By Compiled from Times wires
Published August 12, 2003
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Swimming medals are expected from Americans. Team handball medals are not.
At the Pan American Games Monday, U.S. swimmers won three of five races and added four silvers, led by Mark Gangloff's Pan Ams record of 1 minute, .95 seconds in the 100-meter breaststroke. Courtney Shealy took the women's 100 freestyle in 55.61, and the women's 800-meter freestyle relay set a Pan Ams record in 8:05.47.
In handball, Danny Hennessey, a New York police officer, stopped all five penalty shots he faced in goal to spark the U.S. men to a 25-23 win over Uruguay in the bronze-medal game. It's the first time the men's team has won a medal since the 1991 games.
Left-hander Lori Harrigan pitched a one-hitter with nine strikeouts as the U.S. women's softball team finished round-robin play with a 7-0 win over Colombia. The Americans have not given up a run, outscoring opponents 53-0.
Cyclist Kim Bruckner won the women's 30-kilometer time trial, and fellow American Anita Allen won the modern pentathlon.
GOLF: Senior Amateur qualifier
Beecher Metzger Jr. of Venice shot par 72 at River Hills Country Club in Valrico to lead three qualifiers for the USGA Senior Amateur Championship to be played Sept. 6-11 in Bristol, Va. Also qualifying were Rennie Law of Tampa (75) and Jerry Coren of Lutz (76). It was one of three qualifiers administered by the Florida State Golf Association.
WALKER CUP: Bill Haas and Trip Kuehne, a semifinalist and finalist, respectively, in U.S. Amateur play, were among eight amateurs selected for the U.S. team that will compete against Britain and Ireland on Sept. 6-7 at Ganton Golf Club in England. The others are Matt Hendrix, Brock Mackenzie, Ryan Moore, Chris Nallen, Adam Rubinson and Casey Wittenberg.
ICE SKATING: Code of ethics voted
Skating's world governing body, hit by a judging scandal at the 2002 Olympics, has adopted its first code of ethics. The International Skating Union's code, approved unanimously at a recent meeting in Spain, sets out 15 points of "personal ethical commitment" and details concepts of "fair play." It does not mention "judging" by name, although it does call for "independence and integrity" and details what might be possible "conflicts of interest." It says at one point, "I agree to avoid evaluating, voting upon, or in any other way influencing ... any decision respecting possible conflict of interest on my part."
HORSE RACING: 3 jockeys hurt, 3 mounts die
Three jockeys were injured and three horses were euthanized on the track after a chain-reaction accident during a claiming race for 3-year-olds and up at Del Mar in California. Jose Silva, aboard Jentzen, and Anthony Lovato, riding Mr. Powerful, had fractures of a vertebra in their lower backs. Russell Baze, on Kiss an Angel, broke his left foot and left big toe. Mr. Powerful, Jentzen and Pacific Pride, ridden by apprentice jockey Mick Ruis, were put down. Ruis was not injured.
ET CETERA
FISHING: Charles Owens caught a 140-pound tarpon Saturday to win a 23-foot Trevco boat, motor and trailer package valued at $40,000 in Finale Day of the 69th Suncoast Tarpon Roundup. Only four fish were weighed in among 129 anglers. Tournament officials blamed the bad weather.
NHL: Thrashers goaltender Pasi Nurminen avoided arbitration when he re-signed for $1.1-million. Nurminen, who took over as the starter midway through last season and set a franchise record for wins, went 21-19-5 with a goals-against average of 2.88 and save percentage of .906. He made $630,000 last year.
MOTORSPORTS: Clay Millican earned his 26th career International Hot Rod Association Top Fuel victory Sunday at Martin, Mich., breaking the record set by Don Garlits during the 1970s. STEEPLECHASE: Russia's Gulnara Samitova set a world record in the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9 minutes, 8.33 seconds in Tula, Russia.
