GRP Headed to Olympic Trials Finals

Jen and Will finished third and first in the B final.

Today was the Semifinals at Nathan Benderson Park, in Sarasota Florida, and the GRP has quite a few boats headed into Friday’s Finals!

John Graves, Lucas Bellows, Kevin Meador (rowing under Riverside), Jacob Plihal/ Mark Couwenhoven, and Grace Joyce/ Christine Cavallo, all advanced out of their semifinals and are headed to Finals tomorrow, starting at 8:30am ET.

    Jen Forbes and William Legenzowski both didn’t make it out of their Semifinals, but both earned an opportunity to race that afternoon in the B Final. Jen placed third in her B Final, only 2 seconds away from first place, and 1 second away from second place. And Will came away with a win in his B Final. 

Tomorrow’s Olympic Trial Finals begins at 8:30 am ET, with the Women’s A final. 

Our greenies will be racing as followed: 

Men’s 1x Final 8:40am: 

Lucas Bellows, bow 1

John Graves, bow 3

Kevin Meador, bow 4 

Men’s 2x Finals 8:50am:

Jacob Plihal/ Mark Couwenhoven, bow 4

Women’s Lightweight 2x Final 9:00am:

Grace Joyce/ Christine Cavallo, bow 1 

See full results from today’s racing here: https://herenow.com/results/#/races/20858/results

Here is the link to keep up with live results tomorrow: https://herenow.com/results/#/races/20858/results

Or watch racing live starting at 8:30am ET! Click here for the link to tomorrow’s Olympic Trial Finals on NBC Sports: https://www.nbcsports.com/live/2021-02-25

You can also watch racing live on the NBC Sports App.  

Jen and Will finished third and first in the B final.