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Three Husky Crews Move On To Semifinals At Henley
July 06, 2018 | Women's Rowing
HENLEY-ON-THAMES, U.K. – Three out of four Washington boats won their races Friday, the third day of the Henley Royal Regatta, booking their places in Saturday semifinals.
Washington's men's and women's eights, and the UW women's double sculls all earned victories to remain in the competition, while the Huskies' women's quad sculls entry fell in its race.
In the quarterfinals of the Remenham Challenge Cup, the top race for women's eights, Washington's crew came off of the starting dock aggressively against Princeton Training Center, a crew made up of the U.S. Rowing Under-23 National Team (other than several UW rowers in the Husky boat who will also likely make the U.S. team that will compete at Under-23 Worlds later this summer).
UW used its terrific start to take the early lead. By the halfway mark, the Huskies had open water over the U.S. boat and the Huskies rowed to the win in 6:46, three-quarters of a length in front of their opponents.
Saturday, the Huskies take on a boat from Leander Club and University of London that includes UW alumna Fiona Gammond '15, a veteran international rower for Great Britain.
The Huskies' double sculls of Klara Grube and Kenzie Waltar made their debut in the Stonor Challenge Trophy, racing against a duo from Gloucester Rowing Club (Byrony Lawrence and Rhiannon Morgan) in both crews' first race of the regatta.
Waltar and Grube led the entire way, taking the lead from the start, holding it comfortably throughout and winning by two and one-quarter lengths.
Next for the UW double sculls crew is a meeting with Susannah Duncan and Daneille Semple, representing Exeter University, in a semifinal race on Saturday. The Exeter double was given an opening-round bye in the six-team Stonor field. In the other semifinal tomrorow, current UW rower Anna Thornton and her British partner Charlotte Hodgkins-Byrne, who also earned an opening-round bye, take on a double from Headington School.
Washington's quad sculls also made its Henley debut on Friday, racing against a combined crew from Sydney University (Australia) and Edinburgh University (Scotland) in the Princess Grace Challenge Cup. The two boats were nearly even through the first few hundred meters before the Sydney/Edinburgh crew pulled away. Midway into the race, the Huskies fell behind by open water and, while it remained close behind, the UW boat was unable to catch its opponent. The Sydney/Edinburgh quad won the race in 7:46, two and one-quarter lengths in front of Washington.
The Husky men, a crew made up mainly of rowers who competed in the second and third varsity eights last spring, were first among the UW crews to race on Friday, having already won races on Wednesday and Thursday in the 32-team Temple Challenge Cup. Friday, the Huskies beat A.S.R. Nereus, a club from Amsterdam, in a quarterfinal.
The two crews each started fast, rowing stroke for stroke in the early-going. The Huskies managed to put their bow ball in front of the Dutch boat about a quarter of the way in, and then began to assert their authority, steadily increasing their lead. The Huskies set a Henley Regatta record with its time to the Fawley marker (near the halfway point) of 2:56, breaking the old mark (set by A.S.R. Nereus in 2015) by one second.
Washington went on to win the race against Nereus by two and a half lengths, completing the course in a blistering 6:10.
The Huskies will next face Yale, which held off a late challenge from Princeton to win its Temple Challenge Cup race on Friday by the length of the boat deck (by "canvas," to use the Henley term).
"Nereus is a great rowing club with a history of fast boats, so going into this race we knew we had to execute our race," said UW assistant coach Sam Dommer, who is in charge of the Husky men's eight at Henley. "You can see that in the video, Nereus jumps out a few seats but the Huskies lengthen out into our rhythm and got the course record to Fawley. Next is Yale, who beat us at the IRA, so we know we are going to have to really show up."
Also on Friday, UW alum Anna Porteous '18, who wrapped up her Husky career this past spring, rowed in the Town Challenge Cup (straight fours). Her Leander Club boat led much of the way, but fell to Molesey Club by three-quarters of a length.
Here's the full Saturday schedule for the three competitions in which Husky boats are still competing:
Temple Challenge Cup (M8+)
6:10 p.m. Henley Time (10:10 a.m. PT): University of Washington vs. Yale Univeristy
6:50 p.m. Henley Time (10:50 a.m. PT): Newcastle University vs. Oxford Brookes University A
Remenham Challenge Cup (W8+)
11:30 a.m. Henley Time (3:30 a.m. PT): University of Washington vs. Leander Club & University of London
2:30 p.m. Henley Time (6:30 a.m. PT): National Training Center, Australia vs. Yale Uuniversity
Stonor Challenge Trophy (W2x)
12:00 p.m. Henley Time (4:00 a.m. PT): Charlotte Hodgkins-Byrne & Anna Thornton vs.
