National Team report:
Two former Yale lightweight teammates will row for the US and Canada respectively at the World Rowing Championships in Banyoles, Spain, starting on Tuesday. Eric Feins ‘03 from Pittsford, NY, will row in the US lightweight eight for the fourth year in a row. Feins, a three-year varsity member and a Sprints and National champion while at Yale, won a silver medal last year, and two bronze medals in the preceding years in the lightweight eight at Worlds. Steve Cheng ‘01, from Toronto, Ontario, will cox the men’s heavyweight 4+ for Canada. Cheng was the Yale varsity coxswain in 2000 and 2001, and was a key member of Y 150 crews that won the the HYP, Sprints, IRA, and the Temple Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta. Last year, at Cambridge University, Steve coxed the Goldie crew against Isis. The Worlds commence on July 27, running through August 1 in Banyoles, Spain.