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Dennis Bowsher Qualifies for Saturdays Final of Modern Pentathlon World Cup #3 in Millfield, Great Britain; Mickey Kelly Leads the Women Tomorrow
By Cecil Bleiker // U.S. Olympic Committee // April 13, 2007
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – In semifinal action today in the men’s division of the third World Cup event of the 2007 Modern Pentathlon World Cup season in Millfield, Great Britain, American Dennis Bowsher (Dallas, Texas/Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) led Team USA and qualified for Saturday’s final.
Today’s semifinal saw 85 athletes from 25 countries competing in three groups in which the top 12 finishers in each group advanced to Saturday’s final. Also representing the U.S. were Eli Bremer (Monument, Colo./Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Air Force), Niul Manske (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) and Sam Sacksen (Somerset, Pa./Colorado Springs, Colo.).
Bowsher finished 12th in Group A with 4,320 total modern pentathlon points. Bremer posted a 17th place finish in Group B with 4,132 total modern pentathlon points. Manske placed 23rd in Group C with 3,856 points, while Sacksen placed 24th in Group C with 3,976 total modern pentathlon points.
Individual event scores for Team USA are listed below:
Group A
Dennis Bowsher - 12th - 4320 points
Shoot - 180 (1096 points)
Fence - 14V - 13D (840 points)
Swim - 2:08.12 (1264 points)
Run - 9:30.27 (1120 points)
Group B
Eli Bremer - 17th - 4132 points
Shoot - 167 (940 points)
Fence - 12V - 15D (776 points)
Swim - 2:06.00 (1288 points)
Run - 9:28.77 (1128 points)
Group B
Sam Sacksen – 24th - 3976 points
Shoot - 176 (1048 points)
Fence - 7V - 20D (616 points)
Swim - 2:07.39 (1272 points)
Run - 9:50.64 (1040 points)
Group C
Niul Manske – 23rd - 3856 points
Shoot - 178 (1072 points)
Fence - 11V - 16D (744 points)
Swim - 2:19.50 (1128 points)
Run - 10:22.45 (912 points)
For complete men’s semifinal results from the UIPM World Cup #3 in Millfield, Great Britain, please visit the event website at www.mpagb.org.uk/internationals/index.php or the UIPM website at www.pentathlon.org.
Three U.S. women will compete tomorrow, Friday, April 13 in women’s semifinal in Millfield. Mickey Kelly (New York, N.Y./Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army), the seventh ranked female pentathlete in the world, will lead her teammates Emily Shertzer (Hershey, Penn./Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Margaux Isaksen (Fayetteville, Ark./Colorado Springs, Colo.) into tomorrow’s competition.
The event will be the first World Cup competition for the 15 year-old Isaksen. Sheila Taormina (Livonia, Mich./Colorado Springs, Colo.), the current number one ranked female modern pentathlete in the world, elected not to attend World Cup #3 prior to the start of the season due to her already extensive travel schedule.
For more information, please contact Cecil Bleiker, USOC Manager of NGB Media Services in the USOC Media & Public Relations Division at 719-866-4608.
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