HPG had 12 athletes representing Riverside at the 2016 USA Olympic Trials, competing for spots to go to Rio for the Olympic Games this August. While no stripes qualified for the right to represent Team USA at this regatta, held at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Florida, from April 21-24, RBC was well-represented; three boats made their respective A-Finals. A summary of lineups & results were as follows (full results can be found on HereNow.com):
Women’s 2x
Molly Hamrick / Keziah Beall
Overall: 3rd Place
Hamrick and Beall on the award's dock following the final. Congratulations to Nicole Ritchie and Mary Jones of Vesper and our 2016 US Olympic Women's 2x, Meghan O'Leary and Ellen Tomek of NYAC/USTC-OKC, on a great race.[/caption]
Time Trial: 4th Place | Heat: 2nd Place | Rep: 1st Place | Final: 3rd Place
Claire Tolson / Mo McAuliffe
Time Trial: 6th Place | Heat: 3rd Place | Rep: 2nd Place
Elizabeth Sonshine / Kristi Wagner
Time Trial: 7th Place | Heat: 4th Place | Rep: Equipment Failure, DNF
Women’s Lightweight 2x
Hillary Saeger / Erin Roberts
Overall: 2nd Place
Time Trial: 2nd Place | Heat: 1st Place | Final: 2nd Place
Women’s 1x
Mary Foster
Time Trial: 8th Place | Heat: 3rd Place | Rep: 2nd Place
Men’s Lightweight 2x
Jake Georgeson / Peter Schmidt
Overall: 4th Place
Time Trial: 5th Place | Heat: 2nd Place | Rep: 1st Place | Final: 4th Place
Tobin McGee / Alex Twist (SRC)
Time Trial: 6th Place | Heat: 4th Place | Rep: 3rd Place
