Finals Set at USRowing’s 2023 National Selection Regatta

Thursday, April 27, 2023

PHOTO AND STORY COURTESY USROWING

Finals are now set at the 2023 National Selection Regatta in Chula Vista, Calif., after Thursday’s semifinal racing in the men’s and women’s single sculls.

After posting the fastest time in Tuesday’s time trial of the men’s single, New York Athletic Club’s Eliot Putnam (Littleton, Mass./Cornell University) came back to record the top time in Thursday’s semifinals. Racing in the first of two semis, Putnam crossed the finish line more than four seconds ahead of Craftsbury Green Racing Project’s Jacob Plihal (Vashon Island, Wash./Northeastern University), finishing with a time of 7:07.29. Plihal crossed the line in a 7:13.75, with San Diego Rowing Club’s Tom Peszek (Farmington Hills, Mich./University of Michigan) finishing third in a 7:15.69 to also advance to the final. In the second semifinal, California Rowing Club’s Andrew LeRoux (Venice, Fla./Princeton University) earned the victory in a 7:07.76, finishing just over two seconds ahead of Texas Rowing Center’s Jonathan Kirkegaard (Philadelphia, Pa./Purdue University). Kirkegaard clocked a 7:09.81. Isaiah Harrison (Coeur d’Alene, Idaho/Coeur d’Alene Rowing Association) finished third in a 7:18.94 to earn the last spot in the final. Putnam last raced for the U.S. in the men’s quadruple sculls at the 2021 World Rowing Final Olympic Qualification Regatta, while LeRoux was an alternate on the 2022 World Championships’ squad. Plihal, who won the single at the Pan American Games Qualification Regatta last week, and Kirkegaard were members of the quad at last year’s world championships. Peszek is a 10-time national team member and 2012 Olympian, while Harrison won a silver medal in the single at the 2022 World Rowing Under 23 Championships.

In the women’s single sculls, TRC’s Kara Kohler (Clayton, Calif./University of California, Berkeley), a nine-time national team member and two-time Olympian who won the bronze medal in the event at the 2019 World Rowing Championships, put down the fastest time of the semifinals, winning the second semi in a 7:48.78. Kohler finished 2.30 seconds ahead of ARION’s Savannah Brija (Lemont, Ill./Ithaca College). Long Beach Rowing Association’s Madeleine Focht (Long Beach, Calif./California State University, Long Beach) finished third in a 7:58.44. In the first semifinal, USRowing Training Center – Princeton’s Michelle Sechser (Folsom, Calif./University of Tulsa), a Tokyo 2020 Olympian who won a silver medal in the lightweight women’s double sculls at last year’s world championships, won the race in a 7:52.97. Craftsbury Green Racing Project’s Emily Delleman (Davenport, Iowa/Stanford University) finished second in a 7:55.19, while Whitemarsh Boat Club’s Audrey Boersen (West Olive, Mich./Grand Valley State University) took third in a 7:56.76. Sechser posted the fastest time in Tuesday’s time trial, just ahead of Kohler. Brija and Delleman were part of the women’s quadruple sculls at last year’s world championships, while Boersen made the lightweight women’s quad but was unable to compete due to injury. Focht recently won two medals at the Pan American Games Qualification Regatta in the women’s double and quad.

Click here for complete results from today’s racing.

In addition to the men’s and women’s single sculls, tomorrow’s finals will feature racing in the men’s and women’s double sculls and pairs, as well as the PR2 mixed double sculls and the PR1 men’s single sculls. Racing is scheduled to start at 8 a.m.

In total, 55 rowers in 38 boats are competing this week on the Lower Otay Reservoir. Winners in the singles, doubles, and pairs will earn the right to race at World Rowing Cup 2 in Varese, Italy. A top-six finish in Varese (if six of the top eight nations from the 2022 World Championships are in attendance) will earn the athletes the opportunity to represent the U.S. in the event at the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. If six of the top eight nations are not in attendance, the placement criteria will be adapted. Click here to see the complete 2023 Senior National Team Selection Procedures.

In the PR1 men’s single sculls and PR2 mixed double sculls, the winning boat will earn the right to race at the Gavirate International Para Regatta. A top-six finish in Gavirate (if six of the top eight nations from the 2022 World Championships are in attendance) will earn the athletes the opportunity to represent the U.S. in the event at the 2023 World Championships. If six of the top eight nations are not in attendance, the placement criteria will be adapted. Click here to see the complete 2023 Para National Team Selection Procedures.

