United States at the 2011 Summer Universiade explained

Noc:	USA
Nocname:	United States Olympic Committee
Year:	2011
Games:	Summer Universiade
Location:	Shenzhen
Competitors:	143+
Sports:	9+
Flagbearer:	Orlando Johnson (opening)^[1]
Gold:	17
Silver:	22
Bronze:	12
Rank:	5
Summerappearances:	1967 1970 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013
Winterappearances:	1966 1968 1970 1972 1975 1978 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011

The United States competed at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, China.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date



				21 August
				20 August
				16 August

				15 August
				15 August
				17 August
	Tim Phillips Kolton Norys Robert Savulich Tom Shields (heat)			15 August
	Matt Bartlett Matt McLean Tom Shields Daxon Hill (heat)			16 August


				17 August
				16 August
	Karlee Bispo Chelsea Nauta Megan Romano Alyssa Anderson (heat) Shannon Vreeland (heat) Stephanie Peacock (swimmer) (heat)			17 August
				16 August
				18 August

				20 August

				19 August
				16 August


				16 August
				20 August
				19 August
				17 August
				14 August
				17 August
				14 August
				19 August
				14 August

				16 August
				14 August

				22 August
				18 August
				20 August
				16 August

				20 August

				15 August
				16 August
				15 August
				23 August

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Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 2011 Summer Universiade. The United States was represented by men's and women's athletes in the archery competition.

Men

Compound

Athlete	Events	Ranking Round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Events	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Adam Wruck	Individual	671	28	align=center bgcolor=wheat		(5) W 144 T10–144 T9	(25) W 143–130	(20) L 140–144	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
Adam Gallant	Individual	690	7	align=center bgcolor=wheat		(26) W 141–139	(10) W 145–143	(15) L 141–143	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
Zachary Plannick	Individual	701	2	align=center bgcolor=wheat		(34) W 144–138	(15) L 137–143	align=center colspan=5	did not advance

Women

Compound

Athlete	Events	Ranking Round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Events	Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Elissa Falconer	Individual	658	29	(36) W 137–126	(4) W 140–138	(20) L 138 T8–138 T10	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
Tristan Skarvan	Individual	669	19	align=center bgcolor=wheat		(14) W 142–141	(3) L 137–139	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
Kendal Nicely	Individual	674	10	align=center bgcolor=wheat		(23) W 140–135	(7) W 145–140	(31) W 137–136	(3) W 141–135	(24) L 140 T9–140 T10

Basketball

See main article: article and Basketball at the 2011 Summer Universiade. The United States has qualified both a men's and a women's team.^[2] The official rosters were announced on August 8.^[3]

Men

The men's team participated in Group D, showing much promise after running through the round-robin with an undefeated record. However, they dropped a close game to Lithuania in the quarterfinals, sending them to the 5th-8th classification bracket. They defeated Germany to secure 5th place.

Team roster

The men's team roster is as follows:^[4]

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Head coach

(Purdue University)

Assistant coach(es)

Team Physician

(University of Oklahoma)

Athletic Trainer

(Southern Illinois University)

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Legend:

(C) Team captain
nat field describes country of university
Age field is age on August 13, 2011

Preliminary round

width=240	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=35	PF	width=35	PA	width=35	PD	width=30	Pts.
	5	5	0	540	336	+204	10
	5	3	2	399	423	−24	8
	5	3	2	358	389	−31	8
	5	2	3	367	385	−18	7
	5	2	3	415	450	−35	7
	5	0	5	314	410	−96	5

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5th place match

Women

The women's team participated in Group B and won with 40+ point leads in the round robin. They finished in first place after defeating Chinese Taipei in the final, winning the gold medal.

