Marie Jacquet earned a bronze medal rowing for France
UCLA Rowing Well-Represented at U-23 Championships
September 06, 2016 | Women's Rowing
Four UCLA rowers excel at the U-23 World Championships
Four UCLA rowers โ Marie Jacquet, Saskia Budgett, Sierra Bronkhorst and Kyra Edwards โ had strong performances at the Under-23 World Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands, during the final week of August.
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Most notably, Jacquet won the bronze medal in the U-23 4x for France, her native country. Jacquet, a rising senior from Chalon-sur-Saone, France, has been a mainstay in the Bruins' varsity eight the past two seasons.
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Budgett, who will enter her sophomore season in 2016-17, took fourth place rowing for Great Britain in the A final of the U-23 4-. As a freshman last season, she stroked the Bruins' varsity eight.
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Bronkhorst won the B final for Canada, helping the U-23 4- to a seventh-place overall finish. Her crew finished less than one second from a second-place finish in the repechage (top two teams advance to the A final). Bronkhorst, who will be a junior in 2016-17, has rowed in UCLA's varsity eight the past two years.
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Edwards took second place in the B final, rowing for Great Britain in the U-23 4x. Her crew finished less than one second from advancing to the A final in the repechage. Edwards, a rising sophomore, rowed in the Bruins' varsity eight as a freshman last season.
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