The 2023 World Rowing Championships will take place September 3-10 in Belgrade, Serbia.

USRowing would like to thank Filippi Lido, the Official Boat Supplier for the U.S. Senior, Under 23, and Para Rowing National Teams. Under the agreement, Filippi is providing USRowing a fleet of boats for international competitions including the World Rowing Cup regattas, World Rowing Under 23 Championships, World Rowing Championships, Olympic Games, and Paralympic Games, as well as a domestic training fleet for the USRowing Training Center.

Practiced Efficiency

Rowing News

Thursday, April 27, 2023

BY BILL MANNING
PHOTO BY ED MORAN

Time is short. Fully preparing a crew to race requires more time than is frequently available. Consequently, we try to prepare crews and athletes adequately by using the available time as efficiently as possible. Incorporating dual-purpose practices into the training schedule makes this more possible.

A dual-purpose practice enables coaches to address two or more aspects of needed preparation simultaneously—for example, teaching skills during lower-intensity training. The utilization training prepares the athletes physiologically, while the instruction improves their stroke. (One could argue that to row/scull without attention to skill is simply to build bad habits, and that the dual focus of this training is absolutely necessary.)

Equally valuable is pairing race-rehearsal activities with higher-intensity training. Shorter pieces at race rates increase anaerobic capacity, but rather than just repeating 500-meter pieces at one rate, incorporate race plans and/or race scenarios. Doing so gives athletes the opportunity to execute—and improve—what they must do on race day repeatedly.

Racing starts are too often taught separately and divorced from training. Create a dual-purpose practice by including the starting sequence in training pieces. Whatever the intensity of the piece, simply begin at the catch with the stroke sequence used to get the boat up to speed. The pressure may be less than full, and thus the start slower, but doing this enables the crew to practice the initial building strokes more frequently, and thus make them more routine.

The same is true with rate lifts (“sprinting”). Lifting at the end of a longer piece teaches tired athletes how to increase boat speed by shifting up the rate. Rather than doing all aerobic threshold (AT) pieces consistently at one rate, try going up two with 90 seconds to go and up two more for the last 10. When racing, we lift the stroke rate only when tired, so best to practice lifting when tired.

Dual-purpose practices work also on land. When erging at an assigned rate, designate a stroke and have the others follow him or her. Require the team to replicate the pattern of the desired stroke rather than merely hold a rate. Linking dynamic ergs together helps significantly. Doing this trains both physiology and sequencing.

Routine competition in practice develops confident, capable athletes, whether on the water or the erg, while also building fitness. Set up some workouts so it’s not about holding a certain split but rather about going faster than a similarly capable peer. Handicap athletes so those of varied abilities can still compete with each other. If the athletes are rowing and racing to win, then give them the opportunity to rehearse trying to win.

If performing weight circuits for aerobic endurance, do them at race rate. Make the weight light enough so that athletes can complete the activity 30-plus times a minute and their bodies will develop the quickness needed on the water.

The most important element to add to the majority of practices is fun. Always look for ways to make the training more enjoyable. Purposeful fun makes faster boats.

Time is short, but we all have exactly the same amount of time before the championships. Incorporate dual-purpose practices into your training plan and you’ll accomplish more in the time available.

USRowing Announces PR3 Selection Camp Invitations

Rowing News

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

PHOTO AND STORY COURTESY USROWING

USRowing is pleased to announce the 12 athletes who have been invited to the PR3 selection camp this summer. The camp will select the athletes who will represent the U.S. in the PR3 mixed double sculls and PR3 mixed four with coxswain at the 2023 World Rowing Championships September 3-10 in Belgrade, Serbia.

“Having the top PR3 athletes together for one camp gives us the best opportunity to put two competitive crews in a position to earn Paralympic qualifying spots at this year’s world championships,” said Director of Para High Performance Ellen Minzner. “We are excited to be drawing such deep talent from the U.S. collegiate system that we can build with through Paris 2024 and LA 2028.”

Five of the invited athletes raced at the 2022 World Rowing Championships including coxswain Emilie Eldracher, Alex Flynn, Saige Harper, and Andrew Wigren in the mixed four with coxswain and Todd Vogt in the mixed double sculls. The remaining seven invitees will be attempting to make their first Para National Team.

The camp will be held June 14-July 1 at Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J.

