Pan Ams Day 3: Gold Medals for Mariel Zagunis and Kurt Getz!
July 6, 2009
Mariel Zagunis and Kurt Getz captured golds as both men’s foil and women’s saber swept the medals on the third and final day of individual cometitions at the Pan American Championships.
In women’s saber, national team newcomers Daria Schneider took home the Silver while Monica Aksamit finished with the Bronze. Dagmara Wozniak finished 5th.
In Men’s Foil, Olympian Gerek Meinhardt took the silver medal while Miles Chamley-Watsontook home the Bronze. Alex Massailais finished 9th-12 losing to Kurt Getz in the round of 16.
Team USA has a strong medal count lead with team event starting tomorrow with men’s saber and women’s epee.
Current medal count (G S B T):
USA 5 5 6 16
Venezuela 1 1 2 4
Canada 0 0 3 3
Panama 0 0 1 1
Post the WS medal picture up on FB please! Its a really good one!