Team roster

The women's team roster is as follows:^[5]

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Head coach

(Iowa State University)

Assistant coach(es)

(Duquesne University)
(Georgetown University)

Team Physician

(University of Oklahoma)

Athletic Trainer

(University of Georgia)

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Legend:

(C) Team captain
nat field describes country of university
Age field is age on August 13, 2011

Preliminary round

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	3	3	0	311	154	+157	6
	3	2	1	186	211	-25	5
	3	1	2	152	204	-52	4
	3	0	3	163	243	-80	3

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Gold medal match

Beach volleyball

See main article: article and Beach volleyball at the 2011 Summer Universiade. The United States will be represented by two men's teams and one women's team.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round (3)	Elimination rounds
		Preliminary round (3)	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Standing
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Standing
Maddison McKibbin Connor Hughes	Doubles	W 2 – 0 L 1 – 2 W 2 – 0	W 2 – 0	W 2 – 1	L 0 – 2 to consolation round	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
Jeff Carlson Tony Ciarelli	Doubles	W 2 – 0 L 0 – 2 L 0 – 2	W 2 – 0	W 2 – 1	W 2 – 0	L 0 – 2 to consolation round	align=center colspan=3	did not advance

Consolation Round

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5 (to semifinals)	Standing
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Standing
Maddison McKibbin Connor Hughes	Doubles	align=center colspan=2 bgcolor=wheat		L 0 – 2	align=center colspan=2	did not advance	T7
Jeff Carlson Tony Ciarelli	Doubles	align=center colspan=3 bgcolor=wheat		L 0 – 2	Did not advance	T5

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round (3)	Elimination rounds
		Preliminary round (3)	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Standing
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Standing
Geena Urango Jane Chefeh	Doubles	L 0 – 2 L 0 – 2 L 0 – 2	L 1 – 2 to consolation round	align=center colspan=6	did not advance
Emily Day Heather Hughes	Doubles	W 2 – 0 W 2 – 1 W 2 – 0	W 2 – 0	W 2 – 0	W 2 – 1	L 0 – 2 to consolation round	W 2 – 0	L 0 – 2

Consolation Round

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5 (to semifinals)	Standing
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Standing
Geena Urango Jane Chefeh	Doubles	W 2 – 1	L 0 – 2	align=center colspan=3	did not advance	17
Emily Day Heather Hughes	Doubles	align=center colspan=4 bgcolor=wheat		W 2 – 0 to semifinals

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2011 Summer Universiade. The United States sent a men's and women's swimming team of 48 swimmers.^[6]

