United States at the 2013 Summer Universiade

Sporting event delegation

The United States competed at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia.

Medalists[edit]

Athletics[edit]

The United States will be represented in athletics.^[1]

Men[edit]

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ahmed Ali	100 m	DNS	–	Did not advance
Justin Austin		10.40	3 Q	10.42	4 q	10.59	7	Did not advance
Justin Austin	200 m	DNS	–	Did not advance

Field events

Women[edit]

Track & road events

Field events

Badminton[edit]

The United States will be represented by two male and two female badminton players.^[2]

Men[edit]

Athlete	Event	Round of 128	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Randy Ma	Singles	Kaljumae (EST) L 18–21, 11–21	did not advance
Randy Ma Michael Buasan	Doubles		Takeuchi / Hoshino (JPN) L 15–21, 7–21	did not advance

Women[edit]

Mixed[edit]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Michael Buasan Danae Long	Mixed		Khlebko / Sozonov (RUS) L 3–21, 12–21	did not advance

Basketball[edit]

The United States has qualified both a men’s and a women’s team.

Men[edit]

The men’s team will participate in Group C.

Team roster[edit]

The men’s team roster is as follows:^[3]

United States Men’s World University Games Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G 8 Spencer Dinwiddie 20 – (1993-04-06)April 6, 1993 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) University of Colorado, Boulder G 4 Yogi Ferrell 20 – (1993-05-09)May 9, 1993 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Indiana University F 10 Treveon Graham 19 – (1993-10-28)October 28, 1993 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Virginia Commonwealth University F 7 Luke Hancock 23 – (1990-01-30)January 30, 1990 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) University of Louisville G 6 Tyler Haws 22 – (1991-04-11)April 11, 1991 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Brigham Young University C 12 Cory Jefferson 22 – (1990-12-26)December 26, 1990 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Baylor University G 9 Sean Kilpatrick 23 – (1990-01-06)January 6, 1990 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) University of Cincinnati C 15 Alex Kirk 21 – (1991-11-14)November 14, 1991 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) University of New Mexico F 11 Doug McDermott 21 – (1992-01-03)January 3, 1992 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Creighton University F 14 Adreian Payne 22 – (1991-02-19)February 19, 1991 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Michigan State University F 5 Will Sheehey 21 – (1992-01-16)January 16, 1992 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Indiana University C 13 Aaron White 20 – (1992-09-10)September 10, 1992 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) University of Iowa	Head coach Assistant coach(es) Team Physician Athletic Trainer Legend (C) Team captain nat field describes country of university Age field is age on July 7, 2013

Preliminary round[edit]

Classification round[edit]

Final rank: 9

Women[edit]

The women’s team will participate in Group B.

Team roster[edit]

The women’s team roster is as follows:^[4]

United States Women’s World University Games Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G 9 Crystal Bradford 19 – (1993-11-01)November 1, 1993 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Central Michigan University G 7 Aaryn Ellenberg 20 – (1992-07-17)July 17, 1992 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) University of Oklahoma F 12 Reshanda Gray 20 – (1993-06-01)June 1, 1993 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) University of California F 14 Cassie Harberts 21 – (1992-06-04)June 4, 1992 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) University of Southern California G 6 Bria Hartley 20 – (1992-09-30)September 30, 1992 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) University of Connecticut F 10 Jordan Hooper 21 – (1992-02-20)February 20, 1992 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) University of Nebraska G 13 Tricia Liston 21 – (1992-02-20)February 20, 1992 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Duke University G 5 Ariel Massengale 20 – (1993-06-10)June 10, 1993 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) University of Tennessee F 11 Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis 19 – (1993-11-03)November 3, 1993 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) University of Connecticut F 15 Theresa Plaisance 21 – (1992-05-18)May 18, 1992 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Louisiana State University G 8 Shoni Schimmel 21 – (1992-05-04)May 4, 1992 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) University of Louisville G 4 Odyssey Sims 20 – (1992-07-13)July 13, 1992 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Baylor University	Head coach Assistant coach(es) Athletic Trainer Legend (C) Team captain nat field describes country of university Age field is age on July 7, 2013

Preliminary round[edit]

Quarterfinals[edit]

Semifinals[edit]

Gold Medal Game[edit]

Final rank:

Beach volleyball[edit]

The United States will be represented by two men’s teams and two women’s teams.

