SEVILLE, Spain – Four U.S. crews, including the first three of the day, won their repechages, or second-chance races, on the third day of competition at the 2002 FISA World Rowing Championships. In addition, two more crews advanced out of their repechages to the next round and kept their medal hopes alive.
The women’s four of Wendy Wilbur (East Bridgewater, Mass.), Kate Ronkainen (Houston, Texas,), Whitney Webber (Sacramento, Calif.) and Katie Hammes (LaCrosse, Wis.) started the U.S. win streak in the first race of the day. The crew clocked a 6:39.35 to win the repechage, finishing 2.48 seconds ahead of second-place China. After a solid start, the U.S. crew sat in third place when it made its move just past the 1,000-meter mark. The crew turned in the fastest third 500-meter split of the race and went from 2.93 seconds down on the Chinese to 0.53 seconds ahead at the 1,500-meter mark. The U.S. pulled away over the final 500 meters to claim the victory. With the top four crews advancing to Saturday’s finals, the U.S., China, New Zealand and Germany will join heat winners Canada and Australia in Saturday’s final
In the next race, the men’s pair with coxswain of Joe Manion (Upper Darby, Pa.), Dana Schmunk (Chelsea, Mich.) and Daniel Beery (Oaktown, Ind.) also came home victorious and claimed a spot in Saturday’s final. The U.S. crew trailed Romania at the 1,000-meter mark, but like its heat, the America boat made a strong move during the second half of the race. Manion, Schmunk and Beery took the lead just after the midway point of the race and pulled away from Romania. The U.S. boat clocked a 6:59.28, while Romania finished in a time of 7:01.79. Both crews, along with the third- and fourth-place finishers Italy and Spain, advanced to the final to face the heat winners from Australia and Germany.
In the first repechage of the women’s lightweight single sculls, Lisa Schlenker (Lake Oswego, Ore.) took a commanding lead from the start and easily won her race to advance to Thursday’s semifinals. By the 500-meter mark, Schlenker had built a 2.43-second lead on her nearest competitor and continued to expand the margin throughout the race. A 1999 silver medalist in the event, Schlenker clocked a 7:49.18 to post a 6.97-second victory over the British sculler, Kirsten McClelland-Brooks.
The women’s pair of Megan Dirkmaat (San Jose, Calif.) and Portia Johnson (Seattle, Wash.) also won its repechage and advanced to Thursday’s semifinals. The U.S. sat in second place behind Bulgaria at the 1,000-meter mark but used a strong second half of the race to pull away for the victory. The American crew clocked a 7:13.96 to defeat Bulgaria by 2.69 seconds. In addition to the top two finishers, third-place France also advanced to the semifinals.
Aquil Abdullah (Washington, D.C.) clocked a 7:13.75 to finish third in his repechage and advance to the semifinals of the men’s single sculls. Abdullah took control of the third and final qualifying spot for the semifinals from the outset of the race, building a five-second advantage on fourth place by the 500-meter mark. The American sculler was content to maintain his position for the remainder of the race, finishing 13 seconds behind the heat winner from the Netherlands but more than 14 seconds ahead of the fourth-place finisher from Romania. Argentina’s Santiago Fernandez finished second and also qualified for Thursday’s semifinals.
In the men’s four, Jason Read (Ringoes, N.J.), Beau Hoopman (Plymouth, Wis.), Luke McGee (Brant Lake, N.Y.) and Mark Flickinger (Corning, N.Y.) finished third in their repechage and qualified for Thursday’s semifinals. The four, which challenged Poland for second place most of the way down the course, finished in a time of 6:00.31, 3.72 seconds behind the winners from the Netherlands. Poland finished second and also qualified for the semifinals.
In the men’s double sculls, the crew of Steve Gillespie (Renton, Wash.) and Brett Wilkinson (Hyde Park, N.Y.) just missed qualifying for the semifinals after finishing fourth in its repechage. The duo clocked a 6:19.52 to finish 0.28 seconds behind third place and the final qualifying spot. Gillespie and Wilkinson sat in third at the 500-meter mark before Great Britain began to move through the field. The Brits took third place by the midway point of the race and then passed Austria in the final few meters to overtake second. Meanwhile, the U.S. made a strong push on Austria over the final 500 meters but fell just short of advancing. Germany led the race from start to finish, stroking a 6:15.85 to win the race.
