Tulsa rowers Johanna Kristof and Madlen Markova both advanced to the Semifinal, which will be raced on Sunday, in the Women's Single Sculls event at the European Rowing U23 Championships in Duisburg, Germany.
Representing her home country of Austria, Kristof advanced straight from the Heat to the Semifinal as she turned in a second-place time of 8:18.00 in Heat 3, trailing Russia's Anastasiia Liubich by just 1.53 seconds. Kristof finished ahead of Hungary's Bettina Siska (8:28.41), Balarus' Marharyta Rusak (8:29.64) and Slovakia's Viktoria Zruttova (8:43.94).
Markova, representing Bulgaria, was third in Heat 2 with a time of 8:24.