University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics
Three Rowers Earn Medals at U-23 Championships
July 29, 2018 | Women's Rowing
UCLA women's rowing rising senior Carlisle Wheeler won a gold medal representing the United States, while rising seniors Kyra Edwards and Saskia Budgett secured bronze medals for Great Britain at the U-23 World Championships in Poland.
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In all, the UCLA women's rowing program had five student-athletes compete at the U-23 World Championships, with four of those individuals leading their respective boats to 'A' final races.
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Wheeler won the gold medal in the women's 4+, while Edwards and Budgett were teammates for the British women's 4x. Rising senior Megan Slabbert finished sixth with Great Britain in the 4-, and recent UCLA graduate Sophia Denison-Johnston advanced to the C final in the women's lightweight 2x with Team USA.
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This year's U-23 World Championships took place from July 25-29 in Poznan, Poland, nearly 200 miles to the west of Warsaw (Poland's capital).
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Last summer, Budgett, Edwards and Wheeler competed at the same U-23 event in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Budgett and Edwards were part of Great Britain's U-23 squad that won the gold medal in the women's 4x. Budgett competed in the championship race, while Edwards raced in preliminary 4x heats for Great Britain.
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Fans can view complete racing results of the 2018 Under 23 World Championships by visiting worldrowing.com.
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