Twenty-three national titles were awarded on Saturday at the 2007 USRowing National Championship Regatta at Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J.
The closest race of the day came in the afternoon's final race, the men's eight, when two USRowing National Training Center crews battled it out stroke-for-stroke in the final few meters. In the end, the Caspersen Training Center A boat defeated the Caspersen B boat by 0.54 seconds to win the gold medal. The crew of coxswain Marcus McElhenney, Beau Hoopman, Bryan Volpenhein, Dan Walsh, Chris Liwski, Josh Inman, Wyatt Allen, Giuseppe Lanzone and Matt Schnobrich crossed the finish line with a time of 5:25.66. The second-place boat of Ned DelGuercio, Jason Read, Steven Coppola, Matt Deakin, Brett Newlin, Patrick O'Dunne, Dan Beery, Brodie Buckland and Alex Hearne finished with a time of 5:26.20. Bantam Boat Club finished third in a 5:39.19.
In the women's eight, Caspersen Training Center's A boat of coxswain Mary Whipple, Susan Francia, Caroline Lind, Rachel Jeffers, Anna Mickelson, Sam Magee, Erin Cafaro, Portia McGee and Brett Sickler defeated Canada's London Training Center by a little over three seconds to win the gold medal. The Caspersen crew clocked a 6:06.48 to the Canadian crew's 6:09.53. The Caspersen B boat, which is training for the Under 23 World Championships, finished third in a 6:11.82.
In one of the best match-ups of the day, the defending world champions from Canada, Jane Rumball and Darcy Marquardt, held off the Caspersen Training Center tandem of Anna Mickelson and Megan Cooke to win the women's pair. Rumball and Marquardt finished with a time of 6:56.51, 2.13 seconds ahead of Mickelson and Cooke's time of 6:58.64. Caspersen's Caroline Lind and Susan Francia finished third in a 7:08.90, followed by teammates Anna Goodale and Lindsay Shoop in a 7:11.27. With Rumball and Marquardt ineligible to win the U.S. national title, Mickelson and Cooke were officially crowned national champions.
The Caspersen Training Center crew of Lindsay Shoop, Caroline Lind, Portia McGee and Brett Sickler beat teammates Rachel Jeffers, Anna Goodale, Sam Magee and Erin Cafaro by 5.01 seconds to win the national title in the women's four. The winning crew crossed the finish line in a 6:29.43, with the second boat finishing in a 6:34.44. The Canadian crew finished third, followed by Vesper Boat Club.
Caspersen Training Center's Renee Hykel won the lightweight women's single sculls with a time of 7:44.11, finishing 5.58 seconds ahead of teammate Julie Nichols. Nichols clocked a 7:49.69. Lisa Carey-Moore finished third in a 7:56.64, followed by Undine Barge Club's Nicole Nelson in an 8:08.64.
In the women's single sculls, Vesper Boat Club's Ann Holmes clocked a 7:50.06 to win the gold medal. Holmes finished 2.10 seconds ahead of Undine Barge Club's Beth Greene in a 7:52.16. Undine Barge Club's Shannon Kaplan, the defending champion, finished third in a 7:54.14.
Penn AC's Ivan Baldytchev easily won the national title in the lightweight men's single sculls. Baldytchev crossed the line in a 7:02.77, more than 10 seconds ahead of Undine Barge Club's Greg Kaplan. Penn AC's Andrew Grzybowski finished third in a 7:16.89.
In the men's single sculls, Potomac Boat Club's Jamie Schroeder clocked a 6:55.31 to win the national title. Schroeder, who finished 12th in the event at the 2006 FISA World Championships, finished nearly seven seconds ahead of Princeton Training Center's Warren Anderson. Anderson stroked a 7:02.16. New York Athletic Club's James Dietz finished third in a 7:04.62.
Caspersen Training Center's Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss won the gold medal in the men's pair. The duo crossed the finish line in a 6:32.65, finishing less than two seconds ahead of Caspersen's Sebastian Bea and Gabe Winkler. The duo finished with a time of 6:34.27. Caspersen's Chris Callaghan and Troy Kepper finished third in a 6:39.07. All six medalists in the event will be representing the U.S. at the 2007 Pan American Games.