Katie Greves & Mattea Wuethrich (Headington)
2:50 p.m. Henley Time (6:50 a.m. PT): Klara Grube & Kenzie Waltar (UW) vs. Susannah Duncan & Danielle Sample (Exeter)
Washington's 2018 Henley Royal Regatta Lineups:
Women's Eight (Remenham Challenge Cup)
Cox – Phoebe Marks-Nicholes '18 (Seattle, Wash.)
Stroke – Brooke Pierson '18 (Oak Harbor, Wash.)
7 – Elise Beuke '19 (Sequim, Wash.)
6 – Marlee Blue '19 (Seattle, Wash.)
5 – Tabea Schendekehl '20 (Dortmund, Germany)
4 – Brooke Mooney '18 (Peru, Vt.)
3 – Karle Pittsinger '18 (Lake Chelan, Wash.)
2 – Jessica Thoennes '18 (Highlands Ranch, Colo.)
Bow – Katy Gillingham '19 (Seattle, Wash.)
Women's Quadruple Sculls (Princess Grace Challenge Cup)
Stroke – Chiara Ondoli '18 (Angera, Italy)
3 – Carmela Pappalardo '20 (Salerno, Italy)
2 – Julia Paulsen '18 (Seattle, Wash.)
Bow – Sara Clark '18 (Newport Beach, Calif.)
Women's Double Sculls (Stonor Challenge Trophy)
Stroke – Klara Grube '21 (Lübeck, Germany)
Bow – Kenzie Waltar '18 (Kirkland, Wash.)
Men's Eight (Temple Challenge Cup)
Cox – Kimmons Wilson '20 (Orlando, Fla.)
Stroke – Sean Kelly '18 (Princeton, N.J.)
7 – George Esau '20 (Long Lake, Minn.)
6 – Peter Lancashire '21 (Port Macquarie, Australia)
5 – Steve Rosts '21 (Jordan, Ontario, Canada)
4 – David Bridges '20 (Portland, Ore.)
3 – Robert Karlen '18 (Everett, Wash.)
2 – Philipp Nonnast '19 (Frankfurt, Germany)
Bow – Alexander Vollmer '20 (Hamburg, Germany)
Huskies at Henley History
Here is a list of UW victories at the Henley Royal Regatta:
1977 – Grand Challenge Cup (men's eight)
1977 – Visitors' Challenge Cup (men's coxless four)
1981 – Ladies Challenge Plate (men's eight)
2000 – Henley Prize (women's eight)
2003 – Ladies Challenge Plate (men's eight)
2010 – Temple Challenge Cup (men's eight)
2012 – Temple Challenge Cup (men's eight)
2015 – Prince Albert Challenge Cup (men's coxed four)
Other appearances: 1958, 1973, 1984, 1995, 1997, 2013
Washington's men's and women's eights, and the UW women's double sculls all earned victories to remain in the competition, while the Huskies' women's quad sculls entry fell in its race.
In the quarterfinals of the Remenham Challenge Cup, the top race for women's eights, Washington's crew came off of the starting dock aggressively against Princeton Training Center, a crew made up of the U.S. Rowing Under-23 National Team (other than several UW rowers in the Husky boat who will also likely make the U.S. team that will compete at Under-23 Worlds later this summer).
UW used its terrific start to take the early lead. By the halfway mark, the Huskies had open water over the U.S. boat and the Huskies rowed to the win in 6:46, three-quarters of a length in front of their opponents.
Saturday, the Huskies take on a boat from Leander Club and University of London that includes UW alumna Fiona Gammond '15, a veteran international rower for Great Britain.
The Huskies' double sculls of Klara Grube and Kenzie Waltar made their debut in the Stonor Challenge Trophy, racing against a duo from Gloucester Rowing Club (Byrony Lawrence and Rhiannon Morgan) in both crews' first race of the regatta.
Waltar and Grube led the entire way, taking the lead from the start, holding it comfortably throughout and winning by two and one-quarter lengths.
Next for the UW double sculls crew is a meeting with Susannah Duncan and Daneille Semple, representing Exeter University, in a semifinal race on Saturday. The Exeter double was given an opening-round bye in the six-team Stonor field. In the other semifinal tomrorow, current UW rower Anna Thornton and her British partner Charlotte Hodgkins-Byrne, who also earned an opening-round bye, take on a double from Headington School.
Washington's quad sculls also made its Henley debut on Friday, racing against a combined crew from Sydney University (Australia) and Edinburgh University (Scotland) in the Princess Grace Challenge Cup. The two boats were nearly even through the first few hundred meters before the Sydney/Edinburgh crew pulled away. Midway into the race, the Huskies fell behind by open water and, while it remained close behind, the UW boat was unable to catch its opponent. The Sydney/Edinburgh quad won the race in 7:46, two and one-quarter lengths in front of Washington.
The Husky men, a crew made up mainly of rowers who competed in the second and third varsity eights last spring, were first among the UW crews to race on Friday, having already won races on Wednesday and Thursday in the 32-team Temple Challenge Cup. Friday, the Huskies beat A.S.R. Nereus, a club from Amsterdam, in a quarterfinal.
