Today's semifinals have concluded, and the finals are set for the 2024 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Trials rowing event at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Florida.
By Sunday afternoon, five rowers had earned spots on the U.S. Olympic team, and the remaining 16 will advance to the final World Rowing Olympic and Paralympic Qualifying Regatta, May 19-21 in Lucerne, Switzerland. By gaining the right to participate in the event, he will continue to hold on to his hopes. Move to Paris.
Olympic qualification is at stake in the women's single sculls, men's pairs, and women's pairs, while qualifying regatta qualifications are at stake in the men's single sculls, men's double sculls, lightweight men's double sculls, men's quadruple sculls, and women's quadruple sculls. I am. PR1 is the men's single sculls and PR2 is the mixed double sculls.
In the men's single sculls, New York Athletic Club's Elliott Putnam (Littleton, Mass./Cornell University) recorded the fastest time in the semifinals. Putnam, who competed in the second of three semi-finals and finished 19th in this event at the 2023 World Rowing Championships, led from the start and led by just over two seconds at the halfway point. took the lead. Putnam, one of only two to advance to the finals, held off Saugatuck Rowing's Casey Fuller (Newtown, Conn./Fairfield University) in the second half of the race to win in 7:05.35. Fuller finished in 7:06.55.
Prihal
Jacob Prihal (Vashon Island, Wash./Northeastern University) of Kraftberry Green Racing Project, who won the silver medal in this event at the 2023 Pan American Games and had the fastest time in the time trial, won the third heat. won with a time of 7:05.76. . Prihal finished with a time less than two seconds faster than California Rowing Club's Isaiah Harrison (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho), who won silver in this event at the 2022 World Under-23 Rowing Championships. Penn AC's Cedar Cunningham (Renton, Wash./Washington State University) won the first heat with a time of 7:10.67, ahead of Penn AC teammate Brec Duncan (Brookfield, Wis./University of Wisconsin). He finished with a time of just over 2 seconds faster than the previous one.
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“It means a lot,” Putnam said of the Olympic selection race. “The last time I competed in the Trials, a few years ago, I didn't know if I would ever get back to racing at this level. So I'm really happy to be here. I think I just enjoyed it as much as I could. I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to race like that. I’m just going to take it all in and enjoy it as much as I can.”
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USA Rowing Training Center – Princeton University's Kara Kohler (Clayton, Calif./University of California, Berkeley), who placed fourth in the women's single scull at the 2023 World Rowing Championships, takes over 15 seconds in the second semifinal of the women's single. They won by a huge margin and advanced to the finals. The two-time Olympian crossed the finish line in a time of 7:54.03. White Marsh Boat Club's Audrey Bosen (West Olive, Mich./Grand Valley State University) took second in 8:09.41, followed by Green Racing Project's Sophie Calabrese (Shaker Heights, Ohio/University of Texas) in 8:09.41. He took 3rd place with a time of :17.11 and advanced to the victory. On to the finals.
Fellow
In the first heat, three-time national team member and community rower Margaret Fellows (Warwick, Mass./St. Lawrence University) took first place with a time of 7:57.81. Fellows, who won the 2024 USRowing Winter Speed Order in February, finished just under four seconds ahead of Cambridge Boat Club's Cicely Madden (Cambridge, Mass./Brown University). The 2020 Tokyo Olympic athlete finished in 8 minutes 01.52 seconds. Next Level Rowing's Sierra Cydrus (Chillicothe, Ohio/Ohio State University) placed third with a time of 8:16.33 and also advanced to the finals.
“This is my second try,” Kohler said. “It's special. I think of little Carla, who dreams of becoming an Olympian. I'm still nervous, but like everyone, I want to do my best. We raced in the winter speed order about six weeks ago. I was focused on finding my rhythm and power. That's how I feel.” “I'm back and I'm more confident in my strokes. I'm looking forward to running the full 2km tomorrow. .”
melvin and tuckerman
In the lightweight men's double sculls, the NYAC/Craftsbury combined crew of Sam Melvin (Huntington Beach, Calif./Columbia University) and Cooper Tuckerman (Bozeman, Mont./Dartmouth College) posted the fastest time in the semifinals and won the second race. won the championship. At 6:45.59. Melvin and Tuckerman finished more than 18 seconds ahead of the Riverside Boat Club duo of Ashton Knight (Weston, Mass./Tufts University) and Casey Haushal (Philadelphia, Pa./University of Pennsylvania). Knight and Haushal returned in 7:03.69. Riverside teammates Alex Twist (Boston, Mass./University of Puget Sound) and Sean Richardson (Beverly, Mass./University of Massachusetts), who placed sixth in this event at last year's Pan American Games, took 7 minutes. He took 3rd place with a time of 11.57 seconds.
In the first semifinal, the Penn AC/US Rowing Training Center Sarasota team of Zachary Heath (Pelham, New York/University of Virginia) and Jimmy McCullough (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania/University of Delaware) competed against Texas Rowing He finished more than 6 seconds faster than the center player. Jasper Liu (Phoenix, Arizona/University of Pennsylvania) and Timothy Parsons (Eugene, Oregon/Yale University) finished in 6:46.77. Heath and McCullough finished 19th in their event at the 2023 World Rowing Championships. Riverside Boat Club's Christopher Crowley (Hyde Park, New York/Marist College) and John Mannion (Berlin, Massachusetts/University of Rhode Island) took third place with a time of 6 minutes, 56.71 seconds and won another spot in the final. I got the slot.
heath and mccullough
“This is our first time competing in a regatta with the whole team, so we're just trying to get all the parts on track, building a rhythm and getting a little bit better each race,” Tuckerman said. “It's a really exciting opportunity to be able to race. What's unique about our sport is that there are really few opportunities to race at a high level. There's a lot of training and a lot of work behind the scenes, so it's really exciting to be able to race. When you can do that, the opportunity to go out and race is really fun, and it's special to be able to go out and compete.”
The race concludes Sunday with finals for all boat classes beginning at 8 a.m. Click here for heatsheet and complete results. The finals will be streamed live on Peacock, NBC.com and the NBC Sports app. Click here for full trial details.
Pending USOPC approval, the full Olympic team will be named by June 7th and the full Paralympic team by July 1st. Click here for a quick guide to Olympic and Paralympic qualification. Visit our Row to Paris page for information, updates and athlete features.
The rowing competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics will be held from July 27th to August 4th. The 2024 Paris Paralympic Games are scheduled for August 28th to September 8th, with para-rowing competitions starting on August 30th. USRowing previously delivered its first two Paralympic boats in January and Olympians selected at a camp earlier this week.
