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Photo courtesy of US Rowing. Regan pictured third from left.
Former Spartan Emily Regan Earns Gold Medal at Rowing World Championships
9/19/2018 3:49:00 PM | Women's Rowing
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State rowing alumna Emily Regan claimed gold in the women's eight final at the 2018 World Rowing Championships on Sunday, September 16 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
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Regan, who was positioned in the seven seat for the championship, and the women's eight won with a time of 6:00.97, defeating second-place Canada by 2.08 seconds. The victory gave the United States its 12th win in the event in the last 13 years.
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"Emily continues to astonish me with her work ethic and the way that she has grown into a leader of her team," said Michigan State head coach Matt Weiss. "In my opinion, her performance at this year's World Championships was her best one. She showed great poise in the seven seat of the women's eight and helped set a very steady rhythm in the crew."
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The United States was in second after the first quarter of the race, trailing only Australia. However, due in part to Regan, the U.S. began to find its rhythm at the halfway point as they moved into the lead. Regan and the U.S. continued to build their lead in the second half of the race as they fended off a pushing Canadian team to earn gold.
Competing alongside Regan were Kristine O'Brien, Felice Mueller, Vicky Opitz, Gia Doonan, Dana Moffat, Tracy Eisser, Olivia Coffey, and Katelin Guregian.
The most decorated rower in the history of the Spartan rowing program, Regan has been in residency with US Rowing since her graduation in 2010. Regan now owns 12 international medals in her eight years since joining the US Rowing program in Princeton: six gold and one silver medal from World Championships, one gold from the World Cup, two bronze from the World Cup, one gold in the 2016 Rio Olympics and a gold medal in the U23 eight in 2010.
In 2013, Regan was a part of the US women's eight that set a world-record time at World Rowing Cup III in Rotsee/Lucerne, Switzerland. That time of 5:54.160 is a record which still stands.
In her final season at MSU, the Buffalo, N.Y. native was named the Big Ten Rowing Conference Athlete of the Year, First-Team All-Central Region, First-Team All-Big Ten, and a DI First-Team All-American.
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Regan, who was positioned in the seven seat for the championship, and the women's eight won with a time of 6:00.97, defeating second-place Canada by 2.08 seconds. The victory gave the United States its 12th win in the event in the last 13 years.
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"Emily continues to astonish me with her work ethic and the way that she has grown into a leader of her team," said Michigan State head coach Matt Weiss. "In my opinion, her performance at this year's World Championships was her best one. She showed great poise in the seven seat of the women's eight and helped set a very steady rhythm in the crew."
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The United States was in second after the first quarter of the race, trailing only Australia. However, due in part to Regan, the U.S. began to find its rhythm at the halfway point as they moved into the lead. Regan and the U.S. continued to build their lead in the second half of the race as they fended off a pushing Canadian team to earn gold.
Competing alongside Regan were Kristine O'Brien, Felice Mueller, Vicky Opitz, Gia Doonan, Dana Moffat, Tracy Eisser, Olivia Coffey, and Katelin Guregian.
The most decorated rower in the history of the Spartan rowing program, Regan has been in residency with US Rowing since her graduation in 2010. Regan now owns 12 international medals in her eight years since joining the US Rowing program in Princeton: six gold and one silver medal from World Championships, one gold from the World Cup, two bronze from the World Cup, one gold in the 2016 Rio Olympics and a gold medal in the U23 eight in 2010.
In 2013, Regan was a part of the US women's eight that set a world-record time at World Rowing Cup III in Rotsee/Lucerne, Switzerland. That time of 5:54.160 is a record which still stands.
In her final season at MSU, the Buffalo, N.Y. native was named the Big Ten Rowing Conference Athlete of the Year, First-Team All-Central Region, First-Team All-Big Ten, and a DI First-Team All-American.
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