Canada's Sultana Frizell celebrated her birthday with a silver-medal performance at the Pan American Games.
The Perth, Ont., native, who turned 27 on Monday, finished second in the women's hammer throw with a toss of 70.11 metres.
"I am super happy with today," said Frizell. "Guadalajara was on my list to do. I wanted to go out and perform well. I performed pretty well today and almost had it on my last throw. It felt so good."
Yipsi Morena of Cuba threw 75.62 to win the gold while Amber Campbell of the U.S. took bronze with a throw of 69.93.
Canada's men's field hockey team blanked Barbados 10-0 to finish up the preliminary round undefeated.
Vancouver's Matthew Guest and Scott Tupper recorded a hat trick apiece, while Keegan Pereira of Ajax, Ont., Adam Froese of Abbotsford, B.C., and Mark Pearson and Rob Short of Tsawwassen, B.C., each added singles.
The defending Pan Am champions have outscored their opponents 21-2 over three matches.
"The boys played well today," said Froese. "We got a couple of goals in early, which brought the confidence level up and allowed us to work on tactics for future games. We've got the semifinals now and hopefully the finals after. We hope to bring the same strong performance to those ... I scored my first official goal for Team Canada today and it feels great."
The Games field hockey champion earns an automatic berth in the London Olympics.
Canada's women's water polo team, also gunning for an Olympic berth, collected its second straight victory, beating Brazil 13-4.
Joelle Bekhazi of Pointe-Claire, Que., scored a hat trick, while Montreal's Katrina Moncton, Rosanna Tomiuk, and Marina Radu all had two apiece. Krystina Alogbo of Riviere des Prairies, Que., Whitney Genoway of Regina, Dominique Perreault of Montreal and Monika Eggens of Pitt Meadows, B.C., all had singles.
Canada routed Venezuela 23-2 in its opening game Sunday and is expected to battle the U.S. for gold and an Olympic berth on Saturday.
"Things are going well so far," said coach Pat Oaten. "I'm happy with the way the girls played today. Our focus is still to play against U.S.A. and this is why this tournament is so hard — to stay focused during the games before. However, against those teams, we can't be asleep. We could be surprised."
The men's water polo team also improved to 2-0 with a 15-10 win over Cuba.
Kevin Graham of Regina and Nicolas Constantin-Bicari of Repentigny, Que., scored four goals, Oliver Vikalo of Calgary added two and Dusko Dakic of Gatineau, Que., Justin Boyd of Beaconsfield, Que., Constantine Kudaba of Port Coquitlam, B.C., Aaron Feltham of Lindsay, Ont., and Devon Diggle of Montreal chipped in with singles.
"Even if we won, we are disappointed for sure," said Graham. "We did not play at our level. Cuba is a good talented team, but we did not play our game. We allowed them easy goals. We are looking for a team performance, not goals."
The men's handball team finished in fifth place after a 26-23 win over Mexico.
Geoffroy Bessett of Montreal scored nine goals to top Canada.