University of Rhode Island rowing coach Shelagh Donohoe, along with coxswain Karen Petrik ’19 (foreground) and Allie Reilly ’19 (behind her), led the U.S. PR3 mixed four with coxswain to the silver medal on Aug. 29, 2021, at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. They covered the 2,000-meter course in 7 minutes, 20.13 seconds, about 11 seconds behind Great Britain in first. France took the bronze with a time of 7:27:04. It was Reilly’s third silver in the event in international competition and Petrik’s second.

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