#USC2Paris Olympics Recap (Day Eight): Trojans Help Their Teams Advance In Beach Volleyball, Indoor Volleyball And Women’s Water Polo

PARIS, FRANCE — USC athletes hit the track and field for the first time in Paris today on the eighth day of competition for Trojan Olympians. Two-time Olympian TeeTee Terry started off strong in winning her 100m heat in the opening round to advance to tomorrow's semifinals in athletics, and Nicole Yeargin helped Great Britain set a national record in the mixed 4x400m relay heats. Meanwhile, in the pool, Australia's Tilly Kearns scored her first goal in Paris to help the Aussies ensure a spot in the quarterfinals. So, too, did a trio of Trojans — Emily Ausmus, Kaleigh Gilchrist and Amanda Longan — have a hand in Team USA's third win of group play to secure a quarterfinal slot. Also locking up advancement today was beach volleyball pair Kelly Cheng and Sarah Hughes (USA) and men's indoor volleyball with Trojan Micah Christenson setting up Team USA for success. See below for full results and statistics for USC athletes in Paris today.

August 2 Recap
Women's Beach Volleyball
Cheng/Hughes (USA) def. Muller/Tillman (GER) - 2-0
   • Two Trojan NCAA champions — two-time Olympian Kelly Cheng and first-time Olympian Sara Hughes — swept their way to their third win in Paris with a 2-0 (21-18, 21-18) victory over Germany's Muller/Tillman to net some extra momentum entering the upcoming Round of 16.
   • Cheng tallied 16 kills, three aces, one block and one dig in the USA pair's win.
   • Hughes had seven digs, seven kills and an ace for Team USA.

Women's Water Polo
Australia 10, Canada 7
   • Playing in her second Olympic Games, current Trojan Tilly Kearns scored her first goal in Paris and added two steals for Australia in its third win of group play.
   • First-time Olympian Verica Bakoc scored one goal and had a steal in Canada's loss to Australia.
   • Two-time Olympian and NCAA champion Hayley McKelvey started the game and recorded a rebound for Canada.
USA 17, France 5
   • Incoming freshman Emily Ausmus tallied a steal in Team USA's win over France to finish group play 3-1. The USA will advance to the quarterfinals.
   • Playing in her third Olympic Games, alum Kaleigh Gilchrist scored one goal and had a field block for the USA.
   • Two-time NCAA champion and Olympian Amanda Longan checked in for the final five minutes of Team USA's win, making two saves and allowing no goals in her time in the cage.

Men's Indoor Volleyball
USA def. Japan (3-1)
   • Trojan alum and three-time Olympian Micah Christenson helped secure Team USA's advancement to the Aug. 5 quarterfinals with a 3-1 (25-16, 25-18, 18-25, 25-19) win over Japan. Christenson had 29 assists, five digs, three kills and a block for the USA in today's win.

Women's Athletics
100m Round 1
   • A first-time Olympian, TeeTee Terry (USA) won her heat and placed 22nd overall in a time of 11.15 to advance automatically to the semifinals on Aug. 3.
Mixed 4x400m Relay Heats
   • A two-time Olympian, Nicole Yeargin (Great Britain) ran the anchor leg to help Great Britain set a national record and win its heat in a time of 3:10.61 to advance to the final on Aug. 3.
800m Round 1
   • First-time Olympian Lorea Ibarzabal (Spain) finished sixth in her heat to place 33rd overall with a time of 2:00.71. She advances to the repechage on Aug. 3.

Men's Athletics
Decathlon Day One Events (100m, Long Jump, Shotput, High Jump, 400m)
   • First-time Olympian Ayden Owens-Delerme (Puerto Rico) ended the day in second place overall with 4,608 points, 42 points out of first place with five events remaining tomorrow.

Men's Swimming
100m Butterfly Heats
   • First-time Olympian Nikola Miljenic (Croatia) finished 30th in a time of 53.32 to miss advancement to the semifinals.

Rowing
Women's Pair Final B
   • A first-time Olympian, Czechia's Radka Novotnikova finished fourth in a time of 7:10.46.
   • A two-time Olympian, Great Britain's Chloe Brew finished sixth in a time of 7:16.06

NEXT UP:
Tomorrow (August 3), USC will have athletes in action for athletics, swimming, women's beach volleyball and men's water polo. USC's first-ever Haitian Olympian, Chris Borzor, begins his competition in Paris in the men's 100-meter dash. On the beach, Trojan Tina Graudina will be looking for another win for Latvia in order to secure advancement. Check the full list of participating Trojans along with schedule and results HERE.

Players Mentioned

Chris Borzor

Tilly Kearns