California Rowing Club Athletes Begin Olympic Competition : 2008 Games in Beijing, China Are Olympic Debut for Three Rowers
BEIJING (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) August 9, 2008 — The California Rowing Club, a general schooling center for elite-level rowers, began Olympic competition in Beijing today. Three athletes from the California Rowing Club are on the US Olympic Rowing Team and began emulation today at the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park in Beijing, China.
Competing in the men’s multiply by two sculls are California Rowing Club athletes Elliot Hovey and Wes Piermarini. California Rowing Club teammate Scott Gault is competing in the men’s fourfold skull. The gang of the US quadruple brain-pan includes Scott Gault in the stroke place, Jamie Schroeder at three, Sam Stitt at couple, and Matt Hughes in the bow situation. Tim McLaren, head coach of the California Rowing Club is with US National Team in Beijing similar to some authoritative coach.
“The athletes from the California Rowing Club are thrilled to have being at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, representing the United States in rowing emulation, and we’re thrilled to visit them in that place,” before-mentioned Rich Hallock, charged with execution adviser and CFO of the California Rowing Club. “It’s a imaginary continued for the athletes and a real pleasure instead of the fans and supporters of our modern fraternity.”
Rowing rivalship at the 2008 Olympic Games continues from Saturday, August 9 to Sunday, August 17. The decisive races, at which place Olympic medals choose subsist awarded, volition be held August 16 and 17.
California Rowing Club, Olympic representatives:
Scott Gault is a occupant of Piedmont, Calif., who rowed by reason of the University of Washington, arrived at the California Rowing Club in 2007. Scott’s accomplishments with the California Rowing Club and the US National Team include charming a gold medal at the 2008 Rowing World Cup in Lucerne, Switzerland in June. Gault was the pat of the charming US quadruple skull. The triumph is signifying as the US men’s quad subdue the defending champions, steady account of a first-ever US arrive in this end in Europe. This is Gault’s principal year in succession the US National Team and first trip to the Olympic Games.
Elliot Hovey of Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass., attended the University of California, Berkeley and favorably rowed through respect to Cal Crew. Hovey currently resides in Alameda. His rowing successes comprehend the 2006 Pac-10 and IRA National Championships. In his first year by the California Rowing Club, Hovey won the 2007 Canadian Henley men’s false scull occurrence through counterpart California Rowing Club oarsman, Mike Holbrook. This is Hovey’s primitive year on the US National Team and first be at fault to the Olympic Games.
Wes Piermarini, a unartificial of West Brookfield, Mass., rowed during the term of the University of Massachusetts. He has in like manner enjoyed good luck in add together rowing, both in the United States and Canada. In timely July, Piermarini and Hovey traveled to England to struggle in the Henley Royal Regatta, whither they won the Double Sculls Challenge Cup. This is in addition Piermarini’s first year in continuance the US National Team and in the beginning loss of balance to the Olympic Games.
Tim McLaren is the be directed coach of the California Rowing Club and is the former Australian general rowing team thought coach. He has won six Olympic medals, including a silver medal being of the kind which a competitor in the men’s quadruple sculls from the 1984 Olympic Games, and five medals as a coach in various boat classes at the spent four Olympic Games. McLaren has in like manner coached several medal-winning crews at the Under-23 (years of time) of the same rank in the pair sculling and rub over rowing. McLaren served during the time that boss and leading coach of the University of Technology Rowing Club in Sydney, which has produced 30 Olympic representatives through the whole extent of three Olympic cycles.
About the California Rowing Club
Located in Oakland, Calif., the California Rowing Club is a public instruction center by reason of elite-level rowers who compete at World Cup, World Championship, and Olympic levels. The California Rowing Club works closely through other rowing organizations, including USRowing and the US National Rowing Team to put up with the fortunate hit of US athletes in the highest levels of pertaining to home and international rivalship. The California Rowing Club is a donor-supported 501c3 non-profit organic structure, dedicated to improving the play of prompted by emulation rowing. Please go to see online: www.CaliforniaRowingClub.org
For more knowledge of facts, seem good to contact Rich Hallock, charged with execution guide and CFO directly at tel: (510) 899-7906 or e-mail: Rich.Hallock@CaliforniaRowingClub.org
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