Tracy Eisser Wins Silver at World Rowing Cup II in Poznan, Poland

The U.S. crew of 2016 Olympian Tracy Eisser (Fair Lawn, N.J.; Cornell '12) and three-time Olympian Megan Kalmoe (St. Croix Falls, Wis.; University of Washington '06) came into this race off of back-to-back wins at the 2017 Spring Speed Order 1 and National Selection Regatta in the women's pair in Princeton, New Jersey.

Right off the line, the pair of Eisser and Kalmoe surged into a second place position and maintained their spacing between the leading New Zealand crew and third place Australia. The pair crossed the line in 6:54.61, earning the U.S. their second medal of the day. The winning New Zealand crew set a World Cup Best Time with a 6:49.08.

"We are really excited to race together. It's my first international competition in the pair, and I am looking to start building this crew," said stroke seat, Eisser. "We are seeing where we are now and where we can go."

The second of two USTC women's pairs took the course early Sunday morning for the B final. The pair of Sophia Vitas (Franklin, Wis.; University of Wisconsin '16) and Kate Roach (North Oaks, Minn.; Cornell University '16) crossed the line first in their B final with a time of 7:22.54, leading them to a seventh place finish overall.