Rowing – Men’s Eight
David Banks
The United States, with Winston Churchill High School alum David Banks rowing in the bow position, held off a late push from Australia to win the first heat of the Men’s 8 competition in the 2012 Summer Olympics at the Eton Dorney Rowing Centre in Windsor, England on Saturday.
The United States’ time of 5:30.72 was good for fourth best of the eight boats entered in the event.
By winning their heats, the United States and Germany each secured a spot in the medal race, scheduled for Wednesday. The remaining six boats will participate in repechages on Monday to determine four additional finalists.
United States
- Bow – David Banks (Churchill)
- 2 – Grant James
- 3 – Ross James
- 4 – Will Miller
- 5 – Giuseppe Lanzone
- 6 – Stephen Kasprzyk
- 7 – Jacob Cornelius
- Stroke – Brett Newlin
- Coxswain – Zachary Vlahos
Preliminaries:
Heat 1 (of 2), 5:10 a.m. Eastern
- Lane 1 – Australia – 5:32.43
- Lane 2 – United States – 5:30.72
- Lane 3 – Ukraine – 5:38.02
- Lane 4 – Poland – 5:35.64
Heat 2 (of 2), 5:20 a.m. Eastern
- Lane 1 – Great Britain – 5:27.61
- Lane 2 – Canada – 5:37.91
- Lane 3 – Germany – 5:25.52
- Lane 4 – Netherlands – 5:28.99
- Top Olympic Crews To Meet In Men’s 8 Heat (chronicle.northcoastnow.com)
- Olympic rower Zach Vlahos: Big leader in a small package (mercurynews.com)
- Olympics: Peruvian-born Rower Giuseppe Lanzone to Represent the US in London (hispanicallyspeakingnews.com)
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