The women’s double sculls tandem of Kelly Salchow (Cincinnati, Ohio) and Laurel Korholz (LaJolla, Calif.) finished fourth in its repechage, failing to qualify for the final. With the top two finishers advancing to the final, Salchow and Korholz held the second and final qualifying spot with just 500 meters to go. However, Germany made a huge push over the final 1,000 meters to catch and pass the American duo. Romania edged ahead of the U.S. in the final strokes as well to take third place. The U.S. crew clocked a 6:59.54 to finish 7.62 seconds behind the winners from Italy and 4.76 seconds behind second-place Germany. Salchow and Korholz will now race in the “B” final for places 7-12.
Kristin Goodrich (Portola Valley, Calif.) finished sixth in the women’s single sculls’ repechage and now will race in the “C” final, which determines places 13-15. In the repechage, Goodrich got off to a good start and sat in second place at the 500-meter mark, just 0.40 seconds behind the leader from Latvia. However, Goodrich could not maintain her position and had dropped to fourth by the midway point of the race. The American sculler finished the race in a time of 7:43.67, 6.11 seconds behind the winner, Spain’s Nuria Dominguez. The scullers from Hungary and the Netherlands finished second and third, respectively, and earned spots in Thursday’s semifinals.
The men’s pair of Adam Holland (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Dan Walsh (Norwalk, Conn.) could not finish its race after flipping its boat with approximately 250 meters remaining. After leading at the 500-meter mark, Holland and Walsh dropped to fourth place at the midway point of the row, out of a qualifying position for the semifinals. The duo made a strong charge in the third quarter of the race to regain the final qualifying spot with 500 meters left and was battling Lithuania to advance to the semifinals when a combination of factors caused them to capsize.
A total of 328 boats and 932 rowers representing 53 nations are competing in 24 events in Seville. The U.S. has 81 rowers competing in 23 of the 24 events. The U.S. roster includes 14 Olympians and 23 first-time senior national team members. Thirty-two team members have won a total of 58 medals at past world championships. Last year, U.S. crews won four medals and had six, fourth-place finishes in the 24 events.
Racing continues Wednesday with a second day of repechages. Semifinals for events with enough entries will be held on Thursday and Friday, with the finals taking place on Saturday and Sunday, September 21-22.
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2002 FISA World Rowing Championships Results
Tuesday, September 17, 2002
Women’s Four (Top Four to Final)
Repechage: 1. United States (Wilbur, Ronkainen, Webber, Hammes), 6:39.35; 2. China, 6:41.83; 3. New Zealand, 6:43.19; 4. Germany, 6:44.62; 5. Romania, 6:48.82.
Men’s Pair with Coxswain (Top Four to Final)
Repechage: 1. United States (Manion, Schmunk, Beery), 6:59.28; 2. Romania, 7:01.79; 3. Italy, 7:02.37; 4. Spain, 7:03.96; 5. Argentina, 7:04.65.
Women’s Lightweight Single Sculls (Top Two Per Repechage to Semifinals)
Repechage One: 1. United States (Schlenker), 7:49.18; 2. Great Britain, 7:56.15; 3. Sweden, 8:03.88; 4. Norway, 8:12.11. Repechage Two: 1. Spain, 7:41.70; 2. Switzerland, 7:48.81; 3. Tunisia, 7:55.94; 4. Paraguay, 8:09.68. Repechage Three: 1. Canada, 7:46.91; 2. Germany, 7:51.99; 3. Austria, 7:57.99. Repechage Four: 1. Czech Republic, 7:45.01; 2. Greece, 7:50.86; 3. Italy, 7:52.58; 4. Mexico, 8:19.53.
Men’s Lightweight Single Sculls (Top Three to Semifinals)
Repechage: 1. Mexico, 7:04.20; 2. South Africa, 7:08.60; 3. Guatemala, 7:09.65; 4. Algeria, 7:10.02; 5. Greece, 7:18.71; 6. Tunisia, 7:22.12.
