Untied States Olympians Brooke Mooney and Maddie Wanamaker have joined the Washington women’s rowing staff as assistant coaches ahead of the 2024-25 season, head coach Yasmin Farooq announced today.
Washington men’s rowing coach Michael Callahan, who helped lead the United States men’s eight to its first Olympic medal since 2008, has been awarded the Order of Ikkos from the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee.
Washington Rowing completed an historically successful Olympic Games, as eight more UW alumni earned medals Saturday on the final day of the Paris regatta. In all, 11 Washington rowers won Olympic medals, the highest total in program history.
Washington Rowing alumna Jessica Thoennes ’18 finished fourth in the women’s pairs final Friday morning at the 2024 Olympic Games, matching the best American finish in that race category since 2000. Saturday, 10 UW alumni will race for medals on the final day of the regatta.
Thursday brought two more medals for UW alumni as Logan Ullrich ’23 and Phoebe Spoors ’17 earned silver & bronze in the men’s and women’s fours, both representing New Zealand.
Tabea Schendekehl ’20 became the first UW alumna to win an Olympic medal at the Paris games, helping lead the German quad sculls to a bronze medal on day five of the Olympic regatta.
On a relatively light day of action for UW alumni at the 2024 Olympics rowing venue, two former Huskies successfully advanced in the men’s single and double sculls.
A total of six more UW Rowing alumni earned berths in Olympics A finals Monday in Paris, as the United States men’s eight (Chris Carlson ’18, Rielly Milne ’18, Evan Olson ’19, Pieter Quinton ’21; plus coach Michael Callahan ’96) and the Great Britain men’s (Jacob Dawson ’16) and women’s (Holly Dunford ’22) eights won heats.
It was a successful second day of the 2024 Olympics regatta for UW alumni Sunday, as all three Huskies in action advanced successfully to the next level of competition in their events.
Four Washington Rowing alumni got their Olympic competition underway Saturday morning in Paris, with Simon van Dorp, Ben Davison, and Tabea Schendekehl all moving through directly to the next level.