U.S. Dory Elimination Results from Jimmy T

The Open Class race was one for the ages as all 4 teams finished within 2 seconds of each other! Shortly after the start, strong winds out of the Northerly pushed the tandems of Erik Dombrowski / Glenn Harrington and Len Robertson and Ray D’Amico slightly off their course and that may have cost them the race as the boatspeed was there. In lanes 3 and 4 was in out-and-out war! Tom Jarvis and Jim Tarantino were neck and neck with defending champs Mark Duval and Joe "International Sex Symbol" Sanfilippo all the way to the turning flag. A smooth turn got Tarantino/Jarvis a small lead, which varied from a half a boat to a boat all the way home. But it was the superior athleticism and dedicated in-the-boat training that paid off for Duval and Sanfilippo at the finish, as they put on a huge push and ended up winning by an eighth of a second!!!
In the Master’s Division a perfect course by Mike Harmon, driven by the phenomenal strength of John Scola, secured an easy victory for the defending champs, even though they faced the skilled pair of newcomer Chris Ferrante and Bill Edmonds.
Unopposed representatives for the U.S. will be:
Juniors: LJ Robertson and Randy Parisi
Women’s: Christine Carpenter and Amy Robertson
Mixed: Jeff Muise and Christine Carpenter
Congratulations to all the rowers!
International Dory Races will be on Saturday, June 18th at the State Fish Pier in Gloucester, beginning with a Pancake Breakfast at 8 a.m.