In the women's double sculls, the Caspersen duo of Ala Piotrowski and Jennifer Kaido finished first with a time of 6:56.57. The crew, which has already been named to the 2007 World Championships Team, finished 3.49 seconds ahead of teammates Liane Malcos and Lia Pernell in a 7:00.06. Caspersen's Reilly Dampeer and Lindsay Meyer finished third in a 7:02.46.
In the men's double sculls, the Caspersen Training Center crew of Francis Cuddy and Deaglan McEachern defeated Potomac Boat Club by just under six seconds. Cuddy and McEachern, who will represent the U.S. at the Pan American Games in July, won with a time of 6:29.93. Potomac finished in a 6:35.83, followed by Vesper Boat Club in a 6:38.89.
The Caspersen Training Center's crew of Bryan Volpenhein, Dan Walsh, Matt Schnobrich and Beau Hoopman clocked a 5:51.13 to win the national title in the men's four. The quartet, which includes two Olympic gold medalists in Volpenhein and Hoopman, finished nearly five seconds ahead of the Caspersen boat stroked by Chris Liwski. The second-place crew clocked a 5:55.92. Caspersen's C boat stroked by Cameron Winklevoss finished third in a 5:59.93.
In the men's four with coxswain, the Caspersen Training Center boat of coxswain Marcus McElhenney, Brett Newlin, Patrick O'Dunne, Steven Coppola and Matt Deakin defeated Penn AC by three seconds to win the gold medal. The Caspersen crew crossed the finish line with a time of 6:05.80, while the Penn AC boat finished in a 6:08.83. Bantam Boat Club finished third.
Riverside Boat Club's Will Daly and John Nichols had no trouble winning the lightweight men's pair. The duo came home with a time of 6:43.22, finishing more than 16 seconds ahead of teammates Andres Diebold and Tim Larson. The Under 23 Lightweight Men's Development Camp crew of Dan Armitage and Matt Carey finished third.
Riverside also easily won the lightweight men's quadruple sculls. The crew of Gavin Frase, Jonathan Winters, Jeff Forester and Peter Morelli finished with a time of 6:01.13, more than 14 seconds ahead of the second-place crew from Undine Barge Club. The Undine boat finished with a time of 6:15.57.
In the lightweight women's double sculls, Undine Barge Club's Nicole Nelson and Megan Welsh defeated GMS Rowing Center by more than five seconds to win the national title. Undine finished with a time of 7:23.16, followed by GMS in a 7:28.39. New York Athletic Club finished third.
Caspersen Training Center's Bjorn Larsen and Simon Carcagno won the lightweight men's double sculls by more than six seconds over Caspersen teammates Matt Smith and Shane Madden. Larsen and Carcagno stroked a 6:28.19 to Smith and Madden's 6:34.63. Riverside Boat Club's Cameron Booth and Tim Wong finished third in a 6:37.52.
The Caspersen boat of Tom Paradiso, Patrick Todd, Andrew Bolton and Colin Farrell won the lightweight men's four by more than 12 seconds. The quartet won with a time of 5:52.23. The Under 23 Lightweight Men's Development Camp finished second in a 6:04.89, followed by Caspersen's B boat in a 6:10.13.
Racing unaffiliated, Canada's London Training Center won the final of the women's quadruple sculls. The crew of Rachelle De Jong, Janine Hanson, Krista Guloien and Anne-Marie De Zwager finished with a time of 6:18.97, nearly three seconds ahead of Caspersen's B boat. The Caspersen boat of Margot Shumway, Lindsay Meyer, Megan Kalmoe and Stesha Carle finished in a 6:21.93. The Caspersen A boat of Liane Malcos, Ellen Tomek, Christen Brown and Lia Pernell finished third in a 6:24.11, followed by Vesper Boat Club.
In the men's quadruple sculls, Caspersen Training Center's Francis Cuddy, Deaglan McEachern, Jamie Schroeder and Warren Anderson won the gold medal in a time of 5:49.23. The crew finished just over five seconds ahead of Undine Barge Club's 5:54.25.
In the adaptive rowing events, Philadelphia Rowing Program for the Disabled's Lisa Schwanger won the women's arms-only single sculls, defeating Patty Rollison, last year's world championships silver medalist, by 8.30 seconds. Schwanger covered the course in a 7:04.50, with Rollison finishing in a 7:12.80.
The four-time defending world champions in the trunk-arms double sculls, Angela Madsen and Scott Brown, raced unopposed to win the national title in the event. The duo finished with a time of 4:34.53.
