LINZ, Austria – The United States under 23 women’s eight took the first step in defending its title at the 2013 World Rowing Under 23 Championships in Linz, Austria. With five new rowers in the lineup, the crew clocked the fastest time in the event and won its heat by more than five seconds.
The U.S. crew – with standout collegiate rowers from Wisconsin, Virginia, Washington, Purdue, Harvard, Brown, Notre Dame and Stanford – lined up Thursday against Germany and Canada, and gained nearly two seconds on the field in the first 500 meters.
Coxswain Kendall Schmidt (Greenfield, Wis.), Kristine O'Brien (Massapequa, N.Y.), Madison Culp (Seattle, Wash.), Amanda Elmore (West Lafayette, Ind.), Courtney Diekema (Holland, Mich.), Corinne Schoeller (Farmington, Conn.), Erin Boxberger (Overland Park, Kans.), Anne Rauschert (Bushnell, Ill.) and Ruth Narode (Portland, Ore.) maintained its lead over the 2,000-meter course to cross first with the fastest time of the field, 6:15.79.
The heat win secured the United States a spot in Sunday afternoon’s final, while Germany, second in 6:21.10, and Canada, third in a 6:29.05, will race in Friday’s repechage. Great Britain advanced from the first heat with a winning time of 6:21.46.
Also highlighting the day for the United States, women’s single sculler Madison Lips (Parker, Colo.) raced to a second-place finish (7:46.75) in the third of four heats. She will now compete in the semifinals on Saturday.
Lips, who will be senior captain of the Yale University women’s rowing team next year, represented the U.S. in the event at the 2012 World Rowing Under 23 Championships, finishing 15th.
Eight other U.S. crews made an appearance in the heats on Thursday, but did not advance. All will face repechages Friday for a second chance at making the final.
The defending-champion U.S. men’s eight finished a disappointing third in its heat, crossing in a 5:38.50 behind winner New Zealand (5:31.51) and Germany (5:37.67).
Coxswain Paul Farber (Santa Ana, Calif.), Hunter Leeming (Sarasota, Fla.), Anders Weiss (Barrington, R.I.), Ted Baumgardner (Longport, N.J.), Brendon Stoner (Sudbury, Mass.), Carter Crowe (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Daren Frankel (Cleveland, Ohio), James Hamp (North Tonawanda, N.Y.) and Max Meyer-Bosse (Westport, Conn.) led the field for the first 1,000-meters, but were overtaken in the sprint by both Germany and New Zealand.
Colleen Wohlrab (Sarasota, Fla.) finished sixth in her heat of the lightweight women’s single sculls with a time of 8:20.22. Greece and Japan advanced from the heat.
The men’s pair of Ryan Kelliher (Norwich, Vt.) and Nathan Smith (West Chester, Penn.) crossed fourth in a 7:09.48, behind Australia, Ireland and Russia.
Leigh Archer (Jamestown, R. I.) and Elizabeth Youngling (Westport, Conn.) also finished fourth in their heat of the women’s double sculls, posting a time of 7:23.98. Romania posted the winning time of 7:08.70.
The men’s double sculls of Matt Mahon (St. Louis, Mo.) and Jackson Anderson (Mission Hills, Kan.) finished sixth in the second of three heats, with a time of 6:51.35. Germany and Lithuania advanced from the race.
The lightweight women’s double sculls crew of Alex Morss (Concord, Mass.) and Emalia Seto (El Dorado Hills, Calif.) finished fifth in 7:40.06.
Matthew Maddamma (Pittsburgh, Pa.) and Thomas Hope (Esher Surrey, Great Britain) finished fifth in the lightweight men’s double sculls. The U.S. posted a time of 6:53.27 in the first of four heats.
The U.S. lightweight men’s four of Matthew O’Donoghue (Haddonfield, N.J.), Joshua Konieczny (Milbury, Ohio), Michael Lindberg (Milwaukee, Wis.) and Joseph Hanlon (Washington D.C.) finished fourth in the first heat of the event, with a time of 6:06.76. Italy and Spain advanced from the heats.
Six U.S. crews raced in afternoon repechages on Thursday afternoon, with the men’s four and lightweight women’s quadruple sculls crews advancing to the finals, along with the lightweight men’s quadruple sculls crew of Parker Lange (Darien, Conn.), Oliver Ingram (Philadelphia, Pa.), Maximilian Fenner (Berlin, Germany) and Matt Podlesak (New Canaan, Conn.) that finished sixth in its race for lanes.
Competition continues tomorrow with repechages, quarterfinals and semifinals in 14 events.
For complete press coverage, visit http://www.usrowing.org/Pressbox/Inteventcoverage/13U23worldscoverage.aspx.
For a complete schedule, visit http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2013-world-rowing-under-23-championships.
To see Thursday's results, visit http://www.worldrowing.com/live-results?type=results.
To see Friday's start list, visit http://www.sportresult.com/federations/fisa/download/World_Rowing_U23_Championships,_Linz_SS_2013.07.26.cp.pdf.
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