Morris tops the Trials results
Guildford鈥檚聽Rachel Morris聽topped the lists at today鈥檚 nine-boat GB Rowing Team para-rowing 聽trials at the national training centre.
Aiguebelette, FRANCE, Para Rowing. GBR ASW1X, Rachel MORRIS A/B Semi Final [1]. 2015 FISA World Rowing Championships, Venue, Lake Aiguebelette - Savoie. Wednesday 02/09/2015 [Mandatory Credit. Peter SPURRIER/Intersport Images].
The arms-only single sculler, who won silver at the 2015 Worlds, came home in a fast time. Her performance came in the teeth of conditions that were on the cusp of rowable.
鈥淩achel was really exceptional today and raced superbly. She probably had the worst of the conditions, too鈥, said the GB Rowing Team lead para-rowing coach,听Tom Dyson.
Morris transferred from hand-cycling to rowing as recently as late 2013, having won Paralympic gold at Beijing 2008 in her previous sport.
Today she topped a list which saw聽Laurence Whiteley, of Northallerton, from the 2015 Worlds silver medal trunk-arms double scull on a calculation based on the gold medal time in Rio. HIs double scull partner, Lauren Rowles, still only 17 and a recent convert from wheelchair track racing, was fourth.
Grace Clough, from Sheffield, and Aylesbury鈥檚 Pam Relph, World Champions in the mixed coxed four in France in September, teamed up in a women鈥檚 pair and put in a an eye-catching performance to take third slot on the rankings.
鈥淭hat was one of the strongest LTA [legs, trunks, arms category] performances we have ever seen from a women鈥檚 pair鈥, said Dyson. 鈥淭hey were very quick鈥. Relph is also a reigning Paralympic Champion.
Tricky weather conditions meant that the assessment was truncated from the originally planned 2km time trial to a 1km course instead.
Six of GB鈥檚 top contenders were also unable to trial because of illness earlier this week in the squad –聽Tom Aggar,听James Fox,听Dan Brown, Scott Meenagh, Jordan Beecher and Sam Murray were all ruled out on medical grounds.
TOP FOUR FINISHERS
Rachel Morris
Laurence Whiteley
Grace Glough and聽Pam Relph
Lauren Rowles
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GB ROWING TEAM MEDALLISTS – 2015 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS PARA-ROWING EVENTS
GOLD
PARA-ROWING
MIXED
Coxed four (LTA 4+)
Grace Clough聽(Nottingham RC/Sheffield/21.06.91)
Daniel Brown聽(Upper Thames BC/Reading/29.11.82)
Pamela Relph聽(Leander Club/Aylesbury/14.11.89)
James Fox聽(Univ of London/Peterborough/02.05.92)
Oliver James聽(cox) (Leander Club/Henley-on-Thames/05.01.90)
颁辞补肠丑:听Tom Dyson
SILVER
Trunk/-arms double scull (TA2x)
Laurence Whiteley聽(Tees RC/Northallerton/29.08.91)
Lauren Rowles (Marlow RC/Birmingham/ 24.04.98)
Coach: Nick Baker
MEN
Arms/-shoulders single scull (ASM 1x)
Tom Aggar聽(Marlow RC/Maidenhead/24.05.84)
Coach: Nick Baker
WOMEN
Arms/-shoulders single scull (ASW 1x)
Rachel Morris聽(Guildford RC/Farnham/25.04.79)
颁辞补肠丑:听Tom Dyson
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