SEVILLE, Spain – The men’s lightweight pair won its repechage, or second-chance race, and six total U.S. crews advanced to their next round of competition on the fourth day of racing at the 2002 FISA World Rowing Championships.
The men’s lightweight pair of Mike Altman (Marin County, Calif.) and Simon Carcagno (Pennington, N.J.) won the fourth of four repechages and advanced to Friday’s semifinals. Altman and Carcagno sat in second place until the final 500 meters when they were able to overtake Romania and win the race. The duo clocked a 6:38.56 to finish 2.57 seconds ahead of the Romanians.
Steve Warner (Livonia, Mich.), Patrick Todd (Cincinnati, Ohio), Gabe Winkler (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) and Paul Teti (Upper Darby, Pa.) finished second in their repechage of the men’s lightweight four and will now race in the semifinals on Friday. The quartet clocked a 5:56.29 to finish 0.11 seconds behind Austria. The U.S. and Austria battled the entire way down the course, with the U.S. maintaining a slight edge at the midway point of the race. The Austrians then used a strong third quarter of the race to build a 1.12-second lead with 500 meters to go before the U.S. made a late push to almost catch them in the final strokes.
In the women’s lightweight double sculls, Stacey Borgman (Homer, Alaska) and Mary Obidinski (Oneonta, N.Y.) finished second in their repechage and advanced to Friday’s semifinals. Racing in the first of three repechages, the duo clocked a 7:05.06 to finish 1.76 seconds behind Canada. The Canadian double got off to a strong start and held a 2.13-second lead at the 500-meter mark. Borgman and Obidinski were able to chip away at the lead a couple of times but never mounted a serious challenge. With the top three crews advancing to the semifinals, the duo was content to maintain its position.
The men’s quadruple sculls crew of Michael Callahan (Arlington, Va.), J. Sloan DuRoss (Old Orchard Beach, Maine), Wyatt Allen (Portland, Maine) and Ben Holbrook (Hartland, Wis.) also finished second in its repechage to advance to the semifinals on Friday. The crew clocked a 5:52.76 to finish 2.84 seconds behind Belarus. In the race, the Netherlands took the early lead and led the field at the 1,000-meter mark. Belarus then made a strong move to take first place with 500 meters to go. The United States also made its move in the second 1,000 meters, passing the Dutch crew just after the 1,500-meter mark.
In the men’s four with coxswain, the crew of coxswain Nick Anderson (Omaha, Neb.), Artour Samsonov (Stoneham, Mass.), Nicholas Tripician (Ventnor, N.J.), Michael Blomquist (Greensboro, N.C.), and Luke Walton (Poway, Calif.) finished second in its repechage and advanced to Sunday’s final. The U.S. crew got off the line quickly and led through the 1,500-meter mark before Germany edged the Americans at the line. The boat clocked a 6:09.26 to finish 0.20 seconds behind the Germans. With the top four finishers advancing to the final, the U.S., Germany, Croatia and Slovenia will join heat winners Italy and Great Britain in the race for medals.
Racing in the second of two repechages, the men’s lightweight quadruple sculls crew of Michael Aller (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Tim Larson (North Augusta, S.C.), John Kennel (Rochester, N.Y.) and Nick Cindrich (Tannersville, Va.) finished second behind the Netherlands but still advanced to Sunday’s final. The Dutch crew got off the line quickly and held a 1.77-second lead at the 500-meter mark. The U.S boat made some headway in the middle 1,000 meters of the race but was never able to grab the lead. The American crew clocked a 5:59.52 to finish 2.21 seconds behind the Netherlands. In the other repechage, Great Britain and Germany took the top two spots and advanced to the final. The four crews will join heat winners Italy and Spain in the final.
The women’s quadruple sculls quartet of Danika Harris (Durham, N.H.), Hilary Gehman (Wolfeboro, N.H.), Carol Skricki (Norwood, Mass.) and Sarah Jones (Stanwood, Wash.) finished third in its repechage, just missing a spot in the final. The crew got off to a good start and led the race at the 500-meter mark. The U.S. continued to jockey with Germany for first place for the next 1,000 meters and trailed the Germans by less than one second with 500 meters to go. However, Germany pulled away in the final quarter of the race and Denmark was able to catch and pass the American boat to take second place and the last qualifying spot for the final. The U.S. crew finished in a time of 6:19.51, 2.57 seconds behind Germany and 1.93 seconds behind Denmark. The quad will now race in Sunday’s “B” final, which determines places 7-12.
The men’s lightweight double sculls tandem of Conal Groom (Northford, Conn.) and Stephen Arthur-Wong (Orlando, Fla.) finished third in its repechage and will now race in a “C/D” semifinal, which will determine the crews that will race in the “C” final for places 13-18 and the “D” final for places 19-24. In the repechage, Groom and Arthur-Wong clocked a 6:28.57 to finish 6.14 seconds behind the winners from Russia and 4.45 seconds behind Spain for the second qualifying spot for the semifinals.
In the women’s eight repechage, Germany won in a time of 6:01.73. With four crews advancing from the repechage, Germany, Romania, Canada and Belarus joined the United States and Australia in the final. In the two repechages of the men’s eight, Germany, Italy, Croatia and Great Britain joined the United States and Canada in the final.
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 on Thursday and Friday with semifinals for those events with enough entries, with the finals taking place on Saturday and Sunday.
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2002 FISA World Rowing Championships Results
Wednesday, September 18, 2002
Men’s Four with Coxswain (Top Four to Final)
Repechage: 1. Germany, 6:09.06; 2. United States (Anderson, Samsonov, Tripician, Blomquist, Walton), 6:09.26; 3. Croatia, 6:10.86; 4. Slovenia, 6:11.37; 5. Australia, 6:13.06.
