Friday, August 3, 2012
Westlake native Shumway and Sarah Trowbridge finish almost 15 seconds behind gold medal winners in women's double sculls final
Margot Shumway's 2012 Olympics ended Friday with no medal. The Westlake native and rowing teammate Sarah Trowbridge of Guilford, Conn., placed sixth in the finals of women's double sculls at Eton Dorney, outside London. According to the official 2012 London Olympics website, Shumway and Trowbridge finished in 7 minutes, 10.54 seconds. That's 14.72 seconds behind the winners of the gold medal, Anna Watkins and Katherine Grainger of Great Britain (6:55.82). Kim Crow and Brooke Pratley of Australia won the silver in 6:58.55. The Polish team of Magdalena Fularczyk and Julia Michalska took the bronze in 7:07.92. The medalists were followed by teams from China and New Zealand, then Shumway and Trowbridge. If you want to see the race for yourself…
Here's how to see Westlake native Margot Shumway in the women's double sculls final
Want to see Margot Shumway race for a gold medal? You have a few options. The Westlake native and teammate Sarah Trowbridge of Guilford, Conn., are in the finals of the 2012 Olympics women's double sculls on Friday at Eton Dorney, outside London. WKYC will be airing the finals as part of their daytime coverage, which begins at 10:30 a.m. According to NBC's Olympics website, you can also catch a re-broadcast from 3:45 to 4:25 p.m. on WKYC. Won't be near a TV? You can watch streaming video at NBC's Olympics website. Click here to find out more. And we'll post the results here at Westlake Patch as soon as we get them. Plain Dealer: Margot Shumway rejoices in reaching finals Margot Row for Gold: Blog by Margot's mom, Julia Shumway Send Margot …
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Westlake native Margot Shumway and Sarah Trowbridge place second in repechage to qualify for women's double sculls finals
The second time was the charm for Margot Shumway. Shumway and teammate Sarah Trowbridge of Guilford, Conn., placed second in the repechage for the women's double sculls rowing Tuesday at the 2012 Olympics. That finish puts them in the finals. The race was very close. Shumway and Trowbridge finished the race in 7:10.37, just over a second ahead of the Czech Republic team of Lenka and Jitka Antosova in 7:11.68. That tiny bit of time made the difference between going to the finals, or not. Only the top two finishers advanced. Shumway and Trowbridge finished less than one second behind the winners, Min Wang and Weiwei Zhu of China, who finished in 7:09.65. The finals are Friday, August 3, at Eton Dorney. Plain Dealer story on Shumway leading …
Monday, July 30, 2012
Westlake rower will get second chance Tuesday in women's double sculls repechage
Margot Shumway and rowing partner Sarah Trowbridge failed to qualify for the finals in the women's double sculls Monday at the 2012 Olympics in London. Shumway and Trowbridge finished third in the second heat, with a time of 6:55.25, almost 7 seconds behind heat winners Kim Crow and Brooke Pratley of Australia, who finished in 6:48.80. The Polish team of Magdalena Fularczyk and Julia Michalska was second in 6:50.85. Both the Australian and the Polish teams made the finals. In the first heat, teams from Great Britain and New Zealand earned spots in the finals. But all is not lost. Shumway and Trowbridge can still make the finals in Tuesday's repechage. The six teams who did not qualify will race for spots in the finals. Only the top two …
Westlake native competing in women's double sculls in 2012 Olympics
Margot Shumway of Westlake begins competition in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on Monday with the qualifying heats in women's double sculls. Shumway, 32, and her partner, 29-year-old Sarah Trowbridge of Guilford, Conn., are the only American team competing in the event. They will be competing in the second heat Monday against teams from Poland, Australia, Germany and Ukraine. Rowing, along with the canoe sprint events, is being held at Eton Dorney Rowing Centre, about 25 miles west of London. Repechages, where first-round losers get a second chance to advance, will be Tuesday, July 31. The finals for women's double sculls will be Friday, August 3. According to her mother Julia's blog, Shumway and the rowers are staying about 40 …
Saturday, July 28, 2012
We want to see you MOVE Saturday at one of Let's Move's two area Olympic Fun Day events. Just hit upload to show us what you've got!
Patch is excited to be joining with First Lady Michelle Obama for Olympic Fun Day. The first lady is leading the U.S. Olympic delegation at the Summer Games opening ceremonies in London on Friday, July 27. Her fitness initiative, Let’s Move, and Patch are teaming up to bring Olympic sports to life for you and your family in your town. Cleveland has two events on Olympics Fun Day on Saturday — the Teddy Bear Clinic at the Children's Museum and Wacky Games at the Maple Heights Library. We want to see your photos from the events today! Post them to the gallery above by hitting the UPLOAD button.
Friday, July 27, 2012
Westlake native's mom is blogging as Margot competes in the double sculls at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Thursday, July 19, 2012
The designer, Ralph Lauren, said he will make future uniforms in the United States.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the United States Olympic Committee should be "ashamed of themselves" for allowing the 2012 U.S. olympians' uniforms to be made in China, according to a CBS News story. The designer, Ralph Lauren, recently announced the uniforms will be made state-side from now on — starting with the 2014 winter olympics — following an uproar from the government. Reid even went as far to say that the Opening Ceremony Parade Uniforms and collection of village wear apparel should be burned. "If they have to wear nothing but a singlet saying USA on it painted by hand, that’s what they should do," Reid said, according to a People.com story. The Ralph Lauren company issued this statement after Congress and many Americans…
Friday, June 15, 2012
Westlake native heading to London to compete in double sculls rowing
Friday, May 25, 2012
Westlake native competing in double sculls in London
How cool is this? Westlake has it's own Olympian! Rower Margot Shumway of Westlake qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in women's double sculls with teammate Sarah Trowbridge of Guilford, Conn. The Summer Olympics are in London from July 27 through August 12. Shumway, a Westlake High School and Ohio State University graduate, will compete in her event in the July 30 and 31 qualifying rounds. The medal round is August 3. Here's some coverage of Shumway's accomplishment:
Julia Ye
4:23 pm on Friday, July 20, 2012
With many Americans still unemployed, many think the U.S. Olympic Committee should have off-shored American jobs make uniforms for American athletes in China. What do you think? Should we burn or wear the uniforms made in China? Join the debate next Tuesday 24 in New York City: http://bit.ly/LYNXPM more ›