WAIS graduate Jack Cleary wins double sculls at Henley Royal Regatta

Olympic bronze medallist Jack Cleary has claimed the win in the men’s double sculls with Caleb Antill at the Henley Royal Regatta. It was just the the second time Australia has won the event.

“It was a wicked battle the whole way down. [The extra 112m] stings – not only that, it’s a cross-headwind and a head current so it’s just a slower race overall,” said Cleary.

“Moving from last year in the quad where the average race time was 5:40 and moving into the double which is a slower boat, so the extra time and the heavier blades, it all adds up for a bit more of a pain cave by the end which myself and Caleb are very much in right now. But that’s what we do it for – we love it.”

Olympic champion Annabelle McIntyre combined with two other WAIS graduates Bronwyn Cox and Giorgia Patten to finish second in the women’s eight.

Sam Marsh reached the quarterfinal in the men’s single sculls as did Gen Hart and Jacqueline Swick in the women’s four.

The team will now travel to Lucerne, Switzerland for World Cup 3, 8-10 July, the final round of the World Cups, which will conclude their European racing tour.