Oct 02, 2021
Team USA
World Rowing Coastal Championships Wrap Up in Portugal
The 2021 World Rowing Coastal Championships wrapped up Saturday afternoon in Oeiras, Portugal, with five U.S. boats racing in the A finals at the Praia da Torre.
In the men's coxed quadruple sculls, the Great Miami Rowing Center crew of coxswain Bennett Rossell, Kory Rogers, Chris Bak, Marc Oria and Ben Booth finished sixth in the A final, covering the course in a 24:01.90. Ukraine's SO RC "Dnipro" ZCU won the gold medal in a 22:40.91, finishing more than 30 seconds ahead of the Czech Rowing Association in second place. Great Britain's UL Tyrian Club took home the bronze, finishing in a 23:26.99. Great Miami stayed in contention for a medal through the third turning buoy, trailing UL Tyrian by just a canvas as the crews worked their way back towards the beach. But the GB crew, which included British Tokyo 2020 Olympic medalist Jack Beaumont, was able to pull away over the final third of the course to secure the bronze.
In the A final of the women's coxed quadruple sculls, the Great Miami Rowing Center crew of Rossell, Elizabeth Hinley, Brooke Downes, Cassidy Norton and Hannah Huppi finished ninth, crossing the finish line in a 30:00.15. Ukraine's ZCU National Guard easily won the race in a 27:29.70, pulling away from the rest of the field to win by nearly 20 seconds. France's Libourne won the silver medal, with Spain's R.C. Mediterraneo De Malaga taking the bronze medal. With the Coastal Championships featuring club entries instead of national team crews, long-time U.S. team members Molly Bruggeman and Vicki Opitz raced in the stern pair of Great Britain's UL Tyrian Club, finishing fifth.
In the A final of the women's solo, Bair Island Aquatic Center's Hannah Wayment-Steele finished 14th, while Park City Rowing Academy's Dayna Deuter finished 16th. Wayment-Steele crossed the line in a 38:07.06, with Deuter following less than 30 seconds later in a 38:34.03. Racing for Carabinieri, Italy's Stefania Gobbi won the race in a 34:08.66, finishing 21 seconds ahead of Ukraine's Diana Dymchenko of Concorde. France's Jessica Berra of Hendaye Endaika took the bronze medal.
In the women's double sculls, Newport Aquatic Center's Hillary Saeger, a seven-time, flat-water U.S. National Team member, and Erin Roberts, a 2015 National Team member, took 15th in the A final. Saeger and Roberts finished with a time of 31:49.90. Ukraine won gold and bronze, with Denmark taking the silver. Ukraine's SO "RC" Dnipro won the race in a 27:55.94, with the top Danish crew finishing 42 seconds back. Ukraine's ZCU crew claimed the bronze.
In the B final of the mixed double sculls, Green Racing Project's Bridget Schodorf and Luke Rein finished fourth, completing the course in a 21:48.08. Germany's Ruder-Club "Allemannia von 1866" won the race in a 21:01.60.
In total, more than 800 competitors in 342 boats from 34 countries competed at the 2021 World Rowing Coastal Championships. Saturday wrapped up two weekends of racing in Oeiras, with the World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals taking place last weekend.
Next year, both the beach sprints and coastal championships will be held in Saundersfoot (Wales), Great Britain.
Racing can be watched on demand on World Rowing's YouTube channel. Results and additional information are available on www.worldrowing.com. Click here to check out USRowing's photo galleries from this week's racing.
