Devery Karz, in the bow seat (left), and Kathleen Bertko finished 10th overall in the women's lightweight double sculls on Friday.
Photo by: Anthony L. Solis/Pac-12 Conference
Karz, Lightweight Double Sculls Finish 10th in Rio
August 12, 2016 | Women's Rowing
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Former Oregon State rower Devery Karz and crewmate Kathleen Bertko rowed to fourth place in the B Final of the women's lightweight double sculls (LW2x) and 10th place overall Friday morning.
Karz and Bertko came off the line with the pacing with a crew from Romania battling for fourth place covering the opening 500-meters in 1-minute, 53.81 seconds trailing the leading crew from Poland, which went wire-to-wire in first, by more than 1.5 seconds. Sitting fifth after the through 500 meters, the American crew turned it up a notch moving past the German boat, which slipped from second to fifth by the halfway point. From the mid-point on, the U.S. pair improved its time in each of the final 500 meter pieces but could not gain ground on the leaders finishing with a time of 7:29.96 and 10th place overall. The Polish crew, which edged the Romanians, won the B Final with a time of 7:24.34.
Friday's B Final concludes Karz's Olympic competition in Rio.
Karz, a native of Park City, Utah, learned to row as a freshman at Oregon State in the fall of 2008. She went on to earn the team's Most Valuable Oarswoman award in 2011 and was a three-time Pac-10 All-Academic selection.
OREGON STATE ATHLETICS' EVERYDAY CHAMPIONS CULTURE
Through the power of sport, we help people discover and pursue their passions, talents and purpose in order to live a life of balance and positive contribution. Devery Karz was an Everyday Champion during her time at Oregon State. Click here to view her Everyday Champion article from 2009.
Karz and Bertko came off the line with the pacing with a crew from Romania battling for fourth place covering the opening 500-meters in 1-minute, 53.81 seconds trailing the leading crew from Poland, which went wire-to-wire in first, by more than 1.5 seconds. Sitting fifth after the through 500 meters, the American crew turned it up a notch moving past the German boat, which slipped from second to fifth by the halfway point. From the mid-point on, the U.S. pair improved its time in each of the final 500 meter pieces but could not gain ground on the leaders finishing with a time of 7:29.96 and 10th place overall. The Polish crew, which edged the Romanians, won the B Final with a time of 7:24.34.
Friday's B Final concludes Karz's Olympic competition in Rio.
Karz, a native of Park City, Utah, learned to row as a freshman at Oregon State in the fall of 2008. She went on to earn the team's Most Valuable Oarswoman award in 2011 and was a three-time Pac-10 All-Academic selection.
OREGON STATE ATHLETICS' EVERYDAY CHAMPIONS CULTURE
Through the power of sport, we help people discover and pursue their passions, talents and purpose in order to live a life of balance and positive contribution. Devery Karz was an Everyday Champion during her time at Oregon State. Click here to view her Everyday Champion article from 2009.
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