WEST WINDSOR, N.J. - The remaining slots for morning semifinals for the men's pair in the 2012 Olympic Trials - Rowing on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J., were decided this afternoon.
Four crews of the 10 that remained after morning heats advanced including California Rowing Club crews Paul Marcy and Evan Cassidy; Andrew Melander and Derek Johnson; Brandon Shald and Brad Bertoldo, and the University of Wisconsin/Stanford entry of Austin Hack, (Old Lyme, Conn.) and Dariush Aghai (Skokie, Ill.).
The crews will go to the line for the morning semifinals that will determine which four crews will advance to the Thursday morning final. The winners will earn an automatic berth to the 2012 Olympic Games in London, pending United States Olympic Committee approval.
Results Tuesday Evening Racing??Men's Pair Repechage 1: 1. CRC (Marcy, Cassidy), 7:04.734; 2. Craftsbury (Hoffstot, Holak), 7:07.376; 3. Craftsbury (Henson, Lafferty), 7:11.418??Men's Pair Repechage 2: 1. CRC (Melander, Johnson), 7:05.515; 2. Pocock (Nichols, Sullivan), 7:13.721; 3. CRC (Getsinger, Quie), 7:17.556??Men's Pair Repechage 3: 1. University of Wisconsin/Stanford (Hack, Aghai), 7:04.249; 2. USRowing Training Center - OKC (Gallagher, Stangel), 7:09.247??Men's Pair Repechage 4: 1. CRC (Shald, Bertoldo), 6:57.274; 2. USTC/NYAC (Blomquist, Koven), 7:01.756
The semifinals will begin at 7:30 am. A full schedule and results will be available at www.usrowing.org.