Women’s Single Sculls (Top Three to Semifinals)
Repechage: 1. Spain, 7:37.56; 2. Hungary, 7:38.94; 3. Netherlands, 7:39.34; 4. Latvia, 7:39.82; 5. Chile, 7:42.44; 6. United States (Goodrich), 7:43.67.
Men’s Single Sculls (Top Three Per Repechage to Semifinals)
Repechage One: 1. Netherlands, 7:00.64; 2. Argentina, 7:05.32; 3. United States (Abdullah), 7:13.75; 4. Romania, 7:28.34; 5. Egypt, 7:31.45. Repechage Two: 1. Slovakia, 6:56.17; 2. Bulgaria, 6:59.13; 3. Austria, 7:01.44; 4. Australia, 7:04.93; 5. Greece, 7:10.03. Repechage 3: 1. Czech Republic, 6:56.33; 2. Italy, 7:00.01; 3. Finland, 7:10.70; 4. Ukraine, 7:22.18.
Women’s Pair (Top Three Per Repechage to Semifinals)
Repechage One: 1. United States (Dirkmaat, Johnson), 7:13.96; 2. Bulgaria, 7:16.65; 3. France, 7:17.10; 4. Great Britain, 7:22.20; 5. Italy, 7:36.23. Repechage Two: 1. Russia, 7:12.83; 2. Germany, 7:14.56; 3. Ukraine, 7:17.93; 4. Netherlands, 7:20.18. Repechage Three: 1. Canada 7:13.45; 2. New Zealand, 7:17.49; 3. Australia, 7:19.16; 4. China, 7:22.47; 5. Israel, 7:39.97.
Men’s Pair (Top Three Per Repechage to Semifinals)
Repechage One: 1. Yugoslavia, 6:27.23; 2. Italy, 6:28.44; 3. Egypt, 6:34.56; 4. Romania, 6:37.90. Repechage Two: 1. Czech Republic, 6:29.37; 2. Argentina, 6:31.07; 3. Brazil, 6:31.13; 4. Spain, 6:37.45; 5. Germany, 6:39.22. Repechage Three: 1. South Africa, 6:28.19; 2. Canada, 6:32.10; 3. Lithuania, 6:37.10; 4. United States (Holland, Walsh), DNF.
Women’s Double Sculls (Top Two Per Repechage to Semifinals)
Repechage One: 1. Great Britain, 6:53.12; 2. France, 6:54.87; 3. Canada, 7:04.80; 4. Lithuania, 7:07.12. Repechage Two: 1. Italy, 6:51.65; 2. Germany, 6:54.78; 3. Romania, 6:59.27; 4. United States (Salchow, Korholz), 6:59.54; 5. Poland, 7:11.37.
Men’s Double Sculls (Top Three Per Repechage to Semifinals)
Repechage One: 1. Czech Republic, 6:18.66; 2. France, 6:20.38; 3. Ukraine, 6:22.95; 4. Greece, 6:24.48; 5. Croatia, 6:27.01. Repechage Two: 1. Germany, 6:15.85; 2. Great Britain, 6:19.04; 3. Austria, 6:19.24; 4. United States (Gillespie, Wilkinson), 6:19.52; 5. Belgium, 6:29.48. Repechage Three: 1. Cuba, 6:17.84; 2. Brazil, 6:19.73; 3. Lithuania, 6:21.35; 4. Spain, 6:25.75; 5. Norway, 6:26.18.
Men’s Four (Top Three Per Repechage to Semifinals)
Repechage One: 1. France, 5:55.71; 2. New Zealand, 5:57.65; 3. Czech Republic, 6:03.08; 4. Belarus, 6:05.31; 5. Russia, 7:02.30. Repechage Two: 1. Netherlands, 5:56.59; 2. Poland, 5:59.44; 3. United States (Read, Hoopman, McGee, Flickinger), 6:00.31; 4. Lithuania, 6:02.25. Repechage Three: 1. Italy, 5:57.56; 2. Bulgaria, 5:59.90; 3. Denmark, 6:01.77; 4. Greece, 6:10.55.
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