Five Crews Move on at the National Championships

Again we are plagued by the computer problems of the CSSRA committee. As of 12:00 am Ontario time, the draw is not out yet for tomorrow, Saturday. We know when most of the crews are racing tomorrow, but not the times for the the crews that raced today! Eight crews raced today and five are moving on to the semi-finals. They will join the eight crews to make up 13 races for Brentwood. Sr Men's double: Toby Green and Daniel Hilhorst raced in their first doubles race and finished 5th with the 14th fastest time and will not move on.   Sr. Women's quad: The junior girls raced in this event to gain some experience of the race course. There were no expectations and the girls finished third in their event, but their time was not fast enough to make it to the semi-finals. Jr. Women's double: Deirdre Huestis and Erin Young won their heat posting the third fastest time of the day. They are moving on. Jr. Women's coxed four: the girls won their heat posting the fifth fastest time of the day and will move on to the semis. Jr. Men's coxed four: the boys won their heat easily with the third fastest time of the day and will move on. Jr. Men's 66 kg coxed four: The boys were in the fastest heat of the day, finishing fourth. Their time was the seventh fastest qualifying time so they move on to Saturday's races. Sr. Women's single: Lauren McKallor raced in open division for the first time. She had a great race but did not qualify for Saturday's race. Sr. Women's eight: the senior girls were in the second fastest heat of the day and finished second. Their time was the third fastest time of the event and move on to the semi-finals. They are in a semi-final with four American crews and one Canadian crew. Three boats will move on to the final from this semi-final. Crews racing on Saturday include, 8:28 — Senior Men 72 kg 8+; 9:38 — Junior Men 72 kg 4+; 9:45 — Senior Women 63 kg single; 10:20 — Junior Men Heavyweight 8+; 11:30 — Junior Women Double; 12:33 — Junior Men 72 kg 8+; 1:01 — Junior Men Double; 2:46 — Junior Women 4+; 3:28 — Junior Men 4+; 3:49 — Senior Men 72 kg pair; 4:38 — Junior Men 66 kg 4+; 5:41 — Senior Women's 8+; 6:02 — Senior Men's 8+. All times are Eastern Standard Time.