The 2024 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Trials rowing event concluded Sunday at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Florida, with five rowers qualifying for the 2024 Olympics and 16 others qualifying for the 2024 Olympics. I continued to hold on to hope in Paris.
Olympic qualification was at stake in the women's single sculls, men's pairs, and women's pairs, while men's single sculls, men's double sculls, and lightweight men's double sculls were competing for qualifications to compete in the final World Rowing Olympic and Paralympic qualifying regatta. Men's quadruple sculls, women's quadruple sculls, PR1 men's single sculls, PR2 mixed double sculls. Winning rowers in these events will compete in a qualifying regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland, from May 19th to 21st, giving them a chance to advance to Paris.
In the women's single sculls, USRowing Training Center – Princeton's Kara Kohler (Clayton, Calif./UC Berkeley) clocked 8:04.01, finishing more than 6 seconds ahead of Community Rowing's Margaret and taking 3rd place. He qualified for his second Olympic team. Fellow (Warwick, Massachusetts/St. Lawrence University). Kohler, who finished fourth in the event at the 2023 World Rowing Championships, took an early lead in her first 500 meters and extended her advantage to just over four seconds at the halfway point. Kohler continued to extend her lead in the second half of the race, earning her a spot in Paris. Fellows took second place with a time of 8:10.68, followed by Cicely Madden of the Cambridge Boat Club (Cambridge, Mass./Brown University) in third place. Ms. Kohler was selected to her first Olympic team in 2012 and won a bronze medal as a member of the women's quadruple sculls. She ran in a solo run in Tokyo.
“I was relieved,” Kohler said. “There was a lot of stress leading up to that race, because you had to compete in that race. It was a dream come true to be able to compete in the Olympics again. I'm so excited. Masu.”
California Rowing Club's William Bender (Norwich, Vt./Dartmouth College) and Oliver Babb (Westport, Conn./Dartmouth College) each won the men's pairs event, making their first Olympic appearances. Veteran two-time Olympian Anders Weiss (Barington, Rhode Island/Brown University) and Tokyo 2020 Olympic teammate Alexander Richards (Watertown, Mass./Harvard University) took an early lead and were tied with Bender. Babb dropped back to fifth. By the halfway point, the CRC duo had moved up to his fourth place and then used his strong third run of the 500m to finish at his USRowing Training Center – Gus Rodriguez (Rye, NY/Brown University) in Sarasota/California We pulled away from the Rowing Club composite crew and took the lead. Sam Halbert (Redmon, Wash./University of Washington). Bender and Babb continued to pull away from the pack, while Rodriguez and Hulbert finished third behind the Kraftberry Green Racing Project's Ezra Carlson (Eureka, Calif./Washington University) and Alexander Hedge (Morristown, N.J./Columbia University). retreated. Bender and Babb ran a time of 6:54.64, with Carlson and Hedge crossing the line at 6:57.37. Rodriguez and Hulbert took third place.
“For me, it's a dream come true,” Babb said. “I think this is something I’ve dreamed of for a long time, so it means a lot to be here and do it on the day.”
“(Conditions) were definitely slow,” Bender said. “I know it’s going to be a longer race, so I just have to trust my fitness and my base speed in the second half.”
In the women's pairs, USRowing Training Center – Princeton's Jessica Thoennes (Highlands Ranch, Colorado/University of Washington) and Azja Czajkowski (Imperial Beach, California/Stanford University) came out on top and qualified for the Olympics. Tornes qualified for the top eight women at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and Czakovsky made her first Olympic team. The duo stopped ARION's Hannah Paynter (Lyme, Conn./Princeton University) and Hannah Heidefeldt (New Brunswick, N.J./Rutgers University) in the 500-meter split, only to have a big break in the second quarter of the race. He made a move and made a comeback. 5 seconds lead at the halfway point. The team continued to pull away and won by more than 7 seconds. Tornes and Czakovsky clocked a time of 7:37.62, while Painter and Heidefeld finished in 7:45.26. The combined USTC-Princeton/Craftsbury Green Racing Project crew of Erin Rielich (Brookfield, Conn./Princeton University) and Emily Froelich (Fishers, Ind./University of Texas) took third place.
“This is my dream,” Tönes said. “My dream was to be an Olympian. I was lucky enough to be an Olympian in Tokyo and now I'm very excited to be an Olympian with Azuja in the Paris pair. .”
“I feel really good,” Czakovsky said. “I don't think it's fully digested yet. I'm very relieved and very excited. I ran very strong in the middle 1,000 meters (meters) and the last 500 meters. For me, You've worked so hard that you've made it to the top.'' You're on the verge of a blackout. Just lots of happy emotions and tons of lactic acid. ”
In the men's single scull, Kraftberry Green Racing Project's Jacob Prihal (Northeastern University, Vashon Island, Wash.), who won a silver medal in this event at the 2023 Pan American Games, won 4 in the opening 500 meters. We had a difference of almost seconds. He maintained a similar margin on the rest of the course. Prihar finished in 7 minutes, 25.99 seconds. Saugatuck Boat Club's Casey Fuller (Newtown, Conn./Fairfield University) took second with a time of 7:29.65, followed by Penn AC's Cedar Cunningham (Renton, Wash./Washington State University) in just 0.10 seconds. He came in 3rd place by a difference. Prihar will now compete in the 2024 World Rowing Olympic and Paralympic Final Qualifying Regatta to be held in Switzerland, with a chance to qualify for Paris.
