Taormina was the only U.S. woman to advance to the event finals, as teammates Margaux Isaksen (Fayetteville, Ark./Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Dierdre Matthews (Conifer, Colo.) failed to advance past the semifinal round. Please see below for the complete Team USA results from World Cup #4. The women’s team was coached by Janusz Peciak (Colorado Springs, Colo.), USA Pentathlon’s Fencing/International Modern Pentathlon Coach.

The USA Pentathlon Team was split for the weekend as the World Cup #4 competitions were held in two different countries. The women competed in Moscow, Russia and the men in Budapest, Hungary.

Eli Bremer (Monument, Colo./Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Air Force) led the USA men with a 16th place finish in the final in Budapest. Bremer scored 5,364 total modern pentathlon points in the event. In the individual disciplines he scored 892 in shooting, 856 in fencing, 1,336 in swimming, 1,148 in riding and 1,132 in running.

Like Taormina, Bremer was the only U.S. athlete to advance to the event finals. Dennis Bowsher (Dallas, Texas/Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army), Niul Manske (Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) and Sam Sacksen (Somerset, Pa./Colorado Springs, Colo.) all failed to advance past the semifinal round. Please see below for the complete Team USA results from World Cup #4. The men were coached by Scott Christie (Colorado Springs, Colo.), the Head Modern Pentathlon Coach for the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program.

Individual event scores for Team USA are listed below:

Women’s World Cup #4 – Moscow, Russia

Final
Sheila Taormina – Sixth Place – 5,504 points
Shoot – 916 points
Fence – 784 points
Swim – 1,436 points
Ride – 1,200 points
Run – 1,168 points

Semifinals
Group A
Margaux Isaksen – 19th Place – 3,752 points
Shoot – 868 points
Fence – 736 points
Swim – 1,160 points
Run – 988 points

Group A
Dierdre Matthews – 21st Place – 3,484 points
Shoot – 964 points
Fence – 648 points
Swim – 836 points
Run – 1036 points

Group B
Sheila Taormina – Fourth Place – 4,104 points
Shoot – 1,048 points
Fence – 736 points
Swim – 1,392 points
Run – 928 points


Men’s World Cup #4 – Budapest, Hungary

Final
Eli Bremer – 16th Place – 5,364 points
Shoot – 976 points
Fence – 820 points
Swim – 1,336 points
Ride – 1,148 points
Run – 1,132 points

Semifinals
Group A
Niul Manske – 20th Place – 4,000 points
Shoot – 1,072 points
Fence – 784 points
Swim – 1,232 points
Run – 912 points

Group B
Eli Bremer – Eighth Place – 4,260 points
Shoot – 976 points
Fence – 820 points
Swim – 1,348 points
Run – 1,116 points

Group C
Dennis Bowsher – 13th Place – 4,168 points
Shoot – 1,120 points
Fence – 676 points
Swim – 1,324 points
Run – 1,048 points

Group C
Sam Sacksen – 16th Place – 4,072 points
Shoot – 1,048 points
Fence – 712 points
Swim – 1,264 points
Run – 1,048 points

For complete results from UIPM World Cup #4 in Moscow, Russia and Budapest, Hungary, please visit the UIPM website at www.pentathlon.org.

The World Cup #4 was the beginning of a three week European campaign for the USA Pentathlon Team. Following the weekend’s competition, the USA Pentathlon Team reunited in Drzonkow, Poland for a training camp at Poland’s National Pentathlon Training Center from May 14-23. The training camp is a continuing extension of international cooperation between the Pentathlon teams representing the two countries. The USA and Poland have both participated in training camps at each other’s national training centers over the past few years. Janusz Peciak, 1976 Olympic Gold Medalist in Modern Pentathlon for Poland and the Fencing/International Modern Pentathlon Coach for the USA Pentathlon Team has been instrumental in developing this relationship with the Polish team.

Michelle “Mickey” Kelly (New York, N.Y./Colorado Springs, Colo./U.S. Army) elected to not attend World Cup #4, but will join Taormina, Isaksen, Bowsher, Bremer, Manske, Sacksen and coaches Peciak and Christie for the training camp in Poland.

Team USA will then split again for competition in World Cup #5, May 24-27, before returning to the U.S. The men will compete in Drzonkow, Poland and the women in Szekefehervar, Hungary.

For more information, please contact Cecil Bleiker, USOC Manager of NGB Media Services in the USOC Media & Public Relations Division at 719-866-4608. This press release is also available on the USOC’s media specific website at www.usocpressbox.org.