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KAZAN, Russia -- Canada won its first medals at the 2013 World University Games on Tuesday, taking silver in the mens 1,500 metres and bronze in team race walk. Jeremy Rae of Fort Erie, Ont., was sixth heading into the final lap of the 1,500 but came back to finish second in three minutes 39.45 seconds, six hundredths of a second behind Valentin Smirnov of Russia. Rae became the first Canadian to medal in the event at the University Games since Olympian Dave Bailey captured silver in 1967 in Tokyo. "Im really confident in my ability to explode. Ive had great finishes all season, Rae said. "With 200 metres to go, I tripped when another runner cut in front of me, but it didnt stop me. I think I would have had a good shot at gold, but Im happy I got silver." Ross Proudfoot of Sudbury, Ont., was ninth in 3:44.33. Earlier, the trio of Vancouvers Inaki Gomez, Ben Thorne of Kitimat, B.C., and Evan Dunfee of Richmond, B.C., claimed Canadas first medal of the games, finishing third in the mens 20-kilometre team racewalk in four hours 20 minutes 35 seconds. Russia (4:04:31) took gold and Ukraine (4:08:09) won silver. "Its an honour to win Canadas first medal in Kazan," said Gomez, who competed for the University of British Columbia until 2010 and now attends law school at the University of Calgary. "The team event is neat because it adds a whole other dynamic to the competition." Other Canadians in athletics finals on Tuesday included Sarah Wells of Unionville, Ont., fourth in the womens 400m hurdles; Alicia Brown of Ottawa, fifth in the womens 400m; Jessica Smith of North Vancouver, B.C., sixth in the womens 800m; Helen Crofts of West Vancouver, B.C., seventh in the womens 800m; Daniel Harper of Brampton, Ont., eighth in the mens 400m; and Patrick Arbour of Ottawa, who completed the decathlon in eighth place. In womens artistic gymnastics, Ellie Black of Halifax also finished just outside the podium in the individual all-around final. The 2012 Olympian was second heading into the final event but a sub-par floor routine cost her two positions. In womens soccer, Canada (1-2) blanked China (0-2-1) 4-0 in its final preliminary round match but it wasnt enough to qualify for the quarter-finals of the 12-team tournament. In womens basketball, Canada (1-1) held a 48-43 lead heading into the fourth quarter but couldnt hold on and dropped a 59-57 decision to Ukraine (1-1). The Canadians face a must-win situation Wednesday when they wrap up pool play against Taiwan (2-0), the 2011 Universiade silver medallist. In beach volleyball, Canada went a perfect 4-0 thanks to two wins by the mens pair of Grant OGorman of Toronto and Samuel Pedlow of Barrie, Ont., and one victory apiece by the womens duos of Melissa Humana-Paredes of Toronto and Taylor Pischke of Winnipeg, and Rachel Cockrell of Winnipeg and Charlotte Sider of Toronto. All three Canadian squads are now in the double-elimination playoff round. In tennis, Isade Juneau of Repentigny, Que., won his opening singles match 6-0, 6-2, while Phil Anderson of Halifax and Christiaan Lee-Daigle of Tecumseh, Ont. prevailed 6-1, 6-0 in their doubles opener. Dominique Harmath of Toronto and Kristina Sanjevic of Edmonton lost in womens singles. 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COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Another early season blowout by No. 4 Maryland provided coach Brenda Frese with another opportunity to prepare her squad for tougher games ahead.Brionna Jones and Shatori Walker-Kimbrough each scored 19 points before leaving early in a 97-63 rout of Towson on Tuesday night.Jones had 18 points in the first half and Walker-Kimbrough had 16. Together, they outscored the Tigers in helping Maryland (9-0) to a 56-29 lead at the break.The margin swelled to 34 points when Frese removed Jones and Walker-Kimbrough for good with 6:36 left in the third quarter, leaving the Terps bench players to finish up.Obviously were continuing to try to work through our depth and rest some of our starters with the minutes theyre bringing, Frese said.Jones collected eight rebounds during her 14 minutes of playing time, and Walker-Kimbrough saw enough action during her 18-minute stint to move into eighth place on the schools career scoring list with 1,647 points.As competitive as our starters are, I know they want to play more minutes, Frese said. But weve got to be able to extend our depth and bring everyone along.Thats OK with Walker-Kimbrough, who quite enjoyed the view from the bench.Its more about the bigger picture, the senior guard said. Weve got a lot of new players on the team and were trying to get the chemistry rolling. With the great team that we have, the versatility, its not a drop-off when we go out.Kristen Confroy scored 11 for Maryland, which entered with a nations best 38.0 scoring margin. This lopsided victory did little to affect that statistic.Sianni Martin led Towson (6-2) with 19 points and Raven Bankston added 14. The Tigers were outrebounded 46-28.We played the No. 4 team in the country. I just wanted to see if our kids were going to come out and compete, coach Niki Reid Geckeler said. They definitely did.After scoring the final two points of the first quarter to make it 22-10, the 6-foot-33 Jones scored Marylands first 12 points of the second quarter.dddddddddddd All the shots were layups, and two of them resulted in 3-point plays.Jones personal scoring spree ended when Walker-Kimbrough made a 3-point play for a 37-14 lead. The layup was set up by the unyielding hustle of freshman Destiny Slocum, who raced from midcourt to the baseline to whisk a bouncing ball headed out of bounds into the waiting hands of Walker-Kimbrough.They shared a hug after the ball dropped through the hoop. It was one of Slocums team-high six assists.BENCH PRESSTowson: The Tigers got only six points from their reserves, a basket apiece by three players.Maryland: Blair Watson and Brianna Fraser each scored 10 of the Terps 38 points off the bench.POLL IMPLICATIONSThis certainly shouldnt hurt Marylands stature as one of the top four teams in the country.Very good team. They rebound well, dont make too many mistakes, and the bench is strong, Reid Geckeler said. It will be interesting to see how far this team goes. They should be one of those Final Four teams.BIG PICTURETowson: Though the Tigers dont have the size or talent to stick with Maryland, the inside play of Brianna Bush (11 points, six rebounds) and the court savvy of Martin should enable Towson to be competitive in the Colonial Athletic Association.If you want to be the best, youve got to play the best, Reid Geckeler said. Well look back on this game and say it prepared us for CAA play.Maryland: The Terrapins put on a dazzling display in the first half as they continue to gain momentum for their Dec. 29 home game against No. 1 Connecticut.UP NEXTTowson faces Colgate on the road Thursday night.Maryland play at home Thursday night against St. Peters, which lost its first six games by an average of 29 points before beating Marist on Sunday. ' ' '