The two crews each started fast, rowing stroke for stroke in the early-going. The Huskies managed to put their bow ball in front of the Dutch boat about a quarter of the way in, and then began to assert their authority, steadily increasing their lead. The Huskies set a Henley Regatta record with its time to the Fawley marker (near the halfway point) of 2:56, breaking the old mark (set by A.S.R. Nereus in 2015) by one second.
Washington went on to win the race against Nereus by two and a half lengths, completing the course in a blistering 6:10.
The Huskies will next face Yale, which held off a late challenge from Princeton to win its Temple Challenge Cup race on Friday by the length of the boat deck (by "canvas," to use the Henley term).
"Nereus is a great rowing club with a history of fast boats, so going into this race we knew we had to execute our race," said UW assistant coach Sam Dommer, who is in charge of the Husky men's eight at Henley. "You can see that in the video, Nereus jumps out a few seats but the Huskies lengthen out into our rhythm and got the course record to Fawley. Next is Yale, who beat us at the IRA, so we know we are going to have to really show up."
Also on Friday, UW alum Anna Porteous '18, who wrapped up her Husky career this past spring, rowed in the Town Challenge Cup (straight fours). Her Leander Club boat led much of the way, but fell to Molesey Club by three-quarters of a length.
Here's the full Saturday schedule for the three competitions in which Husky boats are still competing:
Temple Challenge Cup (M8+)
6:10 p.m. Henley Time (10:10 a.m. PT): University of Washington vs. Yale Univeristy
6:50 p.m. Henley Time (10:50 a.m. PT): Newcastle University vs. Oxford Brookes University A
Remenham Challenge Cup (W8+)
11:30 a.m. Henley Time (3:30 a.m. PT): University of Washington vs. Leander Club & University of London
2:30 p.m. Henley Time (6:30 a.m. PT): National Training Center, Australia vs. Yale Uuniversity
Stonor Challenge Trophy (W2x)
12:00 p.m. Henley Time (4:00 a.m. PT): Charlotte Hodgkins-Byrne & Anna Thornton vs.
Katie Greves & Mattea Wuethrich (Headington)
2:50 p.m. Henley Time (6:50 a.m. PT): Klara Grube & Kenzie Waltar (UW) vs. Susannah Duncan & Danielle Sample (Exeter)
Washington's 2018 Henley Royal Regatta Lineups:
Women's Eight (Remenham Challenge Cup)
Cox – Phoebe Marks-Nicholes '18 (Seattle, Wash.)
Stroke – Brooke Pierson '18 (Oak Harbor, Wash.)
7 – Elise Beuke '19 (Sequim, Wash.)
6 – Marlee Blue '19 (Seattle, Wash.)
5 – Tabea Schendekehl '20 (Dortmund, Germany)
4 – Brooke Mooney '18 (Peru, Vt.)
3 – Karle Pittsinger '18 (Lake Chelan, Wash.)
2 – Jessica Thoennes '18 (Highlands Ranch, Colo.)
Bow – Katy Gillingham '19 (Seattle, Wash.)
Women's Quadruple Sculls (Princess Grace Challenge Cup)
Stroke – Chiara Ondoli '18 (Angera, Italy)
3 – Carmela Pappalardo '20 (Salerno, Italy)
2 – Julia Paulsen '18 (Seattle, Wash.)
Bow – Sara Clark '18 (Newport Beach, Calif.)
Women's Double Sculls (Stonor Challenge Trophy)
Stroke – Klara Grube '21 (Lübeck, Germany)
Bow – Kenzie Waltar '18 (Kirkland, Wash.)
Men's Eight (Temple Challenge Cup)
Cox – Kimmons Wilson '20 (Orlando, Fla.)
Stroke – Sean Kelly '18 (Princeton, N.J.)
7 – George Esau '20 (Long Lake, Minn.)
6 – Peter Lancashire '21 (Port Macquarie, Australia)
5 – Steve Rosts '21 (Jordan, Ontario, Canada)
4 – David Bridges '20 (Portland, Ore.)
3 – Robert Karlen '18 (Everett, Wash.)
2 – Philipp Nonnast '19 (Frankfurt, Germany)
Bow – Alexander Vollmer '20 (Hamburg, Germany)
Huskies at Henley History
Here is a list of UW victories at the Henley Royal Regatta:
1977 – Grand Challenge Cup (men's eight)
1977 – Visitors' Challenge Cup (men's coxless four)
1981 – Ladies Challenge Plate (men's eight)
2000 – Henley Prize (women's eight)
2003 – Ladies Challenge Plate (men's eight)
2010 – Temple Challenge Cup (men's eight)
2012 – Temple Challenge Cup (men's eight)
2015 – Prince Albert Challenge Cup (men's coxed four)
Other appearances: 1958, 1973, 1984, 1995, 1997, 2013
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