Serra rower has no choice but to pull his weight
Friday, June 9, 2006 (SF Chronicle) Serra rower has no choice but to pull his weight Janny Hu, Chronicle Staff Writer Kirk Halterman Kirk Halterman competes in an obscure corner of an obscure sport — rowing’s single sculls. Chronicle photo by Frederic Larson As if senior Kirk Halterman needed any more reminders of his celebrity predecessors at Serra High, he has Tom Brady greeting him at every turn. Posters of Brady, the two-time Super Bowl MVP and Serra alum, are plastered on nearly every door and window of the Padres’ campus. Brady is sponsoring a ticket raffle to benefit his...
Read MoreUSRowing Announces 2005-06 Scholastic Honor Roll Recipients
Thursday, October 13, 2005 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Thirty student-athletes earned 2005-06 USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll honors and 38 student-athletes earned honorable mention scholastic honor roll accolades, USRowing announced on Thursday. 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 15th year of this award. The USRowing Youth Committee selected the winners based...
Read MoreVictorious crew shows how to pull together
Oakland Tribune, Jun 15, 2005 CONGRATULATIONS to the girls of the Redwood City NorCal Crew, who rowed their way to victory and were the first youths to earned a gold medal for the club. A five-person crew took first place in the women’s novice/frosh division at the Southwest Regional Junior Rowing Association Championships in May. Kyla Adler, Emma Pelegri-O’Day, Laine Bauer, Karina Rivera and Molly Dickinson are committed 15-year-olds whose lives revolve around the art of the oar. “Crew is life,” they say. With the win, they showed that hard work and relentless practice pays...
Read MoreStudents say NorCal Crew is life
Oakland Tribune, Jun 11, 2005 by Malaika Fraley, STAFF WRITER REDWOOD CITY GETTING out of bed before the sunrise to row 12 miles a day, six days a week sounds like nightmare for most teenagers. But the girls of the NorCal Crew wouldn’t have it any other way. “My friends think I’m insane, but it’s totally worth it,” said Emma Pelegri-O’Day, a student at Summit Preparatory High School. “Crew is life.” Pelegri-O’Day is one of 80 San Mateo County high school boys and girls on the NorCal Crew, a club rowing team that just wrapped up it’s first season....
Read MoreUSRowing Announces 2004-04 Scholastic Honor Roll Recipients
September 30, 2004 – Full Article INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.–Twenty-five student-athletes earned 2004-05 USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll honors and 28 student-athletes earned honorable mention scholastic honor roll accolades, USRowing announced Thursday. 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 14th year of this award. The USRowing Youth Committee selected the...
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