In the legs-trunk-arms four with coxswain, the Philadelphia Rowing Program for the Disabled boat of coxswain Ryan Pawling, Jesse Karmazin, Jamie Dean, Aerial Gilbert and Tracy Lee Tackett also raced unopposed, finishing with a time of 3:45.61 to win the national title.
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2007 USRowing National Championships Results
Day Three - June 23, 2007
Women's Adaptive Single Sculls
Final 1: Philadelphia Rowing Program for the Disabled-L. SCHWANGER, 07:04:50; 2: Philadelphia Rowing Program for the Disabled-P. ROLLINSON, 07:12:80.
Trunk-Arms Mixed Double Sculls
Final 1: Philadelphia Rowing Program for the Disabled-A, 04:34:53.
Legs-Trunk-Arms Four with Coxswain
Final 1: Philadelphia Rowing Program for the Disabled-A, 03:45:61.
Women's Four
Final 1: Caspersen Training Center-A, 06:29:43; 2: Caspersen Training Center-B, 06:34:44; 3: Unaffiliated-B, 06:49:44; 4: Vesper Boat Club-A, 06:50:72.
Lightweight Women's Single Sculls
Final 1: Caspersen Training Center-R. HYKEL, 07:44:11; 2: Caspersen Training Center-J. NICHOLS, 07:49:69; 3: Unaffiliated-L. CAREYMOORE, 07:56:64; 4: Undine Barge Club-N. NELSON, 08:08:64; 5: GMS Rowing Center-V. BURKE, 08:11:43; 6: Undine Barge Club-M. WELSH, 08:39:36. Repechage 01 (Top Two Advanced to Finals) 1: GMS Rowing Center-V. BURKE, 08:10:92; 2: Undine Barge Club-M. WELSH, 08:13:33; 3: Penn A.C. Rowing Association-J. GRUDZIAK, 08:18:34; 4: GMS Rowing Center-P. RAILA, 08:27:34; 5: Ottawa Rowing Club-A. GADAWSKI, 08:31:80. Repechage 02 (Top Two Advanced to Finals) 1: Unaffiliated-L. CAREYMOORE, 08:10:57; 2: Undine Barge Club-N. NELSON, 08:13:87; 3: Amoskeag Rowing Club-C. CURRAN, 08:19:49; 4: Montreal Rowing Club-N. POHL, 08:25:85.
Lightweight Men's Single Sculls
Final 1: Penn A.C. Rowing Association-I. BALDYTCHEV, 07:02:77; 2: Undine Barge Club-G. KAPLAN, 07:13:29; 3: Penn A.C. Rowing Association-A. GRZYBOWSKI, 07:16:89; 4: Undine Barge Club-A. QUINN, 07:17:76; 5: Riverside Boat Club-S. WOLF, 07:33:52. Repechage 01 (Top Two Advanced to Finals) 1: Undine Barge Club-A. QUINN, 07:25:45; 2: UTS Rowing Club-O. ZUK, 07:26:90; 3: Undine Barge Club-J. OLSON, 07:27:34; 4: U23 Lightweight Men's Development Camp-A, 07:31:31; 5: Detroit Boat Club-R. HEIDE, 07:39:48. Repechage 02 (Top Two Advanced to Finals) 1: Penn A.C. Rowing Association-A. GRZYBOWSKI, 07:22:89; 2: Riverside Boat Club-S. WOLF, 07:25:29; 3: Vesper Boat Club-D. SCHOLZ, 07:26:05; 4: Undine Barge Club-S. WISNEWSKI, 07:50:47.
Women's Single Sculls
Final 1: Vesper Boat Club-A. HOLMES, 07:50:06; 2: Undine Barge Club-B. GREENE, 07:52:16; 3: Undine Barge Club-S. KAPLAN, 07:54:14; 4: Ridley Graduate B.C.-M. PRINCE, 07:54:24; 5: Caspersen Training Center-SHUMWAY , 08:02:90; 6: Saugatuck Rowing Club-A. KENDRICK, 08:03:20. Repechage 01 (Top Two Advanced to Finals) 1: Vesper Boat Club-A. HOLMES, 08:01:97; 2: Ridley Graduate B.C.-M. PRINCE, 08:02:29; 3: Unaffiliated-K. FARQUHARSEN, 08:14:23; 4: Potomac Boat Club-S. KNABE, 08:17:78; 5: Ottawa Rowing Club-J. SHEARER, 08:19:94. Repechage 02 (Top Two Advanced to Finals) 1: Saugatuck Rowing Club-A. KENDRICK, 07:55:18; 2: Caspersen Training Center-SHUMWAY , 07:57:16; 3: Undine Barge Club-M. SARBANIS, 07:58:82; 4: Unaffiliated-C. MACINTOSH, 08:00:23; 5: Potomac Boat Club-M. CADORE, 08:24:01.
