Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Last summer, Beth O’Kain set out to be the first person to row across Lake Erie, and to provide clean drinking water for orphans in Uganda. Sponsored by Grape-Nuts.
About this sponsorship: In honor of the 60th anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary's historic ascent of Mount Everest, Patch and Grape-Nuts are teaming up to highlight those who inspire people around them to climb their own mountains. Last summer, Beth O’Kain planned to attempt the 55-mile row from Cleveland to Rondeau Provincial Park in Canada without taking any breaks. She had already rowed across the Atlantic Ocean, the 33rd American to do so. The trip was expected to take about 16 hours. Sadly, a medical setback prevented her from the historic rowing attempt. She said she felt ready to take on the Lake Erie row, but was advised to postpone the trip, which prevented her from taking advantage of the short weather window. Lake Erie’s …
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 …
Friday, July 27, 2012
Westlake native's mom is blogging as Margot competes in the double sculls at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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:
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
The Beijing Olympian could be on her way to a spot on the 2012 U.S. team.
Margot Shumway is bringing home a gold medal to Westlake after winning the women's single sculls at the 2011 Pan American Games on Tuesday. "We are over the moon for her and she is so happy," wrote Shumway's mother, Julia, in an email. The 32-year-old Beijing Olympian clocked in at 7 minutes, 53.05 seconds on Lake Zapotlan in Mexico, beating out Argentina's Gabriela Best and Canada's Isolda Penney who took second and third place respectively, reports Reuters. The 2,000 meter course really puts a rower’s speed, endurance and strength to the test, said Shumway in an earlier interview. Shumway said the heat was a learning experience for her, and she made some adjustments in her repechage. After coming in third in her heat, she competed in the…
Monday, October 17, 2011
Shumway is competing in women's single sculls at the 2011 Pan American Games in Mexico.
On Friday, Westlake's Margot Shumway took a break from her pre-game training and fielded questions from Patch by email about her rowing background, the Pan American Games and what she hopes to achieve. Patch: Tell us a little about your career as a rower. Shumway: I started rowing at The Ohio State University during my fourth year, then rowed my fifth year. After college, I began sculling with Igor Grinko in Augusta, GA. From there, I moved to Washington, DC to train with Matt Madigan. I have been on and off the senior national team since 2005. Patch: What did you need to do to qualify for the 2011 Pan American? Shumway: I went through a trials selection process very similar to that of the world championship trials selection. There are …
