Official Release

BOSTON – Coming off a gold medal in the women's eights at the Under-23 World Championships earlier this summer, Northeastern All-American Madison Mailey has been named to Rowing Canada's crew for the Senior World Championships, which will be held from September 9 to September 16 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
 
"Canada's sixteen crews have been selected based on their potential to achieve A Finals (top 6), where they have the ability to contend for the podium," said RCA High Performance Director, Iain Brambell. "Working with an excellent group of coaches, I'm excited to see the Canadian crews take to the waters in Plovdiv." 
 
The women's eight will see the return of Rebecca Zimmerman, Christine Roper, Susanne Grainger, Jennifer Martins, Lisa Roman, and coxswain Kristen Kit. 2018 Under 23 gold medalists Mailey, Sydney Payne, and Stephanie Grauer will round out the crew with hopes of building upon the women's eight's silver medal finish at World Cup 3 in Lucerne.
 
"We are sending a well-prepared team of 43 athletes that are intently focused on building on the successes achieved this summer on both domestic and international waters," said Brambell. "It's fantastic to see six of our U23 Worlds Gold medalists joining the senior ranks to further hone their skills and experience."

After recording the fastest overall time in the heats to earn a spot in the A Final at the Under-23 World Championships in July, Canada saw the United States jump out to a hot start in the final with the Canadians in second early. Canada decided that the third 500 was theirs to own and picked up the pace to overtake the United States. Canada looked outstanding in the final sprint and with a time of 6:04.61 they successfully defended their 2017 world championship title. 
 
Mailey (Lions Bay, British Columbia) sat in the stroke seat for the Howlin' Huskies during her senior season in 2018, helping Northeastern to its fifth straight CAA title and appearance at the NCAA Championships. The crew also earned a fifth place finish in the grand final at the Eastern Sprints. During the season, Mailey earned All-CAA accolades, and was also named as a recipient of the President's Award, awarded to the best male and female student-athlete that epitomizes the president's vision as someone who has left a mark on Northeastern University.

At the Pan American Games Trials in West Windsor, New Jersey this week, 2010 graduate Jennifer Forbes won the women's single by two seconds to qualify for the United States in the event at the 2019 Pan American Games Qualification Regatta in Brazil this December.
 
In addition, assistant coach Adrienne Martelli, coaching pairs on the Charles River throughout the summer, saw one of her crews capture the Paralympic trials to earn a spot at the World Championships in the P3 women's pair.