Men's Single Sculls
Final 1: Potomac Boat Club-J. SCHROEDER, 06:55:31; 2: Princeton Training Center-W. ANDERSON, 07:02:16; 3: New York Athletic Club-J. DIETZ, 07:04:62; 4: Unaffiliated-T. WILLIAMSON, 07:08:38; 5: Vesper Boat Club-B. CHURCHILL, 07:13:11; 6: Potomac Boat Club-M. ALLER, 07:23:20. Repechage 01 (Top Two Advanced to Finals) 1: Potomac Boat Club-M. ALLER, 07:10:12; 2: Unaffiliated-T. WILLIAMSON, 07:11:35; 3: New York Athletic Club-P. ANTONIK, 07:12:84; 4: New York Athletic Club-C. ALBERT, 07:22:62; 5: Harvard Sculling Club-J. SAGALOWSKY, 07:30:55. Repechage 02 (Top Two Advanced to Finals) 1: New York Athletic Club-J. DIETZ, 07:11:48; 2: Vesper Boat Club-B. CHURCHILL, 07:15:69; 3: Potomac Boat Club-W. GREER, 07:18:64; 4: Saugatuck Rowing Club-K. PETERSEN, 07:18:89; 5: UTS Rowing Club-D. DENNIS, 07:35:10.
Women's Pair
Final 1: Unaffiliated-.., 06:56:51; 2: Caspersen Training Center-A, 06:58:64; 3: Caspersen Training Center-B, 07:08:90; 4: Caspersen Training Center-C, 07:11:27; 5: Unaffiliated-.., 07:11:43; 6: Unaffiliated-.., 07:19:69. Repechage 01 (Top Two Advanced to Finals) 1: Caspersen Training Center-C, 07:24:10; 2: Unaffiliated-.., 07:28:86; 3: Unaffiliated-.., 07:36:38; 4: Unaffiliated-.., 07:42:49; 5: Vesper Boat Club-B, 07:49:09. Repechage 02 (Top Two Advanced to Finals) 1: Caspersen Training Center-B, 07:20:21; 2: Unaffiliated-.., 07:22:49; 3: Unaffiliated-.., 07:26:28; 4: Unaffiliated-.., 07:29:00.
Men's Pair
Final 1: Caspersen Training Center-E, 06:32:65; 2: Caspersen Training Center-D, 06:34:27; 3: Caspersen Training Center-F, 06:39:07; 4: Leander Boat Club-A, 06:47:47; 5: Penn A.C. Rowing Association-A, 06:55:74; 6: Vesper Boat Club-C, 07:13:36. Repechage 01 1: Caspersen Training Center-F, 07:00:54; 2: Vesper Boat Club-C, 07:12:95; 3: Mercer Junior Rowing Club -A, 07:17:78. Repechage 02 1: Penn A.C. Rowing Association-A, 07:08:93; 2: Leander Boat Club-A, 07:19:00; 3: Vesper Boat Club-A, 07:24:29.
Women's Double Sculls
Final 1: Caspersen Training Center-L, 06:56:57; 2: Caspersen Training Center-A, 07:00:06; 3: Caspersen Training Center-E, 07:02:46; 4: Caspersen Training Center-C, 07:05:84; 5: Caspersen Training Center-B, 07:09:96; 6: Caspersen Training Center-F, 07:13:36. Repechage 01 (Top Two Advanced to Finals) 1: Caspersen Training Center-A, 07:16:06; 2: Caspersen Training Center-F, 07:20:26; 3: Potomac Boat Club-A, 07:29:28; 4: Caspersen Training Center-G, 08:22:15. Repechage 02 (Top Two Advanced to Finals) 1: Caspersen Training Center-B, 07:09:50; 2: Caspersen Training Center-C, 07:10:72; 3: Unaffiliated-.., 07:12:54; 4: Caspersen Training Center-D, 08:24:10.
