Simmonds, Snyder Win Gold With U.S. Women's Eight
September 06, 2015 | Women's Rowing
AIGUEBELETTE, France – Rowing as part of the historically dominant U.S women's eight, Huskies Kerry Simmonds and Katelin Snyder helped the U.S. win its 10th straight world championship as the duo became the third and fourth UW alumni to win gold at the 2015 Senior World Championships.
The U.S. won its heat on Monday and advanced straight to the Sunday's final, where the U.S. fought its way out of a tight starting pack that included New Zealand, Canada, Great Britain, Russia and The Netherlands. Coming through the first five hundred meters, the U.S. was in second behind Great Britain. They gained the lead in the second quarter and never relented.
The Americans won in 6:05.65. New Zealand was second in 6:08.65 and Canada was third in 6:09.05. In addition to the gold medal, the U.S. women's eight qualified the boat for the 2016 Rio Olympics.
U.S. Women's Eight Post Race Interview (Katelin Snyder speaking, Kerry Simmonds far left)
Fellow Huskies Megan Kalmoe and Adrienne Martelli join Simmonds and Snyder as the four UW alumnae to win gold medals at the 2015 Senior World Championships. Kalmoe, Martelli and Simmonds are all former UW women's crew captains.
2014 UW graduate Sam Dommer rowed with the U.S. men's eight in Sunday's B final. The Americans finished in first place with a time of 5:27.64 to finish in seventh place overall. Poland finished in second place in the B final. Great Britain took first overall to win the gold medal in a tight race, beating Germany by less than two-tenths of a second.
With the seventh-place overall finish, the Americans just missed qualifying for the 2016 Olympics. The top-five teams from the Senior World Championships earned spots in the Rio games.
Here's the list of all Huskies at the 2015 Senior World Championships.
Current UW Rowers
Danielle Hansen '17, USA, mixed LTA 4+, Silver Medal
Viktor Pivac '18, Serbia, 2+, Bronze Medal
Pietro Zileri '17, Italy, spare
UW Alumni
Will Crothers '09, Canada, men's 4-, 4th place
Rosie Deboef '10, Canada, spare
Sam Dommer '14, USA, men's 8+, 7th place
Rob Gibson '09, Canada, men's 4x, 11th place
Megan Kalmoe '06, USA, women's 4x, Gold Medal
Adrienne Martelli '10, USA, women's 4-, Gold Medal
Conlin McCabe '12, Canada, men's 4-, 4th Place
Patricia Obee '14, Canada, women's lightweight 2x, 4th Place
Kerry Simmonds '11, USA, women's 8+, Gold Medal
Katelin Snyder '09, USA, women's 8+, Gold Medal
Hans Struzyna '11, USA, men's 4x, 12th place
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