Maggie Hogan was just over a second short of grabbing a medal in the K1 1000m at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup in Montemor, Portugal on Saturday as she finished fourth in 4:11.8, 1.16 seconds shy of the third place finisher. Hogan was the only American to advance to a final A on the first day of the event. Also competing for a medal were Ian Ross and Gavin Ross in the final of the Men’s C2 200m (the only race in the class all weekend). They finished eighth of eight in 45.08 and 3.3 second behind the bronze.

In other events wrapping up on Saturday…
Men’s K1 1000m: Shawn Kaho’okele finished eighth in the final B in a time of 3:48.6, his best time of the weekend.
Women’s K1 200m: Emily Wright finished ninth in the final B in 44.868. The final was close with only 1.4 seconds separating first and last.
Men’s K2 1000m: Christopher Miller and Stanton Collins finished fifth in the final B with a time of 3:28.9, their best time of the weekend and better than several racers in the final A.

In other events starting on Saturday…
Men’s K1 200m: Kaho’okele was eliminated in his heat when he finished eighth in 42.43. He needed a top seven finish to advance to the semifinals and missed it by 1.34 seconds.Timothy Hornsby did advance to the semifinals with a fifth place finish in his heat in 39.5. Hornsby gave it a good run in the semifinals and came up one spot short of advancing to the final A when he finished fourth in 38.18. He was 0.8 seconds away from qualifying for the final A but will have to settle for participating in the final B on Sunday.
Men’s C1 200m: Ian Ross was eliminated in his heat after finishing eighth in 47.02. Ross needed a top seven finish to advance to the semifinals and missed it by 0.6 seconds. Benjamin Hefner did advance with a sixth place finish (out of six) in his heat in 50.15. Hefner was eliminated in the semifinals when he finished eighth and missed out on the “best time” spot in the final B by over two seconds after posting a time of 47.19.
Men’s K1 500m: Timothy Burdiak finished sixth in his heat in 1:57.30 to reach the semifinals but finished eighth in his semifinal despite improving to a 1:54 flat time. Burdiak was the fastest eighth place finisher by over two and a half seconds so he will take part in the final B on Sunday.
Men’s C1 500m: Gavin Ross and Ian Ross both advanced from their heats to the semifinal. Gavin was seventh in his heat in 2:18.452, 3.5 seconds clear in the final direct qualifying spot. Ian was sixth in his heat in 2:07.42 but only 0.8 seconds ahead of the ninth place finisher who was eliminated. Neither man advanced from the semifinal with Gavin finishing eighth and Ian ninth in 2:31.66 and 2:54.44 respectively. There was 21 seconds between Gavin and the next finisher ahead of him.
Women’s K1 500m: Ariel Farrar-Wellman finished sixth in her heat in 2:18.51 as she automatically qualified for the semifinals while Hogan did the same in her heat with a third place finish in 2:10.32. Farrar-Wellman was eighth in her semifinal in 2:11.30 but qualified for the final B as all semifinalist reached either final A or B. Hogan will also be in final B after finishing fifth in her heat in 2:05.26. Hogan was over six seconds behind the final qualifier for the final A. This is the event Hogan will be competing in during the Olympics.
Men’s C2 1000m: Ian Ross and Gavin Ross finished sixth in 5:10.59, over 30 seconds behind the fifth place duo, but had an automatic spot in the semifinals. They were much stronger as expected in the semifinals but their 4:00.74 time was only good enough for fifth and they missed out on the final spot by five seconds.
Men’s K4 1000m: Kaho’okele, Burdiak, Collins, and Miller finished their heat in 3:22.98, good enough for fifth place with an automatic semifinal spot. They were about 3.5 seconds behind the final direct qualifier to the final. In the semifinal they finished fifth as well in 3:18.74. This time they were over eight seconds short of qualifying for the final.

There are several finals on Sunday that will take place without having had any previous races this weekend. Miller and Collins as well as Aaron Mullican and Kaho’okele will compete in the men’s K2 500m while the K4 team of  Kaho’okele, Burdiak, Collins, and Miller compete in the men’s K4 200m. Mullican and Burdiak will take part in the men’s K1 5000m while Gavin Ross competes in the men’s C1 5000m. Finally Hogan competes in the women’s K1 5000m.

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