WORLD CUP ROWING
Borgman wins B final
Olympic hopeful Stacey Borgman of Homer and teammate Sarah Hirst of Seattle won Saturday's B final in the lightweight women's double sculls at the 2004 Rowing World Cup in Munich, Germany.
Borgman and Hirst trailed the team from Ireland by about three-quarters of a second through 1,500 meters of the 2,000-meter race, but rallied to pass the Irish women and win in 7 minutes, 34.50 seconds. That gave them an advantage of .43 seconds over the Irish.
By winning the B final, Borgman and Hirst finished seventh in the competition -- six teams competed in Saturday's A final after qualifying in the semifinals, where Borgman and Hirst failed to advance and were relegated to the B final.
The American pair needed to finish fourth or higher overall to secure a spot in the Olympics, though they still have one more chance at an Olympic berth in the U.S. Olympic Trials next month.
CYCLING
He's super Novakovich
Matt Novakovich's transition from winning Thursday's Arctic Valley mountain bike climb to Saturday's Hatcher Pass road hill climb came with ease.
The Anchorage biker ascended the 2,600-foot, 11-mile climb in 44 minutes, 44 seconds to win the men's expert class. Seth Downs finished second in 46:51 and James Stull crossed seven seconds later.
Janice Tower recorded the best women's time in 58:54. Gina Turrini finished first in the women's sport class in 1:01:32.
Arctic Bicycle Club
Hatcher Pass Hill Climb
Saturday's Results
Men ages 40 and over -- 1) Steve Mulder 1:02:21. Men's expert -- 1) Matt Novakovich 44:44; 2) Seth Downs 46:51; 3) James Stull 46:58; 4) Tony Turrini 47:13; 5) Jason Lamoreaux 47:19; 6) Michael Wheatall 47:36; 7) Charles Hsieh 47:47; 8) Lars Flora 48:00; 9) Jeremiah Bell 48:29; 10) Walt Nestell 49:04; 11) Mark Iverson 49:05; 12) Bret Rosane 50:22; 13) Tom Peichel 51:00; 14) Greg Seethaler 51:28; 15) Karl Boesenberg 53:50.
Men sport -- 1) Jason Potsander 52:04; 2) Joe Orien 53:22; 3) Brad Cruz 54:24; 4) Jeff Duesenbury 55:27; 5) Steve Nelson 56:25; 6) Peter Haeussler 56:31; 7) Leonard Fancher 58:08; 8) Mike Perry 59:19.
Women expert -- 1) Janice Tower 58:54. Women sport -- 1) Gina Turrini 1:01:32; 2) Suzanne Wheatall 1:06:32; 3) Gina Lapekas 1:08:16.
UAF BASKETBALL
Ostanik hires Mendoza
UAF men's basketball head coach Frank Ostanik filled a position he held for eight seasons with the Nanook's by hiring Rich Mendoza as assistant coach.
Mendoza, who spent two years with Humboldt State, will assist a UAF squad that went a school record-setting 23-7 last season.
