Becky Kim and United States Synchronized Swimming Team Win Gold at 2007 Pan American Games – Ohio State Buckeyes
7/30/2007 12:00:00 AM | Artistic Swimming
COLUMBUS, Ohio- Ohio State synchronized swimmer Becky Kim and former Buckeye Kate Hooven helped the team earn a gold medal (95.667) at the Pan American Games at Maria Lenk Aquatic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 28. The performance secured the team a spot at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
Canada finished second with a score of 95.251, while host country Brazil scored a 90.750.
Kim redshirted her senior year in 2007 to join Hooven and the U.S. Senior and World teams in international competitions. In 2004, Hooven and Kim paired up in the duet to win the collegiate national championship before combining with Lindsay Newbill for the trio title to help the Buckeyes claim the overall national team title.
It was the first time in the history of the sport the Pan American Games served as the Olympic Qualifier. Medalists were determined by combining scores from the Team Tech and Team Free routines where the USSS placed first in both events. The U.S. has won 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 gold.
2007 United States Pan American Synchronized Swimming Team
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.)
Kim Probst (Troy, N.Y.).
