Japan is third. Both groups will be contending in the FIVB World Grand Prix, which starts Aug. 2.

Somewhere else, the U.s. men were killed from the FIVB World League in the wake of completing 4-6 in Pool An, incorporating a couple of weekend misfortunes to have Brazil.

Carson Clark headed the United States with 17 focuses on 14 slaughters, a piece and two aces.

Brazil likewise won Saturday, 25-22, 25-18, 20-25, 28-26.

Vacation spot VOLLEYBALL

Jake Gibb and Casey Patterson guaranteed a bronze award at the FIVB Grand Slam Saturday in Gstaad, Switzerland.

Gibb and Patterson vanquished Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen, the dominant title holders from the Netherlands, 21-18, 21-18, for third spot.

The group now has a gold, a silver and a bronze decoration in five Grand Slam occasions in addition to a silver award in the World Cup Finals in its first period together.

"It wasn't a simple decision," Gibb said in a FIVB news discharge. "It was a freaky decision, yet I'm certain happy I made it.

"His best completion was a ninth on the World Tour, however I knew he didn't have the right friend. I recognized what a contender he was; that is the thing that sold him to me. He needs to win more than anyone."

Then on the ladies' side, three-time Olympic champion Kerri Walsh Jennings came back to the sand despite any precedent to the contrary since the conception of her girl, Scout. 

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