Men[edit]

Athletes	Event	Preliminary round (3)	Elimination rounds
			Round 1	Round 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Standing
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Tri Bourne William Montgomery	Doubles	Group K  Retterholt – Solhaug (NOR) W 2 – 0 (21–18, 21–16)  Prokopyev – Bogotov (RUS) W 2 – 1 (15–21, 23–21, 15–11)  Candido – da Silva (BRA) W 2 – 0 (21–11, 21–15)	—	Gong – Li (CHN) W 2 – 1 (21–18, 18–21, 15–13)	Sangkhachot – Sukto (THA) L 0 – 2 (25–27, 14–21)	Did not advance
Jeffrey Carlson Connor Hughes	Doubles	Group J  Kadziola – Szalankiewicz (POL) L 0 – 2 (17–21, 18–21)  Cecchini – Morichelli (ITA) L 1 – 2 (24–22, 14–21, 11–15)  Gogtepe – Gogtepe (TUR) L 1 – 2 (17–21, 21–19, 13–15)	Did not advance

Women[edit]

Athletes	Event	Preliminary round	Elimination rounds
			Round 1	Round 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Standing
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Caitlin Ledoux Stevi Robinson	Doubles	Group C  Ceballos – Gonzaga (PHI) W 2 – 0 (21–13, 21–16)  Kvapilova – Rehackova (CZE) L 0 – 2 (19–21, 15–21)	Jirak – Pleisiutschnig (AUT) L 1 – 2 (21–12, 14–21, 14–16)	Did not advance
Emily Stockman Lane Carico	Doubles	Group G  Popova – Prokopeva (RUS) W 2 – 1 (24–22, 22–24, 15–11)  Pedersen – Solvoll (NOR) W 2 – 0 (21–13, 21–15)  da Silva – Silva (BRA) W 2 – 0 (21–3, 21–5)	Bye	Jirak – Pleisiutschnig (AUT) W 2 – 0 (21–18, 21–8)	Laboureur – Sude (GER) L 0 – 2 (18–21, 19–21)	Did not advance

The United States will be represented by twelve divers from ten universities.^[5]

Men[edit]

Women[edit]

Fencing[edit]

The United States was represented in fencing.

Men[edit]

Women[edit]

The United States will be represented by three judoka.

Men[edit]

Repechage rounds

Athlete	Event	First repechage round	Second repechage round	Repechage quarterfinals	Repechage semifinals	Bronze final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Michael Harrison	Welterweight	Tomas Costas (POR) L 000–1021	Did not advance

*Nick Delpopolo was due to compete, but withdrew from the tournament due to illness.

The United States will be represented by an eight crew.^[6]

Men[edit]

Rugby sevens[edit]

The United States will be represented by a women’s team.

Women[edit]

The women’s team will participate in Group B.

Team roster[edit]

The team roster is as follows:^[7]

Head coach: Sue Parker
Assistant coach: Jenny Hansen
Team manager: Julie Hogan
Athletic trainer: Meghan Chambers

Preliminary round[edit]

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Classification round[edit]

Final rank: 10

The United States will be represented by one practitioner.^[8]

Men[edit]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Arash Valizadeh Soofiani	+100 kg	Kuchumov (RUS) L 0–8	Did not advance		Jeon (KOR) L 1–3	Did not advance

Shooting[edit]

The United States will be represented in the shooting competitions. Over half of the pistol team and the coach of the pistol team will be from the United States Military Academy.^[9]

Men[edit]

Women[edit]

Swimming[edit]

The United States will be represented by a team of swimmers from colleges across the nation.^[10]

Men[edit]

Women[edit]

Synchronized swimming[edit]

The United States will be represented by eleven synchronized swimmers, most of whom are from Stanford University, the national collegiate champions of synchronized swimming.^[11]