Men

Event	Athletes	Heat		Final
Event	Athletes	Time	Position	Time	Position
50 m freestyle	Josh Schneider	22.85	7 Q	22.46	5
50 m freestyle	Adam Small	22.53	2 Q	22.31
100 m freestyle	Jimmy Feigen	49.60	2 Q	49.26
100 m freestyle	Bobby Savulich	49.90	6 Q	49.97	7
200 m freestyle	Matt McLean	1:49.69	3 Q	1:47.44
200 m freestyle	Tom Shields	1:50.71	T10	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
400 m freestyle	Michael Klueh	3:54.41	T2 Q	3:48.84
400 m freestyle	David Mosko	3:54.41	T2 Q	3:53.89	5
800 m freestyle	Michael Klueh	align=center colspan=2 bgcolor=wheat		7:52.31
800 m freestyle	David Mosko	align=center colspan=2 bgcolor=wheat		8:01.77	7
50 m backstroke	Cody Chitwood	26.49	16	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
50 m backstroke	Rexford Tullius	26.02	T8	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
100 m backstroke	Cody Chitwood	55.88	12	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
100 m backstroke	Rexford Tullius	55.72	11	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
200 m backstroke	Cody Chitwood	1:59.04	1 Q	1:59.48	4
200 m backstroke	Rexford Tullius	2:00.46	6 Q	1:58.66
50 m breaststroke	Clark Burckle	28.51	17	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
50 m breaststroke	Robert Lovelace	28.72	22	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
100 m breaststroke	Clark Burckle	1:02.58	17	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
100 m breaststroke	Robert Lovelace	1:02.52	15	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
200 m breaststroke	Clark Burckle	2:12.37	3 Q	2:13.56	8
200 m breaststroke	Adam Klein	2:12.71	4 Q	2:13.48	7
50 m butterfly	Tim Phillips	23.76	1 Q	23.51
50 m butterfly	Tom Shields	24.84	19	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
100 m butterfly	Tim Phillips	52.15	1 Q	52.06
100 m butterfly	Tom Shields	52.77	2 Q	52.62
200 m butterfly	Robert Bollier	1:57.11	2 Q	1:56.06
200 m butterfly	Mark Dylla	1:57.70	4 Q	1:58.00	5
200 m individual medley	Cody Chitwood	2:02.65	7 Q	2:00.53	5
200 m individual medley	Austin Surhoff	2:02.72	8 Q	2:01.04	6
400 m individual medley	William Cregar	4:23.37	6 Q	4:23.31	8
400 m individual medley	William Tyler Harris	4:16.52	1 Q	4:15.40
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Jimmy Feigen Kohlton Norys Robert Savulich Tim Phillips Tom Shields (heat)	3:17.68	1 Q	3:15.84
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Matt Bartlett Michael Klueh Matt McLean Tom Shields Daxon Hill (heat)	7:19.02	1 Q	7:13.54
4 × 100 m medley relay	Rexford Tullius George Klein Tim Phillips Jimmy Feigen Kohlton Norys (heat) Tom Shields (heat) Robert Savulich (heat)	3:39.36	3 Q	3:37.92
10 km marathon	Connor Signorin	align=center bgcolor=wheat colspan=2		2:00:26.64	7
10 km marathon	Ryan Feeley	align=center bgcolor=wheat colspan=2		2:05:02.28	14

Tullius was tied for the eighth spot in the final. He lost a swim-off against Jan Philip Glania of Germany, reaching a time of 26.02, 0.22 seconds short of Glania's time.

Coaching staffHead coach: Rich DeSelm Assistant coaches: Brette Hawke, Harvey Humphries, Anthony Nesty

