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Gevvie Stone '07 won her Olympic quarterfinal and will row Thursday in the A/B semifinal. Photo courtesy of Ed Hewitt, Row2K.com.
Photo by: Ed Hewitt, Row2K.com
Rio Recap, Day 7: Stone, Bertko Advance; Tigers Help U.S. Women's Water Polo, Canada Soccer Win
August 09, 2016 | Women's Rowing - Open, Women's Soccer, Women's Water Polo, Men's Rowing - Lightweight
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Gevvie Stone '07 and Kate Bertko '06 sat next to each more more than a decade ago in arguably the best women's boat in NCAA history.
A new decade, a new continent and a new event later, this duo continues to win together.
Meanwhile, part of the University's incredible present — rising senior Ashleigh Johnson '17 — made her Olympic debut Tuesday, and she was as dominant as she's been in DeNunzio Pool over the last few years.
We'll start with the rowing, as we'll get plenty of time with Johnson over the next two weeks.
Both Stone and Bertko won their respective races Tuesday morning to keep their Olympic medal hopes alive at the Rodrigo de Freitas rowing venue. Stone (USA W1x) rallied from third in her quarterfinal to win in 7:27.04, more than 2.5 seconds faster than Jeannine Gmelin of Switzerland.
The top three advanced to the semifinal, and Stone was in pretty comfortable position to advance for most of her race, but the victory helps set up a favorable lane assignment in Thursday's semifinal. Stone, who missed the A final in London, will race from Lane 4 at 8:40 am ET against Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, China and Belarus.
Bertko and teammate Devery Karz needed a top-two finish in their LW2x repechage to reach Wednesday's semifinal, and they took care of business with a win in 7:58.90. Much like Stone's quarterfinal race, Bertko spent most of the race in comfortable qualifying position. By the 1000-meter mark, Japan and the USA were well ahead of the rest of the field, with only Great Britain in position to mount any sort of opposition.
Japan led for much of the race, but the Americans passed them over the final third of the race to advance to Wednesday's 8 am ET semifinal. The USA will be in Lane 6 and will take on Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Canada and Ireland. Denmark was one of the two boats that topped the American duo in Monday's opening heat.
The lightweight duo of Tyler Nase '13 and Robin Prendes '11 raced hard but missed out on qualification in the A final of the LM4-. The Americans, which haven't been in a LM4- final since the 2000 Olympics, found themselves in an early hole and could never fully recover. They were fifth at each of the first three splits, but pushed past China in the final 500 meters.
They needed to get their bow past one more boat, but Switzerland, Denmark and Greece had too much of a lead to let that happen. The Americans finished in 6:26.82 and will race in the B final Thursday at 8 am. A victory would give the boat its best Olympic finish since 2000; led by Prendes, the 2012 boat took eighth overall.
Shortly after Bertko's row, the USA women's water polo team made its Rio debut against Spain at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center, and the American side showed why it's considered a strong medal favorite. Johnson saved 11 of the 15 Spanish shots on goal and the USA led wire-to-wire in an 11-4 win. Eight different Americans scored in the win.
Team USA returns to action Thursday at 10:40 am ET against China. The game is scheduled to be shown on NBC.
Princeton's contingent finished the day with success as well, with Diana Matheson '08 helping Canada to a 2-1 win over Germany, ranked No. 2 in the world in the latest FIFA rankings, in the final group-stage game to win Group F.
Canada entered the game knowing it had a place in the quarterfinal round assured, and so the Canadians put forth a different lineup than in the team's first two games, which included a 2-0 win over world No. 5 Australia and a 3-1 win over Zimbabwe. Christine Sinclair and Janine Beckie combined for all five Canadian goals in those two games, and that duo started the game taking a rest alongside Matheson.
Melissa Tancredi scored both goals for Canada, the first in the 26th minute as an equalizer following a German penalty-kick goal by Melanie Behringer and the second in the 60th minute to take the lead. Matheson checked in during the 64th minute and played the rest of the way as Germany pressed for a goal to help solidify its advancement to the knockout round.
Having won Group F with the 3-0 run through the tournament's first stage, the Canadians will face France, the runner-up from Group G, Friday at 6 p.m. ET in São Paulo in the quarterfinal round.
Princeton's Olympians will continue with another busy schedule Wednesday. Kate Bertko '06 will get the day started at the rowing venue with the lightweight women's double sculls semifinal at 8 a.m. ET, followed by Lauren Wilkinson '11 for Canada in the women's eight repechage at 8:50 a.m., Glenn Ochal '08 for the U.S. in the men's eight repechage at 9 a.m. and the field hockey trio of Katie Reinprecht '13, Julia Reinprecht '14 and Kat Sharkey '13 for the U.S. against Japan at 4 p.m. looking to go 3-0 in the group stage.