Selection Camp Invites
Skylar Dahl (Minneapolis, Minn./University of Virginia)
Katherine Davis (New York, N.Y./Cornell University)
Emilie Eldracher (Andover, Mass./Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Holland Engel (Stockton, N.J./Rutgers University)
Alex Flynn (Danvers, Mass./Tufts University)
Saige Harper (Easthampton, Mass./Sacred Heart University)
Sarah Menefee (Austin, Texas/University of Tulsa)
Matt Simmons (Orinda, Calif./Gonzaga University)
Todd Vogt (Rochester, N.Y./University of Buffalo/Portland Boat Club)
Ben Washburne (Madison, Conn./Williams College)
Andrew Wigren (Providence, R.I./Hobart College/Cambridge Boat Club)
Gemma Wollenschlaeger (Crofton, Md./Temple University)

Staff
Tom Siddall, PR3 Mixed Four with Coxswain
Andrea Thies, PR3 Mixed Double Sculls
Beth Noll, Assistant Coach
Tom West, Team Engineer

American Athletic Conference Announces Weekly Rowing Honors

Rowing News

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

STORY COURTESY AAC
PHOTO COURTESY UCF ATHLETICS

IRVING, Texas – The American Athletic Conference has announced the winner of the league’s Boat of the Week honor covering action through April 23.

BOAT OF THE WEEK

UCF –Varsity 4

Cox: Sophia Troia

Stroke: Saskia Papsova

3: Aubrie Russo

2: Veronica Rush

Bow: Martina Pischedda

The Knights competed at the Lake Wheeler Invitational in Raleigh, N.C., April 22-23 and the Varsity 4 had three top-3 finishes. In Friday’s morning session, UCF finished in 7:25.495, behind only No. 8 Penn (7:13.261) and No. 19 Iowa (7:15.487), but ahead of Miami (7:26.479), Kansas and Navy. In the Friday afternoon session, the Knights finished second in 7:47.682, behind No. 14 Duke (7:33.136), but ahead of Oklahoma (7:49.954), Navy, Miami and Georgetown. In the boat’s final race on Saturday morning, UCF finished third in 7:42.679, behind (RV) Tennessee (7:37.863) and Navy (7:41.527), but ahead of (RV) Alabama (7:48.399), Georgetown and North Carolina.

The American in the Pocock CRCA National Rankings

12 – SMU

Upcoming Schedule

April 29

UCF at Oregon State Invite | Dexter Lake, Oregon

Tulsa at Oklahoma | OKC National High Performance Center in Oklahoma City, Okla.

April 29-30

SMU at Stanford | Redwood Shores in Redwood City, Calif.

Sacramento State at WIRA Championship | Lake Natoma in Gold River, Calif.

April 30

Temple at Women’s Sprints | Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass.

May 14

American Athletic Conference Championships | Melton Lake in Oak Ridge, Tenn.

IRCA/IRA Men’s Heavyweight Varsity Eight Poll, DIII 1st Varsity Eight Poll, Men’s Lightweight 1st Varsity Eight, DIII 2nd Varsity Eight Poll, Team Points

Rowing News

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

PROVIDED BY THE IRA
PHOTO COURTESY CALIFORNIA ATHLETICS

IRCA/IRA Men’s Heavyweight Varsity 8 Poll

Rank	Team (First Place Votes)	Points	Previous
1	University of California – Berkeley (11)	299	1
2	Yale University (1)	285	2
3	University of Washington	280	3
4	Princeton University	259	T-5
5	Syracuse University	255	4
6	Dartmouth College	241	T-5
7	Harvard University	217	7
8	Northeastern University	213	8
9	Stanford University	212	9
10	Brown University	198	10
11	University of Wisconsin	176	11
12	University of Pennsylvania	170	14
13	Boston University	156	13
14	Cornell University	145	12
15	Drexel University	124	15
T-16	Georgetown University	113	16
T-16	US Naval Academy	113	17
18	Holy Cross	95	18
19	Oregon State University	73	19
20	Temple University	66	20
21	Colgate University	56	21
22	Columbia University	54	22
23	La Salle University	40	23
24	University of California – San Diego	28	24
25	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	15	NR
Others Receiving Votes: Gonzaga University (12), Jacksonville University (5)

