The United States delegation will be laced head to toe in stars and stripes designed custom and exclusive for the USA Team by Peak Sports. “North America is a strategic market for Peak. It’s an incredible opportunity to be the exclusive official apparel partner of USA Team who represents the youth generation of America.  We at Peak wish USA Team the best to achieve their glory in the 27th Summer World University Games!”  said Mr. Zhihua Xu, CEO of Peak.

USA team selection is currently being finalized and Gold Medal hopefuls will be receiving their exclusive team gear later this month.  “Our USA Team is honored to have Peak provide the apparel for our 2013 World University Games Team in Kazan, Russia.  USA will have 18 sports that will be wearing this quality product during the opening ceremonies and on the medal stands for every gold, sliver or bronze medal that our USA teams bring home from competition.  We hope to provide each student-athlete with the best possible experience and know that they will be proud to wear this incredible gear!” said Nels Hawkinson, Deputy Head of USA Delegation.

Opening ceremonies for the 2013 World University Games take place on July 6, 2013 where USA Team will showcase the apparel for the first time together.

March 12, 2013

The coaching staff was selected by the USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Team Committee and approved by the USA Basketball Board of Directors.   “Representing our country is one of the most significant experiences for a coach or player,” said McKillop, who on Monday night earned his seventh Southern Conference Tournament title. “I will treasure the opportunity. It’s an honor to coach the USA Basketball World University Games Team.”

“The 2013 USA World University Games Team will definitely benefit from the coaching of Bob McKillop, John Beilein and Frank Martin,” said Jim Boeheim, Syracuse University head coach and chair of the USA Junior National Team Committee. “This staff will have the team well prepared for the challenges of competing against the best players in the world in that age group.”

All three coaches own prior USA Basketball experience. McKillop was head coach of the 2008 USA U18 National Team that compiled a 4-1 record and earned the silver medal at the 2008 FIBA Americas U18 Championship and was an assistant coach for the U.S. at the 2003 Junior World Championship Qualifying Tournament (U18), helping the USA to a 4-1 mark and a bronze medal. Beilein and Martin both served as court coaches during a USA Basketball training camp. Beilein was on hand to assist during the 2009 USA Men’s U19 World Championship and USA World University Games training camp, while Martin was a court coach during the 2012 USA U18 National Team training camp.

Held every other year, the 2013 World University Games men’s basketball competition is scheduled to be played July 7-16 in Kazan, Russia. Organized by the International University Sports Federation (FISU), the World University Games is a multi-sport competition open to men and women who are between the ages of 17 and 24 (born between January 1, 1989 and December 31, 1995), and are or have been within the past year, a student at a college or university.

Training camp to select the 12-member team will be held June 24-July 1 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. The final team selection will be determined prior to the team departing for Russia. The list of invitees will be announced later this spring.

“I am honored to have been selected to be an assistant coach for USA Basketball this summer at the World University Games,” said Beilein. “I look forward to working with head coach Bob McKillop and Frank Martin in our quest for a gold medal.  It is a great opportunity to grow as a coach while also representing the United States of America.”

“This is an unbelievable honor,” said Martin. “It’s the ultimate honor as a coach-slash-athlete to be a part of a team that represents your country. To be around such great coaches and great players and to put on that shirt that says USA is going to be an unbelievable moment for me.”

The United States has claimed 19 medals in the World University Games since beginning play in 1965, and has captured a record 13 golds, three silvers and three bronze medals in the 20 WUGs in which a USA Basketball squad has competed. The USA owns a 138-9 won-loss record in World University Games play. In fact, the United States captured six of the first seven gold medals awarded in World University Games competition and strung together six consecutive gold medals from 1989 through 1999. In 2001 the USA fell to host China, which featured half of its 2000 Olympic team, including Yao Ming, Menk Batere and Wang ZhiZhi, by a single point in the semifinal and finished with the bronze. The USA again captured the gold medal in 2005 and most recently, finished in fifth place with a 7-1 record after falling to Lithuania 76-74 in the 2011 quarterfinals.

