Mercer Alumni Medal at U23 Worlds

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In 2021, Mercer Alumnus Julian Thomas won gold at the Plodiv, Bulgaria race course as part of the USA U19 M8+. This year Julian and his teammates took the Silver medal at the U23 World Rowing Championship on the same course in Plovdiv on July 23.

The USA M8+ just missed qualifying for Final A directly from their heat and had to earn their way into the Final through the repechage. After winning the repechage they went on to the A Final and took the silver medal .09 seconds ahead of 3rd place Germany.

The USA Women's 8+, coached by Mercer Junior Almuni Coaches Sarah Trowbridge and Adrienne Martelli, dominated the competition winning the Gold medal in an open water victory.

Julian studies at Dartmouth College.

Coach Sarah Trowbridge is the Women's Head Coach at the University of Oklahoma.

Coach Adrienne Martelli is Associate Head Coach with the University of California, Berkeley women's team.

Mercer Junior to Race at U19 World Rowing Championships

USRowing announced the team roster for the U19 World Rowing Championship to be held August 2-6 in Paris, and Mercer's own Gabrielle Zammit had been named as the coxswain for the Men's 8+.

While common in the USA for a woman to be the coxswain of a men's boat, it was not until 2017 that World Rowing revised its rules to allow this at the World Rowing Championship. Gabrielle is only the third woman to cox a USA U19 Men's 8+ at the World Rowing Championships.

Congratulations Gabrielle! We look forward to watching the team in Paris!

More information about the World Rowing U19 Championships can be found on the World Rowing website.

Caspersen Rowing Center Hosting the Final Selection of the Senior National Team

Competition to select the last crews that will compete for the USA at the 2023 World Rowing Championships is currently underway on Mercer Lake. The World Rowing Championships serves as the first opportunity for the USA to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The 10 events that will be named at the conclusion of the trials on Saturday, July 29 are the M1x, W2x, M2-, LM1x, LW1x, LM2-, LW2-, LM4x, LW4x and PR3W2-.

The large boats were selected through a camp process which was held on Mercer Lake. USRowing announced the athletes selected for these boats on July 16.

PNRA's Summer Learn To Row Camps Return Strong After COVID

This summer, over 140 new junior rowers are filling over 260 camp spots as they are introduced to the sport through the PNRA Mercer Summer Learn to Row Camps. A number of athletes are taking 2 or 3 sessions.

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Mercer Juniors Compete at the Philly Youth Regatta

The Mercer Juniors Summer Program competed in the 2023 Philly Youth Regatta on July 22. 42 different teams from as far away as Arizona competed in the one-day event on the Schuylkill River. Mercer entered 37 crews in the Regatta with 13 of those crews taking 1st in their races.

Mercer collected gold medals in the Boys Colt U17 8+ (2), Boys Cadet Youth 4+, Girls Cadet Youth 4+, Girls Cadet Youth 2x, Boys Cadet Youth 2- (2), Girls Cadet Youth 2-, Boys Colt U17 4+ (2), Girls Colt U17 U17 4+, Girls Cadet Youth 1x, and Boys Cadet Youth 8+ (2). Some of the winning crews are pictured in this newsletter.

The Mercer Juniors Summer program is open to Junior rowers from all of the Caspersen Rowing Center programs. Hun, Lawrenceville, Peddie and Mercer are all represented on the team. This year there are 129 athletes participating in the summer program.

The Mercer Juniors final competition for the summer will be the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta in St Catharines, Ontario, Canada, August 8-13.

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