Women

Event	Athletes	Heat		Final
Event	Athletes	Time	Position	Time	Position
50 m freestyle	Karlee Bispo	25.80	8 Q	25.40	6
50 m freestyle	Samantha Woodward	25.49	5 Q	25.39	5
100 m freestyle	Kate Dwelley	55.55	4 Q	55.61	5
100 m freestyle	Megan Romano	55.50	2 Q	55.38
200 m freestyle	Alyssa Anderson	2:00.72	9	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
200 m freestyle	Karlee Bispo	1:59.92	4 Q	1:59.31
400 m freestyle	Alyssa Anderson	4:12.34	2 Q	4:10.49	4
400 m freestyle	Stephanie Peacock	4:10.88	1 Q	4:10.25
800 m freestyle	Haley Anderson	align=center bgcolor=wheat colspan=2		8:27.11
800 m freestyle	Samantha Vandenberge	align=center bgcolor=wheat colspan=2		8:46.70	8
1500 m freestyle	Haley Anderson	align=center bgcolor=wheat colspan=2		16:21.72
1500 m freestyle	Samantha Vandenberge	align=center bgcolor=wheat colspan=2		16:49.72	10
50 m backstroke	Jennifer Connolly	28.13 (GR)	1 Q	27.92 GR
50 m backstroke	Taylor Wohrley	29.98	17	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
100 m backstroke	Jennifer Connolly	1:00.40	1 Q	1:00.50
100 m backstroke	Taylor Wohrley	1:02.97	19	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
200 m backstroke	Ashley Jones	2:11.62	4 Q	2:12.19	6
200 m backstroke	Amy Modglin	2:15.51	14	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
50 m breaststroke	Annie Chandler	31.24	1 Q	31.13
50 m breaststroke	Micah Lawrence	31.77	3 Q	32.23	7
100 m breaststroke	Annie Chandler	1:09.69	5 Q	1:08.77	5
100 m breaststroke	Micah Lawrence	1:09.06	1 Q	1:08.96	6
200 m breaststroke	Andrea Kropp	2:27.86	3 Q	2:26.18
200 m breaststroke	Ashley Wanland	2:27.77	2 Q	2:28.90	7
50 m butterfly	Lyndsay DePaul	27.20	6 Q	26.81	5
50 m butterfly	Felicia Lee	27.43	8 Q	27.06	7
100 m butterfly	Lyndsay DePaul	59.01	1 Q	59.17	4
100 m butterfly	Felicia Lee	59.96	6 Q	1:00.58	8
200 m butterfly	Rachel Naurath	2:13.17	10	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
200 m butterfly	Andrea Taylor	2:11.88	7 Q	2:12.94	7
200 m individual medley	Madeline Dirado	DSQ	–	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
200 m individual medley	Elizabeth Smith	2:17.42	12	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
400 m individual medley	Madeline Dirado	4:45.12	1 Q	4:40.79
400 m individual medley	Andrea Taylor	4:48.52	5 Q	4:46.40	6
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Kate Dwelley Felicia Lee Megan Romano Shannon Vreeland	3:41.05	1 Q	3:40.19
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	Kate Dwelley Karlee Bispo Chelsea Nauta Megan Romano Alyssa Anderson (heat) Shannon Vreeland (heat) Stephanie Peacock (heat)	8:01.97	1 Q	7:55.02
4 × 100 m medley relay	Jennifer Connolly Annie Chandler Lyndsay DePaul Megan Romano Felicia Lee (heat) Micah Lawrence (heat)	4:06.83	2 Q	4:00.15
10 km marathon	Tristin Baxter	align=center bgcolor=wheat colspan=2		2:13:04.68	12
10 km marathon	Damaris Iriondo	align=center bgcolor=wheat colspan=2		2:14:10.96	14

Connolly set a Universiade record in the heats, but broke her own record in the final a few hours later.

Coaching staffHead coach: Eric Hansen Assistant coaches: Carol Capitani, Rick DeMont, John Hargis

Table tennis

See main article: article and Table tennis at the 2011 Summer Universiade. The United States will be represented by a men's and women's team.

Men

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round Robin		Round of 64	Round of 32	Eighthfinals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Match 1	Match 2	Round of 64	Round of 32	Eighthfinals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mark Hazinski	Singles	W 3–0	W 3–0	L 0–4	align=center colspan=6	did not advance
Chance Friend	Singles	L 0–3	L 0–3	align=center colspan=7	did not advance
William Rather	Singles	L 0–3	L 0–3	align=center colspan=7	did not advance
Zhang Yahao	Singles	L 0–3	W 3–1	align=center colspan=7	did not advance
Brian Simcox	Singles	L 0–3	L 0–3	align=center colspan=7	did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Eighthfinals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mark Hazinski Zhang Yahao	Doubles	W 3–0	W 3–1	L 0–3	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
Chance Friend Brian Simcox	Doubles	L 1–3	align=center colspan=7	did not advance

Team

Women

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round Robin			Round of 64	Round of 32	Eighthfinals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Round of 64	Round of 32	Eighthfinals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Judy Hugh	Singles	W 3–0	W 3–0	align=center bgcolor=wheat		L 3–4	align=center colspan=6	did not advance
Barbara Wei	Singles	L 0–3	L 2–3	align=center bgcolor=wheat		align=center colspan=7	did not advance
Stephanie Shih	Singles	W 3–0	L 3–0	L 3–0	align=center colspan=7	did not advance

Doubles

Team

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 2011 Summer Universiade. The United States will be represented by five tennis players, three male and two female.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Phillip Arndt	Singles	W 6–3, 6–3	L 4–6, 7–5, 3–6	align=center colspan=5	did not advance
Michael Sicora	Singles	L 1–6, 3–6	align=center colspan=6	did not advance
Phillip Ardnt Gregory Hirshman	Doubles		L 4–6, 6–4, 6–3	align=center colspan=5	did not advance