Eighteen players who have represented the USA in the World University Games have gone on to compete in the Olympic Games, including Ray Allen, Stacey Augmon, Charles Barkley, Larry Bird, Bill Bradley, Quinn Buckner, Tom Burleson, Ken Davis, Tim Duncan, Phil Hubbard, Allen Iverson, Mitch Kupchak, Karl Malone, Michael Redd, Mitch Richmond, Michael Silliman, Steve Smith and Jo Jo White.

In addition to Boeheim, the 2013-16 USA Men’s Junior National Team Committee includes NCAA appointees McKillop, Matt Painter (head coach, Purdue University) and Lorenzo Romar (head coach, University of Washington), as well as athlete representative Curtis Sumpter, a member of the 2011 Pan American Games Team and the 2004 USA U20 National Team.

Courtesy: USA Basketball

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“Obviously all three coaches have been successful,” said Jim Foster (The Ohio State University), chair of the USA Basketball Women’s Junior National Team Committee. “Sherri has had international experience, and Coquese has had the opportunity to serve on a committee for USA Basketball. It’s a staff where their strengths complement each other.”

The trio will lead the U.S. women’s basketball team at the 2013 World University Games, which will be played July 8-15.

“Representing our country via this sport that I love is the ultimate opportunity – an opportunity that I don’t take lightly and one that I am humbled to accept,” Coale said. “In addition to the experience of coaching some of our country’s finest collegiate athletes, I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work alongside Brian Giorgis and Coquese Washington. I have great respect for each of these coaches, not only for the programs they have built on their respective campuses, but also for their ambassadorship of our game. I look forward to learning from them and working with them to make this an amazing experience for the student athletes we will lead into international competition.”

Organized by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and held every other year, the World University Games is a multi-sport competition open to men and women who are between the ages of 17 and 24 (born Jan. 1, 1989 through Dec. 31, 1995). The U.S. women’s basketball team will be comprised of U.S. citizens who are currently enrolled in college and have remaining eligibility.

“I think it is a tremendous honor to be selected as an assistant coach and help lead the USA team in the World University Games,” Giorgis said. “I look forward to working tirelessly to help the USA bring back a gold medal.”

“It is an extreme honor to serve as a coach for USA Basketball,” Washington said. “I have watched USA Basketball since I was a kid, and I have so many fond memories of cheering on the red, white and blue. Now, to be able to represent my country on the basketball court is truly a dream come true.”

Coale will enter her first head coaching assignment with USA Basketball, however, she previously helped lead the 2001 Junior World Championship Team to a bronze medal and she served on the 2005-08 USA Basketball Women’s Collegiate Committee. Among her assistant coaches, Giorgis will be new to USA Basketball, while Washington served on the 2009-12 USA Basketball Women’s Junior National Team Committee.

Trials to select the 12-member team will take place May 16-19 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center (USOTC) in Colorado Springs, Colo., and approximately 35 players will be invited to trials by the USA Basketball Women’s Junior National Team Committee. Returning home after trials conclude, the 12-member team, or finalists for the team, will resume training camp at the USOTC on June 25.

Including the USA and host Russia, a total of 16 nations will compete in the 2013 World University Games women’s basketball competition, which also will feature teams from Australia, Brazil, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Japan, Mongolia, Poland, Sweden, Taiwan and Ukraine.

USA Basketball women’s teams have participated in 16 prior World University Games and collected a record eight gold medals, six silvers and one bronze medal. Further, since 1973, the first year the USA women competed in the WUGs, the United States has compiled a 95-15 record. In 2011 the USA, led by 2012 NCAA National Player of the Year nominees Elena Delle Donne and Skylar Diggins, as well as 2012 WNBA Rookie of the Year Nneka Ogwumike, posted a 6-0 slate en route to the gold medal.

Notable among the list of WUG alumni are 2012 Olympic gold medalists Seimone Augustus, Tina Charles,Sylvia Fowles and Maya Moore; as well as Olympians Carol Blazejowski, Ruthie Bolton, Anne Donovan,Pat Head (Summitt), Lisa Leslie, Katrina McClain, Suzie McConnell (Serio), Ann Meyers (Drysdale),DeLisha Milton-Jones, Cappie Pondexter, Ruth Riley, Katie Smith, Dawn Staley, Katy Steding, Tina Thompson and Lynette Woodward.