IRCA/IRA Men’s Heavyweight 2nd Varsity 8 Poll
Rank	Team (First Place Votes)	Points	Previous
1	University of California – Berkeley (8)	295	1
2	Brown University (4)	290	2
3	University of Washington	271	3
4	Dartmouth College	256	T-4
5	Syracuse University	253	T-4
6	Yale University	243	6
7	Harvard University	236	7
8	Princeton University	220	8
9	Northeastern University	202	9
10	Stanford University	186	T-10
11	University of Pennsylvania	185	T-10
12	Boston University	164	12
13	US Naval Academy	158	13
14	University of Wisconsin	147	14
15	Cornell University	134	15
16	Oregon State University	108	17
17	Drexel University	102	16
18	La Salle University	96	20
19	Temple University	90	18
20	Holy Cross	74	19
21	Georgetown University	51	21
22	University of California – San Diego	50	22
23	Gonzaga University	34	23
24	St. Joseph’s University	22	NR
25	Hobart University	20	25
Others Receiving Votes: Columbia University (5), Santa Clara University (5), Colgate University (2), Jacksonville University (1)

IRCA/IRA Men’s Heavyweight 3rd Varsity 8 Poll
Rank	Team (First Place Votes)	Points
1	University of Washington (10)	238	T-1
2	University of California – Berkeley (2)	225	T-1
3	Yale University	221	3
4	Harvard University	201	4
5	Brown University	189	5
6	Dartmouth College	174	T-6
7	Syracuse University	170	T-6
8	Princeton University	164	8
9	US Naval Academy	145	9
10	University of Pennsylvania	130	10
11	Boston University	112	T-11
12	Cornell University	110	T-11
13	Northeastern University	98	13
14	University of Wisconsin	89	14
15	Drexel University	63	15
16	Temple University	43	17
17	Holy Cross	42	19
18	Hobart College	37	16
19	Santa Clara University	35	18
20	Oregon State University	23	20
Others Receiving Votes: University of California – San Diego (9), St. Joseph’s University (2)

IRA Ten Eyck Team Points
Rank	Team	Points	Previous
1	University of California – Berkeley	285	1
2	University of Washington	270	2
3	Yale University	257	3
4	Dartmouth College	236	5
5	Syracuse University	234	4
6	Brown University	227	6
7	Harvard University	225	7
8	Princeton University	224	8
9	Northeastern University	185	9
10	University of Pennsylvania	166	10
11	Boston University	154	11
12	University of Wisconsin	147	T-12
13	US Naval Academy	141	15
14	Stanford University	140	14
15	Cornell University	134	T-12
16	Drexel University	112	16
17	Oregon State University	81	T-17
18	Holy Cross	79	T-17
19	Temple University	76	T-17
20	Georgetown University	61	20
21	La Salle University	38	21
22	University of California – San Diego	29	22
23	Hobart College	21	23
24	Colgate University	20	25
25	Santa Clara University	18	24
26	Columbia University	15	26
27	Gonzaga University	14	27
28	St. Joseph’s University	13	NR
29	Jacksonville University	3	28

IRCA/IRA Men’s D3 1st Varsity 8 Poll
4/26/2023
Rank	Team (First Place Votes)	Points	Previous
1	Williams College (6)	90	1
2	Wesleyan University	84	4
3	Bates College	75	T-3
4	Trinity College	71	5
5	Tufts University	70	T-3
6	Colby College	60	9
7	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	53	6
8	Ithaca College	41	7
9	St. Lawrence University	40	14
10	Hamilton College	37	8
11	Adrian College	22	10
12	US Coast Guard Academy	16	11
13	Union College	15	15
14	Rochester Institute of Technology	13	13
15	Vassar College	12	NR
Others Receiving Votes: Catholic University (11)

IRCA/IRA Men’s D3 2nd Varsity 8 Poll
Rank	Team (First Place Votes)	Points
1	Williams College (6)	48
2	Bates College	38
3	Wesleyan University	35
4	Tufts University	28
5	Trinity College	27
T-6	Ithaca College	15
T-6	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	15
8	Rochester Institute of Technology	8
Others Receiving Votes: Hamilton College (2)

IRCA/IRA Men’s D3 Team Points
Rank	Team	Points
1	Williams College	54
2	Wesleyan University	48
3	Bates College	46.5
4	Trinity College	39
5	Tufts University	37.5
6	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	28.5
7	Ithaca College	25.5
8	Colby College	21
9	Rochester Institute of Technology	7.5

IRCA/IRA Men’s Lightweight 1st Varsity 8 Poll
4/26/2023
Rank	Team	Points	Previous
1	Columbia University (8)	98	1
2	Princeton Univeristy (3)	88	3
3	Cornell University	78	2
4	Yale University	75	4
5	Harvard University	67	7
6	US Naval Academy	53	6
7	University of Pennsylvania	45	5
8	Georgetown University	43	8
9	Dartmouth College	28	9
10	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	20	10
11	Mercyhurst University	10	11