Men's Double Sculls
Final 1: Caspersen Training Center-L, 06:29:93; 2: Potomac Boat Club-A, 06:35:83; 3: Vesper Boat Club-A, 06:38:89; 4: Potomac Boat Club-B, 06:43:66; 5: Maritime Rowing Club-A, 06:53:07.
Men's Four
Final 1: Caspersen Training Center-A, 05:51:13; 2: Caspersen Training Center-B, 05:55:92; 3: Caspersen Training Center-C, 05:59:93; 4: Vesper Boat Club-A, 06:03:90; 5: Penn A.C. Rowing Association-A, 06:11:62; 6: UTS Rowing Club-A, 06:15:24. Repechage 01 (Top Four Advanced to Finals) 1: Caspersen Training Center-B, 06:16:00; 2: Vesper Boat Club-A, 06:19:37; 3: Penn A.C. Rowing Association-A, 06:19:66; 4: UTS Rowing Club-A, 06:23:44; 5: Vesper Boat Club-B, 06:32:12.
Men's Four with Coxswain
Final 1: Caspersen Training Center-A, 06:05:80; 2: Penn A.C. Rowing Association-A, 06:08:83; 3: Bantam Boat Club-A, 06:26:14; 4: Vesper Boat Club-A, 06:44:57; 5: Vesper Boat Club-B, 06:56:00.
Lightweight Men's Pair
Final 1: Riverside Boat Club-A, 06:43:22; 2: Riverside Boat Club-B, 06:59:50; 3: U23 Lightweight Men's Development Camp-A, 07:07:82; 4: Montreal Rowing Club-A, 07:16:85.
Lightweight Men's Quadruple Sculls
Final 1: Riverside Boat Club-A, 06:01:13; 2: Undine Barge Club-A, 06:15:57; 3: U23 Lightweight Men's Development Camp-A, 06:19:02.
Lightweight Women's Double Sculls
Final 1: Undine Barge Club-A, 07:23:16; 2: GMS Rowing Center-A, 07:28:39; 3: New York Athletic Club-B, 07:31:66.
Lightweight Men's Double Sculls
Final 1: Caspersen Training Center-B, 06:28:19; 2: Caspersen Training Center-A, 06:34:63; 3: Riverside Boat Club-B, 06:37:52; 4: U23 Lightweight Men's Development Camp-A, 06:39:87; 5: U23 Lightweight Men's Development Camp-B, 06:43:80; 6: Los Angeles Rowing Club-A, 07:13:38.
Lightweight Men's Four
Final 1: Caspersen Training Center-A, 05:52:23; 2: U23 Lightweight Men's Development Camp-A, 06:04:89; 3: Caspersen Training Center-B, 06:10:13; 4: New York Athletic Club-A, 06:20:71; 5: U23 Lightweight Men's Development Camp-B, 06:27:18.
Women's Quadruple Sculls
Final 1: Unaffiliated-.., 06:18:97; 2: Caspersen Training Center-B, 06:21:93; 3: Caspersen Training Center-A, 06:24:11; 4: Vesper Boat Club-COMP, 06:28:00; 5: Caspersen Training Center-E, 06:36:14; 6: Caspersen Training Center-C, 06:38:91; 7: Caspersen Training Center-D, 06:48:98.
Men's Quadruple Sculls
Final 1: Caspersen Training Center-A, 05:49:23; 2: Undine Barge Club-A, 05:54:25; 3: Potomac Boat Club-A, 06:28:33.
Women's Eight
Final 1: Caspersen Training Center-A, 06:06:48; 2: Unaffiliated-.., 06:09:53; 3: Caspersen Training Center-D, 06:11:82; 4: Unaffiliated-.., 06:14:90; 5: Caspersen Training Center-C, 06:19:10; 6: Vesper Boat Club-A, 06:35:35.
Men's Eight
Final 1: Caspersen Training Center-A, 05:25:66; 2: Caspersen Training Center-B, 05:26:20; 3: Bantam Boat Club-A, 05:39:19; 4: Vesper Boat Club-A, 05:45:76; 5: Penn A.C. Rowing Association-A, 05:47:13; 6: Vesper Boat Club-B, 06:11:11.