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, Menlo Park, Calif

2011-2012 USRowing Honorable Mention Scholastic Honor Roll Recipients

Simone Jacobs, Norcal Crew, San Mateo, Calif
Christina La, Norcal Crew, Santa Clara, Calif
Luke Prioleau, Norcal Crew, Palo Alto, Calif

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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 Rowing
Nina Demmerle Greenwich Academy
Christine Devlin Phillips Exeter Academy
Madeline Dinse Rose City Rowing Club
Katie Dukovich Hampton High School
Jessica Eiffert Pittsford Crew
Savannah Eldridge Upper Natoma Rowing Club
Meredith Fischer New Trier High School
Deirdre Fitzpatrick Connecticut Boat Club
Lucy Grinalds Connecticut Boat Club
Rosie Grinalds Connecticut Boat Club
Logan Harris Marin Rowing Association
Hannah Hewitt Lake Brantley High School
Alissa Hornung Connecticut Boat Club
Simone Jacobs NorCal Crew
LuRay Joy Marin Rowing Association
Chandler Lally Radnor High School
Bridget Leire Lake Casitas Rowing Academy
Colleen Maher Thomas Jefferson High School
Katherine Mayhew Oregon Association of Rowing
Lauren Miranda Shenendehowa High School
Hannah Moscati Kent School
Joanna Mulvey Our Lady of Lourds High School
Clara Nowinski Upper Natoma Rowing Club
Katie O’Connell Mount St. Joseph’s Academy
Charlotte Passat Marin Rowing Association
Georgia Ratcliff James Madison High School
Olivia Sayvetz Vashon Island Rowing
Eliza Spilsbury Kent School
Abby Stevenson Connecticut Boat Club
Katie Toothman St. Andrew’s School
Lauren Tracey Pittsford Crew
Megan Wheeler McLean High School
Madeline Wolf Marin Rowing Association
Abby Young Phillips Exeter Academy

2011 U.S. Junior Men’s National Team Sweep Selection Camp
Host: Kent School, Kent, CT
Head Coach: Kevin MacDermott
Ned Benning Northfield Mount Hermon School
Max Blumenthal OKC Riversport
Austen Bolves Sammamish RC
Alexander Buck Maritime Rowing Club
Henry Cryst Mt. Baker Crew
Greg Davis Saint Ignatius College Preparatory
Alexander Dillon St. Augustine Prep H.S.
Sean Dougherty Capital Crew
Patrick Eble La Salle College High School
Jason Elefant Hun School
Kyle Erlandson Egg Harbor Township High School
Michael Evans Rose City Rowing Club
Joshua Fram Lawrenceville School
Buck Goggin Choate Rosemary Hall
Samuel Helms Everett Rowing Association
Zach Hershberger Los Gatos Rowing Club
Harry Holroyd Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School
Nigel Holt Mt. Baker Crew
Logan Jester Capital City Rowing
Alexander Johnson Pocock Rowing Center
Richard Johnston Lincoln Park Juniors
Patrick Konttinen Marin Rowing Association
Hunter Leeming Sarasota Crew
Ben Leonard Westerville Rowing Club
Louis Lombardi St. Joseph’s Preparatory School
Stuart Maeder Woodrow Wilson High School
Adam Maleh Belmont Hill School
Zachary Mankoff Mt. Baker Crew
John McGrorty St. Joseph’s Preparatory School
Kevin McHale St. Joseph’s Preparatory School
Jacob Mendelson Bolles High School
Max Meyer-Bosse Saugatuck Rowing Club
Matt Milner Pacific Rowing Club
Riley Newman Lincoln Park Juniors
Ryan O’Hanlon Buckingham Browne & Nichols
Robbie Ostrow Pacific Rowing Club
Alex Perkins Kent School
Stephen Podwojski St. Andrews Rowing Club
Vikram Prasad Oakland Strokes, Inc.
Guthrie Renwick Central Catholic Crew (Pittsburgh)
Jeff Rogers St. Andrew’s School (Del.)
Gregory Schneiter Shaker Rowing Association
Craig Slater Navesink River Rowing
Kaess Smit Haverford School
Alex Smith Phillips Academy
Simon Sokoll Oakland Strokes, Inc.
J. Greig Stein Marin Rowing Association
Ron Taitz Newport Aquatic Center
Timothy Taylor Long Beach Rowing
Kenny Thompson Marin Rowing Association
Jordan Vanderstoep Los Gatos Rowing Club
Kamin Vassilos New Trier High School
Joshua Weinstein Salisbury School

