Former Guilford High School student Sarah Trowbridge and doubles rowing partner Margot Shumway finished in sixth place in Women’s Doubles Sculls competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on Aug. 3. The duo finished with a time of 7:10.54, less than a second behind the fifth-place boat from New Zealand. The gold medal was won by Great Britain’s Anna Watkins and Katherine Grainger, who finished with a time 6:55.82

Trowbridge and Shumway gained their berth in the Olympics by earning a gold medal in the Olympic qualifying regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland. The USA team finished in third place in its initial heat on July 30, forcing itself to race again in the repechage on July 31. In the repechage, Trowbridge and Shumway finished in second place with a time of 7:10.37, earning the last spot in the medal race. In all, 10 countries competed for a medal in Women’s Doubles Sculls with the Americans finishing sixth overall.