USRowing Announces 2011-2012 Scholastic Honor Roll
Tuesday October 25, 2011, PRINCETON, N.J. – Fifty-seven student athletes were named to the 2011-12 USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll and another 62 student-athletes received honorable mention honor roll recognition, the association announced Tuesday. The USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll recognizes high school seniors who have excelled in both academics and rowing. Applicants must be USRowing members, have rowed or coxed at least one year, and successfully competed at or above the league or regional level. 2011-2012 USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll Recipients Jackson Horwitz, Norcal Crew,...
Read MoreUSRowing Announces Junior National Team Selection
USRowing is pleased to announce that the following athletes have been invited to participate in 2011 U.S. Junior National Team selection and development camps this summer. More Here 2011 U.S. Junior Women’s National Team Sweep Selection Camp Host: USCGA, New London, CT Head Coach: Liz Trond Chelsea Adams Great Bridge Crew Tabby Andelin Yorktown HS Caroline Banwell Groton School Ashley Bauer Westerville Crew Maggie Bowman-Jones Pacific Rowing Club Corinne Bozzini Oakland Strokes Caitlin Byrnes Marin Rowing Association Naomi Cornman Marin Rowing Association Mia Croonquist Vashon Island...
Read MoreUSRowing Announces 2010-11 Scholastic Honor Roll
Tuesday, October 19, 2010, PRINCETON, N.J. – Fifty-five student athletes were placed on the 2010-11 USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll and another 81 student-athletes earned honorable mention honor roll recognition, the association announced Monday. The USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll recognizes high school seniors who have excelled in both academics and rowing. Applicants must be USRowing members, have rowed or coxed at least one year, and successfully competed at or above the league or regional level. 2010-2011 USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll Recipients Holden Bamford, NORCAL Crew, Woodside,...
Read MoreRowers Claim National Crown
Strong finish earns girls surprising win July 2010 – Cincinnati By Greg Lydon / Daily News Correspondent Watching on a computer screen thousands of miles from Cincinnati didn’t change the feeling for Mike Still when he saw the results. When coach Wayne Rickert called him and confirmed the placing, the Cinderella story was true. Still, program director for the NORCAL Crew Rowing Club in Redwood City, learned that his team of five girls placed first in the Junior Rowing Nationals Championships in Cincinnati. “We’ve never been there before with a women’s crew,” Still...
Read MoreUSRowing Announces Junior Women’s National Team and High Performance Selection Camps Invitation List
PRINCETON, N.J. – USRowing has invited the following athletes to attend its 2010 Junior Women’s National Team and High Performance Selection Camps this summer, the organization announced on Wednesday. The junior women’s national team sweep selection camp, which will be held June 16-July 2 at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., will select the junior women’s eight and junior women’s four with coxswain that will represent the U.S. at the 2010 World Rowing Junior Championships in Racice, Czech Republic, August 5-8, 2010. The sculling selection camp, which is being...
Read MoreLocal rowers help bring home a silver medal
NORCAL Crew Lightweight 4+ boat takes second at US Rowing Youth Nationals Recent high school graduates Rachel Ersted of Palo Alto and Carolyn Rennels of Castilleja were members of NORCAL Crew’s Lightweight 4+ boat that won a silver medal at the US Rowing Youth Nationals this past weekend at Harsha Lake outside of Cincinnati, Ohio. NORCAL’s boat won its first heat on Friday and recorded the second-fastest time in the semifinals on Saturday while finishing first. In the grand final on Sunday, NORCAL battled two other boats — including the Long Beach Juniors’ boat that had placed first...
Read MoreUSRowing Announces 2009-10 Scholastic Honor Roll
CONGRATULATIONS to Ashby Cogan, Rachel Ersted, Amy Fudenberg, Carolyn Rennels, Anna Savoie, and Claire Tolson for being selected to the 2009-2010 USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll. NORCAL Crew again had the highest number of Honor Roll Recipients of any team in the nation! This is an outstanding accomplishment for our athletes and our team. Only 104 out of 292 student athletes (17 California, 5 Washington, 2 Oregon) that applied were selected for the USRowing Honor Roll. USRowing Announces 2009-10 Scholastic Honor Roll Recipients Friday, October 23, 2009 Fifty-two student-athletes earned...
