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Erin Reelick (far left) stroked the USA W4- to gold at the World Rowing Championships.
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Reelick Claims Gold To Highlight Strong Princeton Effort At World Rowing Championships
September 16, 2018 | Heavyweight Rowing, Women's Rowing - Open, Women's Rowing - Lightweight
Before Erin Reelick '16 left for Bulgaria to compete at the 2018 Senior World Championships, she admitted that the disappointing result from the previous summer had fueled her. She'll have to find a new motivation next year, because she didn't leave Plovdiv with any regrets.
She just left with gold.
Reelick, one of nine former Princetonians to compete at Senior Worlds, stroked the USA W4- to gold this weekend. The former Ivy League champion helped the USA 4- to a wire-to-wire victory in the gold medal final, which ended with the USA topping Australia by about 1.5 seconds.
Five former heavyweights met up Sunday in a wild M8+ final. Tim Masters '15 rowed in the 6 seat for an Australian crew that used a strong final sprint to move from fourth to second and claim a silver medal, just behind a German crew that led the full race. Joining Masters on the medal stand was Tom George, who sat in the 4 seat for a Canadian crew that edged the USA for the bronze medal by less than half a second. The USA crew, which featured both Pat Eble '16 and Glenn Ochal '08 fell just short of the medal stand, though the boat showed its potential with both an exciting final and a narrow win over Australia in its opening heat.
Martin Barakso '16 raced in the Canadian M8+, but the crew placed fourth in its repechage and missed the grand final.
Both Margaret Bertasi '14 and Michaela Copenhaver '11 (formerly Glaezer) made a dramatic run as part of the USA LW4x in their grand final. The American crew was in fifth place at the 1,000-meter mark, but it pushed past the Italians for fourth and set its sights on the medal stand. Though the USA gained on bronze medalist Germany in the final 500, the Americans couldn't make up the complete deficit and finished a strong fourth in the final.
Former heavyweight captain Nick Mead '17 competed in the USA M4-, which finished just outside the top two in its repechage to miss out on the A/B semifinal. The crew bounced back strongly the rest of the week and won the C final by more than two seconds over France.
She just left with gold.
Reelick, one of nine former Princetonians to compete at Senior Worlds, stroked the USA W4- to gold this weekend. The former Ivy League champion helped the USA 4- to a wire-to-wire victory in the gold medal final, which ended with the USA topping Australia by about 1.5 seconds.
Five former heavyweights met up Sunday in a wild M8+ final. Tim Masters '15 rowed in the 6 seat for an Australian crew that used a strong final sprint to move from fourth to second and claim a silver medal, just behind a German crew that led the full race. Joining Masters on the medal stand was Tom George, who sat in the 4 seat for a Canadian crew that edged the USA for the bronze medal by less than half a second. The USA crew, which featured both Pat Eble '16 and Glenn Ochal '08 fell just short of the medal stand, though the boat showed its potential with both an exciting final and a narrow win over Australia in its opening heat.
Martin Barakso '16 raced in the Canadian M8+, but the crew placed fourth in its repechage and missed the grand final.
Both Margaret Bertasi '14 and Michaela Copenhaver '11 (formerly Glaezer) made a dramatic run as part of the USA LW4x in their grand final. The American crew was in fifth place at the 1,000-meter mark, but it pushed past the Italians for fourth and set its sights on the medal stand. Though the USA gained on bronze medalist Germany in the final 500, the Americans couldn't make up the complete deficit and finished a strong fourth in the final.
Former heavyweight captain Nick Mead '17 competed in the USA M4-, which finished just outside the top two in its repechage to miss out on the A/B semifinal. The crew bounced back strongly the rest of the week and won the C final by more than two seconds over France.
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