Team USA Maintains
Top Position
Olympic Games Berth On Line

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – The Synchronized Swimming portion of the 2007 Pan American Games continued today at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Park. Today’s competition featured the Team Tech event. For the first time in the history of the sport, the Pan American Games serves as the Olympic Qualifier. Each participating country is in search of a gold medal in order to solidify a trip to Beijing.

Scores from the Team Tech routines will be combined with Saturday’s free routine scores to determine medalists. Team USA finished in the top position with a score of 95.000. Canada was not far behind with a 94.833 and host country Brazil posted a mark of 89.666.

“I feel like we are ready for Saturday (the Team Free competition),” said Team USA member Andrea Nott. “We feel more unified than ever.”

The United States has earned every Pan Am Team title since the inclusion of the event in 1963, with the exceptions of 1983 and 1999 in which Canada took home the crown.

The Synchronized Swimming competition will crown both Team and Duet champions and will run through July 28. The competition schedule is as follows:
July 27 10 a.m. Free Duet/Medal Ceremony
July 28 10 a.m. Free Team/Medal Ceremony

Members of the 2007 United States Pan American Synchronized Swimming Team are as follows:
Brooke Abel (Fallbrook, Calif.), Janet Culp (Littleton, Colo.), Kate Hooven (Pleasanton, Calif.), Christina Jones (Fremont, Calif.), Becky Kim (Walnut Creek, Calif.), Meghan Kinney, (Mission Viejo, Calif.) Andrea Nott (San Jose, Calif.), Annabelle Orme (Walnut Creek, Calif.), Jillian Penner (Seattle, Wash.) and Kim Probst (Troy, N.Y.).