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Rio Recap, Day 13: Cabral Reaches Steeple Final; Johnson Leads USA To Water Polo Semifinal
August 15, 2016 | Men's Cross Country, Men's Track and Field
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Both Donn Cabral '12 and Ashleigh Johnson '17 took big steps forward in their medal hopes Monday in Rio, while the field hockey trio of Katie Reinprecht '13, Julia Reinprecht '14, and Kathleen Sharkey '13 suffered a heartbreaking quarterfinal loss to Germany.
Cabral ran the third fastest time overall the qualifying round of the men's steeplechase to advance to his second consecutive Olympic final. Cabral, along with American Evan Jaeger are the first U.S. men to make back-to-back Olympic steeplechase finals since Henry Marsch did so in 1984 and 1988. Cabral clocked 8:21.96 to finish third in heat 3 to autoadvance to the finals.
With the top three autoadvancing and then the next six advancing on time, those in heat 3 knew they needed to do to make it on time.
Cabral was bidding his time as the heat was bunched up, until there were four laps remaining and he started to make a move on the outside. He slowly gained ground picking off runners one-by-one before he was in fifth place with two laps left. At the bell he was in fifth place, saving his best for his final lap as he always does. Cabral ticked off two more runners on the back stretch to take over third place before the final water jump. He continued in that position through the finish.
All three Americans qualified for the final, which will take place on Wednesday, Aug. 17 at 10:50 a.m. ET
Johnson will also compete Wednesday, though it will be tough to top her performance in the Olympic quarterfinal against Brazil. Johnson saved all six shots she faced inside the Olympic Aquatic Stadium during a dominating 13-3 victory for the American side. Team USA held a 10-0 at halftime and a 13-0 lead after three quarters, when Johnson came to the bench for the remainder of the game. Through four Olympic games, Johnson has made 37 saves while allowing only 14 goals.
Team USA will play in the semifinal Wednesday against the winner of the Australia/Hungary game. The USA, the defending Olympic champion, defeated Hungary 11-6 in the final game of group play.
Unfortunately, the American field hockey team saw its dream run in Rio fall one game short of medal contention. The American side, which received major contributions from both Reinprecht sisters and Sharkey through a four-game win streak to open the Games, couldn't fully recover from an early 2-0 deficit to Germany, and they ultimately fell 2-1. Reinprecht nearly gave the Americans a goal during the first half, but video review determined that the ball bounced off her knee and into the cage; later, Reinprecht assisted on a goal by Katelyn Falgowski that cut the lead in half, but the American side couldn't draw even during a furious final charge.
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Both Donn Cabral '12 and Ashleigh Johnson '17 took big steps forward in their medal hopes Monday in Rio, while the field hockey trio of Katie Reinprecht '13, Julia Reinprecht '14, and Kathleen Sharkey '13 suffered a heartbreaking quarterfinal loss to Germany.
Cabral ran the third fastest time overall the qualifying round of the men's steeplechase to advance to his second consecutive Olympic final. Cabral, along with American Evan Jaeger are the first U.S. men to make back-to-back Olympic steeplechase finals since Henry Marsch did so in 1984 and 1988. Cabral clocked 8:21.96 to finish third in heat 3 to autoadvance to the finals.
With the top three autoadvancing and then the next six advancing on time, those in heat 3 knew they needed to do to make it on time.
Cabral was bidding his time as the heat was bunched up, until there were four laps remaining and he started to make a move on the outside. He slowly gained ground picking off runners one-by-one before he was in fifth place with two laps left. At the bell he was in fifth place, saving his best for his final lap as he always does. Cabral ticked off two more runners on the back stretch to take over third place before the final water jump. He continued in that position through the finish.
All three Americans qualified for the final, which will take place on Wednesday, Aug. 17 at 10:50 a.m. ET
Johnson will also compete Wednesday, though it will be tough to top her performance in the Olympic quarterfinal against Brazil. Johnson saved all six shots she faced inside the Olympic Aquatic Stadium during a dominating 13-3 victory for the American side. Team USA held a 10-0 at halftime and a 13-0 lead after three quarters, when Johnson came to the bench for the remainder of the game. Through four Olympic games, Johnson has made 37 saves while allowing only 14 goals.
Team USA will play in the semifinal Wednesday against the winner of the Australia/Hungary game. The USA, the defending Olympic champion, defeated Hungary 11-6 in the final game of group play.
Unfortunately, the American field hockey team saw its dream run in Rio fall one game short of medal contention. The American side, which received major contributions from both Reinprecht sisters and Sharkey through a four-game win streak to open the Games, couldn't fully recover from an early 2-0 deficit to Germany, and they ultimately fell 2-1. Reinprecht nearly gave the Americans a goal during the first half, but video review determined that the ball bounced off her knee and into the cage; later, Reinprecht assisted on a goal by Katelyn Falgowski that cut the lead in half, but the American side couldn't draw even during a furious final charge.
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