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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Mastracci and Gennaro Win Gold in Lucerne

Syracuse rowing alums Natalie Mastracci '13 and Mike Gennaro '11 won gold at the recent Samsung World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Mastracci's Canadian four won the gold medal on Saturday in a time of 6:34.58, over two seconds ahead of silver medalist Australia (6:36.86). She followed up her gold medal win with a bronze medal performance in the women's eight, finishing in a time of 6:01.61, behind the gold-winning United States crew (5:54.16) and the silver medalist Romanian crew (6:00.42).

In the final of the men's four, Gennaro's United States crew led the entire race, finishing in 5:50.78 to win gold. Australia took silver in 5:51.63 and Italy won bronze in 5:51.70.

To read more about Natalie and Mike's impressive performances, click on the following links from suathletics.com, rowcanada.org and row2k.com:

Mastracci Wins Gold, Bronze at World Cup

Gennaro Wins Gold at World Rowing Cup

Canadian Results Summary World Cup 3 - Day Two

Final Day: Canadian World Cup Results Summary

Eight Medals for USA Rowing at World Cup III



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