4/22/16

Four athletes from SoCal Scullers competed in their first round of heats at Olympic Trials 1 in the second day of racing Friday morning.

Starting down the course in heat 1 at 8:40 a.m., Stesha Carle won her race in the women's open single scull with a time of 7:41.43, coming in 6.92 seconds ahead of Michelle Lazorchack of Indianapolis Rowing Center. Carle will advance to Saturday's semifinal.

At 8:50 a.m., Kelly Pierce's race in heat 2 of the same event resulted in a second-place finish for the Princeton alum, who came in at 7:43.00, 2.5 seconds behind Vesper Boat Club's Lindsay Meyer. Pierce will also advance to the semi.

Brandon Henderson and Will Young will move to saturday's repechage after a third-place finish in heat 2 of the men's lightweight double scull event. Finishing at 6:44.92, they pulled the sixth fastest time among all boats in the two heats.

Full list of results is available here.

Brandon Henderson and Will Young during heats.

Photo courtesy of Row2k