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Seven Tigers To Represent U.S. At U-23 World Crew Championships; Carcagno Reaches Pan Am Final
July 16, 2007 | Heavyweight Rowing, Men's Rowing - Lightweight
Just because classes aren't in session doesn't mean that the Princeton crew program isn't still making waves in the rowing world. As 1998 graduate Simon Carcagno prepares for Thursday's lightweight men's four championship final at the Pan Am Games, seven other current or former Tigers have been selected to represent the United States at the upcoming U-23 World Championships, which will be held July 26-29 in Strathclyde, Scotland.
Sophomore James Donovan (Easton, Conn.) will compete for the lightweight men's double sculls (LM2x), while senior Glenn Ochal (Philadelphia, Pa.) will row for the men's quadruple sculls (M4x). Gevvie Stone (Newton, Mass.), a member of the 2006 NCAA champion Princeton 1V, will join junior Alison Fishman (Dallas, Texas) in the women's quadruple sculls (W4x). Former men's lightweight captain Greg McKallagat (Andover, Mass.) will help lead the lightweight men's four (LM4-), while Will England (Marblehead, Mass.), a member of the 2006 Eastern and Henley champion men's heavyweights, will compete for the men's eight (M8+). Junior Matt Evans (Marlborough, England) is also competing for the Canadian's men's eight (M8+).
While that competition takes place later this month, the Pan American Games are going on right now at the Lagoa Rowing Center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The U.S. lightweight men's four of Simon Carcagno (Pennington, N.J.), Matt Smith, Bjorn Larsen and Andrew Bolton had no trouble winning its heat to advance to Thursday's final. The crew sat in second place behind Cuba at the midway point of the race before using a strong second 1,000 meters to earn the victory. The U.S. boat crossed the line with a time of 6:22.79. Brazil finished second in a 6:30.41, followed by Cuba and El Salvador. Canada won the other heat in a 6:30.15, finishing 1.14 seconds ahead of Guatemala. The heat winners advanced directly to the final, while the remaining crews went on to race in an afternoon repechage, or second-chance race.
With the World Championships also on the horizon, even more Princeton names could be representing the Red, White and Blue this summer. GoPrincetonTigers.com will continue to provide full updates as the Tiger rowers take on the world.