Princeton's Gevvie Stone Advances to Single Sculls Final to Highlight Day 7 of #Rio2016
- mcmoore27
- Aug 13, 2016
- 2 min read
Rowing
Gevvie Stone (Princeton ’07) punched her ticket to the finals of the women’s single sculls. Stone placed second in the semifinals with a time of 7:44.56 to earn a spot in tomorrow’s final. Stone posted the second fastest time behind China’s Duan Jingli’s 7:43.97.
Shelley Pearson (Harvard ’13), the first Bermudian rower to compete in the Olympic Games, will compete in the women’s single sculls Finals-C. Pearson placed second in the C/D 2 semifinal with a time of 8:05.78. The Finals-C is set for Saturday, Aug. 13 at 9 a.m.
The #OneIvy boat of Andrew Campbell (Harvard ‘14) and Joshua Konieczny (Dartmouth ‘13) became the first American crew to race in an Olympic final in the lightweight men’s double scull, finishing fifth overall. The pair clocked a 6:35.07. France won the gold with a time of 6:30.70 followed by Ireland (6:31.23), Norway (6:31.39) and South Africa (6:33.29).
Vincent Breet (Harvard ’17) helped the South Africa men’s coxless fours to a fourth-place finish in the finals. Breet and his team crossed in 6:05.80. Great Britain won gold in 5:58.61, followed by Australia (6:00.44) and Italy (6:03.85).
Kate Bertko (Princeton ’06) and her teammate Devery Karz capped off their Olympic performance with a fourth-place finish in the lightweight double sculls Final-B with a time of 7:29.96. The U.S. pair finishes the Rio Games ranked 10th overall
Sailing
In the Men’s 470 fleet, Yale alum Stu McNay ('05) and his teammate Dave Hughes submitted their best race of the event, placing fourth in Race 5 to move into eighth overall and twelve points from podium position. Five more races are schedule in the Men’s 470 class before the medal race; top 10 advance.
In the men’s fleet, the Yale duo of Thomas Barrows ('10) and Joe Morris ('12) stand in 20th overall after the first day.
Soccer
Princeton women's soccer alum Diana Matheson '07 and Team Canada advanced to the semifinals with a 1-0 win over France. Canada will take on Germany on Tuesday as it looks to earn a medal for the second-straight Olympics.
Swimming & Diving
Columbia alum Katie Meili '12 helped the US 4x100m relay team take the top seed for finals, swimming the breaststroke leg in 1:04.93. Meili won bronze in the 100m breaststroke on Monday.
Track & Field
Harvard rising senior Nikki Okwelogu (Harvard ’17) competed in the qualifying round of the shot put for Nigeria. The senior, who placed 29th overall with a throw of 16.67m, did not qualify for the next round.
Competing for her home country of Greece, Alexi Pappas (Dartmouth ’12) ran an extremely strong race in the 10,000 meter. Pappas clocked a 31:36 in the 10K to set a new Greece record. The Dartmouth grad finished 17th out of 35 runners.
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