Winners & Losers Highlights of yesterday's action at Pan American Games. The United States leads in the medals with 20, 11 gold. Next is Venezuela with nine medals. Events Cycling: Jason Richardson, Mckee City, N.J., won the BMX gold medal. Argentina's Gabriela Diaz was the women's winner. The road cycling gold went to Anne Samplonius of Canada. Baseball: After a postponement of their opener Saturday, the U.S. team beat the Dominican Republic, 5-1. Tyson Ross of Oakland, Calif., went 62/3 innings for the victory. Logan Forsythe of Memphis, Tenn., had three of the United States' nine hits. Cuba routed Mexico, 8-1. Field hockey: America's women's field hockey team won, 4-1, against Netherlands Antilles behind a hat trick by Carrie Lingo of Rehoboth Beach, Del Weightlifting: Yudelquis Contreras, Dominican Republic, won the women's 53-kilo class. Upset Julian Illingworth of Portland, Ore., stunned top-seeded Shahier Razik of Canada in men's squash to earn a spot in the semifinals and guarantee at least a bronze medal. Illingworth, ranked 55th in the world, beat the No. 26 Razik, 9-3, 9-6, 9-6. Stars of the day Andy Potts of Princeton, N.J., swam .9 miles, rode his bike 25 miles and ran 6 miles to win the triathlon in 1 hour, 52 minutes, 31 seconds, earning the U.S. a berth in the 2008 Olympics. Grabbing a women's berth for her country in Beijing was Julie Ertel of Placentia, Calif. Quote of the day "We are pleased with the outcome through Day 2. I think, in particular, the sports we were really targeting on for Beijing qualification we are doing extremely well in. Earning those spots and country quotas for Beijing, that is a key part of our goals and objectives here in Rio." -- Steve Roush, USOC chief of sport performance.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil -- The United States is bringing a young but talented men's basketball team to the Pan American Games, where it has not won gold since 1983, when a guy named Michael Jordan led the squad.

There might not be any Jordan's on the roster this year, but it does include Final Four participant Roy Hibbert, the center from Georgetown, and Big East rookie of the year Scottie Reynolds, a guard who plays for U.S. coach Jay Wright at Villanova.

Other notables are Michigan State guard Drew Neitzel, who made the Big Ten's all-conference team; Conference USA first-teamer Joey Dorsey, a 6-9 forward at Memphis; and two players who sparked the turnaround at Washington State, forward Kyle Weaver and guard Derrick Low. Both of them made the Pac-10 first team.

"The trials were as competitive as any we have ever had," said Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim, chairman of the selection committee. "With the group of 14 finalists there is really good balance. We've got good inside guys, we've got good wing players and the point guards have really come on.

"I don't know that we have a superstar type player, but we've got really good balance and the players worked very hard and they look like they'll be good teammates, guys who will play well together."

Also on the squad is all-conference selection Eric Maynor of Virginia Commonwealth (Colonial). Forwards Josh Carter of Texas A&M, Shan Foster of Vanderbilt, James Gist of Maryland, Marty Leunen and Bryce Taylor of Oregon, and D.J. White of Indiana also made it. So did guard Wayne Ellington of North Carolina.

In highlights yesterday, the triathlon was a triumphant event for Americans, with Andy Potts of Princeton, N.J., and Julie Ertel of Placentia, Calif., taking gold medals. Sarah Haskins of St. Louis took silver in the women's event.

The shooting range also was profitable for the United States, with Jason Parker of Omaha, Neb., and Matt Rawlings, Wharton, Texas, finishing 1-2 in 10-meter air rifle. In women's 25-meter pistol, gold went to Sandra Ubtagrafft, Beverly Hills, Calif.

The U.S. women's volleyball team qualified for the four-team medals round by beating Puerto Rico, 21-25, 25-18, 25-16, 25-22. The Americans (2-0) were tied, 13-13, in the second set when they rattled off a 7-1 run.