Anchorage rowers earn bronze in Australia

The bronze medalists finished in 3 minutes, 29.14 seconds in the eight-boat final.

"It was world-class racing on a world-class body of water," Hall said in an e-mail.

Rowers from the Anchorage Rowing Association, Kenai Crewsers Rowing Club and the Alaska Midnight Sun Rowing Club in Soldotna competed.

Alaskans in World Masters Rowing

Oct. 10-14 in Sydney, Australia

Men's D Single Scull -- Mike Chriss made it to the semifinals in a deep field of 74 scullers, placing seventh among eight in 4:10.31, his best time of the championships.

Women's C Single Sculls -- Julie Tuskowski missed advancing to the semifinals by .05 seconds in her first race outside Alaska, finishing fourth in her heat in 4:40.47.

Men's D Eight with Cox -- John Clark, Dan Brokaw, Mike Chriss, Richard Lazur, Kevin Hall, Scott Coon, Joe Bear, George Bryson with Natasha Graham as coxswain finished sixth of eight in their heat in 3:30.04.

Men's C Four with Cox -- Kevin Hall, Roger Liebner, Tom Swann, Harold Faust, with Natasha Graham were last in their heat in 4:00.98.

Women's D Four with Cox -- Janeece Higgins, Robby Bear, Sandra Rudd, Kate Swift with Natasha Graham were sixth of seven boats in their heat in 4:31.29.

Women's B Quadruple Scull -- Ed Hall, Erin Bashaw, Janet Curran, Julie Truskowski were fifth among seven boats in their heat, finishing in 3:52.11.

Women's C Four with Cox -- Shelly Andreesen, Anne Blount, Sue Sheard and Robby Bear, with Natasha Graham, were fourth of seven boats in their heat, finishing in 4:05:08.

Women's B Four -- The Alaska boat with Janet Curran, Emma Haddix, Shelly Andreesen and Anne Blount finished fourth among seven boats in 3:51.42; the second Alaska boat with Ed Hall, Anna Kohl, Erin Bashaw, Marcelle Young was one spot back in 3:54.56.

Women's B Four with Cox -- Anne Blount, Janet Curran, Sue Sheard and Shelley Andreesen, with Natasha Graham, won their heat in 3:56.37 and earned a spot in the finals, where they finished seventh among eight boats in 4:03.55.

Men's D Quadruple Scull -- Joe Bear, Dan Brokaw, John Clark, Mike Chriss earned a spot in the semifinals by finishing second in their heat in 3:32.94. Their semi time was faster, 3:29.64.

Men's D Quadruple Scull -- Harold Faust, Kevin Hall, Richard Lazur, George Bryson were fifth among six boats in 3:59.52.

Women's C Double Scull -- Julie Truskowski and Janet Curran finished second in their heat to advance to the semifinals, where they were seventh in 4:05.48.

Women's C Double Scull -- Robby Bear and Sue Sheard were last in their heat in 4:44.50.

Men's E Four with Cox -- Roger Liebner, Richard Lazur, Harold Faust and Tom Swann, with Natasha Graham, made it to the semifinals, finishing fifth among seven boats in 3:55.75.

Men's C Double Scull -- John Clark and Dan Brokaw advanced to the semifinals after a third-place finish in their heat. They wound up eighth of nine boats in 3:44.78.

Women's A Four -- Erin Bashaw, Sue Sheard, Marcelle Young and Shelley Andreesen were last in 3:58.44.

Women's D Four with Cox -- Natasha Graham, Sandra Rudd, Robby Bear, Kate Swift, with Janeece Higgins, were seventh of eight boats in 4:28.88.

Women's B Pair -- Anna Kohl and Ed Hall were sixth of seven boats in 4:09.09. Erin Bashaw and Marcelle Young were fifth of six boats in 4:24.44

Men's E Double -- Next-door neighbors Richard Lazur and Mike Chriss were second in 3:58.85 to advance to the semifinals, where they were last in 3:57.75.

Women's A Pair -- After finishing second in the heats and advancing to the finals, Ed Hall and Julie Truskowski finished fifth among eight boats in 4:15.46.

Men's B Quadruple Sculls: Joe Bear, Scott Coon, John Clark, Dan Brokaw were fourth of six boats in their heat, finishing in 3:39.40.

Women's D Single Scull -- Robby Bear was fifth of among seven rowers in 4:51.60.

Women's D Single Scull -- Kate Swift was last in 5:28.59.

Women's B Double Scull -- Erin Bashaw and Ed Hall were seventh among eight boats in 4:19.64.

Men's D Four with Cox -- Kevin Hall, George Bryson, Tom Swann and Harold Faust, with Becky Buchanan, were last in 3:59.21. Mike Chriss, Roger Liebner, Joe Bear and Richard Lazur, with Natasha Graham, were sixth of seven boats in 4:03.92.

Women's C Eight with Cox -- Janet Curran, Robby Bear, Janeece Higgins, Sue Sheard, Emma Haddix, Kate Swift, Sandra Rudd and Anne Blount, with Natasha Graham, were fourth among seven boats in 3:54.69.

Men's Single Scull -- Dan Brokaw was fourth of five boats in his heat. His 3:58.46 was fast enough to have won six of the 12 heats.

Women's E Eight with Cox -- Anchorage rowers Janeece Higgins and Kate Swift racing joined the Kenai Crewser team to place fourth among five boats in 4:12.48.

Women's C Quadruple Scull -- Janet Curran, Robby Bear, Erin Bashaw and Julie Truskowski were fourth among eight boats in their heat, finishing in 4:21.28.

Mixed Quadruple Scull -- John Clark, Ed Hall, Erin Bashaw and Dan Brokaw earned a bronze medal, finishing third among eight boats in the final in 3:29.14.

Mixed C Quadruple Scull -- Sue Sheard, Scott Coon, Robby Bear and Joe Bear were seventh among nine boats in their heat, finishing in 3:38.55.

Mixed D Quadruple Scull -- Janeece Higgins, Janet Curran, Kevin Hall and George Bryson were sixth among nine boats in their heat in 4:19.54.