The United States had three boats advance to the finals and one advance to the semifinals on the second day of competition at the 2002 World Under 23 Regatta in Genoa, Italy.
The men’s eight of coxswain Ryan Marks (Dartmouth, Mass.), John Cranston (San Francisco, Calif.), Beau Hoopman (Plymouth, Wis.), Matthew Deakin (Seattle, Wash.), Jamie Schroeder (Wilmette, Ill.), Peter Giese (Fon du Lac, Wis.), Christopher Liwski (Sarasota, Fla.), Chris Hawkins (Seattle, Wash.), and Paul Daniels (Burlington, Wis.) won the first heat in a time of 5:53.33, easily defeating Australia by 6.50 seconds to advance directly to the final. Canada won the second heat in a time of 5:52.29, defeating Germany by more than seven seconds to earn an automatic berth in the final.
The women’s four of Ariana Canova (Sebastopal, Calif.), Sabrina Kolker (West Vancouver, British Columbia), Jessica Lanning (Atlanta, Ga.), and Michelle Orem (Whittier, Calif.) also advanced to the final. The U.S. crew finished second in its heat, clocking a 6:46.97 to finish 7.25 seconds behind Australia. The second-place finish forced the boat into an afternoon repechage, where it finished first to claim a spot in the finals. In the repechage, the U.S. clocked a 7:02.77 to finish 2.74 seconds ahead of the boat from the Netherlands.
In the women’s double sculls, the U.S. tandem of Frederique Garnier (Devon, Pa.) and Lia Pernell (Seattle, Wash.) finished fifth in its heat, clocking a time of 7:24.65. However, the duo came back to finish second in its afternoon repechage and advanced to the semifinals. Garnier and Pernell stroked a 7:35.79 to finish 0.78 seconds behind Germany.
In what was a race for lane assignments for Sunday’s final in the women’s pair, Heidi Hurn (Redmond, Wash.) and Kara Nykreim (Kirkland, Wash.) clocked a 7:49.38 to outdistance Australia by 6.75 seconds and win the heat. Romania followed in third place, with Germany, Italy and Great Britain rounding out the standings. Hurn and Nykreim will face the same five crews in tomorrow’s final.