Chaired by Foster, the 2013-16 USA Basketball Women’s Junior National Team Committee includes NCAA appointees Melanie Balcomb (head coach, Vanderbilt University), Lindsay Gottlieb (head coach, University of California) and Joi Williams (head coach, UCF), as well as athlete representative Kara Lawson, a 2008 Olympic gold medalist who has been a part of nine USA Basketball teams.

Courtesy: USA Basketball

Shiver (University of Florida; Gainesville, Fla.) paced all U.S. competitors with a fourth-place finish in 2 hours, 9 minutes, 9 seconds in the 1.5-kilometer swim, 40-kilometer bike, 10-kilometer run event. Broderick (University of Colorado; Boulder, Colo.) was sixth in 2:10:14, while Rechel (University of Richmond; Richmond, Va.) ran her way to 15th in 2:14:30. With a combined team score of 25 points, the U.S. women outdistanced Japan (34 points) and Poland (37 points) for team gold.

On the men’s side, Ryan Bice (University of Colorado Colorado Springs; Colorado Springs, Colo.) was the top U.S. finisher, placing eighth in 2:03:02. Jason Pedersen (Northern Arizona University; Simi Valley, Calif.) was 11th in 2:03:18, while Kalen Darling (Whitworth University; Spokane, Wash.) finished 13th in 2:03:44 to round out the scoring for the Americans. The U.S. matched South Africa for third with 32 points, but South Africa claimed bronze on the tiebreaker, which was determined by each country’s top individual finisher.

The men’s team title went to France, with Japan taking second. Both nations finished with 18 points with the title going to France thanks to individual gold from Thomas Andre in 1:59:57. France also claimed the women’s individual title with Alexandra Cassan Ferrier finishing in 2:06:32.

In the women’s race, Shiver led the field out of the water, with Broderick close behind. Both Americans were part of an 11-woman lead pack on the bike that formed on the first lap and held its position throughout the 40k ride. After Shiver and Broderick crossed the finish line in fourth and sixth, respectively, Rechel clinched team gold for the U.S. by running her way to 15th place after entering T2 in the fourth group off the bike.

The top three finishers were counted toward the team score with aim being to record the lowest point total possible. The American women have finished on the podium in each of the last three events, taking bronze in 2008, silver in 2010 – led by 2012 Olympic qualifier Gwen Jorgensen – and now gold in 2012.

In men’s action, Dustin McLarty (University of California-Irvine, Irvine, Calif.) and Darling broke away early on the swim, and McLarty rode off the front of the bike, building a lead of nearly three minutes at one point. Bice, Darling and Chris Braden (University of Colorado; Boulder, Colo.) rode in the main chase pack throughout the bike. Pedersen was in solo pursuit of the chase pack throughout the 40k bike and cut the gap to a minute entering T2.

On the run, Bice and Darling held strong in the heat, finishing eighth and 13th, respectively, while Pedersen ran his way to 11th with a strong 10k effort. Braden placed 22nd in 2:07:00, while McLarty withdrew from the race following his solo effort off the front of the field on the swim and bike.

2012 FISU World University Triathlon Championship
(1,500m swim, 40k bike, 10k run)
Women’s Individual
1. Alexandra Cassan Ferrier (FRA), 2:06:32
2. Yuko Takahashi (JPN), 2:07:45
3. Paula Diaz (MEX), 2:07:58
4. Kaitlin Shiver (University of Florida; Gainesville, Fla.), 2:09:09
6. Jessica Broderick (University of Colorado; Boulder, Colo.), 2:10:14
15. Julie Rechel (University of Richmond; Richmond, Va.), 2:14:30

Men’s Individual
1. Thomas Andre (FRA), 1:59:57
2. Felix Duchampt (FRA), 2:00:25
3. Lukas Kocar (CZE), 2:00:58
8. Ryan Bice (University of Colorado Colorado Springs; Colorado Springs, Colo.), 2:03:02
11. Jason Pedersen (Northern Arizona University; Simi Valley, Calif.), 2:03:18
13. Kalen Darling (Whitworth University; Spokane, Wash.), 2:03:44
22. Chris Braden (University of Colorado; Boulder, Colo.), 2:07:00
DNF – Dustin McLarty (University of California-Irvine, Irvine, Calif.)