Read MoreUSRowing – 2009 Youth National Championships
Eighteen National Titles Awarded Sunday at 2009 USRowing Youth National Championships – Read More Sunday, June 14, 2009 BETHEL, Ohio – Eighteen national titles were awarded on Sunday at the 15th-annual USRowing Youth National Championships on Harsha Lake in Bethel, Ohio. In the women’s double sculls, GMS Rowing Center’s Kim Hopewell and Celia Kohl took an open-water lead by the 1,000-meter mark en route to a 3.68-second victory over Detroit Boat Club’s Alexandria Chrumka and Allison DeClerq. Hopewell and Kohl crossed the finish line with a time of 7:49.32, with Chrumka and...
Read MoreUSRowing Announces Junior Women’s National Team Selection Camp Invitation List
PRINCETON, N.J. – USRowing has invited 52 rowers and six coxswains to attend its 2009 Junior Women’s National Team Selection Camp this summer, the organization announced on Thursday. The camp, which will be held June 22-July 5 at the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., will select the junior women’s eight and junior women’s four that will represent the U.S. at the 2009 FISA World Rowing Junior Championships August 5-8 in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France. The camp will also select a High Performance Team of 14 rowers and a coxswain that will travel to...
Read MoreUSRowing Announces 2008-2009 Scholastic Honor Roll
CONGRATULATIONS to Nate Barker, Zach Segal, Lauren Moissiy, Bryan Moore, Francesca Rubino and Catherine Shannon for being selected to the 2008-2009 USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll. NORCAL Crew had the highest number of Honor Roll Recipients of any team in the nation! This is an outstanding accomplishment for our athletes and our team. Only 84 student athletes (27 from California, 5 from Washington and 2 from Oregon) out of 172 student athletes that applied from across the country were selected for the USRowing Honor Roll. USRowing Announces 2008-2009 Scholastic Honor Roll...
Read MoreSports Shorts – Palo Alto Online
May 16, 2008 – LOCAL ROWERS . . . Four Palo Alto girls last weekend qualified for the U.S. National Rowing Association’s Jr. National Championships to be held in Cincinnati next month. Palo Alto High senior Andrea Panayides and sophomores Rachel Ersted and Amy Fudenberg along with Gunn junior Eliza Henderson raced in NORCAL Crew’s Women’s Varsity Llghtweight 8+ boat. They placed second in the Grand Final at U.S. Rowing’s 2008 U.S. Southwest Regional Jr. Championships in Rancho Cordova. The Southwest Championships bring boats together from eight western states in...
Read MoreUSRowing Announces 2007-2008 Scholastic Honor Roll Recipients
Friday, October 05, 2007 PRINCETON, N.J. – Thirty-six student-athletes earned 2007-2008 USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll honors and 40 student-athletes earned honorable mention scholastic honor roll accolades, the organization announced on Friday. The USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll recognizes high school seniors who have excelled in both academics and rowing. Applicants must be USRowing members, have rowed or coxed at least one year, and successfully competed at or above the league or regional level. This is the 17th year of this award. The USRowing Youth Advisory Committee selected the...
Read MoreUSRowing Invites 80 Athletes to 2007 Women’s Junior B Sculling Camps
PRINCETON, N.J. – USRowing has invited 80 athletes to attend the junior women’s B sculling camps this summer, the organization announced on Friday. The camps will be held in Norwalk, Conn., Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Iowa, and Seattle, Wash. Junior B Sculling Camps Seattle Rowers Affiliation(s) Adrienne Barber Sammamish Rowing Association Alex Cours Long Beach Junior Crew Nikki Dahlberg-Seeth Oakland Strokes Alexandra Farrell Phillips Academy Andover Maya Feldman Marina Aquatic Center Junior Rowing Ellen Free Oregon Association of Rowers Katrine Ghobrial Marina Aquatic...
