CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Former Virginia standout Heidi Long (Class of 2019) captured a gold medal for Great Britain on Sunday (July 10) at the 2022 World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Long and the Great Britain women’s four posted a world-best time of 6:18.64 to top runner-up Romania (6:24.65).
UVA alum Morgan Rosts (Class of 2018) helped Canada (6:08.09) to a silver medal in the women’s eight. Australia won the event with a time of 6:06.51.
Cavalier senior Leia Till placed sixth with partner Maya Meschkuleit in the women’s pair for Canada.
“It is really awesome to see Heidi win gold in a world-best time, Morgan’s silver and Leia making the final as an undergrad!” Virginia head coach Kevin Sauer said.
Full results for the World Rowing Cup III are posted online at worldrowing.com.