BOSTON – Northeastern women's rowing's Madison Mailey (Canada) and assistant coach Adrienne Martelli (United States) represented their countries and reached the podium at the World Rowing Championships last weekend in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Mailey, rowing with the women's eight, captured the silver while Martelli, as the assistant coach of the PR3 (Paralympic) women's pair, saw her crew win the gold.
 
Canada sat in fourth position at the halfway mark when they began to charge. Overtaking the Dutch, Canada increased their stroke rate to 42 and closed in on Australia at a rate of 40. It was a photo finish at the line with Canada stealing the silver away from Australia by 0.8 seconds. Canada came in with a time of 6:03.05 with Australia in 6:03.86. The United States regained their World Championship title they held from 2006 until 2016 with a time of 6:00.97.

The Canadians won the silver after fighting back from a fourth place finish in their initial heat and a third place finish in the repechage to earn a spot in the grand final. The crew continued getting faster and stronger throughout the week, and saved their best performance on the final day of racing in the grand final. 
 
Mailey (Lions Bay, British Columbia) earned a spot in the boat following an incredibly successful summer of training and competition. At the Under-23 World Championships earlier this summer, Mailey and the Canadians won the gold in the women's eight to defend its 2017 World Championship title. 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.
 
Mailey 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.
 
Martelli, meanwhile, guided the United State PR3 women's pair to a gold medal performance in a race with three other crews.