Women’s Team
1. United States – 25 points
2. Japan – 34 points
3. Poland – 37 points

Men’s Team
1. France – 18 points (awarded tiebreaker)
2. Japan – 18 points
3. South Africa – 32 (awarded tiebreaker)
4. United States – 32 points 

CÓRDOBA, Spain –  

Individual Competitions

Recurve Men’s gold went to Kim Bongman (KOR), leaving the silver for Li Chung-Huan (TPE) and bronze for Elias Cuesta (ESP).

Recurve Women’s gold was won by Park Seayane (KOR). The silver went to her compatriot Jang Eunbin, while the bronze was for Yang Nien-Hsiu (TPE).

Compound Men’s gold was won by Daniel Suter (USA), leaving silver to Francisco Javier Valverde (ESP). The bronze went to Evan Scudner (USA).

Compound Women’s gold went to German Kristina Berger. The silver and bronze went to Trisatan Skarvan (USA) and Pascale Lebecque (FRA) respectively.

Team Competitions

In the Mixed Recurve Team competition the gold medal went to Koreans Jang Eunbin and Jin Jaewang. Paula Wyczechowska and Aleksander Michalski (POL) got the silver medal, leaving the bronze for host Spain represented by Helena Fernandez and Antonio Fernandez.

In the Mixed Compound Team competition D. Suter and T. Skarvan (USA) gained the first position followed by the Germans K. Berger and P. Titscher, with the silver medal and M.C. Hernandez de la Garza and G. Alvarado, who gained the bronze medal.

In the Men’s Team Compound competition Italians J. Polidori, A. Leotta and L. Fanti won the gold after beating D. Suter, E. Beaudry y E. Scudner (USA), while Mexicans G. Alvarado, D. Montiel Villanueva and C.A. Rodriguez settled for the bronze.

In the Women’s Team Compound competition, Team USA – T. Skarvan, E. Falconer & K. Nicely – took the gold. Silver went to Team Malaysia – F.N. Mat Salleh, N.H. Al-Madihah Hashim & F.N. Hassan – while bronze went to Korea – Jea-Won Yun, Jieun Oh & Wonyoung Park.

In the Recurve Men’s Team competition, Korea won the gold with Jaewang Jin, Wokkyeong Sung and Bongman Kim. Silver went to Japanese archers Hirokuni Sato, Shota Sugimoto and Shohei Ota. Whereas Chinese Taipei archers Li Chung-Huan, Chiu Yu-Chin and Huang Chun-Hao won the bronze medal.

In the Recurve Women’s Team competition, another gold went to Korea with Jang Eunbin, An Sejin and Park Seayane. Silver went to Yang Nien-Hsiu, Cho Pei-Chin and Lin Hsiao-Ying from Chinese Taipei leaving the bronze for Polish archers Paula Wyczechowska, Karina Lipiarska and Joanna Rzasa.

 FINAL RESULTS

Medallists by Event

Medal Table

(June 8, 2012 – Washington, DC, USA) –

These young ladies will be the first generation American Netball athletes and they are looking forward to the challenge of being ambassadors for America and the sport.  The National Team will be conducting goodwill visits and other charity work leading up to these championships. Netball America is very excited to partner with the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy For Girls to provide a unique opportunity for the local community surrounding Maverton, South Africa on Tuesday June 26, 2012. “The aim of our visit to the Academy is to help inspire the young girls that anything is possible and the vice captain of the team, Jordan Keen, will talk about how she spent 5 years in a wheelchair and how Netball and sports helped her during her recovery process. We will speak with the school kids, teachers and local community leaders about how physical activity and nutrition are essential elements to academic success and lifelong achievements as well as how sports can create confidence and promote leadership. This event is open to the local community and our Team USA Netball athletes and coaches will also be conducting education clinics”, said Sonya Ottaway, President, Netball America.

