Pan American Games
Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic: August 5-10, 2003
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| USA Jackie Rice & Kim Russell vs. Paola Nunez & Carola Santos (BOL) | USA Ruben Gonzalez & Mike Guidry vs. Daniel Maggi & Shai Manzuri (ARG) |
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| Clockwise from upper left: Coaches Brian Fredenberg (Texas, shown left), Brian Hawkes (Calif., seated right), Dave Negrete (Ill.) & Marcy Lynch (Pa.) counsel South American players. | |
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| Huczek rests between games ... | Gonzalez does the same ... |
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Selected
by the U.S. Olympic Committee to serve on its media staff for the Pan American
Games, USRA Media/Public Relations Manager Ryan John has a few other duties to
attend to, beyond racquetball. He's assigned to several sports, and reports:
"I went and hung out with Jennie Finch (a.k.a the hottest female athlete
in the world, according to ESPN the Magazine) for a little bit after her
softball game Thursday. She was actually asking questions about racquetball and
said she wants to stop by the venue and check it out ... if I explain to her
what is going on." From the look on his face, it's not certain that he'll
be able to form complete sentences. Maybe it's just the sun in his eyes
...
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| Rocky Carson prepares to serve against top Canadian opponent Mike Green. | |
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| Cheryl Gudinas vs. Carola Loma of Bolivia | |
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| USA's Ruben Gonzalez and Mike Guidry vs. Bolivia's Ricardo Monroy/Santiago Canedo | |
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| USA's Laura Fenton (serving, below right) vs. Claudine Garcia, Dominican Republic | |
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| USA's Ruben Gonzalez (shooting) and Mike Guidry vs. Chile's Pablo Fajre and Sebastian Roessler | |
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| Jack Huczek (USA, in red) vs. Sergio Rivera (Bolivia) | |
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| Rocky Carson in warm up | An surprise contender ... |
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Back row L-R: Manager Dave Ellis, Jack Huczek,
Asst. Coach Jason Thoerner, Rocky Carson, Ruben Gonzalez, Mike Guidry. Front:
Kim Russell, Laura Fenton, Cheryl Gudinas, Jackie Rice, Head Coach Jim
Winterton. Photo courtesy Getty Images.
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