Read MoreSmall S.F. Rowing Club Surged to National Title
San Francisco Chronicle Jake Curtis, Chronicle Staff Writer Having a coach who recently drove big-rig trucks as his “other” job is the first indication that the national champion Pacific Rowing Club’s boys eight crew is a little different. The Pacific boat surprised almost everybody when it won the USRowing youth championship Sunday in Cincinnati, becoming the third straight San Francisco crew to win the prestigious title. In fact, the Pacific Rowing Club boathouse on Lake Merced is beside that of St. Ignatius High, which had won the previous two varsity eight national...
Read MoreSixteen Titles Awarded at 2007 USRowing Youth National Championships
Long Beach Junior Crew won the women’s eight and Pacific Rowing Club won the men’s eight to highlight the final day of racing at the 2007 USRowing Youth National Championships at Harsha Lake in Batavia, Ohio. In total, 16 crews were crowned national champions on Sunday. In the lightweight women’s four with coxswain, NORCAL Crew claimed a 3.33-second victory over Wayland Weston Crew. NORCAL clocked an 8:34.60, while Wayland Weston finished with an 8:37.93. Stanford Rowing Center finished third in an 8:38.62. 2007 USRowing Youth National Championships Results Women’s Lightweight Four...
Read MoreNORCAL wins GOLD at Nationals !
Sixteen Titles Awarded at 2007 USRowing Youth National Championships at Harsha Lake in Batavia, Ohio. In the lightweight women’s four with coxswain, NORCAL Crew claimed a 3.33-second victory over Wayland Weston Crew. NORCAL clocked an 8:34.60, while Wayland Weston finished with an 8:37.93. Stanford Rowing Center finished third in an 8:38.62. Sunday, June 10, 2007 – full story
Read MoreLocal Rowers Stroke Their Way to National Championships
Those pre-dawn workouts and hours of “erg-ing” have paid off for nine junior rowers from the NORCAL Crew Team.These young rowers will be heading to the US Rowing National Youth Championships Cincinnati,Ohio in June after an amazing finish at the Southwest Regional Junior Championships held in Folsom last weekend. Coached by former Olympian and World Champion,Mike Still,and Kristin Goodrich,a World Champion sculler, the Men’s Quad,battled their way to a one-second finish in the final ten strokes of the race. Jon Schectman,of Portola Valley,Max Mannisto,of Belmont, Nate Barker, of San...
Read MoreLocals row, row, row to success at nationals
Inside Bay Area SEVERAL LOCAL ROWERS had strong showings at the U.S. Rowing Championships at Lake Harsha, located near Cincinnati, Ohio, recently, led by boats from Serra High, St. Ignatius and the NorCal Crew Club of Redwood City. Andrew Tight of Menlo Park, who just graduated from Menlo School, and Miles Dobbyn of San Carlos, a recent graduate of Carlmont, teamed to finish fourth in the 2,000 meter petit finals (two oars). The result placed them 10th in the national doubles race overall. Rowing out of the NorCal Crew Club, Tight and Dobbyn had raced as a doubles team only three times before...
Read MoreNORCAL Crew qualifies three boats for USRowing National Youth Championships
NORCAL Crew had an amazing weekend at the Southwest Regional Junior Championships held in Folsom, California, May 19-20, 2007. Every NORCAL rower pulled with gusto, advancing a record-breaking 10 boats into the finals. Three boats qualified for the US Rowing National Youth Championships to be held in Cincinnati, Ohio, June 8-10, 2007. This is an unprecedented finish for a team competing against much larger and more established teams from all over California and the Southwest Region. NORCAL’s Novice Women brought home gold in the Novice 8+. This is the first time NORCAL has ever won at...
Read MoreUSRowing Announces 2006-07 Scholastic Honor Roll Recipients
Tuesday, November 28, 2006 – Full Article PRINCETON, N.J. – Forty-four student athletes earned 2006-07 USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll honors and 76 student athletes earned honorable mention scholastic honor roll accolades, USRowing announced on Tuesday. The USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll recognizes high school seniors who have excelled in both academics and rowing. Applicants must be USRowing members, have rowed or coxed at least one year and successfully competed at or above the league or regional level. This is the 16th year of this award. NORCAL CREW – 2006-07 USRowing...
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