The theme song for Team USA Netball is ‘River of Life’ which is a duet between Johannesburg native Lebo Kgasapane and one of our Netball America supporters American Idol finalist Michael Johns. Lebo was a 21 year old rape victim who died of AIDS at the young age of 22. Her dying wish was to sing on a CD the world would hear. Leaving only a 60 second audit cassette behind, Michael wrote a song, incorporated her voice and recorded this as a gift to her parents. Michael is very supportive of our trip to South Africa and has graciously given us this song as a gift to use as it is quite appropriate when he sings “We will always stand together”. We look forward to having this song played during assembly at our visit to the Academy.

Other exciting events the team is participating in to promote health and wellness are:

 This Netball America team are the first global Netball participants to be a part of the Presidential Active Lifestyle Award program (PALA+). The squad has been taking part in physical challenges associated with the PALA + program;

 Netball America and TEAM USA Netball are also proud to support a Youth Mission to Nsoko, Swaziland in June 2012. Netball America is donating equipment and clothing to their youth programs. Netball is one of the top sports in this region and the local children have been teaching the visiting American youth groups how to play the game while they help the local communities and villages with ongoing and new projects.

 The American Netball athletes have also been ‘Going The Distance’ where they are cycling the distance from Washington DC to Cape Town (12,600km) collectively as a team as part of their extensive fitness training and to raise funds for their trip.

 Not only are these young ladies amazing athletes, but they have a singing voice, so they surprised American Idol Michael Johns by singing a song off his album at a recent fundraiser in Los Angeles. You can watch the video here.

 On Friday June 22 from 3pm Team USA Netball will perform against the USA West Coast Representative Team at the WNBA Seattle Storm game at Key Arena. This will have a crowd of approximately 8,000 basketball fans and the team will perform before and at half-time during the game. Purchase tickets here.

The athletes are self-funding their trips. You can make a tax deductible contribution or sponsorship here.

For all official results CLICK HERE

Chile took the gold medal in the men’s competition which held the audience in suspense until the last second and it is with some surprise that Felipe Miranda took the gold medal in a competition where he was not a favorite and which is not his favorite event either. The silver went to American Adam Pickos and Adam Sedlmajer from the Czech Republic ended third.

The women’s tricks competition was the subject of a mini drama as sport can sometimes provide. Indeed, the French super favorite Iris Cambray fell twice before the end of the first figure in the two passages giving way to Alexandra Laurentano (USA) for the gold ahead of Belgian Kate Adriaensen. Petra Povolna (Czech Republic) took the bronze medal.

The men’s tricks competition saw the same three athletes back on the podium, be it in a different order. Chilean athlete Felipe Miranda had to settle for second place this time and leave the gold for Adam Pikos. Adam Sedlmajer (CZE) won for the second time that day the bronze medal.Adam Pickos took the silver in slalom and the gold in trick. He tied for first in the final round of slalom, but lost to Felipe Miranda of chile in the runoff for the gold medal. Adam won the gold medal in men’s trick.

For a full list of results click here.

SANTIAGO

At 9 am all the delegations started their training, followed by the women’s qualifications for the finals.  What live HERE

When the sun was setting, the opening ceremony was tinged with the colors of the flags of each of the participating delegations. The president of the Chilean Federation of Water Ski, Mr. Waldo Miranda welcomed the athletes and technical teams. FISU EC member Rosa Mendez thanked the organizing committee and urged all athletes to meet and share.

Later the judges and the Athletes proceeded to make the oath according to the sporting spirit.

Finally the Chilean Federation of Water Ski offered a cultural presentation which was represented by college students. This cultural activity showed facets of the life of the Chilean people.

5 of the 6 US skiers qualified for the slalom finals, and all 6 put up very good scores for the US. Brian Detrick, Adam Pickos, Dylan Schaffer, Alex Lauretano, and Lauren Morgan will compete in the slalom finals on Saturday.