THE ERA OF POLARIZATION FISA 1994 Video United States Men’s Eight 1994 World Champion, Eagle Creek Stroke Jeff Klepacki -5°, +35° to -25°, 0-8, 0-9, 0-10 Classical Technique Schubschlag Concurrent body mechanics, ferryman’s finish. Emphasis on the arc of the back. Great swing, late arm draw. than it usually is in the year after an Olympics, and we had to settle for Bronze. “But it was the first medal for the USA in the eights since 1988 and provided a good start to our campaign.”7793 Honebein: “The whole ‘93-‘96 quadrennial definitely had a roller coaster aspect to it for us. In ‘93, Spracklen just showed up and there were all these pairs trials, and we went over to Duisburg and raced a bit, but we didn’t get together as a group until June. “There was a chemistry because it was so new and so fresh. “I had given myself two years just to make the team, and there I was medaling in the eight the first time out. I was pumped! “Easy Speed” in 1994 Honebein: “In ‘94 when first we put the eight together, Steve Segaloff was coxing, Chip McKibben was stroke, I was 7, Don 7793 Spracklen, op. cit. Smith was 6, Jon Brown was 5, Jamie Koven was 4, Bob Kaehler was 3, Sean Hall was 2 and Jeff Klepacki was bow, and it was a good boat.”7794 All nine had already been members of the 1993 National Team, McKibben in the quad, Kaehler in the double, Klepacki and Hall in the Bronze Medal Coxless-Four and the rest in the Bronze Medal Eight. Honebein: “We won Henley, and we went on to Lucerne and were like 0.6 off of the World Champion Germans. The boat was just haulin’, and we based everything at 36. It was just a strong, powerful boat, and we would just cruise. “We then made an adjustment and put Jeff at stroke, Jamie at 7 and myself and Sean in the bow-pair. I think that people found the seats that they were the most 7794 Honebein, op. cit. 2171
