Pentathlon

It’s the gap week before NCAAs; only nine collegiate women’s water polo teams will continue their seasons next weekend at Cal’s Spieker Aquatics Complex. Those teams either won one of six conference tournaments or captured the three at-large berths put out by the NCAA selectors.  To examine the succ...

USA Pentathlon is looking to recruit high school and collegiate swimmers with a running background. The elite Junior/Senior level athlete recruitment program focuses on athletes who are in high school, college or post-grads and have fast swimming and running times with talent for other Pentathlon ev...

USA Pentathlon is looking for high school and collegiate swimmers with a running background.  Benchmarks for elite level recruits are based on their pentathlon points in swimming and running times as well as experience in other sports (see benchmarks below). The goal is to recruit athletes who have ...

USA Pentathlon, the U.S. National Governing Body for the Olympic sport of Modern Pentathlon is proud to announce the US team members for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. Leading the team is 3-time Olympian Margaux Isaksen, Fayetteville, AR. Margaux’s first Olympics’ was in 2008, Bei...

By Genadijus Sokolovas, Ph.D., High Performance Director USA Pentathlon Modern Biathle is a UIPM sport combining continuous Running and Swimming distances. Senior and Junior athletes are competing over 1500 run + 200 swim + 1500 run distances. Modern Biathle competitions are held nationally and inte...

By Genadijus Sokolovas US Army Specialist Nathan Schrimsher, Roswell, NM won the bronze medal at the Pan American Games and became the first American pentathlete to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil. US Army Sergeant Dennis Bowsher, Dallas, TX finished in 10th place. Both athletes are mem...

By Genadijus Sokolovas, Ph.D., High Performance Director, USA Pentathlon Modern Pentathlon opened its international season with the Modern Pentathlon World Cup #1 last weekend. It was held on US soil in beautiful Sarasota, FL from Feb 18-22. The world’s best pentathletes from 35 countries participat...

USA Pentathlon presents the 2014 Biathle National Championships from September 24 to 29, 2014 organized at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO. Biathle is an event of the Olympic Sport Modern Pentathlon and consists of a run-swim-run format with continuous transitions. Biathle was...

2014 USA Pentathlon National Championships has been held at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Two weeks of pentathlon included a training camp and National Championships for Seniors (22 and older), Juniors (21 and younger), and Youth (18 and under) pentathletes. Junior and Senior pent...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, June 16. USA Pentathlon's High Performance Director Genadijus Sokolovas is back with a quick update on a few events forthcoming in his organizations summer. First, USA Pentathlon will be hosting a regional Biathle, which breaks out two of the sport's two categories of run...

2014 PENTATHLON COACHES CLINIC January 23-26, 2014 Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs Invitation and registration information USA Pentathlon announces our first coaches' clinic of 2014. This Free clinic is for interested coaches who would like to learn more about Modern Pentathlon! Coaches...

By Genadijus Sokolovas, High Performance Director for USA Pentathlon After a successful 2013 season, USA Pentathlon is looking forward to an even busier competition schedule in 2014. Predictably, new athletes join the sport of Pentathlon after the Olympic Games, and 2013 wasn't an exception. Many s...

KAOHSIUNG, Chinese Taipei, August 26. THE Pentathlon World Championships took place this weekend in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei. Day 1 With heavy downpours waterlogging the Riding course and making it impossible for the horses to come out for the penultimate event of the Women's World Championships ...

Invitation and registration information June 26-30, 2013 Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs USA Pentathlon announces our second coaches' clinic of 2013. This free clinic is for interested coaches who would like to learn more about Modern Pentathlon! Coaches from all pentathlon events are...

By Dr. Genadijus Sokolovas, High Performance Director, USA Pentathlon COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, May 20. THE International Federation of Modern Pentathlon (UIPM) has announced that two US pentathletes, sisters Margaux Isaksen and Isabella Isaksen have qualified for the World Cup Final, which will b...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, March 23. USA's "Gaux-Girl", Margaux Isaksen (21, Fayetteville, Arkansas) won the Women's World Cup of Modern Pentathlon today in Rio De Janerio, Brazil. Isaksen, who finished fourth in the London Games, defeated all three Olympic medalists from those Games in route...

Genadijus Sokolovas, Ph.D. High Performance Director, USA Pentathlon PALM SPRINGS, California, March 5. 2013 Modern Pentathlon World Cup season kicked off in Palm Springs, CA from February 20 to 24. Competition in Palm Springs was the first in the 2013 World Cup series. There are three more World Cu...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, December 11. USA Pentathlon announces our first coaches' clinic of 2013 on Jan. 4-7. This Free clinic is for interested coaches who would like to learn more about Modern Pentathlon! Coaches from all pentathlon events are invited to attend (swimming, running, fencing,...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, November 29. DEFENDING world champion Margaux Isaksen, in her final competition as a junior, brought home the gold for the United States in the NORCECA OPEN Youth and Junior Championships held over the Thanksgiving weekend at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Spr...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, October 31. THE Modern Pentathlon US National Championships were held at the Colorado Springs Olympic Training Center this past weekend. At the event, swimmer Logan Storie broke the Modern Pentathlon American Record in the 200-meter swim portion. Modern Pentathletes have ...