Four UW Alumni Open Olympics Competition On Day One

PARIS – Four Washington Rowing alumni got their Olympic competition underway Saturday morning in Paris, with Simon van Dorp, Ben Davison, and Tabea Schendekehl all moving through directly to the next level.

Dutchman van Dorp, the top seed in the large men's single sculls field, turned in the fastest time of the day over the six heats, earning a quarterfinal berth with a win in 6:49.93. He'll next race in a quarterfinal on Tuesday.

Davison and his American double sculls partner took their heat, earning a direct trip to the A/B semifinals and avoiding the repechage.

Schendekehl and her German quad skulls crew finished second in their heat, earning a direct path to the A final. In that same heat, former fellow teammate Teal Cohen and her USA quad finished fourth. That quad will be required to race in a repechage on Monday to remain in contention for a medal.

Three more Huskies begin Olympic competition in races on Sunday. Jessica Thoennes (USA women's pair), Logan Ullrich (New Zealand men's four) and Phoebe Spoors (New Zealand women's four) will all compete in heats. See schedule below.

Ben Davison photo courtesy USRowing

Full Schedule of Events
(all times on this linked website are local to site; Paris is nine hours ahead of Pacific Time ... for example, 11:30 a.m. in Paris is 2:30 a.m. in Seattle)

NBC TV Viewing Information

CBC TV (Canada) Viewing Information

Washington Rowing Alumni in the 2024 Olympics

Men's Single – M1x
Simon van Dorp '20, Netherlands

Women's Pair – W2-
Jessica Thoennes '18, USA

Men's Double – M2x
Ben Davison '18, USA

Women's Four – W4-
Phoebe Spoors '17, New Zealand

Men's Four – M4-
Logan Ullrich '23, New Zealand

Women's Quad – W4x
Teal Cohen '21, USA
Tabea Schendekehl '20, Germany

Women's Eight – W8+
Nina Castagna '22, USA
Holly Dunford '22, Great Britain
Aisha Rocek '25, Italy

Men's Eight – M8+
Chris Carlson '18, USA
Rielly Milne '18, USA
Evan Olson '19, USA
Pieter Quinton '21, USA
Jacob Dawson '16, Great Britain
Gert-Jan van Doorn '21, Netherlands

Spare, PR3 Mixed Coxed Four – PR3Mix4+
Danielle Hansen '17, USA

Coaches
Michael Callahan '96, USA men's eight coach
Lori Dauphiny '85, USA women's pairs coach
Adrienne Martelli '10, USA women's sweep coach

SUNDAY'S SCHEDULE OF RACES (UW-related only)

Women's Pairs (W2-) – Thoennes
Heats: Sun., July 28, 10:30-10:50 a.m. CET/1:30-1:50 a.m. PDT

Women's Four (W4-) – Spoors
Heats: Sun., July 28, 12:30-12:40 p.m. CET/3:30-3:40 a.m. PDT

Men's Four (M4-) – Ullrich
Heats: Sun., July 28, 12:50-1:00 p.m. CET/3:50-4:00 a.m. PDT

Schedule

Players Mentioned

Chris Carlson

Nina Castagna

Teal Cohen

Ben Davison

Jacob Dawson

Holly Dunford

Rielly Milne

Evan Olson

Pieter Quinton

Aisha Rocek

Tabea Schendekehl

Phoebe Spoors

Jessica Thoennes

Logan Ullrich

Gert-Jan van Doorn

Simon van Dorp

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