The Day in Review

Archery

Darrell Pace, a two-time Olympic gold medalist appearing in his fourth Pan American Games helped the United States to first place after the 70-meter portion of archery. Pace had 322 points, with Eric Brumlow and Ed Eliason right behind.

U.S. men and women dominated the competition in the open trials at Pista Rekortan, a track stadium in Santiago de Cuba. Denise Parker of South Jordan, Utah, set a Pan American Games record in the women’s 70-meter trials with a score of 312. Parker also was first at 60 meters. Brumlow of Hickory Creek, Tex., Jay Barrs of Mesa, Ariz., and Eliason of Stansbury Park, Utah finished 1-2-3 at 90 meters.

Baseball

Jason Giambi of Cal State Long Beach hit two of his team’s five home runs as the United States beat Aruba, 12-0.

The United States (3-0) scored seven runs in the second inning to break open the game, which was halted after seven innings by the international 10-run rule. Giambi has three homers in the tournament.

Basketball

Brazil improved to 3-0 in men’s play with an 81-58 victory over Mexico. In women’s action, Canada won its first game in four outings, beating winless Argentina, 81-61.

Boxing

Kenneth Friday, the 125-pound, 29-year-old senior member of the U.S. boxing team, stopped Nicaragua’s Eddy Saenz with 40 seconds left in the second round of their opening bout in the Kid Chocolate Arena in Havana.

Ravea Springs, a 156-pound left-hander, used a quick, punishing jab to win his opening bout against Colombia’s Hernan Mena. Two of the heavily favored Cubans, Arnaldo Mesa, 125, and Juan Lemus, 156, also won.

Cycling

Erin Hartwell of Indianapolis won the silver medal in the kilometer time trial behind Gene Samuel of Trinidad.

Diving

U.S. divers continued their dominance in the competition as Jill Schlabach, a body builder and surgical intensive care nurse at the University of Michigan Medical Center, won the American’s fourth gold in four events by placing first in the women’s one-meter springboard.

Alison Malsch of Cherry Hill, N.J., won the silver medal with a total of 250.680, well ahead of Cuba’s Mayte Garbey, who finished with 245.040 for her second bronze of the Games.

Equestrian

Jennifer Miller of Lebanon, N.J., rode Triomphe to a bronze medal in women’s individual dressage and teammate Gwen Blake of Enumclaw, Wash., was fourth aboard Juvel at Lenin Park in Havana.

Fencing

Al Carter of Los Angeles, Jerome Demarque of New York, Dean Hinton of San Francisco, Jack Tichacek of Cliffside Park, N.J. and Nick Bravin of Los Angeles led the U.S. men to a silver medal in team foil competition. Cuba won the event and Canada earned the bronze.

Field Hockey

The U.S. men remained undefeated and tied with Argentina and Canada for first place with a 3-1 victory over Guyana.

Rowing

Sigurd Berven of Boston and Michael Still of Arcata, Calif., were second in the preliminary race of the men’s doubles, and Marvin Guiles of Thorton, Colo., and Stephen Gantz of McLean, Va. were second in the preliminaries of the lightweight doubles.

Soccer

The United States took over first place in Group B with a 3-1 victory over Canada. A 1-1 tie with Surinam left Honduras in second place after two matches. The United States and Honduras meet Friday.

Shooting

The United States won two gold medals in shooting, but a controversial ruling cost it a third.

John McNally of Columbus, Ga., a two-time Olympian, set a Pan Am Games record in winning the rapid fire pistol and he was part of the three-man squad that won the gold in the team competition in the same event.

The U.S. men’s team was on the way to a gold medal in the team free pistol competition when Jimmie McCoy of Columbus, Ga., was penalized for not registering his pistol with meet officials before the beginning of the games. That dropped the men to 12th place, and gave the Cubans a gold.

“The Cubans checked my gun on Aug. 2 (the first day of registration) and they did not properly complete the registration,” McCoy said. “It seems like a little home cooking to me. I’ve been shooting for 15 years and I know what I need to do prior to a competition.”

McNally posted a winning score of 877 out of a possible 900 to win the individual rapid fire pistol event.

Softball

For the fifth time, the U.S. women had a shutout as Lisa Fernandez of Long Beach, threw a two-hitter in a 7-0 victory over the Bahamas. Not only do the American women have an .000 ERA, but they have held hitters to an .027 batting average.

The U.S. men defeated Mexico, 2-1, as Robert Ginger gave up three hits.

Table Tennis

The American table tennis teams continued their powerful showings. The men defeated Nicaragua, 3-0, as Sean O’Neill and Jim Butler won singles matches, then O’Neill teamed with Dhiren Narotam in doubles.

The women were 3-0 winners against Chile, led by Insook Bhushan, Lily Hugh and Diana Gee.

Track and Field

Cletus Clark of Austin, Tex., was the first U.S. men’s track gold medalist, winning the 110-meter hurdles in 13.71 seconds.

Aliuska Lopez led a 1-2 Cuban finish in the women’s 100 hurdles, clocking 12.99, and Barbara Hechevarria led the Cubans’ sixth consecutive Pan Am 1-2 finish in the women’s discus, throwing 208 feet 4 inches.

Mexico’s Arturo Barrios won the men’s 5,000 for the second consecutive time, in 13:34.67.

Sheldon Blockburger of Newport Beach was leading the decathlon through five events.

Water Polo

Kirk Everist of Orinda, Calif., scored three goals to lead the United States to a 10-3 victory over Brazil. In the other game played Wednesday, Cuba beat Canada, 13-4.

Weightlifting

Pablo Lara of Cuba won three gold medals in the 75-kilogram competition, winning the snatch, clean and jerk, and overall disciplines. Alvaro Velazco of Colombia won three silvers.

In the 82.5-kilogram final, Emilio Lara of Cuba won three gold medals and Julio Luna of Venezuela won two silvers and a bronze.

Wrestling

Seven Americans advanced to Thursday’s finals in Greco-Roman wrestling against seven Cubans.

The winners Wednesday were Mark Fuller (105 1/2 pounds) of Davis, Calif.; Isaac Anderson (136 1/2), Albany, N.Y.; Andy Seras (149 1/2), Schenectady, N.Y.; David Butler (163), El Cajon; Randy Couture (198), Stillwater, Okla.; James Johnson (220), Phoenix, and Matt Ghaffari (286), Chandler, Ariz.

Yachting

Amy and Susan Lawser, a sister crew from Holmdel, N.J., led the women’s 470 Class after the first day of qualifying at Hemingway Marina. They beat their competition by 200 boat lengths.