2011 U.S. Junior Women’s National Team Sculling Selection Camp
Host: GMS, New Milford, CT
Head Coach: Guenter Beutter
Meredith Bertasi American School of London
Victoria Bujala Grand Rapids Crew
Taylor Burdge Tampa Training Center
Alexandria Chrumka Detroit Boat Club
Caroline Habjan GMS Rowing Center
Sophie Heywood Tempe Junior Crew
Emily Kehoe Vashon Island RC
Olivia McLean Bromfield Rowing
Cicely Madden Community Rowing, Inc.
Maria Mayden GMS Rowing Center
Nancy Miles Seattle Rowing Center
Victoria Mireless Miami Beach RC
Erin Reelick GMS Rowing Center
Mackenzi Sherman Long Beach Rowing
Hannah Solis-Cohen North Mount Hermon
McKayla Taaffe Sarasota Crew
Nina Vascotto Sagamore RA
Hannah Yoest Yorktown HS
Elizabeth Youngling GMS Rowing Center
Alexandra Zadravec Saugatuck Rowing Club

2011 U.S. Junior Men’s National Team Sculling Selection Camp
Host: GMS, New Milford, CT
Head Coach: Guenter Beutter
Ryan Anderson Sarasota Crew
Ben Delaney Orlando Area Rowing Society
Carson Green River City Rowing Club
Sam Pettet Pocock Rowing Center
Jonathon Rosow New Canaan High School Crew Club
Travis Taaffe Sarasota Crew
Victor Tarrau Miami Beach Rowing Club
Jonathan Young St. Louis Rowing Club

2011 US Junior Men’s National Team Development Camp
Host: Three Rivers Rowing, Pittsburgh, PA
Head Coach: Rick Brown
Daniel Amado Long Beach Rowing
Christian Aral Chaminade High School
Jonah Badden Rose City Rowing Club
Spencer Baldwin Lawrenceville School
Cameron Barnes Three Rivers Rowing Association
Matthew Baumer Navesink River Rowing
Nigel Baummer Annapolis Junior RA
Michael Becker Oakton High School
Eric Blood Germantown Academy
Eli Brown White Rock BH
Christopher Carothers New Trier High School
John Chuter Los Gatos Rowing Club
Michael Colella Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School
Spencer Currey River City Rowing Club
Jonathan Dawson Central Catholic Crew (Pittsburgh)
Connelly Denton New Trier High School
Andrew Falter Oakton High School
Joseph Farafontoff Capital Crew
Nick Firmani Pocock Rowing Center
Jacob Ford LaSalle High School
BJ Francis St. Louis Rowing Club
Scott Gibson Thomas Jefferson High School
Ryan Hails Sarasota Crew
Michael Hamp Canisius High School
Chet Heldman Dallas Jesuit Prep
Joshua Hockenberry Three Rivers Rowing Association
Andrew Konecny Sarasota Crew
Jared Levin Lincoln Park Juniors
Chris Matyjek Chaminade High School
Aaron McAvey Don Bosco Prep
David McFall Central Catholic Crew (Pittsburgh)
Luke O’Brien Oakland Strokes, Inc.
William Oprea Chaminade High School
Ryan O’Rourke Lawrenceville School
Andrew J. Pereira New Bedford Community Rowing
George Perrett Ann Arbor Pioneer High School
Teddy Plass St. Paul’s School
Bradley Plunkett Deerfield Academy Crew
Austin Puleo Unaffiliated
John Risbergs St. Anthony’s High School
Kevin Shoop Bishop Ireton High School
Nathan Smith Newport Rowing Club
Eric Stockwood Community Rowing, Inc.
Travis Webster San Diego Rowing Club
Madison Weitekamp TC Williams High School
Paul Wrenn Stanton-River Bank Rowing
Alex Yang Thomas Jefferson High School
Mathison Young Oakland Strokes, Inc.

