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Lightweight Sculler | CRC | Alberta Rowing 🚣🏻‍♀️ 🇨🇦
MSc Student - UCalgary
SHARK Team Athlete @beashark 🦈
• 2023 U23 World Championship LW1x 🥉

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Scenes from the shore of @cambridgeboatclub for this year’s @hocr1965

#rowing #crew #boston #hocr

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Starting the HOCR action off with HUDSON!!

#beashark #rowing #usrowing #athlete #boston

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From start to finish 🏆🚣🏼‍♀️🥇@beashark athlete @karissa.riley cruises to a Henley gold in the Senior Lightweight Women’s 1x, recapturing her 2024 title.

#rowing #sculling #beashark #rowingcanada #HUDSON

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A bit behind in posting from yesterday. Can we call it yesterday if it was only four minutes ago? Canadian Henley Regatta 2026, Wednesday, Pt. 1 of (?)

#rowing #rowingcanada #crew #canadianhenley

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#FeatureFriday , PART 2 ‼️ Shark Week edition 🦈 @beashark
Today we are highlighting two SHARK Athletes, now @karissa.riley . Read about what being a SHARK athlete means to her:
Being a SHARK is about truly embodying resilience and grit. It’s the choice to lean into the pain, knowing that real speed isn't handed to you—it’s earned through hard work, the sessions where it’s just you, the water and your boat. It’s the grind when nobody else is watching.
Being a SHARK means you embrace a never enough attitude. You’re never satisfied. Every single split, every stroke, and every race is just a stepping stone to find more. The search is always there, which is addicting- you always want to squeeze every last drop of speed out of yourself and the boat.
At the end of the day, though, you’re in it for the fun of the hunt and the enjoyment you get from the journey. Beneath all the blood, sweat and (sometimes) tears, you actually love the battle, the process and of course, the community. That’s what hooked me when I started back in 2018—becoming obsessed with a sport that somehow both clears my head and gives me the ultimate euphoric rush from making a boat fly.
The SHARK mindset is what took me through winning four Canadian University Rowing Championships with the University of Western Ontario, and propelled my career racing for Canada on the world stage over the past five years. From capturing bronze at U23 Worlds in 2023 in the BLW1x to fighting my way to 7th in the lightweight women’s single at the 2025 World Championships, every single stroke has been fueled by that exact hunt and supported by a community that pushes you higher, believes in your absolute potential, and shares every victory and heartbreak. I am incredibly proud to be training in my hometown of Calgary AB Canada and represent both the Calgary Rowing Club (@calgary_rowing) and the Alberta Rowing Association (@alberta_rowing) as I continue to push my limits in the pursuit of excellence. #beashark
#rowing #canada #jlathletics

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SHARK Team athlete Karissa Riley on her coach, Alex Marchuk, winning the 2025 RCA Excellence Award for Coach of the Year 🏆 #beashark🦈

“Working with Alex in the coach-athlete relationship is an absolute joy. Her commitment as a coach goes well beyond athletic development to helping me (and others) feel holistically supported and grow as individuals through sport. Receiving RCA Coach of the year is far beyond well deserved! I am so incredibly grateful to have her guidance and support as I continue to push for my dreams and goals. Congratulations Alex!!”

@rowingcanada @calgary_rowing @coach_alexm @karissa.riley

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Canadian Karissa Riley returns to the SHARK Team for 2026—a fierce lightweight bringing experience, speed, and a relentless edge to racing. #beashark🦈 @rowingcanada @karissa.riley
🔗 Link in bio

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SHARK Team Athlete Karissa Riley 🇨🇦 stayed cool under pressure at the 2025 World Rowing Championships, trusting her training and racing with joy against a world-class field.

A composed start, a powerful sprint, and a confident finish — Riley crossed first in the B final in 7:43.47, placing 7th overall. 🇨🇦💪 “Racing is fun—it’s hard—but we’re meant to go out there and have fun!”

#beashark🦈 @karissa.riley @rowingcanada

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It was a privilege to be a part of the coaching staff for the 2025 World Championships and watch our Canadian rowers give it their all from start to finish. 🇨🇦

Karissa had some of her best racing yet and it was exciting to see how much she’s improved in a season!

So many thanks to give including the amazing team of coaches, staff and athletes I got to spend 3 weeks with, and to the Calgary and Alberta rowing community for all their support in the day to day to get to the world champs start line.

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Karissa Riley advances to the semifinals in the Women’s Lightweight Single Sculls (LW1x) after finishing 2nd in her heat with a time of 07:36.80.🔥

➡️ She will race again on September 24 at 7:31 PM PT, 10:31 PM EST, and on September 25 at 10:31 AM local time.

⭐️ Visit rowingcanada.org/news/ for full race recap! ⭐️

Racing today:

⏱ PR3 Mixed 4+ Heat 1 – September 23 at 7:25 PM PT, 10:25 PM EST | September 24 at 10:25 AM local

⏱ M4- Final C – September 23 at 9:00 PM PT, 12:00 AM EST | September 24 at 12:00 PM local

📺 WATCH LIVE: CBC Live Stream or worldrowing.com

#RowingCanadaAviron #WRCHShanghai #UnitedByWater

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Karissa Riley se qualifie pour les demi-finales en skiff poids léger féminin (LW1x) après avoir terminé deuxième de sa série avec un temps de 07:36.80.🔥

➡️ Elle courra à nouveau le 24 septembre à 19h31 (heure du Pacifique), 22h31 (heure de l’Est), et le 25 septembre à 10h31 (heure locale).

⭐️Rendez-vous sur fr.rowingcanada.org/nouvelles/ pour un récapitulatif complet ! ⭐️

Courses du jour :

⏱ PR3 Mixte 4+ Série 1 – 23 septembre à 19 h 25 (heure du Pacifique), 22 h 25 (heure de l’Est) | 24 septembre à 10 h 25 (heure locale)

⏱ M4- Finale C – 23 septembre à 21 h 00 PT, 00 h 00 EST | 24 septembre à 12 h 00 heure locale

📺 REGARDER EN DIRECT : CBC Live Stream ou worldrowing.com

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Tuesday’s Shanghai scene: 5 galleries from Day 3 as coverage keeps kicking. Link in Bio.

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All 👀 eyes are on the 2025 World Rowing Championships in Shanghai, China 🇨🇳. Best of luck to SHARK Team athlete Karissa Riley 🇨🇦 in the Lightweight Women’s 1x. #beashark🦈

@worldrowingofficial @rowingcanada @karissa.riley #worldrowingchamps #wrchshanghai

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