Former Washington rower Sarah Dougherty '16 won a championship in the women's four, one of two events in which she's competing at the World Rowing Under-23 Championships in Rotterdam.
 
Dougherty (pictured at left among the American four, on the medal stand), an All-American at the UW as a senior in 2016, will also row in the women's eight final on Friday. Thursday morning, she and her U.S. coxless four cruised to a relatively comfortable win over Romania in the A final. The Americans stretched a three-second lead at 1,000 meters to a nearly six-second victory at the finish.
 
Incoming UW freshman Annamieke Schanze and her German four took fifth place in the same women's four A final.
 
In the women's quadruple sculls A final, Washington's Chiara Ondoli and her Italian crew finished fourth in a tight race. Poland's quad led wire-to-wire, with Germany, France and Italy all finishing within about two seconds of the Poles. Italy's fourth was only 25 one-hundredths of a second out of the bronze medal.
 
In the men's coxed four A final, an all-UW American crew of Rielly Milne, Sean Kelly, Ezra Carlson, Arne Landboe and Sam Pettet finished in sixth place, with New Zealand taking the gold medal.
 
Earlier Thursday morning, Husky Samuel O'Brien and his partner, Nicholas Montalvo, won the C final in the lightweight double sculls. The American duo trailed Portugal at 1,000 and 1,500 meters, but over the last 500, moved in front and won by 25 hundredths of a second.
 
In the single sculls B final, American Ben Davison led wire-to-wire to earn a win. Davison crossed the finish line in 6:59.14 seconds, more than four seconds ahead of the rest of the field.
 
In the men's coxless four B final, Husky Luca Lovisolo and his Italian crew finished second, surging from fourth place at the 1,500-meter mark to move past Argentina and the Czech Republic. Canada won the race. In the men's coxed four B final, Sam Goertz and his Canadian crew finished third.
 
Here's a look at the schedule for the 17 Huskies at the Under-23 Worlds, including five Huskies rowing for under-23 world titles, as well as former Husky Fiona Gammond's senior world championship race on Saturday:
 
FRIDAY:
• U-23 men's pair, A Final, 6:15 a.m. PT (Viktor Pivac, Serbia)
• U-23 women's eight, A Final, 8:00 a.m. PT (Sarah Dougherty, USA; Anna Thornton, Great Britain)
• U-23 men's eight, A Final, 8:45 a.m. PT (Michiel Mantel, Netherlands; Guglielmo Carcano, Italy)
 
SATURDAY:
• Senior World Championship women's coxless four, A Final, 2:55 a.m. PT (Fiona Gammond, Great Britain)
 
For live coverage, results, schedules, photos and more, go to the WorldRowing.com Under-23 Championships website.