2011 U.S. Junior Women’s National Team High Performance Camp
Host: USCGA, New London, CT
Head Coach: Andrea Buch
Tori Babchak Connecticut Boat Club
Julia Bretz The Lawrenceville School
Kadie Brown Commencement Bay Rowing
Kendall Chase Mile High Rowing Club
Regan Considine Riverfront Recapture, Inc.
Maddie Craddock St. Ignatius College Preparatory
Laura Foster Mercer Junior RC
Meghan Galloway Connecticut Boat Club
Katerina Gregoriou Upper Natoma RC
Caroline Hart Bromfield Rowing
Sarah Hudnall Atlanta Junior Rowing Association
Stella Karjalainen St. Ignatius College Preparatory
Madison Kerst Long Beach Rowing
Shannon McCann Row New York
Karla McDaniel Capital City Rowing
Mimi Reichenbach Phillips Exeter Academy
Sarah Schwartz Connecticut Boat Club
Erin Slatery Thomas Jefferson High School
Marta Ulbricht Annapolis Junior Rowing Association
Mackenzie Welsh Plant High Rowing Association
Caroline Williams James Madison /TBC
Madeline Wilson Atlanta Junior Rowing Association
Kayla Zenk Kent School

2011 U.S. Junior Women’s National Team Jr. B Development Camp
Host: Old Lyme Rowing Association, Old Lyme, CT
Head Coach: Charles Huthmaker
Bailey Amenabar Riverfront Recapture, Inc.
Sofia Arend Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School
Kelsey Barolak St. Andrews School
Mackenzie Bell Stanton Riverbank
Amanda Bendixen Winter Park High School
Morgan Billig Plant High Rowing Association
Rachel Borden Tempe Junior Crew
Katie deHaas Connecticut Boat Club
Allie Diamond Saugatuck Rowing Club
Zoe Dinneen Boston Latin School
Maryjane Geffs Convent of the Sacred Heart
Caroline Going New Trier High School
Nia Hollister-Bernier Asheville Youth Rowing Association
Kaelyn Ibold Stanton Riverbank
Laura Irwin New Trier High School
Cory Johnson Phillips Exeter Academy
Sarah Konishesky Old Lyme HS
Aja List Atlanta Junior Rowing Association
Jeanette Llorens Detroit BC
Kylie Maier Connecticut Boat Club
Max Mejia Kent School
Amelia Metz Miss Porters School
Claire Meyers Fayetteville-Manlius HS
Amanda Miller Connecticut Boat Club
Karen Munyan West Potomac HS
Ruth Narode Rose City Rowing Club
Maggie Nugent Atlanta Junior Rowing Association
Rae Oleshansky Atomic Rowing
Hannah Onians Atlanta Junior Rowing Association
Jenna Pollock Thomas Jefferson High School
Hayley Robbins Rose City Rowing Club
Daesha Roberts Stanton Riverbank
Ashlyn Santucci Upper Natoma RC
Caroline Schurr Culver Academy
Catherine Vernon Stanton Riverbank
Grace Williams James Madison
Casey Wizner Detroit BC

2011 U.S. Junior National Team West Coast Sculling Development Camp (Co-ed)
Host: Seattle Rowing Center, Seattle, WA
Head Coach: Carol Nagy
Alex Campbell Stanford Rowing Center
Ezra Carlson Humboldt Bay Rowing Association
Benton Chuter Los Gatos Rowing Club
Kiera Degener-O’Brien Oregon Rowing Unlimited
Eleanor Hicks Green Texas Rowing Center
Jane Hudson Waterford Crew
Daniel Hudson Waterford Crew
James Lai Seattle Rowing Center
Gus Magnuson Vashon Island Rowing Club
Clay Mathieu Stanford Rowing Center
Jill McGill Long Beach Rowing
Kieran O’Sullivan Lake Union Crew
Ben Pratt Oregon Rowing Unlimited
Thomas Pring Sarasota Crew
Danni Struck Stanford Rowing Center
Morgan Taylor Lake Union Crew