“I started off the line really strong,” Prihal said. “I was really happy and just kept pushing through the middle 1,000 meters. Everyone in the field, especially Casey and Cedar, gave it their all for the line at the end. I took a couple of days off and then I was like, ' We just have to get on with it. It's the first step, but the hardest step is yet to come. Lucerne is by no means an easy job. We know there's going to be some good names there, so we're going to hang in there. We need to go with the 'game. “
California Rowing Club's Ben Davison (Inverness, Fla./University of Washington) and Sorin Kosik (Gross Pointe Park, Mich./Cornell University) easily won the men's double sculls final. The duo, who finished 13th in this event at last year's world championships, beat Next Level Rowing's Christopher Buck (Cincinnati, Ohio/University of Cincinnati) and Corey Rogers by more than 30 seconds at 6:36.85. I crossed the finish line in a time of . The Woodlands, Texas/University of Texas). Davison, who competed in the men's eighth place at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and Kosik, who competed in the men's quadruple sculls qualifying regatta in 2021, will head to Switzerland in May with the aim of qualifying for Paris.
“I just wanted to come out today and have a good time,” Davison said. “We were kind of happy that the conditions were picking up. Last year, that was a bit of a problem for us because we were rowing in a lot of different conditions, so we're hoping to get some good times and be ready for next month. (Lucerne) has been in the back of our minds since last year. We've been thinking about it a lot. It's a big race for us, so we're just trying to get ready every day. Today is a step in the right direction. is.”
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) built an early lead before breaking away in the boat. Leave the field and win. Melvin and Tuckerman held a 2.6-second advantage through the first 500 meters of the race, increasing their lead to 4 seconds at the halfway point. At the line, Melvin and Tuckerman finished in 6:48.50. The Penn AC/USRowing Training Center – Sarasota duo of Zachary Heath (Pelham, NY/University of Virginia) and Jimmy McCullough (Philadelphia, PA/University of Delaware) finished in 6:52.28. Texas rowing center Jasper Liu (Phoenix, Arizona/University of Pennsylvania) and Timothy Parsons (Eugene, Oregon/Yale University) took third place. Melvin and Tuckerman will now turn their focus to the qualifying regatta in Switzerland.
“It was definitely difficult conditions, there was a bit of a headwind and the water was a bit choppy, but we just tried to relax and get into a good rhythm and run our race,” Melvin said.
In the men's quadruple sculls, Dominic Williams (Madison, Conn./University of Pennsylvania), Will Regenzowski (Vista, N.Y./Brown University) and Liam Galloway (Ridgefield, Conn.) from USTC-Sarasota/Penn AC/ NYAC composite crews competed. Yale University) and Kevin Cardno (Huntsville, Alabama/University of Alabama, Huntsville) with Andrew Leroux (Venice, Florida/Princeton University) and Michael Knippen (Germantown, Wisconsin/) second USTC/Penn AC composite boat. I prevented it. (University of Wisconsin), Andrew Gard (Madison, Wisconsin/University of Washington), and Michael Crafer (Canton, Massachusetts/University of Connecticut) won. The Williams team took an early lead and maintained that slight advantage until the end of the course, winning the race in 6:04.40. Leroux finished his quad in 6:05.18. Williams, Regentsovski, Galloway and Cardno will compete in the qualifying regatta.
“I definitely feel really exhausted,” Galloway said. “It was a really close game. We were able to stick to our plan and stay inside. That's what we talked about with the coach and between ourselves. I'm really happy with the result. We We just were able to execute the way we did it.'' We wanted to be on top and we were able to do that. ”
In the women's quadruple scull, Lauren O'Connor (Belleville, Wis./University of Wisconsin), Teal Cohen (Dallas, Texas/University of Washington), and Emily Delman (Davenport, Iowa) competed at USTC-Princeton/ARION/Craftsbury. A composite boat participated. /Stanford University) and Grace Joyce (Northfield, IL/University of Wisconsin) had no trouble winning the final, clocking 6:43.74, finishing more than seven seconds ahead of the top ARION composite crew. The winning boat will compete in a qualifying regatta for a spot in the Olympics.
“Leading into the race, we were just focused on staying calm and staying in control,” O'Connor said. “Our main focus was just rowing our own race. It's easy to get distracted by the boats around us, but we became very introverted and wanted to not only win the race, but ( I wanted to focus on achieving the highest percentage (of time standards).'' I think we did a really good job with that. ”
In the PR1 men's single scull, Texas Rowing Center's Andrew Mangan (Buffalo, NY/Stanford University) won the uncontested race with a time of 10:31.70. Mangan, who finished 14th in this event at last year's world championships, will compete in a qualifying regatta with a chance to qualify for the Paralympics.
“I was looking forward to getting on the course, even if it was just a joke,” Mangan said. “It's been a few months since I've run a fully buoyant 2k. I was trying to get a good start at the start, focusing on my race plan and some goals. The wind was a little stronger than I was, so I had to adjust a little. I had high expectations. Overall, I'm pretty satisfied with this piece. ”
Similarly, the combined Lake Casitas Rowing Club and West Side Rowing Club crews of Russell Garnert (Redwood City, Calif.) and Madison Eberhard (Buffalo, N.Y.) won the PR2 Mixed Double Sculls. He entered the race without a contest. The pair finished 11th at last year's World Championships and will head to Switzerland with a chance to qualify for the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games.
“I was thinking about what was going to happen in the next few weeks,” Eberhard said of crossing the finish line. “We're looking to focus on the goals we've set for ourselves for this race. Even though no one is in contention, we still want to stay focused on our goals and what we've been working on over the past few weeks and months. I want to focus on everything and put everything into this race. ”
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