Due to the strong cross headwind, the lane draws were redone this morning in accord with the "Vespoli rule," which puts the heat-winning crews in the best lanes, rep winners, in the next lanes, rep second place finishers in the next lanes, etc. Vespoli suggested this solution during the extremely windy and rather unfair Copenhagen Worlds in 1987 (my first Worlds, btw).
Lightweight women's single:
Sherri Kiklas went out fairly hard with the field, racing in thrid position through the 500, and a close fourth nearing the 1000, but was unable to hang on to the leaders as they pulled away into the third 500. Sherri had paid a price for her early efforts, and the two remaining boats caught her as well, for a sixth place finish. She races in the petites Saturday.
Lightweight men's single
James went out hard, put himself in the lead by the 500 by almost 1.5 seconds. He was rowing fairly high, 36+, and the Czech sculler Michal Vabrousek caught James by the thousand, with the French sculler a couple seconds behind. James and the Czech extended from the field, and engaged in a battle for the first place position, which could translate into a better lane for the final on Saturday. The Czech, rowing lower throughout, had more room to push up for the finish, and passed James to win by 0.93 seconds.
Men's single
A stunning disappointment. Jamie went out with the field, and directly under the 250m banners, had his port oar come completely out of the oarlock. He tried to put it back in quickly, but by then the field had passed him, he had turned into the buoys. By the time he got the oar back in the lock, the referee's launch was waking him. His frustration was very obvious; he will row in the petite final on Saturday.
Men's pair
This was a great race, with the Canadians, who seemed out of the racing early on, pushing the entire field from behind in the final 1000, posting the fastest third and fourth 500 splits (the Canadian crew includes Princeton varsity rower Morgan Crooks at stroke). Cyrus and Adam held the second place position at every 500 meter mark, and dug in to maintain second position in the three-to-qualify race. They go to the A final on Saturday.
Women's double
It's been a while since the US has put a women's double in the final, but a big third 500 from Carol Skricki and Laurel Korholz made that happen today, with a second place finish in a very tight race, with only 0.41 seconds separating second from the petite final-bound fourth place Lithuanians. The US double races in the A final Saturday.
Men's double
The US crew, a courageous and young pair in Ian McGowan, last year's junior sculler, and Dan Protz, seemed a bit outgunned in this race. They had to lay out so much effort, thoough willingly, to cut into other crews, that it seemed to mount as the race progressed, and they fell into sixth position after challenging for qualifying position into the third 500. They race in the petites Saturday.
Men's 4-
The big guns were in this one, with the British four leading the entire way. Behind them, positions changed countless times; the US crew held fourth to the 500, then posted a nice second 500 that still didn't make enough of an impression, and seemed to cost them considerably. With 700 to go, they were throwing everything they had at the field, rowing near 40, but couldn't generate the speed to get through. They race in the petites Saturday.
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