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Former Rower Justin Stangel Earns Spot on US National Team
8/4/2011 9:18:14 PM | Men's Rowing
Former Syracuse University men's rower Justin Stangel '07 and his partner Tom Peszek won the men's pair at the 2011 Senior World Championship Trials on Mercer Lake, West Windsor, N.J. and will be representing the United States at the 2011 World Championships in Bled, Switzerland later this month.
USRowing Training Center-Oklahoma City's Silas Stafford (Santa Rosa, Calif.) and Ryan Monaghan (Pittsford, N.Y.) took an early lead and held that position going into the last 750 meters. In the sprint, USTC-Oklahoma City's Peszek (Farmington Hills, Mich.) and Stangel (Madison, Wis.) made a huge push and took the race for their own.
Peszek and Stangel won with a time of 6:39.16 over Stafford and Monaghan's 6:46.29.
“We had a pretty good start, but Silas and Monaghan came out faster,” said Peszek. “We stayed calm and collected as we rowed. But when push comes to shove, only one boat wins.”
Stangel helped lead the Orange to two consecutive undefeated cup seasons in 2005-06 and 2006-07.