Consolation Draw

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Courtney Collins	Singles	W 7–5, 7–6^(8–6)	L 2–6, 6–7^(1–7)	align=center colspan=5	did not advance
Krista Damico	Singles	L 4–6, 4–6	align=center colspan=6	did not advance
Courtney Collins Krista Damico	Doubles		L 6–4, 3–6, 5–7	align=center colspan=5	did not advance

Consolation Draw

Mixed

Volleyball

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2011 Summer Universiade. The United States qualified a men's team.^[7]

Men

The men's team competed in Group D. They finished in third place after a close loss to the Czech Republic and a loss to Thailand put them right outside of qualifying to the playoffs. After a close loss to Japan, the United States lost the chance to compete for ninth place and settled for thirteenth place.

Team

The men's indoor volleyball team is as follows:^[8]

Outside hitters
- Thomas Amberg
- Tri Bourne
- Brad Lawson
- Jeff Menzel
- Cory Yoder
- Taylor Hughes (alternate)
Opposite hitters
- Carson Clark
- Murphy Troy
- Jim Baughman (alternate)
- Kyle Caldwell (alternate)
- Rob Stowell (alternate)

Middle blockers
- Weston Dunlap
- Ryan Meehan
- Matt Pollock (alternate)
- Matt Rawson (alternate)
Setters
- Kawika Shoji
- Riley McKibbin
Libero
- Erik Shoji

Coaches

Gordon Mayforth – Head Coach
Pete Hanson – Assistant Coach/Team Leader
JT Wenger – Assistant Coach
Larnie Boquiren – Trainer

13th place match

Water polo

See main article: article and Water polo at the 2011 Summer Universiade. The United States qualified both a men's and a women's team.^[9]

Men

The men's team participated in Group C. The United States qualified for the quarterfinals with only one loss to Serbia, the eventual gold medallists, in pool play. The men's team was well on its way to the final, but was edged by Russia in the semifinal and was relegated to the bronze medal match, where Macedonia defeated the United States. The men's team finished fourth overall.

Preliminary round

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Bronze medal match

Women

The women's team participated in Group B. The team went through the preliminary round undefeated, and fought their way to the final with close wins in the quarterfinals and semifinals. In the final, the United States was stunned by China in a ten-point loss, and earned a silver medal.

Preliminary round

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Gold medal match

Notes and References

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Web site: Basketball . 2012-09-11 . https://archive.today/20120911132528/http://www.sz2011.org/Universiade/games/sportsprog/12736.shtml . 2012-09-11 . dead .
Web site: USA Men's World University Games Team Training Camp To Feature Top 22 Collegians. https://web.archive.org/web/20110616120706/http://www.usabasketball.com/mens/worlduniversity/11_mwug_training_camp_roster.html. dead. June 16, 2011. 8 June 2011.
Web site: USA Men's Basketball WUG Roster . 2011-08-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130629191406/http://www.usabasketball.com/mens/worlduniversity/roster.html . 2013-06-29 . dead .
http://www.usabasketball.com/womens/worlduniversity/roster.html USA Women's Basketball WUG Roster
http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rainbow/Documents/d99b98cd-a56b-4bc6-944a-ae37e056232b/USAS%202011%20Wugs%20Team%20FINAL052411.pdf USA Swimming 2011 WUG Roster
Web site: Volleyball . 2011-06-19 . https://archive.today/20120911222621/http://www.sz2011.org/Universiade/games/sportsprog/15563.shtml . 2012-09-11 . dead .
Web site: U.S. Men Open Strong at World University Games. 12 August 2011. USA Volleyball.
Web site: Water Polo . 2012-09-12 . https://archive.today/20120912143758/http://www.sz2011.org/Universiade/games/sportsprog/12704.shtml . 2012-09-12 . dead .