Rio Recap: Cabral Advances to Finals and Johnson Leads USA to Semifinals to Highlight Day 10
- mcmoore27
- Aug 15, 2016
- 2 min read
Track & Field
Donn Cabral (Princeton ’12) qualified for the final of the 3,000-meter steeplechase. The Princeton alum ran 8:21.96 in his qualifying heat to advance to the final for the second straight Olympics. Cabral ran the third fastest time of the qualifying. He was the third automatic qualifier in the final heat, which was the fastest of the three heats.
Cabral joined Americans Hillary Bor and Evan Jager in the final. Bor and Jager won the first two hears in 8:25.01 and 8:25.86, respectively. It’s the first time three Americans have advanced to the final of the steeplechase in 80 years.
In the triple jump, Muhammad Halim (Cornell ’08) did not advance to the finals of the triple jump for the U.S. Virgin Islands. Coached by Adrian Durant, the current head track coach at Cornell, Halim needed a jump of 16.99m in order to advance, but unfortunately registered three fouls on his final attempt.
Field Hockey
Team USA, which features a trio of Tigers in Katie (’13) and Julia (’14) Reinprecht and Kathleen Sharkey (’13), as well as Harvard assistant coach Katie O’Donnell-Bam, suffered a 2-1 defeat to Germany in the quarterfinals.
Team USA came up empty on a penalty corner with two minutes left in the third period. Katelyn Falgowski's goal with 3:54 remaining gave the Americans a chance, but the Germans held on.
The United States failed to medal after a strong start. The U.S. beat No. 2 Argentina and No. 3 Australia in their first two matches at the Games, then beat Japan and India to take the lead in their pool. The squad led their final pool play match against Great Britain heading into the fourth period before losing 2-1.
Water Polo
Ashleigh Johnson (Princeton ’17) and the U.S. women’s water polo team rolled past host Brazil, 13-3 in the quarterfinals to remain unbeaten and advance to the semifinals.
Johnson went 6-for-6 on saves before giving way to backup Sami Hill.
Team USA is 4-0 in the Games, scoring in double figures in each of its past three victories and outscoring its opponents by a whopping 30 goals in its four wins.
Sailing
Due to the conditions today, the sailing events scheduled for today were cancelled.
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