LONDON – The 2012 U.S. Paralympic Team added seven more medals to its count at the London
2012 Paralympic Games, bringing its total to 40 medals. Below is a brief recap from today’s events.
Archery
Jeff Fabry (Tulare, Calif.) won the first U.S. Paralympic gold medal in archery since 1984 on
Monday. He beat David Drahoninsky of the Czech Republic in an exciting matchup despite missing an entire round. Fabry explained he didn’t bring a back-up arrow and had to go back to the practice tent to get a replacement. Teammate Matt Stutzman (Fairfield, Iowa) will take home a silver medal from his first Paralympic Games. He came up short just short, 3-7 versus
Finland’s Jere Forsberg. Eric Bennett (Surprise, Ariz.) finished just shy of the podium in fourth in the men’s individual recurve-standing.
Equestrian
Rebecca Hart (Erie, Pa.) and Jonathan Wentz (Richardson, Texas) rode their best tests
of the Games to jump to the top of the leaderboard, they then saw their totals eclipsed by the final rides in their divisions. Both finished their respective freestyle championships in fifth place, while teammate Dale Dedrick (Ann Arbor, Mich.) placed 10th on her horse Bonifatius.
Goalball
The women beat Australia 3-0 on Monday as Jen Armbruster (Portland, Ore.) scored all three goals for the U.S. team. They next take on Canada Tuesday in the Copper Box in the last round of preliminary round group D. They are currently in 2-1 in pool play having defeated Sweden and falling to Japan earlier this week.
Sailing
Jen French (St. Petersburg, Fla.) and J.P. Creignou (St. Petersburg, Fla.) collected two more solid finishes to maintain their third overall position in the SKUD-18 event (Two Person Keelboat), while Mark LeBlanc (New Orleans, La.) slipped slightly to seventh overall in the 2.4mR (One Person Keelboat). Paul Callahan (Cape Coral, Fla.), Tom Brown (Castine, Maine) and Bradley Johnson (Pompano Beach, Fla.) are fourth in the Sonar (Three Person Keelboat). The team will compete again on September 4th with the Sonar fleet, then the SKUD-18 and 2.4mR .
Sitting Volleyball
Katie Holloway (Edmond, Okla.) led the volleyball team to a 3-0 rout of Brazil on the court
Monday going 14 for 20 on spikes. In a game that lasted one hour and one minute, the U.S. won 25-13, 25-20, 25-19. Kari Miller (Edmond, Okla.) and team hope to get revenge on an earlier loss to China as the win helped Team USA to advance out of pool B.
Soccer
The U.S. Paralympic Soccer Team had an 8-0 loss to Brazil in the preliminaries pool. With the loss they drop to 0-2. They take on Great Britain next on September 5th at 4:15pm.
Swimming
Team USA had another successful night in the pool bringing the overall swimming medal count to 19. The women’s team of Jessica Long (Baltimore, Md.), Susan Beth Scott (Cape Giradeau,
Mo.), Victoria Arlen (Exeter, N.H.), and Anna Eames (Golden Valley, Minn.) won silver in the 4x100m freestyle relay. In individual competition, Cortney Jordan (Henderson, Nev.) won silver in 100m freestyle (S7), while Letticia Martinez (Las Cruces, N.M.) finished in eighth in the 100m breaststroke (SB11).
The men’s competition was highlighted by Lantz Lamback’s (Augusta, Ga.) bronze in the 100m freestyle (S7). Navy Lt. Brad Snyder (St. Petersburg, Fla.) finished sixth in the 100m breaststroke
(S11).
Track and Field
It was a busy day at Olympic Stadium, where U.S. track & field athletes won two more medals. Raymond Martin (Jersey City, N.J.) won gold in the men’s 400m (T52), and Tatyana
McFadden won gold in the women’s 400m (T54).
Wheelchair Tennis
The American women fell short in their quests for wheelchair tennis singles medals Monday at Eton Manor in Olympic Park. Emmy Kaiser (Ft. Mitchell, Ky.) and Mackenzie Soldan
(Louisville, Ky.) each lost two sets to none in the round of 16 playoffs against ranked players from Great Britain and Netherlands. Soldan teamed with Kaiser for a doubles match later on Monday, but fell to Germany in three tough sets 7-5, 2-6, 5-7.
The men’s quad doubles team of Nick Taylor (Kansas City, Ks.) and David Wagner (Hillsboro, Ore.) beat Israel’s Noam Gershony and Shraga Weinberg 6-3, 7-6 and continue their quest for a gold medal in tomorrow’s final.
Women’s Wheelchair Basketball
The U.S. women’s team rallied to beat China 68-65 in the group B preliminary match at the 2012
Paralympic Games on Monday. Rebecca Murray (Whitewater, Wis.) led the U.S. team
in scoring with 30 points followed by Desiree Miller (Whitewater, Wis.) with 18 and Rose Hollermann (Elysian, Minn.) with 10 points. Team USA will return to the court on September 4th for the quarterfinals.
Men’s Wheelchair Basketball
Jason Nelms (Emmett, Mich.) scored 21 points to lead the men’s team to a 63-55 win over
Spain on Monday. Teammates Joshua Turek (Council Bluffs, Iowa) added 13 points and Jeremy Lade (Janesville, Wis.) was good for 10 more. The men will compete in elimination rounds beginning Wednesday.
Be sure to tune-in to NBC Sports Network (NBCSN) tomorrow, Sept. 4, as it will air a one-hour highlights show at 7 p.m. EDT. Action will include the men’s 200m (T44) showdown, including American sprinters Blake Leeper and Jerome Singleton against South African Oscar Pistorius, who also competed in the 2012 Olympic Games. The show will also feature highlights from the Aquatics Center, including races from U.S. swimmers Jessica Long, Mallory Weggemann and Rudy Garcia-Tolson, as well as the U.S. Paralympic Men’s Wheelchair Basketball Team,
the Women’s Sitting Volleyball Team and more.
NBCSN will also air highlights shows on Sept. 5 at 7:30 p.m., Sept. 6 and 11 at 7 p.m. EDT.
For more information and results visit www.usparalympics.org
and www.youtube.com/usparalympics.
Go Team USA!
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