2011 U.S. Junior Men’s National Team East Coast Sculling Development Camp
Host: Steel City Rowing Club, Pittsburgh, PA
Head Coach: Laci Tompa
Dughan Ahimovic Navesink River Rowing
Chris Babinec Saugatuck Rowing Club
Josh Bronn Orcas Island Rowing Association
William Fox III Steel City/Winchester
Jimmy Francis St. Louis Rowing Club
Oliver Grueterich Greenwich Crew
Jack Kelley Jacksonville Rowing Club
Ian Klein Pelham Community Rowing Association
Matthew Palmer Pelham Community Rowing Association
Joshua Schoenbart Syosset High School
Matthew Ccholl Newburgh Rowing Club
Christopher Selvaggio Pelham Community Rowing Association
Jacob Stafford Cincinnati Country Day School
Jake Zier Orcas Island Rowing Association

2011 U.S. Junior Women’s National Team East Coast Sculling Development Camp
Host: UMass-Lowell, Lowell, MA
Head Coach: Wendy Wilbur
Charlotte Beever Baldwin School
Merritt Denham New Trier High School
Tessa Dikkers Pelham Community Rowing Assoc.
Hailey Drangsholt Commencement Bay Rowing
Eliza Frank West Side Rowing Club
Yasmine Hemida Pelham Community Rowing Assoc.
Claudia Jensen Pelham Community Rowing Assoc.
Dale Main Sarasota Scullers
Emma Nealis American School in London
Ellie Place Sammamish Rowing
Margaretta Ryan Convent of the Sacred Heart
Aidan Scanlon Greater Lawrence Area Rowing
Audrey Hope Sheils Pittsford Crew
Shawna Sims Sarasota Scullers

Jessica Streur New Trier High School

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, Calif.

2010-2011 USRowing Honorable Mention Scholastic Honor Roll Recipients
Zoe Angelopulo, NORCAL Crew, Burlingame, Calif.
Robert Faris, NORCAL Crew, Menlo Park, Calif.
Thomas Seidel, NORCAL Crew, Palo Alto, Calif.
Andrew Sweeney, NORCAL Crew, Menlo Park, Calif.
Quinn Walker, NORCAL Crew, Palo Alto, Calif.
Michaela Wetter, NORCAL Crew, San Mateo, Calif.

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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 said. “I was amazed when I heard the news. It was a great feeling.”

To win the Women’s Lightweight 4+ competition against 18 other boats, the five local girls came from behind, surprising their coach and themselves to earn the title.

Cassie Annunziata (Notre Dame-Belmont), Caroline Clark (Menlo School), Sarah Gregg (Menlo School), Andrea Panayides (Palo Alto High) and Pauline Nguyen (Palo Alto) made up the history-making team for NORCAL Crew.

The team had varying degrees of experience in the sport, with one member having rowed only for a little over a year, as it traveled into the unknown and rose to the occasion to earn the club’s first national title.

Clark will row for Princeton University in the fall, while Gregg will row for Santa Clara University.

The competition was streamed live over the Internet. Still watched as the team of girls stayed in third place for almost three-quarters of the race before making a push to the finish.

“We were barely hanging on to third for most of the race,” Gregg said. “I was in shock when we won. We gave a great push to finish the race strong.”

Gregg said her coach told the team of five girls before the grand final that a good race would get them a medal, but a perfect race would win it for them.

When asked if she thought they raced a perfect race, Gregg laughed and said, “Actually, we all didn’t think we ran a perfect race. There was a headwind that probably saved us, giving us the help we needed to help.”

Another factor in the victory, Gregg said, was the race playing to the strength of her team. Several teams shot out of the gate fast, looking for the early lead. NORCAL Crew started slowly, but its endurance paid off.

