Rio Recap: Day Five Full of Thrilling Victories and Heartbreaking Losses
- mcmoore27
- Aug 11, 2016
- 2 min read
The fifth day of Rio was full of cancellations, thrilling victories and heartbreaking loses. The Ivy quartet helped the U.S. Field Hockey stay perfect, while two Ivy fencers and the U.S. Men's Sevens team were eliminated from competition.
Field Hockey
It was a #OneIvy performance for Team USA, as Harvard assistant coach Katie O'Donnell-Bam and Princeton alums Kathleen Sharkey '13, Katie '13 and Julia Reinprecht '14 all played well in their team's 6-1 win over Japan that clinched a spot in the quarterfinals for the Red, White and Blue. Bam tallied a hat trick, Sharkey finished with two assists and Katie Reinprecht scored to lead the U.S. to the medal round.
Team USA, which finished last in London in 2012, could now bring home its first Olympic medal since taking bronze in 1984.
Rowing
Weather continued to wreak havoc at the Rodrigo de Freitas rowing venue, where all rowing was cancelled for the second time in the last four days. An updated #IviesinRio Rowing schedule has been posted.
Cycling
Evelyn Stevens (Dartmouth '05) finished the women’s time trial in 46:00, ranking 10th. She was the second-player American finisher behind gold medalist Kristin Armstrong.
Sailing
Louisa Chafee (Brown ’14) set sail on her Olympic journey. Chafee finished 13th in the first mixed nacre 17 race and 10th in the second preliminary round. Chafee returns tomorrow with an action packed day. The Brown grad will compete in four more preliminary races.
Fellow Ivy graduate Stu McNay (Yale '05) also opened up competition in the men’s 470 sailing events. In the first event, McNay finished 10th before taking 7th in his second race. McNay returns to action tomorrow with a pair of races set for 12:05 p.m. and 1:35 p.m.
Fencing
Nzingha Prescod (Columbia '15) opened up competition in Rio today. Prescod opened up in the Round of 32 with a 15-9 win over Nataly Silva of Mexico. In the Round of 16, Prescod fell to Astrid Guyart of France, 14-11.
Harvard’s Eli Dershwitz trailed 4-8 at the start of the second period against Belgium’s Seppe van Holsbeke. Dershwitz had a spirited comeback and got within reach of the veteran, but van Holsbeke scored the final touch to beat the American, 15-12.
Rubgy
Madison Hughes (Dartmouth ’15) and the U.S. Men’s rugby team was eliminated from medal contention after losing to top-seeded Fiji 24-19. To advance to the quarterfinals, the U.S. men’s team needed to win, draw or lose by less than four points.
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