The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Doonan helps USA to second straight gold at World Rowing Under 23 Championships
08.26.2016 | Rowing
Gia Doonan helps the U.S. to gold in the women’s 8+ while Alice Bowyer paces Great Britain to silver
ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands – Texas senior Gia Doonan helped the United States win gold while UT sophomore Alice Bowyer paced Great Britain to a silver medal Friday afternoon at the 2016 World Rowing Under 23 Championships.
A two-time All-American at Texas, Doonan helped the U.S. lead from wire-to-wire in Friday's women's 8+ final, as the Americans won gold and covered the two-kilometer course in 6 minutes, 36.90 seconds.
Bowyer, coming off of a strong freshman season on the Forty Acres, helped her native Great Britain to silver in the same race, as Team GB edged Russia for second at 6:44.06.
Doonan helped the U.S. win gold on Thursday in the women's 4-, as the Americans took the victory at 6:27.280. The medals yielded by Doonan and Bowyer are the first medals ever secured by Texas rowers at a World Rowing U-23 Championship.
"Both Gia and Alice have been working hard for a while, and it was great to see them race so well and earn these well deserved medals," said third-year Texas head coach Dave O'Neill. "I could not be happier for them, and having women from our program succeed on the international stage means a lot."
