Finals are now set following Saturday's semifinals at the second 2008 National Selection Regatta (NSR #2) at the Finn M.W. Caspersen Rowing Center on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J.
USRowing Training Center's Matt Hughes (Ludington, Mich.) and Sam Stitt (McLean, Va.) recorded the fastest time of the morning in the men's double sculls to advance to Sunday's final. Hughes and Stitt, who finished ninth in the double at last year's world championships, crossed the finish line with a time of 7:00.40 to win the second semifinal. Teammates Warren Anderson (Paso Robles, Calif.) and Jamie Schroeder (Wilmette, Ill.) finished second in a 7:01.80, followed by USTC's Michael Perry (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Mark Flickinger (Big Flats, N.Y.) in a 7:10.70. California Rowing Club's Eliot Hovey (Manchester, Mass.) and Wes Piermarini (West Brokfield, Mass.) won the first semifinal in a 7:03.70, followed by California Rowing Club/Penn A.C.'s Scott Gault (Berkeley, Calif.) and Andrew Liverman (Oakton, Va.) in a 7:06.20. USTC's Francis Cuddy (Amherst, N.H.) and Deaglan McEachern (Portsmouth, N.H.) also advanced to the final.
In the first semifinal of the men's pair, USRowing Training Center's Daniel Walsh (Norwalk, Conn.) and Wyatt Allen (Portland, Maine) clocked a 7:19.90 to advance to the final. Teammates Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (Greenwich, Conn.) finished second in a 7:20.00, followed by USTC's Matt Deakin (San Francisco, Calif.) and Paul Teti (Upper Darby, Pa.) in a 7:21.50. In the second semifinal, USTC's Bryan Volpenhein (Cincinnati, Ohio) and Jason Read (Ringoes, N.J.) won in a 7:23.20. In a close race for the second spot, USTC's Micah Boyd (St. Paul, Minn.) and Dan Beery (Oaktown, Ind.) finished in a 7:25.94, 0.18 seconds ahead of teammates Brett Newlin (Riverton, Wyo.) and Giuseppe Lanzone (Annandale, Va.). Newlin and Lanzone clocked a 7:26.12 to advance.
USRowing Training Center's Ellen Tomek (Flint, Mich.) and Megan Kalmoe (St. Croix Falls, Wis.) clocked the fastest time in the semifinals of the women's double sculls. The duo finished in an 8:00.90 to advance to the final. Teammates Liane Malcos (Concord, Mass.) and Stesha Carle (Long Beach, Calif.) finished second in an 8:06.00. The USTC duo of Ala Piotrowski (Manchester, N.H.) and Jen Kaido (West Leyden, N.Y.) held off teammates Gevvie Stone (Newton, Mass.) and Megan Smith (Templeton, Calif.) by 0.6 seconds to finish third and earn the last spot in tomorrow's final. In the first semifinal, USTC's Jen Goldsack (Banstead, Surrey, United Kingdom) and Renee Hykel (Haverford, Pa.) won in an 8:03.70. Teammates Lindsay Meyer (Seattle, Wash.) and Lia Pernell (Seattle, Wash.) followed in an 8:06.30, just 0.2 seconds ahead of Potomac Boat Club's Margot Shumway (Westlake, Ohio) and Reilly Dampeer (Weston, Conn.).
NSR #2 racing concludes on Sunday with finals in six events beginning at 7:00 a.m. Complete results can be viewed at http://www.usrowing.org/Olympic_NationalTeam/NationalTeamSelectionEvents/08nsr2.aspx.
For the women's double, men's double, women's pair and men's pair, NSR #2 can serve as the first step towards making the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team. The winner of each event earns the right to race at either the first or second world cup regatta in May. If the crew finishes in the top four at its chosen world cup race, then it has the option of being nominated to the U.S. Olympic Team. If the crew does not finish in the top four, chooses not to race at the world cup or chooses not to accept its nomination after finishing in the top four, the event will be opened up to the second set of U.S. Olympic Team Trials Rowing scheduled for June 9-13. NSR #2 also serves as an opportunity for athletes to earn automatic invitations to the "big boat" selection camps for the women's eight, men's eight, men's four, lightweight men's four, women's quadruple sculls and men's quadruple sculls. For a complete explanation of USRowing's selection procedures, please visit the following link on USRowing's Web site:
http://www.usrowing.org/News_Media/2008OlympicGames/08olselexp.aspx.
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