U.S. National Team crews won gold, silver, and bronze medals at the second and final stop of the World Rowing Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland. The U.S. women’s four won gold over early-leading Australia, the women’s eight won silver, and the men’s quad won bronze.
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“We did a really good job of executing our plan, just staying internal,” said Azja Czajkowski of the U.S. four, which also raced as part of the women’s eight. “We just trust each other a lot.”
The men’s quad’s medal was the first for the U.S. in the World Rowing Cup event since 2014. U.S. Olympic single sculler Jacob Plihal joined Andrew Leroux, Cedar Cunningham, and Christopher Carlson in the quad, which also doubled up with the sixth-place U.S. men’s four to finish fifth in the final-only eights race.
The Lucerne regatta completed a successful training and racing trip for the U.S. National Team, as USRowing’s CEO for high performance Josy Verdonkschot now returns to the U.S. to train and select crews for worlds trials, August 1-3 on Mercer Lake, New Jersey. The 2025 World Rowing Championships are September 21-28, outside of Shanghai.
“Great to have some racing to see where we are and test some combinations,” said Verdonkschot.
Romania’s Olympic-champion women’s eight won at Lucerne, as did the German men’s eight, marking a return to the top for Germany. Recent University of Washington national champion Logan Ullrich jumped in the single after the IRA regatta and won at Lucerne.
“I dreamed about this for years,” said New Zealand Olympian Ullrich. “I didn’t think it would come that quick in my sculling career. I’m just blown away.”
Great Britain’s Lauren Henry won the women’s single in Lucerne. Henry also won the European Rowing Championships and the Varese stop of the World Rowing Cup.
Romania topped the medal table in Lucerne after winning three gold, two silver, and one bronze medal. Overall, Great Britain won the 2025 World Rowing Cup.