IRCA/IRA Men’s Lightweight 2nd Varsity 8 Poll
Rank	Team	Points
1	Princeton Univeristy (9)	81
2	Cornell University	67
3	Columbia University (1)	62
4	Yale University	53
5	University of Pennsylvania	52
6	Harvard University	49
7	US Naval Academy	35
8	Georgetown University	20
9	Dartmouth College	16
10	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	15

IRCA/IRA Men’s Lightweight Team Points
Rank	Team	Points
T-1	Columbia University	51
T-1	Princeton University	51
3	Cornell University	46.5
4	Yale University	40.5
5	Harvard University	34.5
T-6	US Naval Academy	30
T-6	University of Pennsylvania	30
8	Georgetown University	22.5
9	Dartmouth College	18
10	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	13.5
11	Mercyhurst University	6

Women’s Sprints Poll – April 23, 2023

Rowing News

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

PROVIDED BY THE IRA
PHOTO COURTESY BROWN ATHLETICS

Rank	1V	Points
1	Brown	1.29
2	Syracuse	1.65
3	Harvard-Radcliffe	3.06
4	Rutgers	3.88
5	Columbia	4.88
6	Boston University	5.71
7	Northeastern	6.76
8	Drexel	8.41
9	Dartmouth	8.82
10	URI	10.12
11	Michigan State	10.71
12	Cornell	11.35
13	Georgetown	12.56
14	UMASS	12.59
15	Temple	12.65
16	Boston College	14.35
17	Colgate	15.71
18	Marist	16.76

Rank	3V8	Points
1	Brown	1.00
2	Syracuse	2.31
3	Rutgers	3.92
4	Northeastern	4.00
5	Columbia	4.62
6	Harvard-Radcliffe	5.54
7	Michigan State	6.50
8	Dartmouth	8.29
9	Drexel	8.54
10	Cornell	9.85
11	URI	10.92
12	Georgetown	11.00
13	Temple	11.77
14	UMASS	12.92
15	Boston College	13.62

Rank	2V	Points
1	Brown	1.12
2	Syracuse	1.94
3	Harvard-Radcliffe	2.67
4	Rutgers	4.00
5	Boston University	5.00
6	Columbia	6.24
7	Northeastern	6.71
8	Dartmouth	8.29
9	Michigan State	9.12
10	Drexel	9.24
11	URI	10.06
12	Cornell	11.59
13	Temple	11.94
14	UMASS	13.06
15	Boston College	13.82
16	Georgetown	14.29
17	Marist	16.24
18	Colgate	16.53

Rank	V4 “B”	Points
1	Brown	1.14
2	Syracuse	1.79
3	Rutgers	3.00
4	Columbia	4.53
5	Harvard-Radcliffe	4.64
6	Boston University	5.57
7	Northeastern	6.07
8	Michigan State	6.86
9	Cornell	9.00
10	URI	9.36
11	Temple	9.50
12	Dartmouth	10.50
13	Boston College	10.79
14	Colgate	11.87

Rank	V4 “A”	Points
1	Brown	1.18
2	Syracuse	1.76
3	Harvard-Radcliffe	3.11
4	Rutgers	3.82
5	Northeastern	5.47
6	Columbia	6.24
7	Boston University	6.71
8	Michigan State	7.82
9	Dartmouth	8.53
10	Drexel	9.88
11	URI	10.76
12	Cornell	11.65
13	Georgetown	12.47
14	Boston College	12.59
15	UMASS	13.06
16	Temple	13.88
17	Colgate	16.00
18	Marist	16.88

Rank	4V8	Points
1	Rutgers	1.29
2	Northeastern	1.94
3	Michigan State	2.47
4	Columbia	2.59

Rank	V4 “C”	Points
1	Brown	1.10
2	Rutgers	2.25
3	Syracuse	2.64
4	Michigan State	3.30
5	Boston University	5.00
6	Boston College	8.50

Pocock/CRCA Coaches Poll – Week 5: April 26

Rowing News

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

PHOTO AND STORY COURTESY CRCA

DIVISION I

Rank	TEAM RANK	Previous
1	Princeton University (20)	4
2	University of Texas	1
3	Yale University	3
4	Stanford University (1)	2
5	Brown University	5
6	University of Washington	6
7	University of California, Berkeley	7
8	University of Pennsylvania	8
9	University of Virginia	10
10	Syracuse University	9
11	University of Michigan	11
12	Southern Methodist University	13
13	The Ohio State University	12
14	Duke University	14
15	Harvard-Radcliffe	15
16	Indiana University	20
17	University of Southern California	17
18	Rutgers University	16
19	University of Tennessee	NR
20	Columbia University	NR

