At the 2023 World Rowing Under 23 Championships, Rutgers will be well represented. Two Scarlet Knights, Victoria Grieder and Hannah Heideveld, have earned spots on the United States Rowing Team. The championships will occur from July 19-23 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
For Grieder & Heideveld, this is not the first time they will display their talent on the global stage. Heideveld is making her second appearance with the U23 U.S. National Team after claiming a gold medal with the women’s eight in 2022 in Italy. Grieder returns to the U.S. National Team after winning a gold medal at the 2021 World Rowing Junior Championships.
The pair of Scarlet Knight teammates head to Bulgaria following an impressive 2023 season. They led Rutgers to its fourth consecutive NCAA Championship, finishing 15th in the country. Grieder coxed the Rutgers 2nd Varsity 8 to a bronze medal at the Big Ten Championships, and Heideveld earned her second consecutive All-Big Ten First Team honor racing with the Varsity 8.
Huge congratulations to Hannah Heideveld and Victoria Grieder who will be representing the United States in the 8+ at the 2023 Under 23 World Rowing Championships later this month in Plovdiv, Bulgaria! #goknights #upstreamredteam pic.twitter.com/zltHbYu61T
— RutgersWomensRowing (@RutgersWRowing) July 10, 2023
Additionally, Greider will, in a way, be making history. The Florida native becomes the sixth Rutgers rower trained and developed by Scarlet Knights’ head coach to appear in the U23 World Championships. She joins Femke Paulis, Karin Brandner, Sarah Johanek, and Ella Toa.
The World Rowing Championships is one of the top events in the rowing world, as nearly 1,000 of the best rowers under the age of 23 set out for glory in the final weeks of July.