Twelve U.S. crews will race in heats Monday on the second day of the 2013 World Rowing Championships.
Starting the day is the lightweight men’s pair of Greg Flood (Tulsa, Okla.) and Frank Petrucci (Warwick, N.Y.). They are racing in the first heat against Germany, Switzerland, Japan and Austria, with the top two crews advancing to the final. Italy, the reigning world champion, races in the second heat.
Next up is the lightweight quadruple sculls crew of Andrew Quinn (Honeoye Falls, N.Y.), Colin Ethridge (Laytonsville, Md.), Dave Smith (Seattle, Wash.) and Shane Madden (Ambler, Penn.), who will race in the second heat against Hong Kong, Iraq, Greece, and India. The winner advances to the final.
The United States missed the final at the 2012 World Rowing Senior and Junior Championships in Plovdiv, and finished eighth overall. Greece finished second.
Following the men is the lightweight women’s quadruple sculls crew of Hillary Saeger (Dedham, Mass.), Nancy Miles (Bainbridge Island, Wash.), Helen Tompkins (Friendswood, Texas) and Rachel Stortvedt (Long Beach, Calif.). Saeger is the lone returning member of the crew that finished fourth in Plovdiv.
The U.S. races in the first heat of the event against Australia, Korea, India and Russia, with the top two crews advancing to the final.
The men’s double sculls crew of John Graves (Cincinnati, Ohio) and Benjamin Dann (Pound Ridge, N.Y.) race in the second of three heats against Australia, Cuba, Great Britain, New Zealand and the Czech Republic.
The U.S. did not qualify a boat in the event for the 2012 Olympic Games. New Zealand won gold in London and Great Britain finished fifth. The top two heat finishers advance to the semifinals.
The women’s double sculls duo of Ellen Tomek (Flushing, Mich.) and Meghan O’Leary (Baton Rouge, La.) drew the third heat and race against Germany, Belarus, Namibia and Korea. The top three crews advance to the semifinals.
O’Leary is a newcomer to the senior team, while Tomek brings five years of senior national team experience. She rowed the event and finished fifth in the 2008 Olympic Games and finished sixth in the 2009 World Rowing Championships. This combination won bronze in Lucerne at the 2013 World Rowing Cup earlier this year.
In the lightweight men’s four, the crew of Robin Prendes (Miami, Fla.), Anthony Fahden (Lafayette, Calif.), Bob Duff (Huntingdon Valley, Pa.) and Will Daly (Vail, Colo.) race in the first heat against Denmark, Great Britain, Japan, France and Austria. The top two crews advance to the semifinals.
Great Britain won silver in London last summer, while Denmark was third. Prendes and Fahden return to the U.S. boat that finished eighth.
Next up is the women’s eight. Racing in the first of two heats, the U.S. will face Italy, Great Britain, The Netherlands and Australia. The U.S. won in Lucerne and set a new world best time and are the reigning world and Olympic champions. The top two heat finishers advance to the final.
Meghan Musnicki (Naples, N.Y.) replaces Heidi Robbins (Hanover, N.H.) from the Lucerne lineup. The crew consists of coxswain Katelin Snyder (Detroit, Mich.), Caroline Lind (Greensboro, N.C.), Vicky Opitz (Middleton, Wis.), Musnicki, Grace Luczak (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Lauren Schmetterling (Moorestown, N.J.), Emily Regan (Buffalo, N.Y.), Kerry Simmonds (San Diego, Calif.) and Amanda Polk (Pittsburgh, Pa.).
Next up, racing in the repechage of his event is men’s single sculler Stephen Whelpley (Moquon, Wis.). Whelpley finished fourth in his heat Sunday and will face Namibia, Qatar, Uzbekistan and Malaysia. A top-two finish will earn him a spot in the quarterfinals.
Racing in the second heat of the women’s single sculls is Eleanor Logan (Boothbay Harbor, Maine). In her first world championship race in the event, Logan faces Austria, India, Russia, Korea and Brazil. The top two scullers advance to the semifinals.
Logan raced in all three world cup events this spring, taking two bronzes and a silver. Austria’s Magdalena Lobnig made the finals in the last two world cup events, finishing sixth.
Following Logan will be the men’s eight crew of coxswain Zach Vlahos (Piedmont, Calif.), Thomas Peszek (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Thomas Dethlefs (Lawrenceville, N.J.), Steve Kasprzyk (Cinnaminson, N.J.), Austin Hack (Old Lyme, Conn.), Ambrose Puttmann (Cincinnati, Ohio), Nareg Guregian (North Hills, Calif.), Ross James (DeKalb, Ill.) and Ian Silveira (West Bloomfield, Mich.).
The U.S. won gold in Lucerne, defeating four-time defending world and Olympic champion Germany. They race in the second heat against France, Korea, Great Britain and Italy, with the top two crews advancing to the final.
Heats will also be contested in three Para-Rowing events.
Women’s arms and shoulders single sculler Dana Fink (Washington, D.C.) will row in the first heat of her event against Korea, Russia, Brazil and South Africa. The top two scullers advance to the final. This is Fink’s first world championship. Korea, Russia, and Brazil were all in the Paralympic finals last summer in London.
Next up is Daniel Ahr (Mount Laurel, N.J.) in the second heat of the men’s arms and shoulders single sculls. Ahr races Brazil, Japan, Great Britain, Hungary and Russia, with the winner advancing to the final. Great Britain’s Tom Aggar finished fourth in London.
London Paralympic bronze medalists Rob Jones (Lovettsville, Va.) and Oksana Masters (Buffalo, N.Y.), returning from a bronze-medal performance at the 2013 World Rowing Cup #2 in Eton, will race in the final event of the day – the trunk and arms mixed double sculls. The U.S. crew is up against The Netherlands, Israel and Japan in the first of two heats, with the winner advancing to the final.
Racing continues Monday, August 26 at 10 a.m. local time (+13 hours EST). A complete schedule and results are available at www.worldrowing.com.
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