University of Massachusets Athletics
Boucher To Compete At U23 Rowing World Championships In Belarus
July 21, 2010 | Rowing
July 21, 2010
AMHERST, Mass. - UMass Rowing junior Emily Boucher will represent the United States at the 2010 World Rowing Under 23 Championships in Brest, Belarus. Boucher will race in the Lightweight Single Sculls event, which is slated to begin Thursday. The Lee, N.H. native earned a spot on the National Team after capturing gold by nearly seven seconds in the same event at the U23 Trials in late June.
During the 2010 campaign with the Minutewomen, Boucher raced as part of the Second Varsity 8+ at the Atlantic 10 Championships, helping the boat to a second place finish in the Grand Final with a time of 6:49.91. She also helped the Quad place second behind St. Joseph's (7:22.77).
 Boucher finished first in the Single at the Knecht Cup, closing with a time of 8:37.15 ahead of second place Duke.
Live results will be available throughout the weekend as the World Championships are set to commence Thursday with preliminary heats.
Below is the official release from USRowing:
USRowing Announces 2010 Under 23 National Team Roster
The 2010 Under 23 National Team roster has been set, USRowing announced on Monday. Twenty-one crews will represent the United States at the 2010 World Rowing Under 23 Championships scheduled for July 22-25 in Brest, Belarus.
Under 23 world champions will be crowned in 21 events including the men's single sculls, women's single sculls, lightweight men's single sculls, lightweight women's single sculls, men's double sculls, women's double sculls, lightweight men's double sculls, lightweight women's double sculls, men's quadruple sculls, women's quadruple sculls, lightweight men's quadruple sculls, lightweight women's quadruple sculls, men's pair, women's pair, lightweight men's pair, men's four, women's four, lightweight men's four, men's four with coxswain, men's eight and women's eight.
Nineteen athletes return from the 2009 Under 23 National Team including 10 medalists. Summers Nelson and Devery Karz return to the lightweight women's quadruple sculls after winning silver medals in the event last year. Nareg Guregian and Michael Gennaro won silver in the men's four last year and will race in the men's eight this year. Coxswain Ariel Frost, Taylor Ritzel, Ashley Kroll, Olivia Coffey, Grace Luczak and Mary Jeghers won silver in the women's eight last year. Kroll will join University of Michigan teammate Felice Mueller in the pair, while the other five will be back in the eight.
In addition to the returning 2009 Under 23 National Team members, the roster includes 2008 Olympian Lindsay Meyer. Now a junior at Stanford University, Meyer finished fifth in the women's quadruple sculls in Beijing and will race in the women's single sculls in Belarus.
The 2010 World Rowing Under 23 Championships will take place July 22-25. Racing begins on Thursday, July 22, with heats. Finals will be held on Saturday and Sunday, July 24-25.
USRowing is a nonprofit organization recognized by the United States Olympic Committee as the governing body for the sport of rowing in the United States. USRowing's Official Suppliers are Boathouse Sports, Filippi, Croker Oars and Rudy Project; its Official Patron is Concept2; its Official Electronics Outfitter is Nielsen Kellerman; and its Official Timer is Powerhouse Timing. USRowing also receives generous support from the National Rowing Foundation.
