Lightweight men's single sculler Rich Montgomery advanced to the semifinals and eight junior crews hit the water for their first races on the second day of competition at the 2004 FISA Senior and Junior World Championships in Banyoles, Spain.
Montgomery, a first-time national team member from Batavia, Ill, finished second in his repechage, or second-chance race, to advance to Friday's semifinals. Montgomery clocked a 7:08.51 to finish less than one second behind Portugal's Luis Teixeira Ahrens, who finished in a 7:07.73. The top two finishers from each repechage joined the heat winners - Russia's Denis Moiseyev, Switzerland's Stephan Steiner, France's Fabrice Moreau, and Germany's Peter Ording - in the semifinals.
In the lightweight women's single sculls, Sarah Hirst (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) finished fourth in the second of two repechages, failing to advance to the semifinals. Hirst clocked a 7:52.66 to finish just 0.35 seconds behind Sweden's Sara Karlsson for the third and last spot in the semifinals. Finland's Minna Nieminen won the repechage in a 7:49.93. Hirst will now race on Sunday in the C final for places 13-18.
In the junior events, men's single sculler Joseph Medioli (Teaneck, N.J.) finished second in his heat and will now race in a repechage on Thursday. Medioli clocked a 7:12.07 to finish 8.09 seconds behind New Zealand's Nathan Cohen. Coehn's time of 7:03.98 was the second fastest of the day behind Romania's Daniel Frateanu, who won the third heat in a 6:57.50. Other heat winners advancing directly to the semifinals included Lithuania's Mindaugas Griskonis, Serbia and Montenegro's Milan Uzunovic, Italy's Ciprian Cursaru, and Argentina's Rodrigo Murillo.
The junior men's double sculls tandem of Pat Ryan (Malvern, Pa.) and Justin Teti (West Chester, Pa.) finished third in the last of four heats. Ryan and Teti clocked a 6:44.73 and will now race in a repechage on Thursday. Switzerland won the heat in a 6:27.53, recording the fastest time of the day. Other heat winners advancing directly to the semifinals included Australia, Italy, and Poland.
In the junior women's pair, Mindy Fiesler (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Kari Stenbakken (Sammamish, Wash.) also finished third in their heat. Racing in the first of two heats, the duo stroked a 7:51.92 to finish 9.12 seconds behind Germany's 7:42.80. Germany and the other heat winners from Italy advanced directly to Saturday's final. The remaining crews will race in a repechage on Thursday.
The junior women's four of Caitlin McGrath (Westport, Conn.), Desiree Burns (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.), Erin Knox (Snohomish, Wash.), and Emily Matykiewicz (Windermere, Fla.) finished third in the first of two heats. The quartet finished with a time of 7:12.99, 12.30 seconds behind the heat winners from Germany. Belarus won the second heat in a 7:05.76. Germany and Belarus advanced directly to the finals, while the remaining crews will race in the repechage on Thursday.
In the junior women's single sculls, Michelle King (Lyme, Conn.) finished fourth in her heat and will now race in Thursday's repechages. Racing in the first of four heats, King clocked an 8:05.66 to finish 16.33 seconds behind the heat winner from Greece, Chrysoula Bougla. Bougla, who stoked a 7:49.33, finished with the fastest time of the heats. Other heat winners included Romania's Camelia Lupascu and Latvia's Kristine Gosa.
The junior men's four or Solon Wayne-Aposhian (Watertown, Mass.), Thad Duprey (Concord, N.H.), Chris Carey (The Plains, Va.), and Jack Vogelsang (Buffalo, N.Y.) finished fifth in its heat and will now race in a repechage on Thursday. The crew stroked a 6:30.70 to finish more than 11 seconds behind the heat winners from Canada. Canada clocked a 6:19.18 to advance directly to the semifinals. Great Britain and Romania won the other two heats, joining Canada in the semis.
In the junior women's double sculls, Cara Dermody (Oakmont, Pa.) and Emily Schofield (Pittsburgh, Pa.), who finished 12th in the event at last year's junior world championships, finished sixth in their heat and will now race in a repechage on Thursday. The duo, which has been suffering through injuries much of the summer, clocked a 7:38.96. Poland won the heat with a time of 7:15.82 and advanced directly to the semifinals. Other heat winners included Italy and Germany.
The junior men's four with coxswain of Dave Cleveland (Devon, Pa.), Peter Carlson (Orangevale, Calif.), Brendon Luby (Wayland, Mass.), Chris Pomer (Sacramento, Calif.), and Ryan Taney (Boca Raton, Fla.) finished sixth in the first of two heats. The crew clocked a 6:44.47 and will now race in a repechage on Thursday. Italy won the first heat with a time of 6:26.74, while South Africa won the second heat in a 6:26.68. The two heat winners advanced directly to the final.