Day 3 – 2019 World Rowing Championships | Championnats du monde d’aviron
Rowing Canada Aviron – Team Canada continued to progress well in Linz-Ottensheim on Day 3 of the World Rowing Championships. Canada advanced to three semifinals in the women’s four, lightweight women’s single and the PR2 mixed double today.
The women’s four repechage saw top-three advancing to the A/B semifinals with the Canadian crew of Madison Mailey (Burnaby, BC), Sydney Payne (Toronto, ON), Jennifer Martins (Toronto, ON), and Stephanie Grauer (Vancouver, BC) finishing third behind New Zealand and Great Britain.
“We raced calm and composed today,” said bow seat, Madison Mailey. “There is a strong level of trust and a strong sense of team culture in our boat. It continues to grow each day.”
This repechage was an important progression for the women’s four crews to ensure they remain in contention for a top eight performance and confirm their goal of Olympic qualification.
“It’s impossible not to think about Olympic qualification but it is not front of mind at the moment as we are focusing on our race plan,” said Sydney Payne. “We are pleased to get the job done today and focus on our semi-final on Thursday.”
Ellen Gleadow (Vancouver, BC) rowed a commanding repechage today in the lightweight women’s single, leading from start to finish and winning the race ahead of Denmark and Norway. Gleadow locked up her spot in the A/B semifinals taking place on Thursday.
Jeremy Hall (St. Paul, AB) and Jessye Brockway (Mill Bay, BC) raced the PR2 mixed double repechage today needing a top three placement to advance to the A/B semifinals. Hall and Brockway finished second behind the Germans, and still remain in the hunt for a top eight performance to confirm Paralympic qualification this week. Today’s performance has advanced the PR2 mixed double to Thursday’s semifinals.
“We made some positive changes from the heats that helped us meet our goal,” said Jeremy Hall. “We are one step closer and will use today’s experience to help us improve leading into our next race.”
The men’s and women’s eights raced their heats today with only one boat advancing through to the A final on the women’s side and two advancing straight to the A final for the men.
The Canadian women’s eight lined up in a stacked heat against New Zealand, Great Britain, China and Germany, with the Kiwis snagging the win and the only A final spot.
“We had a lot of excitement going into this race but also a lot of unknowns as it’s our first time racing as a crew,” said Rio Olympian, Christine Roper. “The field is very fast and even more competitive as it is an Olympic qualifying year. We are nine very powerful people and we’ve been in this situation before and we are confident we can get the job done later this week.”
The men’s eight faced off against the 2018 World Champions from Germany, Australia and Italy. Germany took an early lead that would not be relinquished, while Canada held a narrow lead over the Australians through the 1000m mark. With a significant push in the last half of the race, Australia pushed ahead of Canada resulting a third place finish for the maple leaf.
Both the men’s and women’s eights will contest the repechage on Thursday.
Tomorrow, Canada will race in multiple quarterfinal events in the women’s and men’s pair, lightweight men’s and women’s double, women’s single, lightweight men’s single and a repechage in the women’s double and PR men’s single.
Racing continues until September 1, 2019 with live streaming available every day at CBC Sports.
Photos of Team Canada (copyright Rowing Canada Aviron) can be viewed here.
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The 2019 World Rowing Championships Qualification System for Tokyo 2020 can be found here.
When and Where
August 25-September 1, 2019
Linz-Ottensheim, Austria
Schedule to be released here
How to Follow Racing
Live tracking and blogging every day at www.worldrowing.com.
Live streaming available in Canada at CBC Sports.
Media Guide
View World Rowing’s World Rowing Championships media guide here. Bio information for Canadian team found here.
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Canadian Crews – World Rowing Championships
| PR2 Men’s Single | |
| Jeremy Hall | Edmonton Rowing Club |
| PR2 Mixed Double | |
| Jeremy Hall | Edmonton Rowing Club |
| Jessye Brockway | Gorge Rowing Club |
| PR3 Men’s Pair | |
| Andrew Todd | North Star Rowing Club |
| Kyle Fredrickson | University of Victoria Rowing Club |
| PR1 Men’s Single | |
| Loren Pearson | Victoria City Rowing Club |
| Women’s Eight | |
| Lisa Roman | Middlesex-Western Rowing Club |
| Susanne Grainger | London Rowing Club |
| Nicole Hare | Calgary Rowing Club |
| Avalon Wasteneys | University of Victoria Rowing Club |
| Kasia Gruchalla-Wesierski | Calgary Rowing Club |
| Hillary Janssens | University of British Columbia Rowing Club |
| Christine Roper | Ottawa Rowing Club |
| Caileigh Filmer | University of Victoria Rowing Club |
| Kristen Kit (coxswain) | University of British Columbia Rowing Club/St. Catharines Rowing Club |
| Women’s Pair | |
| Hillary Janssens | University of British Columbia Rowing Club |
| Caileigh Filmer | University of Victoria Rowing Club |
| Women’s Four | |
| Madison Mailey | Burnaby Lake Rowing Club |
| Jennifer Martins | Western University Rowing Club |
| Stephanie Grauer | Burnaby Lake Rowing Club |
| Sydney Payne | Brentwood College Rowing Club |
| Women’s Double | |
| Andrea Proske | Victoria City Rowing Club |
| Gabrielle Smith | Knowlton Rowing Club |
| Lightweight Women’s Double | |
| Jill Moffatt | Western University Rowing Club |
| Jennifer Casson | Kingston Rowing Club |
| Lightweight Women’s Single | |
| Ellen Gleadow | Burnaby Lake Rowing Club |
| Spares | |
| Kristin Bauder | Middlesex-Western Rowing Club |
| Morgan Rosts | Ridley Graduate Boat Club |
| Rebecca Zimmerman | University of Victoria Rowing Club |
| Laura Court | St. Catharines Rowing Club |
| Women’s Single | |
| Carling Zeeman | Sudbury Rowing Club |
| Men’s Pair | |
| Conlin McCabe | Brockville Rowing Club |
| Kai Langerfeld | University of Victoria Rowing Club |
| Men’s Eight | |
| Benjamin de Wit | University of British Columbia Rowing Club |
| Cody Bailey | MicMac Aquatic Center |
| Gavin Stone | Queen’s University Rowing Club |
| Jakub Buczek | Burnaby Lake Rowing Club |
| Mackenzie Copp | Western University Rowing Club |
| Martin Barakso | Brentwood College Rowing Club |
| Taylor Perry | Leander Boat Club |
| Will Crothers | Kingston Rowing Club |
| Lesley Thompson-Willie (coxswain) | London Rowing Club |
| Men’s Double | |
| Matthew Buie | St. Catharines Rowing Club |
| Trevor Jones | Peterborough Rowing Club |
| Lightweight Men’s Double | |
| Maxwell Lattimer | University of British Columbia Rowing Club |
| Patrick Keane | Victoria City Rowing Club |
| Lightweight Men’s Single | |
| Aaron Lattimer | University of British Columbia Rowing Club |
| Spares | |
| David De Groot | Brock University Rowing Club |
| Tim Schrijver | Brock University Rowing Club |
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For more information:
Colleen Coderre
RCA Communications Lead
comm@rowingcanada.org