INDIANAPOLIS - Pocock Rowing Center's Sloan DuRoss and Conal Groom pulled away from the Princeton/Penn AC duo of Chris Grothkopp and Bill Martin-Doyle in the final 1,000 meters to win Wednesday's third and decisive final of the men's double sculls at the 2003 Pan American Games Team Trials at Eagle Creek Park.
Grothkopp and Martin-Doyle won Monday's race, but DuRoss and Groom came back to win Tuesday's race and force a third final in the best two-out-of-three finals' format. On Wednesday, the Pocock boat clocked a 6:43.72 to defeat the Princeton/Penn AC crew by 4.01 seconds.
DuRoss and Groom will now join yesterday's 11 winners on the Pan American Games Team, which will represent the United States at the 2003 Pan American Games to be held August 4-10 on Rincon Lake in the Dominican Republic.
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2003 Pan American Games Team Trials Wednesday, June 25, 2003
Men's Double Sculls Final 03 1: Pocock Rowing Center, 06:43:72; 2: Princeton Training Center-PENN AC, 06:47:73.