Five Tigers Claim Medals At U-23 World Championships

Calendar

No Upcoming Events

One day after rising sophomore Hannah Scott won silver medal as a member of the British pairs, four other Princeton Tigers claimed medals during the final day of the U-23 World Championships, which were held in Poznan, Poland.

Three teammates of Scott from the 2018 Ivy League championship varsity eight were among the medal winners; both Claire Collins and Hadley Irwin helped the USA W8+ place third in its A final, while Emily Kallfelz finished second in the women's single sculls.

Heavyweight David Bewicke-Copley and the British M8+ concluded the regatta by winning silver in the final in a thrilling finish ahead of Romania.

Collins and Irwin helped the USA make a strong run at a powerful Canadian eight in one of the most anticipated finals of the weekend. The Americans broke hard at the start and held leads about the 500 and 1000 marks. Canada, which started to cut into the American lead during the second split, took its first lead after the 1000-meter mark, and it claimed gold by more than two seconds.

The Netherlands were able to take advantage of the early American charge, and it caught the USA late to grab silver. Great Britain made a similar move towards the medal stand, but the USA held firm and took the bronze by about .2 of a second. This was the second medal for Collins at the U-23 Worlds, as she won silver in the 2017 final. Irwin made her U-23 debut in Poland and claimed her first international medal.

Both Collins and Kallfelz have been in each of the last three Ivy League champion eights, and Kallfelz followed Collins' medal effort by winning silver in the single sculls. Similar to the W8+ final, Kallfelz made a big push early and led for the majority of the race. New Zealand's Samantha Voss caught Kallfelz for gold, but the rising Princeton senior beat the rest of the field by more than four seconds.

"My starts are typically not so good, so I was trying to make sure I stayed in the pack at the start and then build throughout the middle of the race," Kallfelz said afterwards to USRowing. "It got bumpy, and I struggled a lot with the bumps. That's where she got me. I took a few diggers, and I couldn't get the rate back up. It's a good learning experience."

This is the second straight year that Kallfelz medaled in the event; she won bronze in the 2017 U-23 World Championships.

Bewicke-Copley and the British M8+ made a late move to catch Romania for the silver medal in a photo finish. The USA eight was able to win by more than two seconds, but the British boat edged Romania, even though both finished in 5:24.93. It was a move up the medal stand for the rising Princeton junior, as Bewicke-Copley was part of a 2017 British eight that won bronze.

Bewicke-Copley's heavyweight teammate Daniel de Groot was finally able to compete in Poland on Sunday; after missing the first two races of the week with food poisoning, he rowed in the Canadian M8+ during the final and helped the boat place fifth overall.

Two incoming Tigers also competed at the U-23 World Championships. Flo Donald placed sixth in the British W4- final, while Jonas Juel reached the M1x B final as the representative from Norway, and he finished 11^th overall.

Calendar

Upcoming Events

Recent Results