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Great Bay Rowing Earns Bronze Medal, Sends Record Number of Athletes to USRowing Youth National Championships

Seacoast rowers Eric Berg and Brogan Fernald finish third in the nation; Hannah Bogle and Annabelle Getchell place among the top 10

DURHAM, N.H. — June 16, 2026 — Great Bay Rowing (GBR), a non-profit community rowing program serving the Seacoast region, capped off a record-breaking trip to the 2026 USRowing Youth National Championships with a bronze medal and multiple top-10 national finishes. The championships were held June 11–14 at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Florida.

Boys Youth 2x Takes Bronze

Racing in the A Final on Sunday, GBR's Boys Youth 2x — Eric Berg of Dover, N.H., and Brogan Fernald of Eliot, Maine — fought to the finish line in an extremely tight field and came away with third place, earning the title of third-fastest doubles boat in the country. This was their second time racing the double and their first time in the A Final. Berg will row at Temple University this fall and Brogan Fernald has been invited to the U19 Selection Camp in California later this summer where he hopes to earn a seat in a 2x or 4x for the U19 Worlds competition in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

Girls Youth 2x Wins B Final, Cracks Top 10

GBR's Girls Youth 2x — Hannah Bogle of Durham and Annabelle Getchell of South Berwick, Maine — won their B Final, finishing as the ninth-fastest boat in the nation. The result builds on the duo's strong showing last year, when they placed second in the U17 division at Youth Nationals.

A Record-Setting Team

This year, Great Bay Rowing brought its largest-ever contingent to Nationals: 16 athletes — 10 girls and 6 boys — competing across four days of racing, a new club record for participation at the national championship level. Additional results include the Women’s Youth 4x placed 21st (Aurora Sawtell, Newmarket; Sydney Anderson, Seabrook; Bailey Everett, Barrington; and Jameson Hawkins, Amesbury, MA). The Women’s Youth 2V 4x also placed 21st overall (Sunny Geary, Wells, ME; Maisie Johnson, Durham; Emmanuelle Blanchard, Portsmouth; and Caroline Sterndale, Durham). The Men’s U17 4x placed 31st on Saturday night (Braden Gilbert, Dover; Theodore Pastore, Portsmouth; Jackson F. of Durham; and Jack Bonello, Dover). 

Coach's Reaction

"This was an incredible four days for our club," said Hallie Cheyne, director of rowing of Great Bay Rowing. "To bring a record number of athletes to Nationals and have them rise to the occasion — racing against some of the fastest crews in the country — speaks to how much these kids have grown, both as athletes and as teammates. I'm proud of every single one of them. This group of athletes have led the charge in bringing GBR to a new level of dedication, training, competition, and love for the sport. I can't wait to see what's next for this group."

About Great Bay Rowing

Great Bay Rowing is a non-profit community rowing organization serving New Hampshire and Maine’s Seacoast region, offering programs for middle school, high school, U23/collegiate, masters, and adaptive rowers. For more information, visit www.greatbayrowing.org.