“Some crews die in the second half of races,” Gregg said. “We just get stronger. Everyone believed in the plan and executed the plan to get the job done for us.”

Coming into the grand final, Gregg said, there were five teams within five seconds of each other, so giving the race everything they had was critical if they hoped to win.

The crew took first place in a semifinal heat and first place at the regional tournament in Sacramento before the win at nationals.

“Before Sacramento, we were all scared to death,” Gregg said. “We had no idea how fast everyone else was.”

The same feeling followed the girls to nationals, where Gregg said prerace jitters had to be shaken off in the opening heat when they again faced unfamiliar opponents.

“We got to nationals and you get to see the other crews right before the race in the weigh-in and you see girls that weigh the same as you, but taller and stronger,” Gregg said. “It definitely worries you before a race.”

The lightweight event requires all competitors to weigh less than 130 pounds. All racers must pass the requirement right before the start of the race.

NORCAL Crew was one of four Bay Area clubs at nationals. Others included the Pacific Rowing Club, Los Gatos Rowing Club and the Marin Rowing Association.

The crew also sent their men’s quad team to nationals, but the water wasn’t as kind to them.

“It was a learning experience for the men’s team,” Still said. “We didn’t have the veteran experience on the team to tell the guys what it was like at nationals.”

The men’s quad finished 14th, but Still is excited about the prospects for both the men’s and women’s teams next season.

“We’re not losing anyone to graduation for the men’s team this season, so the experience will really make them a lot stronger next year,” Still said. “The women’s team loses two members, but we had alternates travel with them to Sacramento and gain experience that will make the dropoff, losing two members, not as severe.”

Members of the men’s quad were Nate Barker (Carlmont High), Max Minnisto (Summit Prep), Jon Schectman (Menlo-Atherton High), and Zach Segal (Homestead High).

E-mail Greg Lydon at sports@dailynewsgroup.com

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 in regionals in Sacramento in May — to take second place and the silver medal. Connecticut Boat Club placed first and won the gold medal while the Sarasota Scullers came in third for the bronze.

Ersted and Rennels were in NORCAL’s Lightweight 8+ boat that placed fifth in the grand finals in 2008. They both were recruited for college rowing. Ersted will row for Cal and Rennels will row for Stanford. This spring, Cal won the Pac-10 rowing championships and finished second in the NCAA Championships held at Natoma Lake.

The other rowers in the winning NORCAL boat are all rising high school seniors: Ariana Cravalho (Notre Dame-Belmont), Sofie Madden (Menlo-Atherton) and Victoria Paterson (Menlo School).

NORCAL Crew rows out of the Port of Redwood City.

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USRowing Announces 2009-10 Scholastic Honor Roll Recipients

Friday, October 23, 2009

Fifty-two student-athletes earned 2009-10 USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll honors and 52 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. Overall, 292 student-athletes from 128 rowing clubs and schools across the country applied for the 2009-10 USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll, making it the largest pool of nominees in the history of the award.

The USRowing Youth Advisory Committee selected the recipients based on a ranking of their grade-point average in academic courses, performance on the ACT or SAT, and class rank. While fewer schools now rank their students, the nominees still included two students currently ranked as valedictorians, two currently ranked as salutatorians, and 19 others that have the maximum possible grade point average at their schools. One recipient earned a perfect score on the SAT, while several others earned a composite score of 35 out of a possible 36 on the ACT. In addition, one recipient was a member of the women’s eight that won the gold medal at the 2009 World Rowing Junior Championships.

USRowing is a nonprofit organization recognized by the United States Olympic Committee as the governing body for the sport of rowing in the United States. USRowing’s Official Suppliers are Hudson Boat Works and Boathouse Sports; its Official Patron is Concept2; its Official Electronics Outfitter is Nielsen Kellerman; its Official Timer is Powerhouse Timing; and its Preferred Printer is Sport Graphics Printing. USRowing also receives generous support from the National Rowing Foundation.

