PARIS – 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.
 
Dutchman van Dorp, the top seed in the large men's single sculls field, turned in the fastest time of the day over the six heats, earning a quarterfinal berth with a win in 6:49.93. He'll next race in a quarterfinal on Tuesday.
 
Davison and his American double sculls partner took their heat, earning a direct trip to the A/B semifinals and avoiding the repechage.
 
Schendekehl and her German quad skulls crew finished second in their heat, earning a direct path to the A final. In that same heat, former fellow teammate Teal Cohen and her USA quad finished fourth. That quad will be required to race in a repechage on Monday to remain in contention for a medal.
 
Three more Huskies begin Olympic competition in races on Sunday. Jessica Thoennes (USA women's pair), Logan Ullrich (New Zealand men's four) and Phoebe Spoors (New Zealand women's four) will all compete in heats. See schedule below.

Ben Davison photo courtesy USRowing
 
Full Schedule of Events
(all times on this linked website are local to site; Paris is nine hours ahead of Pacific Time ... for example, 11:30 a.m. in Paris is 2:30 a.m. in Seattle)
 
NBC TV Viewing Information
 
CBC TV (Canada) Viewing Information
 
Washington Rowing Alumni in the 2024 Olympics
 
Men's Single – M1x
Simon van Dorp '20, Netherlands
 
Women's Pair – W2-
Jessica Thoennes '18, USA
 
Men's Double – M2x
Ben Davison '18, USA
 
Women's Four – W4-
Phoebe Spoors '17, New Zealand
 
Men's Four – M4-
Logan Ullrich '23, New Zealand
 
Women's Quad – W4x
Teal Cohen '21, USA
Tabea Schendekehl '20, Germany
 
Women's Eight – W8+
Nina Castagna '22, USA
Holly Dunford '22, Great Britain
Aisha Rocek '25, Italy
 
Men's Eight – M8+
Chris Carlson '18, USA
Rielly Milne '18, USA
Evan Olson '19, USA
Pieter Quinton '21, USA
Jacob Dawson '16, Great Britain
Gert-Jan van Doorn '21, Netherlands
 
Spare, PR3 Mixed Coxed Four – PR3Mix4+
Danielle Hansen '17, USA
 
Coaches
Michael Callahan '96, USA men's eight coach
Lori Dauphiny '85, USA women's pairs coach
Adrienne Martelli '10, USA women's sweep coach
 
SUNDAY'S SCHEDULE OF RACES (UW-related only)
 
Women's Pairs (W2-) – Thoennes
Heats: Sun., July 28, 10:30-10:50 a.m. CET/1:30-1:50 a.m. PDT
 
Women's Four (W4-) – Spoors
Heats: Sun., July 28, 12:30-12:40 p.m. CET/3:30-3:40 a.m. PDT
 
Men's Four (M4-) – Ullrich
Heats: Sun., July 28, 12:50-1:00 p.m. CET/3:50-4:00 a.m. PDT