Gennaro's US Crew on to World Cup FInal

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LUCERNE, Switzerland - For the second straight day, Syracuse alum Mike Gennaro '11 and his U.S. men's four won its race and recorded the top time of the day at the World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne, Switzerland. The Americans won their semifinal race to advance to Sunday's grand final.

Gennaro's crew covered the 2,000-meter race course in a time of 5:51.48, .63 seconds ahead of second-place Italy (5:52.11) and just under two seconds ahead of third-place Australia (5:53.15).

The other semifinal was won by the Netherlands in 5:54.86, over three seconds slower than the U.S., with Bulgaria (5:55.28) and Germany (5:56.18) rounding out the top three.

The finals are scheduled for 5:14 a.m. ET on Sunday. Live video and results can be found at the links above. Fans can also track the action on Twitter by following @WorldRowing or by following Gennaro at @Mike_Gennaro.

Gennaro, from Havertown, Pa., is rowing with Grant James (DeKalb, Ill.), Seth Weil (Menlo Park, Calif.) and Henrik Rummel (Pittsford, N.Y.) in the U.S. coxless four. The crew also recorded the top overall time in Friday's opening heats.

A 2011 SU alum, Gennaro has won five total international medals over summers before making the U.S. Olympic Team as an alternate in 2012. He is a three-time medalist at the U23 World Championships, including one gold, and won two golds at the Pan-American Games in the pair and 8+. He sat in the stroke seat for the U.S.'s gold medal-winning men's 8+ at the 2011 U23 World's in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

The Havertown, Pa. native sat in the stroke seat for Reischman's varsity eight at Syracuse for three seasons, leading the Orange to a Grand Final appearance at the IRA in 2010.

The World Rowing Cup series was launched in 1997 and includes all 14 Olympic boat classes. The overall World Rowing Cup winners are determined after a series of three regattas. Following the two initial stages of the 2013 Samsung World Rowing Cup held in Sydney (AUS) and at Eton Dorney (GBR), it is Great Britain leading the overall World Cup standings with 140 points. Australia currently ranks second with 99 points and New Zealand has 97 points. 14 United States crews are competing in Lucerne.

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