Gevvie Stone '07 and Kate Bertko '06 sat next to each more more than a decade ago in arguably the best women's boat in NCAA history.
A new decade, a new continent and a new event later, this duo continues to win together.
Meanwhile, part of the University's incredible present — rising senior Ashleigh Johnson '17 — made her Olympic debut Tuesday, and she was as dominant as she's been in DeNunzio Pool over the last few years.
We'll start with the rowing, as we'll get plenty of time with Johnson over the next two weeks.
Both Stone and Bertko won their respective races Tuesday morning to keep their Olympic medal hopes alive at the Rodrigo de Freitas rowing venue. Stone (USA W1x) rallied from third in her quarterfinal to win in 7:27.04, more than 2.5 seconds faster than Jeannine Gmelin of Switzerland.
The top three advanced to the semifinal, and Stone was in pretty comfortable position to advance for most of her race, but the victory helps set up a favorable lane assignment in Thursday's semifinal. Stone, who missed the A final in London, will race from Lane 4 at 8:40 am ET against Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, China and Belarus.
Today's mission accomplished. Persistent through the middle to get the win in my quarterfinal. Advance to the A/B semis. #allaboutthebase
— Gevvie Stone (@gevgevs) August 9, 2016
Bertko and teammate Devery Karz needed a top-two finish in their LW2x repechage to reach Wednesday's semifinal, and they took care of business with a win in 7:58.90. Much like Stone's quarterfinal race, Bertko spent most of the race in comfortable qualifying position. By the 1000-meter mark, Japan and the USA were well ahead of the rest of the field, with only Great Britain in position to mount any sort of opposition.
Japan led for much of the race, but the Americans passed them over the final third of the race to advance to Wednesday's 8 am ET semifinal. The USA will be in Lane 6 and will take on Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Canada and Ireland. Denmark was one of the two boats that topped the American duo in Monday's opening heat.
The lightweight duo of Tyler Nase '13 and Robin Prendes '11 raced hard but missed out on qualification in the A final of the LM4-. The Americans, which haven't been in a LM4- final since the 2000 Olympics, found themselves in an early hole and could never fully recover. They were fifth at each of the first three splits, but pushed past China in the final 500 meters.
They needed to get their bow past one more boat, but Switzerland, Denmark and Greece had too much of a lead to let that happen. The Americans finished in 6:26.82 and will race in the B final Thursday at 8 am. A victory would give the boat its best Olympic finish since 2000; led by Prendes, the 2012 boat took eighth overall.
Shortly after Bertko's row, the USA women's water polo team made its Rio debut against Spain at the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center, and the American side showed why it's considered a strong medal favorite. Johnson saved 11 of the 15 Spanish shots on goal and the USA led wire-to-wire in an 11-4 win. Eight different Americans scored in the win.
Team USA returns to action Thursday at 10:40 am ET against China. The game is scheduled to be shown on NBC.
Princeton's contingent finished the day with success as well, with Diana Matheson '08 helping Canada to a 2-1 win over Germany, ranked No. 2 in the world in the latest FIFA rankings, in the final group-stage game to win Group F.
Canada entered the game knowing it had a place in the quarterfinal round assured, and so the Canadians put forth a different lineup than in the team's first two games, which included a 2-0 win over world No. 5 Australia and a 3-1 win over Zimbabwe. Christine Sinclair and Janine Beckie combined for all five Canadian goals in those two games, and that duo started the game taking a rest alongside Matheson.
Melissa Tancredi scored both goals for Canada, the first in the 26th minute as an equalizer following a German penalty-kick goal by Melanie Behringer and the second in the 60th minute to take the lead. Matheson checked in during the 64th minute and played the rest of the way as Germany pressed for a goal to help solidify its advancement to the knockout round.
Having won Group F with the 3-0 run through the tournament's first stage, the Canadians will face France, the runner-up from Group G, Friday at 6 p.m. ET in São Paulo in the quarterfinal round.
1st in our group and on to the quarterfinals! Can't WAIT to play in front of the incredible fans in Sao Paulo again! #CAN #football
— Diana Matheson (@dmatheson8) August 9, 2016
Princeton's Olympians will continue with another busy schedule Wednesday. Kate Bertko '06 will get the day started at the rowing venue with the lightweight women's double sculls semifinal at 8 a.m. ET, followed by Lauren Wilkinson '11 for Canada in the women's eight repechage at 8:50 a.m., Glenn Ochal '08 for the U.S. in the men's eight repechage at 9 a.m. and the field hockey trio of Katie Reinprecht '13, Julia Reinprecht '14 and Kat Sharkey '13 for the U.S. against Japan at 4 p.m. looking to go 3-0 in the group stage.
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