Others Receiving Votes:

Oregon State University (357); University of Iowa (345); University of Notre Dame (95); University of California, Los Angeles (84); Washington State University (76); University of Alabama (14); Boston University (12)

Division II

Rank	Team	Previous
1	University of Central Oklahoma (1)	1
2	Cal Poly Humboldt (1)	2
3	Seattle Pacific University	3
4	Mercyhurst University (2)	4
5	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University	5
6	Western Washington University	6
7	Rollins College	7
8	Thomas Jefferson University	8

Others Receiving Votes:

Barry University (12); Franklin Pierce University (5)

Division III

Rank	Team – V8	Previous
1	Williams College (4)	1
2	Wellesley College (2)	2
3	Tufts University	3
4	Bates College	4
5	Ithaca College	7
6	Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)	6
7	Trinity College	5
8	Smith College	8
9	Wesleyan University	10
10	US Coast Guard Academy	9
11	Hamilton College	12
12	Clark University	11
13	Skidmore College	NR
14	Rochester Institute of Technology	13
15	University of Rochester	NR

Zeidler and the Sinkovic Brothers Highlight Entries for 2023 World Rowing Cup I

Rowing News

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

PHOTO AND STORY COURTESY WORLD ROWING

The 2023 World Rowing Cup I takes place on Lake Jarun in Zagreb, Croatia from 5 to 7 May 2023, with 30 countries participating – the biggest contingents coming from Spain, Switzerland, and the home nation, Croatia. Athletes from South Africa, Iraq, India, Thailand, and Argentina will be trying to get the first medals of the international rowing season.

The Men’s Single Sculls has attracted the largest number of entries and includes the reigning World Champion, Oliver Zeidler of Germany. Fresh off his title at the 2023 World Rowing Indoor Championships, Zeidler wants to start his season on a high note, but will face tough competition in Croatia. Damir Martin knows Lake Jarun pretty well and will look for a strong performance at home. And there’s also the return of Denmark’s Sverri Nielsen, the 2019 World Rowing Championships’ silver medallist. Sverri was fourth in Tokyo and took a year off international racing in 2022, and it will be interesting to know where he is at this stage of the season.

This event will also feature the hometown heroes, and local legends, Martin and Valent Sinkovic. The two-time Olympic gold medallists have amassed 49 medals at Olympic, World and European events so far in their illustrious career, and will try to get number 50 on home waters in the Men’s Double Sculls. Who can stop them? Possibly the Spanish combination of Rodrigo Conde Romero and Aleix Garcia Pujolar, who beat the Croatians at the last World Rowing Championships to grab a fantastic silver medal. Can they repeat their performance again?

The Women’s Single Sculls looks to be up for grabs. Diana Dymchenko of Azerbaijan has won a World Cup before and is the most experienced sculler of the field. Virginia Diaz Rivas of Spain was in the A-Final at the last World Championships. Aurelia-Maxima Janzen of Switzerland is the reigning World Rowing Under 19 Champion, and her teammate Pascale Walker has been the anchor of the Women’s Quadruple Sculls that medalled at World Cup II last year. A wide-open field which will be very interesting to follow.

Among Spain’s large delegation, they are boating three Women’s Pairs, two Lightweight Men’s Double Sculls, two Men’s Single Sculls and a Women’s Four. Apart from the Men’s Double Sculls, watch out also for the Men’s Pair combination of Javier Garcia Ordonez and Jaime Canalejo Pazos, who finished with a silver medal at the last World Rowing Championships.

As the first World Rowing regatta of the season, Zagreb will be an opportunity for crews to check on the progress they have made in off-season training, and to find their swing in this all important racing year which will culminate with the World Rowing Championships and the first opportunity to qualify boats for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

The World Rowing Cup series was launched in 1997 and consists of a series of three events. The overall World Rowing Cup winners are determined after the third event. This year, the three stages of the series are Zagreb, Croatia (5-7 May), Varese, Italy (16-18 June), Lucerne, Switzerland (7-9 July).

Racing begins on Friday 5 May with Heats and Repechage rounds, and will continue through to semi-finals, with finals on Sunday 7 May. Sunday racing will be live streamed on www.worldrowing.com.

For the full list of entries, visit the 2023 World Rowing Cup I event page.

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Finals Set at USRowing’s 2023 National Selection Regatta

Practiced Efficiency

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