The 88 athletes competed in three groups in which the top 12 finishers in each group advanced to Sunday’s final. Representing the U.S. was Eli Bremer (Monument, Colo./Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Air Force), Dennis Bowsher (Dallas, Texas/Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) and Sam Sacksen (Colorado Springs, Colo.).

Bowsher finished 15th in Group C with 4,276 total modern pentathlon points. Bremer also posted a 15th place finish in Group B with 4,216 total modern pentathlon points. Sacksen placed 17th in Group C with 4,144 total modern pentathlon points.

Individual event scores for Team USA are listed below:

Group C
Dennis Bowsher - 15th - 4276 points
Shoot - 182 (1120 points)
Fence - 10V - 17D (712 points)
Swim - 2:06.6 (1288 points)
Run - 9:21.85 (1156 points)

Group B
Eli Bremer - 15th - 4216 points
Shoot - 164 (904 points)
Fence - 13V - 14D (808 points)
Swim - 2:05.12 (1300 points)
Run - 9:09.60 (1204 points)

Group C
Sam Sacksen - 21st - 4144 points
Shoot - 177 (1060 points)
Fence - 12V - 15D (776 points)
Swim - 2:10.99 (1232 points)
Run - 9:41.95 (1076 points)

For complete men’s semifinal results from the UIPM World Cup #2 in Cairo, Egypt, please visit the UIPM website at www.pentathlon.org.

All three U.S. women will compete tomorrow, Saturday, March 24 in women’s final in Cairo. Competing for the U.S. will be Sheila Taormina (Livonia, Mich./Colorado Springs, Colo.), Emily Shertzer (Hershey, Penn./Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Mickey Kelly (New York, N.Y./Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army).

For more information, please contact Cecil Bleiker, USOC Manager of NGB Media Services in the USOC Media & Public Relations Division at 719-330-2062. This press release is also available on the USOC’s media specific website at www.usocpressbox.org.