THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT raced or practiced before or after, ever, and it definitely was not my ‘other’ Penn A.C. Four that would later go to the Trials.”6509 Dave Krmpotich: “The lineup that Dan Lyons defeated in San Diego was not the eventual ‘88 Olympic Straight-Four. Raoul and I were in the boat along with Mark Berkner and Tom Bohrer stroking. Our main concern that weekend had been the eights race, which the British won with Penn A.C. second and the Camp third.”6510 Nash: “The truth is that Dave Krmpotich 1988 San Diego Crew Classic Exhibition Coxed-Fours Race 1 Penn A.C., 2 Penn A.C. 3, 4, 5, 6 U.S. Camp “The margin appears to have been less than eight seconds.” - Dave Krmpotich year on purpose I never let my two fours race each other. I went out mostly with each crew alone, and only did steady state or technique rows when they were side by side.”6511 Lyons: “As the ‘86 World Champion, we were the prohibitive favorites that year, which is why the USRA moved the Olympic Trials to late May, but two weeks before the Trials, Espe fractured his ribs on both sides during a cold and drizzle-filled morning work-out. “Kris Korzeniowski, in a launch going the other way, had just finished saying, ‘Ted, they look wonderful! Just keep them healthy!’ when Espe felt one rib go at the start of the last piece. He should have stopped immediately, but he kept going, favoring the one rib, and eventually cracking another. “At the time, we were rowing significantly faster than we had in 1986 or in 1987. By the time we got off the water that 6509 Nash, op. cit. 6510 Krmpotich, op. cit. 6511 Nash, op. cit. morning, it was over for us. It is my belief that we would have won the Gold in Seoul over the East Germans. “We were forced into the Trials without Espe. We drafted Jim Pew (Stanford) to fill Espe’s stroke position and petitioned the USRA to give us another shot with Espe back in the boat a few weeks after the first set of Trials. “Jim had come directly from Cambridge University where they emphasized a very quick catch. He was a very good oarsman. In practice, we meshed with Jim almost as well as we had with Espe, and we had actually done very well in a series of five minute pieces against the Kennelly/ Krmpotich Four, beating them by almost four lengths every time.”6512 Krmpotich: “I question Dan’s ‘series of five minute pieces’ recollection. Ted specifically restricted the B boat from ever practicing at the same time as the A boat.”6513 Lyons: “At the first Trials, we did not get off the line well. Jim got a little excited, 6512 Lyons, op. cit. 6513 Krmpotich, op. cit. 1799
