Originally published Monday, July 21, 2008 at 12:00 AM

NW Briefs | Washington rowers medal at World Rowing Championships

Washington rowers helped the U.S. and Canada to medals in the men's eight and women's eight at the Under-23 World Rowing Championships...

BRANDENBURG, Germany — Washington rowers helped the U.S. and Canada to medals in the men's eight and women's eight at the Under-23 World Rowing Championships Sunday.

Washington's Blaise Didier and the U.S. men's eight won the 2,000-meter race in 5 minutes, 49.42 seconds, beating out a Canadian squad that included Huskies Rob Gibson, Will Crothers, Anthony Jacob, Stephen Connolly, Conlin McCabe and Chris Aylard, and finished in 5:53.30.

In women's rowing, Washington coxswain Katelin Snyder guided the U.S. women's eight — which included Seattle's Katherine Glessner and Spokane's Jamie Redman — to the gold in 6:36.01.

Notes

• The 10U Acers fastpitch team from Auburn posted a 7-6 win in eight innings over the East County Hot Shots from California to win the Western World Series NSA fastpitch championship Saturday in Reno, Nev.

• West Seattle's Tamela Thomas won gold medals in forms, weapons and sparring divisions at the 2008 Tang Soo Do martial arts world championships July 12 in Orlando, Fla.

Compiled from sports-information reports and other sources.

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