St. Catharines Rowing Club’s Giancarlo DiPompeo (University of Victoria) and Owen Kudreikis (University of Pennsylvania) turned in the top local performance at the 2024 World Rowing Senior, Under 23, and Under 19 Championships (Mega Worlds) Aug. 18-25 in St. Catharines.
Competing in the under-23 lightweight men’s double, the twosome lead early in the race before finishing fourth. They missed the podium by 4.28 seconds.
Notre Dame Rowing Club’s Lucas Maroney placed fifth in the under-19 men’s single.
“It feels good to know that I have improved over the past year and that my work has paid off. The junior single is always a tough field and being top five in the world is something that I am proud of,” Maroney told the Rowing Canada website.
He placed fourth in the B final at the 2023 U19 World Rowing Championships in Paris, France.
Brock’s Stephen Harris won the C Final of the senior lightweight men’s single to place 13th overall.
Brock rowers, Connor Dodds (Regina Boat Club), Charles-Etienne Tabet (Club d’Aviron Boucherville) and Riley Watson (Peterborough Rowing Club), and Niko Schramm, a St. Catharines Rowing Club member who rows for the University of British Columbia, placed second in the under-23 men’s lightweight quad. Only two boats competed in the event.
St. Catharines Rowing Club coxswain Serafina Dell (Brock), and South Niagara Rowing Club’s Aurelia Elliott (Harvard) and Madeson Scott (University of Michigan) finished fourth in the under-23 women’s coxed four. Only four boats competed in the event.
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