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 The Donald sisters rowing the double in their heat. Photo: J.Peter Donald.
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Day 2 at U23's24.Jul.2010 On the second day of racing at U23 World Championships in Brest, Belarus, all of the Craftsbury/SBTC crews lived to row another day, advancing to various semifinal and final events. All the crews will be racing tomorrow (Saturday), so stay tuned and check the live timing for results as the Championships move towards a close! Longtime Craftsbury athlete Emily Dreissigacker kicked off the day's racing in the women's quad. With Emily stroking, the crew rowed to a 1-second victory over Germany in their heat. With their performance they snagged an automatic berth into the final, and a good lane position as well. Next up was SBTC athlete John Graves in the lightweight men's single. After finishing second in his initial heat yesterday, John was rowing in the repechage, where a top-two finish would guarantee him a spot in the semifinals. John led through the middle of the race, but ultimately faded to second as the Netherlands made a strong push to the finish. He still had a large lead over boats from Peru, Algeria, and Angola. John's time was similar to those of the boats advancing from other repechage heats, so the semifinals will be exciting to say the least. The straight pair of Hank Moore and Ben Johnson needed to finish third in their repechage to advance to the semifinals. They did just that, finishing behind Belarus and Italy but ahead of Bulgaria. Moore said of the pair's experience so far, "the level of competition over here is on a completely different level than what we have faced back in the States. The first race for our pair did not go well, but we had a better race today in slightly tougher conditions, and are looking forward to our semifinal race tomorrow. The weather has been slightly crazy, with lightning storms and wind changes every day- it's certainly kept us on our toes." Finally, the lightweight double of Alex Burjakowski and Nick Trojan finished 4th in their repechage, missing out on the A/B semifinals by two spots. They were beaten by crews from Australia, Bulgaria, and Belarus. However, they will get another chance to row in the C/D semifinals, which will determine seeding for the C/D finals, which in turn determine final placing at the Championships. They will be competing in the very first heat of racing on Saturday. The crews have been doing a great job so far, and all of us back in Craftsbury wish them the best of luck, as racing will only get tougher at this stage of the Championships! Links: full results at WorldRowing.org press release for day 2 from US Rowing |