Olympic Rowing Trials begin Sunday

The Craftsbury quad of Ben Davison (stroke), Ben Dann (three seat), John Graves (two seat), and Peter Graves (bow)

Last Updated: 17.Apr.2016

The Green Racing Project’s week at Olympic Trials I begins Sunday with the men’s quad of Ben Davison (Durham, England), Ben Dann (Pound Ridge, New York), John Graves (Cincinnati, Ohio), and Peter Graves (Cincinnati, Ohio).

The time trial race for lanes goes off at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Florida. The Craftsbury quad will race crews from California Rowing Club and Community Rowing in Boston. The three-boat final takes place Tuesday morning at 8:00 a.m.

The winner of the quad at Olympic Trials I earns a chance to compete at the Final Olympic Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland, where the quad representing the United States will have to place top two among a competitive field to earn a ticket to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the Olympics.

Olympic Trials I top off a long training period for the GRP. The team spent February through mid-April practicing on Canal 54 in Fellsmere, Florida and using the facilities at Treasure Coast Cross-Fit in Sebastian, Florida for weight training.

After the quad competes the rest of the team will round off the end of Olympic Trials I racing in the men’s and women’s single and double. These crews are the men’s singles of Hugh McAdam (Hollis, New Hampshire) and Erik Frid (Madbury, New Hampshire); the women’s singles of Maddie Lips (Parker, Colorado) and Maggie Fellows (Warwick, Massachusetts); the men’s double of Steve Whelpley (Mequon, Wisconsin) and William Cowles (Farmington, Connecticut); and the women’s double of Elizabeth Vogt (Trout Lake, Washington) and Jamie Chapman (Traverse City, Michigan). Finals for these events are on Sunday, April 24.

Keep track of results throughout the week on USRowing.org.