Notebook: Browning advances at Pan Am trials

INDIANAPOLIS — Anne Browning of Seattle's Pocock Rowing Center and partner Carol Skricki won the first heat of the women's double sculls at the Pan American Games team trials at Eagle Creek Park yesterday. Winners at the trials will represent the United States at the Pan Am Games, Aug. 4-10 in the Dominican Republic.

In the second heat of the lightweight men's double sculls, Lake Washington Rowing Club's Tyler Peterson and Evans Jacobs won in 6:39:12, advancing to tomorrow's final.

Events at the trials include the women's single sculls, men's single sculls, lightweight women's single sculls, lightweight women's double sculls, women's double sculls, men's double sculls, lightweight men's double sculls, lightweight women's quadruple sculls, lightweight men's quadruple sculls, men's pair, men's four and lightweight men's four.

Nelson advances to pair finals.

MUNICH, Germany — On the latest Bearing World Cup stop, rowers Lianne Nelson of Seattle and Katie Hammes of LaCrosse, Wis., finished third in the women's pair repechage and advanced to the finals.

The pair is guaranteed at least a top-six finish, which gives them the option to represent the United States at the world championships, Aug. 24-31 in Milan, Italy.

Nelson and Hammes finished in 7 minutes, 24.01 seconds, 4.22 seconds behind Belarus.

Notes

• Kristin Bryant, a gymnast from Anchorage, Alaska, signed a national letter of intent to compete for Seattle Pacific.

• Danielle Ayers-Stamper of SPU made the junior national team by finishing second in the heptathlon at the USA Junior Track & Field Championships Friday at Stanford. The Falcons' Chris Randolph finished fourth in the decathlon with a personal-best score of 6,533.

• Washington pitcher Ashley Boek was named to the Pac-10 softball all-academic second team.