Maggie Hogan opened her competition at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Cup in Montemor, Portugal on the right foot as she finished second in her five-woman heat to reach Saturday’s final in the K1 1000m. Hogan was 1.07 seconds behind the heat winner as she finished in 4:16.39.
In the men’s K1000m Shawn Kaho’okele advanced to the semifinals finishing seventh in his heat with a time of 3:58.94 while Timothy Burdiak was eighth in his heat in a time of 3:58.18 and was eliminated. Kaho’okele needed a top three finish in his semifinal to reach the final A and finished seventh in 4:08.79 to fall into final B.
In the men’s C1 1000m Ian Ross advanced to the semifinals with a seventh place finish in his heat in 4:16.82. Needing to finish top three in those semifinals to reach the final Ross was close in a time of 4:30.33 but finished fourth, 1.2 seconds behind the final qualifier.
In the final solo event on Friday Ariel Farrar-Wellman and Emily Wright both qualified for the semifinals of the women’s K1 200m. Farrar-Wellman was sixth in her heat in 49.288 to grab a semifinal spot while Wright was sixth in 47.664 in her heat to advance. Competing in separate semifinals Farrar-Wellman and Wright each finished eighth with the fourth through seventh place finishers going to the final B. The best eighth place finisher would also advance and that was Wright who finished in 47 flat compared to Farrar-Wellman’s 49.08.
Wright and Farrar-Wellman teamed up in the K2 200m and finished seventh in their heat in 43.6 as they were guaranteed a semifinal spot. They finished fifth in the semifinal in 44.68 and were eliminated as only the top three advanced, the final spot being a second ahead of them. In the men’s K2 200m Aaron Mullican and Burdiak were eliminated in the heat after finishing eighth and missing out on the best time spot by over four seconds with a time of 40.96 while Christopher Miller and Stanton Collins advanced with a time of 36.57 and a seventh place finish in their heat. Miller and Collins were eliminated in the semifinals when they finished eighth in 36.63. The race was very competitive as they were just 1.1 seconds behind the final qualifier in third place.
Miller and Collins also took part in the K2 1000m where they advanced to the semifinals with a fifth place finish in 3:45.86. They missed out on a spot in the final A by over six seconds but finished fifth in the semifinals in 3:45.92 to reach the final B.
In addition to those in the finals on Saturday several Americans will be beginning their competitions. Ross and Gavin Ross are competing in the C2 200m which begins directly in a final. Kaho’okele and Timothy Hornsby will compete in the men’s K1 200m. The top finishers reach the final while the others have semifinals on the mind.
In the men’s C1 200m Ian Ross and Benjamin Hefner will face the same situation with only the top finisher advancing straight to the final while Burdiak sees that scenario in the men’s K1 500m and Hogan and Farrar-Wellman see it in the women’s version.
Gavin Ross and Ian Ross both compete in the C1 500m where the top three reach the final and the others have a single semifinal to aim for and they face the same scenario together in the C2 1000m. Kaho’okele, Burdiak, Collins, and Miller all team up in the K4 1000m where they’ll need a top three finish to reach the final or will be looking at a semifinal berth.
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