Men’s Lightweight Pair (Top Two Per Repechage to Semifinals)
Repechage One: 1. Canada, 6:42.10; 2. Germany, 6:46.00; 3. Denmark, 6:49.09. Repechage Two: 1. Australia, 6:40.10; 2. Russia, 6:41.74; 3. Spain, 6:50.00; 4. Mexico, 6:57.14. Repechage Three: 1. Netherlands, 6:38.90; 2. France, 6:40.16; 3. Guatemala, 6:42.73; 4. Austria, 6:50.91. Repechage Four: 1. United States (Altman, Carcagno), 6:38.56; 2. Romania, 6:41.13; 3. Brazil, 6:53.21; 4. Georgia, 6:53.86.
Women’s Lightweight Quadruple Sculls (Top Four to Final)
Repechage: 1. Netherlands, 6:36.00; 2. Italy, 6:39.42; 3. Spain, 6:41.42; 4. Great Britain, 6:41.56; 5. Denmark, 6:47.78; 6. Spain, 7:20.12.
Men’s Lightweight Quadruple Sculls (Top Two Per Repechage to Final)
Repechage One: 1. Great Britain, 5:56.70; 2. Germany, 5:57.47; 3. Argentina, 5:58.02; 4. Chile, 6:10.52. Repechage Two: 1. Netherlands, 5:57.31; 2. United States (Aller, Larson, Kennel, Cindrich), 5:59.52; 3. Greece, 6:02.34; 4. Japan, 6:03.73.
Women’s Lightweight Double Sculls (Top Three Per Repechage to Semifinals)
Repechage One: 1. Canada, 7:03.30; 2. United States (Borgman, Obidinski), 7:05.06; 3. Romania, 7:09.89; 4. Zimbabwe, 7:14.04; 5. Ireland, 7:20.78. Repechage Two: 1. Netherlands, 7:01.68; 2. Denmark, 7:06.10; 3. Greece, 7:11.22; 4. Italy, 7:16.29; 5. Cuba, 7:17.34. Repechage Three: 1. Poland, 7:02.62; 2. France, 7:07.95; 3. Finland, 7:09.38; 4. Norway, 7:14.52; 5. Austria, 7:19.55.
Men’s Lightweight Double Sculls (Top Two Per Repechage to Semifinals)
Repechage One: 1. Greece, 6:19.13; 2. Japan, 6:21.94; 3. France, 6:24.24; 4. Mexico, 6:40.27; 5. Algeria, 6:53.50. Repechage Two: 1. Great Britain, 6:21.69; 2. Netherlands, 6:21.95; 3. Belgium, 6:22.14; 4. Ireland, 6:28.22. Repechage Three: 1. Russia, 6:22.43; 2. Spain, 6:24.12; 3. United States (Groom, Arthur-Wong), 6:28.57; 4. Switzerland, 6:30.04; 5. Tunisia, 6:52.73. Repechage Four: 1. Denmark, 6:18.84; 2. Brazil, 6:21.15; 3. Turkey, 6:30.57; 4. Canada, 6:32.52; 5. Lithuania, 6:47.46.
Men’s Lightweight Four (Top Two Per Repechage to Semifinals)
Repechage One: 1. Ireland, 5:57.20; 2. Great Britain, 5:58.67; 3. Portugal, 5:59.20. Repechage Two: 1. France, 5:54.96; 2. Yugoslavia, 5:57.76; 3. Spain, 6:00.25; 4. 6:11.42. Repechage Three: 1. Germany, 5:54.95; 2. Poland, 5:56.82; 3. Netherlands, 5:59.27; 4. Japan, 6:02.33. Repechage Four: 1. Austria, 5:56.18; 2. United States (Warner, Todd, Winkler, Teti), 5:56.29; 3. Switzerland, 6:03.12; 4. Paraguay, 6:21.15.
Women’s Quadruple Sculls (Top Two Per Repechage to Final)
Repechage One: 1. Australia, 6:19.60; 2. Great Britain, 6:23.88; 3. Russia, 6:28.86; 4. Netherlands, 6:33.03. Repechage Two: 1. Germany, 6:16.94; 2. Denmark, 6:17.58; 3. United States (Harris, Gehman, Skricki, Jones), 6:19.51; 4. Spain, 6:41.09.
Men’s Quadruple Sculls (Top Three Per Repechage to Semifinals)
Repechage One: 1. Russia, 5:47.67; 2. Czech Republic, 5:48.84; 3. France, 5:53.40; 4. Egypt, 6:03.81. Repechage Two: 1. Estonia, 5:46.10; 2. Slovenia, 5:47.50; 3. Ukraine, 5:47.75; 4. Denmark, 5:49.28; 5. Brazil, 6:10.05. Repechage Three: 1. Belarus, 5:49.92; 2. United States (Callahan, DuRoss, Allen, Holbrook), 5:52.47; 3. Netherlands, 5:56.47; 4. Greece, 5:58.34; 5. Venezuela, 6:23.00.
Women’s Eight (Top Four to Final)
Repechage: 1. Germany, 6:01.73; 2. Romania, 6:03.61; 3. Canada, 6:04.01; 4. Belarus, 6:06.25; 5. China, 6:13.61.
Men’s Eight (Top Two Per Repechage to Final)
Repechage One: 1. Germany, 5:26.68; 2. Croatia, 5:27.40; 3. Australia, 5:28.74; 4. Egypt, 5:31.05; 5. Ukraine, 5:40.99. Repechage Two: 1. Italy, 5:27.13; 2. Great Britain, 5:29.74; 3. Poland, 5:31.19; 4. Romania, 5:32.74; 5. Russia, 5:34.52.
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