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The U.S. senior national team won gold and its mixed duet placed first in tech Friday at the Synchro America Open presented by Le R\u00eave – The Dream.<\/p>\n

Swimming to an African theme that included songs from the soundtracks of “Cry Freedom,” “Blood Diamonds” and “Hotel Rwanda,” the U.S. scored 84.9000 points in the team free final to win the team event with 166.2664 overall points. Canada was second at 163.2074 and Argentina third at 153.3469.<\/p>\n

The U.S. squad has only been training together for a couple of months, but U.S. team coach\u00a0Jenny<\/b> Ekhilevsky<\/b> said they were headed in the right direction leading into next month’s FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.<\/p>\n

“These are brand-new routines for both of our programs, for eight people who are swimming together for the first time. It all needs to be adapted and standardized,” shesaid. “So we’ve certainly had our challenges. But they did a great job from where we came from. We have to go forward, cleaning up, making things better along the way, and in three weeks<\/span><\/span>, give it the best that we can give it.”<\/p>\n

Members of the U.S. Senior National Training Squad competing at the event are: Anita Alvarez<\/b>\u00a0(Kenmore, N.Y.); Elizabeth Davidson<\/b>\u00a0(Northridge, Calif.); Nicole Dzurko<\/b>\u00a0(Monte Sereno\/Los Gatos, Calif.); Rachel Jager<\/b>\u00a0(Williamsville, N.Y); Jacklyn Luu\u00a0<\/b>(Milpitas, Calif.);Louisa Strutynski<\/b>\u00a0(Carmel, Calif.\/Calgary, Alberta); Alexandra Suarez<\/b>\u00a0(San Diego, Calif.);Karensa Tjoa\u00a0<\/b>(San Jose, Calif.); Natalia Vega<\/b>\u00a0(Guaynabo, Puerto Rico); Monica Velazquez-Stiak<\/b>\u00a0(Phoenix, Ariz.); and Victoria Woroniecki<\/b>\u00a0(Palm Coast, Fla.).<\/p>\n

Team USA’s Bill May<\/b> (Cicero, N.Y.\/Las Vegas) and Kanako Spendlove<\/b> (Las Vegas) scored 86.3349 points to place first in mixed duet tech during the early session at Nassau County Aquatic Center.<\/p>\n

Synchro Canada’s Isabelle Blanchet-Rampling<\/b> andRobert Prevost<\/b> were second with 79.2398 points, and Germany’s Amelie Ebert<\/b> and Niklas Stoepel<\/b>were third at 70.7847.<\/p>\n

“I think it went pretty well. It’s a great opportunity to be here at the America Open, to get a test run, get the nerves out and get feedback that we can only improve upon for Budapest,” May said.\u00a0The mixed duet free final is Saturday<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n

The senior solo tech competition was led by three Olympians – Spain’s Ona Carbonell<\/b>, Canada’sJacqueline Simoneau<\/b> and USA’s Anita Alvarez<\/b> – on Olympic Day. Carbonell, who won silver and bronze medals at the 2012 Olympic Games, placed first with 90.3424 points. 2016 Olympians Simoneau (87.9708) and Alvarez (80.584) were second and third, respectively. The solo free final is Saturday<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Synchro Canada’s Emily Armstrong<\/b> earned the first gold medal of the competition by winning the junior solo event. She finished with 155.8151 total points. Synchro Australia’sAdriani Vasilakis<\/b> won silver with 148.9636 points, and Sabrina Walsh<\/b> of the Santa Clara Aquamaids earned bronze at 144.5940.<\/p>\n

Santa Clara’s Sabrina Walsh added a gold in the junior duet final, teaming with Hailee Heinrich<\/b> to win with 145.2455 total points. New Canaan’s Katie Chidley<\/b> and Alexandra Poteet<\/b> won silver at 140.7969, and Santa Clara’s Kate Chow<\/b> and Emily Lu<\/b> earned bronze at 139.5061.<\/p>\n

Ontario Regional won the combo free final with 79.2333 points, followed by Optima Synchro (73.8000) and the New Canaan Y Aquianas (73.4333).<\/p>\n

The Synchro America Open presented by Le R\u00eave – The Dream is part of the inaugural FINA Synchronized Swimming World Series. The World Series integrates existing synchro events from all over the world, with each leg staged in conjunction with existing national opens and competitions. For more information of the FINA Synchronized Swimming World Series, go to http:\/\/www.fina.org\/news\/fina-launches-new-synchro-world-series<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For more information and results from the Synchro America Open presented by Le R\u00eave – The Dream, go to http:\/\/www.teamusa.org\/USA-Synchronized-Swimming\/Events\/2017\/June\/21\/2017-Synchro-America-Open<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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