Olympic Trials, Day 4, the Semifinals.
On the penultimate day of the USRowing Olympic Trials, Three BRF athletes advanced to their event finals on Friday. Gevvie Stone won Semifinal 2 of the Women’s Single, while Maggie Fellows had the fastest last 500 meters of anyone in the field to take the remaining qualifying spot. Teammates Cicely Madden and Alie Rusher finished... Read More
Olympic Trials Day 3
With Maggie Fellows and Alie Rusher both winning their respective repechages, all four BRF athletes in the women’s single advance to the semifinals. That means that exactly half of the eight athletes in the semifinals are supported by the BRF. Results of today racing can be found on Herenow.com Don’t forget, tomorrow, you can catch... Read More
Olympic Trials Day 2
With only the heat winners to qualify directly for Thursday’s semifinals, Cicely Madden and Gevvie Stone did exactly that, winning heat 1 and heat 4 respectively. Semifinals will be Thursday, at 8:00 and 8:10 AM, and will be broadcast live on NBCSports.com. Alie Rusher and Maggie Fellows both placed second in heat 3 and heat... Read More
2021 Olympic Trials, Day 1.
After nearly a year long delay the 2020(1) US Rowing Olympic Trials finally got underway today in Sarasota, Florida. With only the top 16 out of 35 entries to advance in the women’s single, Gevvie Stone (2nd), Cicely Madden(5th), Maggie Fellows(7th) and Alie Rusher(8th) all qualified for the Tuesday’s heats. In the lightweight women’s double,... Read More
2020
In early 2020, our athletes were training in Austin, Texas, gearing up for singles and doubles Olympic Trials, and excited for the final year of the Tokyo Olympic Cycle. In early 2021, our athletes will be training in Austin, Texas, hoping that it will be the final year of the Tokyo Olympic Cycle. What a... Read More
Gevvie Stone, Cicely Madden and Hallie Smith qualify their boats for Tokyo
In one of the closest races of the regatta, Gevvie Stone and Cicely Madden finished 5th in the A Final of the Women’s Double Sculls at the World Championships in Linz Ottensheim, Austria. Just 0.64 seconds off the podium, and 2.69 behind the winners from New Zealand, Gevvie and Cicely took the lead in the... Read More
Podiums and A-Finals in Plovdiv
The Boston Rowing Federation athletes and coach had quite a regatta in Plovdiv. First and foremost, Mary Jones Nabel, rowing with Potomac’s Emily Schmieg, finished second in the Olympic Class Lightweight Women’s Double Sculls. In 5th place until the 1500, Mary and Emily had a brilliant last five hundred and rowed through The Netherlands, Switzerland... Read More
BRF 2018 Worlds Kick Off
Join us on August 30th at 6pm at Cambridge Boat Club for a 2018 Worlds kick off. Toast the 2018 World Championship team and help us make the 2019 and 2020 teams even faster and stronger than the 2018 one. RSVP here
Bohinj Training Camp
In this instance, photos speak much louder than words, so please enjoy these, courtesy of Riverside’s Judith Vogel. Next up for our athletes is the Bled International Regatta where they will race doubles and a quad, and the Linz World Cup, where Mary and Hillary will race in the lightweight double, while Emily and Christine... Read More
Mary and Emily finish top 6 at World Cup I
Mary Jones Nabel(CBC) and Emily Schmieg (Potomac Boat Club) finished 6th in the A final at the Belgrade World Cup. The top 6 finish meets the USRowing qualification criteria for the lightweight women’s double, which a great result on such a short turnaround from NSR II. Hillary Saeger and Christine Cavallo finished 4th in the... Read More