Townsend Saunders
Team: Freestyle
Weight Class: 149.5
1995-96 Team USA Ranking: No. 1
Years on Team USA: 5 (1991-96)
Residence: Phoenix, Ariz.
Club: Sunkist Kids
College: Arizona State Univ.
High School: Torrance, Calif.
Born: April 20, 1967 in White Sands, N.M.
Height: 5' 5"
Career Highlights
International :
- Fifth in 1996 Cerro Pelado Tournament (Cuba)
- Fourth in 1995 Sunkist International Open
- Eighth in 1995 World Championships
- 1995 Pan American Games champion
- Fourth in 1995 Cerro Pelado Tournament (Cuba)
- 1994 Goodwill Games champion
- Fourth in the 1993 World Championships
- Third in the 1993 World Cup
- Third in 1993 Dan Kolov Tournament (Bulgaria)
- 1992-93 U.S. Open Grand Prix runner-up
- 1993 Michigan WC International champion
- Seventh in the 1992 Olympics
- Fourth in the 1992 World Cup
- 1992 Pan American Championship titlist
- Third in 1992 Roger Coulon Tournament in France
- 1991 World Team member
- 1991 Pan American Games champion
- Fifth in 1990-91 Sunkist International Open
- 1991 U.S. Open International runner-up
- 1989 Sunkist International Open champion
- 1988 Sunkist International Open runner-up
U.S. :
- 1991 & 1996 U.S. Nationals champion
- 1994-95 World Team Trials champion
- Second in the 1993, 1995 U.S. Nationals
- 1993 World Team Trials runner-up
- Fifth in the 1993 U.S. Nationals
- 1991 World Team Trials champion
- Sixth in the 1988 U.S. Nationals
College:
Competed for Bobby Douglas at Arizona State Univ
Third in 1990 NCAA Championships as a senior
1989 NCAA runner-up as a junior
Competed for T.J. Kerr at Cal.-State Bakersfield
1987 NCAA Div. II champion
Graduated from Arizona State in 1991 with degree in sociology
High School:
Competed for Andy Harris at Torrance HS
1985 state runner-up as a senior
Personal:
Works as a sales representative for Home Depot, as part of the Olympic Job Opportunity Program
Was a youth supervisor for the county juvenile facility previously
Hobbies include raising rottweiler dogs and siamese cats
He and his wife Tricia have a daughter, Tassia
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