The United States competed at the
2011 Summer Universiade in
Shenzhen
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,
China.
Medalists
Archery
The United States was represented by men's and women's athletes in the archery competition.
Men
;Compound
Women
;Compound
Basketball
The United States has qualified both a men's and a women's team. The official rosters were announced on August 8.
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:
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Purdue University
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University of Tennessee
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Butler University
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University of Oklahoma
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Southern Illinois University
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Board of trustees
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* (C) Team captain
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* Age field is age on August 13, 2011
Preliminary round
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Quarterfinals
Classification 5th-8th place
5th place match
Women
The women's team participated in
Group B
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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:
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Iowa State University
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Duquesne University
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Georgetown University
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; Team Physician
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University of Oklahoma
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University of Georgia
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* (C) Team captain
* nat field describes country of university
* Age field is age on August 13, 2011
Preliminary round
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Quarterfinals
Semi-finals
Gold medal match
Beach volleyball
The United States will be represented by two men's teams and one women's team.
Men
;Consolation Round
Women
;Consolation Round
Swimming
The United States sent a men's and women's swimming team of 48 swimmers.
Men
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 staff
Head coach:
Rich DeSelm
Assistant coaches:
Brette Hawke,
Harvey Humphries,
Anthony Nesty
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Women
Connolly set a Universiade record in the heats, but broke her own record in the final a few hours later.
;Coaching staff
Head coach:
Eric Hansen
Assistant coaches:
Carol Capitani,
Rick DeMont
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,
John Hargis
Table tennis
The United States will be represented by a men's and women's team.
Men
;Singles
;Doubles
;Team
Women
;Singles
;Doubles
;Team
Tennis
The United States will be represented by five tennis players, three male and two female.
Men
;Consolation Draw
Women
;Consolation Draw
Mixed
Volleyball
The United States qualified a men's team.
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:
* Outside hitters
**
Thomas Amberg
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Tri Bourne
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Brad Lawson
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Jeff Menzel
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Cory Yoder
**
Taylor Hughes (alternate)
* Opposite hitters
**
Carson Clark
Carson Clark (born January 20, 1989) is an American male volleyball player. He was part of the United States men's national volleyball team at the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship in Poland. He won two NCAA National Championship ...
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Murphy Troy
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Personal life
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Jim Baughman (alternate)
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Kyle Caldwell (alternate)
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Rob Stowell (alternate)
* Middle blockers
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Weston Dunlap
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Ryan Meehan
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Matt Pollock (alternate)
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Matt Rawson (alternate)
* Setters
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Kawika Shoji
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Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the ...
** Riley McKibbin
* Libero
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Erik Shoji
Coaches
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Gordon Mayforth – Head Coach
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Pete Hanson – Assistant Coach/Team Leader
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JT Wenger – Assistant Coach
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Larnie Boquiren – Trainer
Preliminary round results
Classification 9th-16th
Classification 13th-16th
13th place match
Water polo
The United States qualified both a men's and a women's team.
Men
The men's team participated in
Group C
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It was designed to replace both Group 5 special production cars (closed top touri ...
. 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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Eighthfinals
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal match
Women
The women's team participated in
Group B
Group B was a set of regulations for grand touring (GT) vehicles used in sports car racing and rallying introduced in 1982 by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). Although permitted to enter a GT class of the World Sportscar ...
. 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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Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Gold medal match
References
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Nations at the 2011 Summer Universiade
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