The United States will be represented by the University of Southern California tennis team, which will consist of four male and four female tennis players.^[12]

Men[edit]

Consolation Draw

Women[edit]

Athlete	Event	Round of 128	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Gabi Desimone	Singles		Korolova (LAT) W 6–1, 6–0	Luangnam (THA) L 2–6, 4–6	did not advance
Sabrina Santamaria		Chiaparini (BRA) W 6–1, 6–0	Kumkhum (THA) W 7–5, 7–5	Borthwick (GBR) W 6–0, 6–2	Hsu (TPE) W 3–6, 6–1, 6–4	Siegemund (GER) W 7–6(7–2), 6–2	Kuwata (JPN) W 6–2, 6–2	Ishizu (JPN) L 2–6, 5–7
Kaitlyn Christian Sabrina Santamaria	Doubles			Han / Yu (KOR) W 6–2, 6–4	Chiaparini / Chiaparini (BRA) W 6–0, 6–1	Pavlyuchenkova / Vesnina (RUS) L 4–6, 3–6	did not advance
Kaitlyn Christian Sabrina Santamaria	Team ranking	—

Consolation Draw

Mixed[edit]

Volleyball[edit]

The United States has qualified both a men’s and a women’s team.

Men[edit]

The men’s team will participate in Group A.

Team roster[edit]

In the men’s tournament, the United States will be represented by the Springfield College of Massachusetts volleyball team. The roster is listed as follows:^[13]

Abbreviations

№	Jersey number
Pos.	Position
L	Libero
OH	Outside hitter
RS	Right-side (opposite) hitter
S	Setter
MB	Middle blocker

Head coach: Charlie Sullivan
Assistant coaches: Kevin Burch, Tyler Wingate, Sam Zapatka

Preliminary round[edit]

6 July 2013 12:00	United States	0–3	Estonia	Saint Petersburg Volleyball Center Attendance: 2400
	(22–25, 17–25, 18–25) Report

7 July 2013 18:00	Belarus	3–0	United States	Saint Petersburg Volleyball Center Attendance: 800 Referees: Wichai Wannatawee (THA), Takeshi Tsukamoto (JPN)
	(25–18, 25–15, 25–20) Report

8 July 2013 20:00	United States	0–3	Russia	Saint Petersburg Volleyball Center Attendance: 1800 Referees: Takeshi Tsukamoto (JPN), Wang Jun (CHN)
	(13–25, 18–25, 9–25) Report

10 July 2013 15:00	Hong Kong	3–1	United States	Olympiets Sport Complex Attendance: 180 Referees: Jaromir Antusak, Aleksandr Sikanjic (SUI)
	(25–18, 27–29, 25–23, 25–20) Report

11 July 2013 15:00	United States	0–3	South Korea	Saint Petersburg Volleyball Center Attendance: 600 Referees: Aleksandr Sikanjic (SUI), Paulo Picanco (BRA)
	(13–25, 14–25, 22–25) Report

Classification round[edit]

13 July 2013 15:00	China	3–1	United States	Olympiets Sport Complex Attendance: 300 Referees: Alexander Ryabtsov (RUS), Salem Abu Baker Alnoaman (UAE)
	(25–14, 25–19, 23–25, 25–21) Report[permanent dead link]

Final rank: 19

Women[edit]

The women’s team will participate in Group A.

Team roster[edit]

In the women’s tournament, the United States will be represented by the Kansas State University volleyball team. The roster is listed as follows:^[14]

Abbreviations

№	Jersey number
Pos.	Position
DS/L	Defense/libero
OH	Outside hitter
OP	Opposite hitter
S	Setter
MB	Middle blocker

Head coach: Suzie Fritz
Associate head coach: Jeff Grove
Assistant coach: Jeff Hulsmeyer

Preliminary round[edit]

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Russia	6	2	0	6	0	MAX	150	96	1.563
2	Czech Republic	3	1	1	3	3	1.000	127	128	0.992
3	Poland	3	1	1	3	3	1.000	121	126	0.960
4	United States	0	0	2	0	6	0.000	104	152	0.684

