Current and former Tar Heel athletes are in the spotlight this month, competing at the Pan American Games in Toronto.
On Sunday, former UNC swimming star Chip Peterson won gold in the menโs 10-K open water race, beating out fellow USA teammate David Heron by four seconds. Thatโs his second gold medal at the Pan-American Games โ he also won one back in 2007, when he was still a student at Carolina. Peterson is a 2010 alum; heโs currently an assistant coach at UNC.
More on Chip Peterson at GoHeels.com.
Meanwhile, field hockey competition got underway on Monday, and Team USA is loaded with Tar Heels: five in all, on a roster with only 16 players. Jackie Briggs, Rachel Dawson, Katelyn Falgowski, Kelsey Kolojejchick and Emily Wold are all on the roster, with UNC alum Caitlin Van Sickle as an alternate. The US beat Uruguay 5-0 on Monday in the first match of pool play; Falgowski and Kolojejchick both scored goals.
Check outย the box score from Monday’s game.
Team USA faces Chile on Wednesday and Cuba on Friday before the knockout rounds next week.
More on Team USA at GoHeels.com.
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