A pair of wrestling stars, women's freestyle wrestler Kristie Marano (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC) and men's Greco-Roman Justin Ruiz (Colorado Springs, Colo./New York AC), placed second in the voting for the U.S. Olympic Committee's Athletes of the Month for May 2005.    Marano won all three of her matches during the 2005 Women's World Cup of Wresting in Clermont-Ferrand, France. Marano was the only U.S. wrestler to remain undefeated during the competition. The U.S. competed in three dual meets, with Marano winning each of her matches against athletes from Japan, Russia and Venezuela to help the USA to a fifth-place finish in the team competition. Marano had three first place votes, and finished just one point out of first place.    Ruiz won two gold medals in May, the first at a major international meet and the second at a qualifying event for the World University Games.  Ruiz won four bouts on his way to the title at the O. Karavaev Memorial International in Minsk, Belarus. Ruiz also won the gold medal at the University World Team Trials in Colorado Springs, Colo.  With that victory, Ruiz earned a spot on the U.S. team that will compete in the World University Games in Izmir, Turkey, Aug. 11-21. Ruiz had two first place votes.    Claiming first place in the Women's Athlete of the Month voting was track and field athlete Chaunte Howard  (Riverside, Calif ), a junior at Georgia Tech, who won her 28th consecutive collegiate high jump competition at the NCAA East Regional Championships in New York, N.Y., with a mark of 1.90m/6-2.75. She also tied her world-best mark in the women's high jump at the Georgia Tech Invitational in Atlanta, Ga., with a clearance of 1.95m/6-4.75, setting a new George C. Griffin Track record to lead the Georgia Tech track and field team.    Goalball athlete Jennifer Armbruster (Colorado Springs, Colo.), placed third in the women's vote after leading the U.S Women's Goalball Team to the gold medal at the Malmo Ladies' Intercup.    Winning the men's Athlete of the Month voting was triathlete Hunter Kemper (Longwood, Fla.), became the first U.S. man to reach the No. 1 ITU World Cup ranking and the overall No. 1 ITU points ranking when he finished second at the ITU World Cup in Ishigaki, Japan. He solidified that ranking when he finished first at the Tempe International Triathlon in Tempe, Ariz., enduring temperatures over 100 degrees.    Track and field athlete Walter Dix (Coral Springs, Fla.) finished third in the vote for male athletes.  Dix wrapped up the month of May with a record-setting, title-winning performance at the 2005 NCAA East Regional Championships in New York, N.Y.    The USOC Team of the Month honor was awarded to the Women's National Goalball Team. Jennifer Armbruster (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Asya Miller (Battle Creek, Mich.), Nicole Buck (Paw Paw, Mich.), Lindsay Sloan (Wauconda, Ill.) and Jaclyn Barnes (Vernon Hills, Ill.) claimed gold at the Malmo Ladies' Intercup in Malmo, Sweden    The 2005 World Championship Men's Skeet Team took second place in the team vote. The shooters took the silver medal at the ISSF World Championships in Lonato, Italy. The team, comprised of Vincent Hancock (Eatonton, Ga.), SFC Todd Graves (Laurel, Miss.) and Staff Sgt. Mark Weeks (Clinton Township, Mich.), finished second with a score of 355.     Placing third on the ballot were Nancilea Underwood (Spring, Texas) and Cassidy Krug (Coraopolis, Pa.). Underwood and Krug secured the bronze medal on synchronized 3-meter at the Speedo FINA Diving Grand Prix in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., with 279.12 points.     Results (first place votes in parentheses)    WOMEN  1. Chaunte Howard, Track and Field 20 (4)  2. Kristie Marano, Wrestling 19 (3)  3. Jennifer Armbruster, Goalball 18 (4)  Also receiving first place votes: Elizabeth Kolbe (Paralympic Swimming), Amber Neben (Cycling) and Rhonda Rousey (Judo)    MEN  1. Hunter Kemper, Triathlon 31 (10)  2. Justin Ruiz, Wrestling 16 (2)  3. Walter Dix, Track and Field 14 (1)  Also receiving first place votes: Demetrius Andrade (Boxing), Vincent Hancock (Shooting), Chris Parrish (Water Skiing)    TEAM  1. U.S. Women's National Team, Goalball 44 (13)  2. World Championship Men's Skeet Team, Shooting 38 (5)  3. Nancilea Underwood and Cassidy Krug, Diving 18 (0)