8 July 2013 20:00	Poland	3–0	United States	Zilant Sport Complex Attendance: 60 Referees: Yoko Sanmi (JPN), Salem Abu Baker Alnoaman (UAE)
	(25–17, 25–14, 25–20) Report

9 July 2013 20:00	Czech Republic	3–0	United States	Saint Petersburg Volleyball Center Attendance: 900 Referees: Salem Abu Baker Alnoaman (UAE), Chung Shu-fang (TPE)
	(25–14, 27–25, 25–14) Report

10 July 2013 18:00	United States	0–3	Russia	Saint Petersburg Volleyball Center Attendance: 4300 Referees: Wang Jun (CHN), Kang Joo-hee (KOR)
	(16–25, 23–25, 19–25) Report

Classification round[edit]

Final rank: 14

Water polo[edit]

The United States has qualified both a men’s team and a women’s team.

Men[edit]

The men’s team will participate in Group B.

Team roster[edit]

In the men’s tournament, the United States will be represented by the University of California, Los Angeles water polo team. The roster is listed as follows:^[15]

Abbreviations

Pos.	Position	№	Cap number
A	Attacker	U	Utility
D	Defender	GK	Goalkeeper

Preliminary round[edit]

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8 July 2013 14:00	Report	Serbia	9–5	United States	Burevestnik Swimming Pool Referees: Szekely (HUN), Shimizu (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 2–1, 1–1, 5–2
		four players 2	Goals	five players 1

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10 July 2013 15:30	Report	United States	19–2	Belgium	Burevestnik Swimming Pool Referees: Murray (CAN), Szekely (HUN)
		Score by quarters: 6–1, 5–0, 3–1, 5–0
		L. Reynolds 5	Goals	two players 2

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11 July 2013 15:30	Report	United States	6–7	Italy	Burevestnik Swimming Pool Referees: Boros-Djevi (AUS), Gerzanich (RUS)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–3, 2–2, 2–0
		Lenhardt 2	Goals	Luongo 3

Quarterfinals[edit]

Classification round[edit]

16 July 2013 12:30	Report	United States	8–7	Japan	Burevestnik Swimming Pool Referees: Carney (AUS), Dhossche (BEL)
		Score by quarters: 2–1, 2–1, 2–2, 2–3
		three players 2	Goals	Takei 4

Final rank: 5

Women[edit]

The women’s team will participate in Group B.

Team roster[edit]

In the women’s tournament, the United States will be represented by the University of California, Berkeley water polo team. The roster is listed as follows:^[15]

Abbreviations

Pos.	Position	№	Cap number
W	Wing (two-meters)	D	Driver
S	Set	GK	Goalkeeper

Preliminary round[edit]

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8 July 2013 18:30	Report	United States	5–7	France	Olymp Swimming Pool Referees: Murray (CAN), Tahara (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 1–2, 2–2, 1–1
		five players 1	Goals	Clomes, Tardy 2

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10 July 2013 18:30	Report	Australia	6–6	United States	Olymp Swimming Pool Referees: Mebuke (GEO), Riccitelli (ITA)
		Score by quarters: 1–1, 1–0, 2–2, 2–3
		six players 1	Goals	Young 3

Quarterfinals[edit]

Classification round[edit]

14 July 2013 15:30	Report	United States	5–9	Australia	Burevestnik Swimming Pool Referees: Gerzanich (RUS), Rakovic-Krstonosic (SRB)
		Score by quarters: 0–4, 2–1, 2–2, 1–2
		Young 2	Goals	Symons 3

16 July 2013 15:00	Report	United States	8–9	France	Burevestnik Swimming Pool Referees: Rodrigues (BRA), Shimizu (JPN)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 3–3, 2–2, 1–1  OT: 0–1
		Schroeder 3	Goals	Tardy 3

Final rank: 8

Weightlifting[edit]

The United States will be represented by seven male and seven female weightlifters.

Men[edit]

Women[edit]

Wrestling[edit]

The United States will be represented in each weight category by twenty-one wrestlers.^[16]

Men[edit]

Greco-Roman

Freestyle

Women[edit]

Freestyle

References[edit]