THE SPORT OF ROWING FISA 1994 Video United States Women’s Coxless-Four 1994 World Silver Medal, Eagle Creek Stroke Monica Tranel-Michini 6’0” 183cm 165lb. 75kg, 3 Cat Fallon 6’1” 185cm 170lb. 77kg, 2 Amy Fuller 6’0” 183cm 181lb. 82kg, Bow Anne Kakela 5’8” 172cm 150lb. 68kg 0°, +35° to -20°, 0-6, 0-9, 5-10, Kernschlag Modern Orthodox hybrid-concurrent Legs were going down more-or-less evenly, but they were faster than in 1993 don’t get athletes with a lot of feel [for the boat]. It hasn’t been developed because they haven’t had the time or the experience. “Legs, back, arms. In America, it’s been an easy starting point if you’re just trying to teach the basics.”8024 Račice Lack of uniformity in leg drive was on nobody’s mind as the 1993 World Championships got under way in Račice, Czech Republic. The McCagg twins were no strangers to the coxless-pairs, having won the U.S. Junior Championship in 1985 for Lakeside School in Seattle. Known for their athleticism, they rowed an effective and very personal style, maintaining a strong third place down the course behind Great Britain and the leading French crew, 8024 Terhaar, personal conversation, 2004 winners at Lucerne. The McCaggs sprinted hard at 40+ as the British faded, but Australia, 1992 Junior World Champions, came up and nipped them for Silver. A splendid and very creditable performance from the two sisters who had begun their international careers as alternates in 1989 and rowed in the U.S. Eights of 1991 and 1992. In the coxless-fours race, the American Four spurted ahead of the field at the start, settled to 38, overstroking the other crews and maintaining a narrow lead almost to the 1,500 meter mark. Kakela: “We were young. ‘Okay, let’s just go for it!’ There was no strategy in our racing whatsoever.”8025 During the last 500, China, coached by none other than Kris Korzeniowski,8026 drove through using a lighter load, much in 8025 Kakela, op. cit. 8026 See Chapter 124. 2236