2009-10 USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll Recipients
Ashby Cogan, NORCAL Crew, Atherton, Calif.
Amy Fudenberg, NORCAL Crew, Palo Alto, Calif.
Carolyn Rennels, NORCAL Crew, Palo Alto, Calif.
Anna Savoie, NORCAL Crew, Palo Alto, Calif.

2009-10 USRowing Honorable Mention Scholastic Honor Roll Recipients
Rachel Ersted, NORCAL Crew, Palo Alto, Calif.
Claire Tolson, NORCAL Crew, San Mateo, Calif.

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 DeClerq finishing in a 7:53.00. Archbishop Prendergast High School’s Jackie Lees and Jeanine Lees won the bronze medal in a 7:57.03, finishing less than one second ahead of Long Beach Junior Crew.

Just over an hour later, Hopewell joined teammates Kelsey Reelick, Anna Kobayashi and Mairi McKellop in the GMS women’s quadruple sculls to win a second national title. GMS crossed 7.09 seconds ahead of Pocock Rowing Center to finish first in a 7:16:75. Pocock took silver in a 7:23:84, followed by Saratoga Rowing Association in a 7:25:05.

Long Beach Junior Crew’s Michelle Johnson and Alexandra Cours held off Tempe Junior Crew’s Casey Redman and Sophie Heywood to win the final of the lightweight women’s double sculls. Johnson and Cours finished with a time of 8:08.49, crossing the line 1.08 seconds ahead of Redman and Heywood. Lake Oswego Community Rowing’s Jessica Lund and Katie Smith edged out Hockaday School’s Emily McCombs and Casey Watters by 0.23 seconds for the bronze medal. The Lake Oswego boat clocked an 8:10.71.

Newport Aquatic Center dominated in the men’s eights, winning gold in both the eight and lightweight eight events. The Newport eight grabbed a two-seat lead at the 1,500-meter mark and crossed the finish line 2.43 seconds ahead of Phillips Academy, clocking a 5:57.67 for the win. Phillips crossed in a 5:59.24 for the silver medal. In a close race for third, Kent School crossed just 0.01 seconds ahead of Capital Crew for the bronze medal in a 6:00.30. In the lightweight men’s eight, Newport won in a 6:10:99 for the gold. Marin Rowing Association took silver in a 6:11:22, with Community Rowing, Inc. crossing third in a 6:15:47.

In the women’s single sculls, Friends Academy’s Nicole Bielawski won the gold medal with a time of 8:27.59. River City Rowing Club’s Samantha Warren won the silver medal in an 8:32.15, followed by Hillsborough High School’s Katie Burke in an 8:34.58.

Matt Maddamma dominated the men’s single sculls, clocking a 7:36.99 to win by nearly 13 seconds. Maddamma took command of the race in the first 500 meters and continued to walk away from the field over the rest of the race. Stanton-River Bank Rowing’s Mason Leasure finished second in a 7:49.76, while Marina Aquatic Center’s Quinn Harper finished third in a 7:50.94.

In the lightweight men’s double sculls, Lake Union Crew’s Michael Wales and Aidan O’Sullivan pulled away from the field over the final 600 meters to win the race by nearly six seconds. Wales and O’Sullivan stroked a 7:03.70. New Canaan High School Crew Club’s top boat of Andrew Campbell and Alec Buckenheimer finished second in a 7:09.47, followed by Long Beach Junior Crew’s Mark Reinis and Nick Trojan in a 7:13.95.

After winning its semifinal yesterday by more than 12 seconds, the Saugatuck Rowing Association duo of Owen Traynor and Max Meyer-Bosse won gold in the men’s double sculls, clocking a 7:07.93 for the win. NorCal Crew’s Max Mannistro and Zachary Segal crossed second in a 7:11.11, with Lake Stevens Rowing Club’s Andrew McCrea and Brad Dickson in a 7:13.92 for third.

In the women’s pair, the Oakland Strokes duo of Kelly Bauer and Barbara Barnes finished nearly five seconds ahead of Saratoga Rowing Association’s Kate Russell and Lizzy Fitzhenry for the gold medal. Bauer and Barnes, who recorded the fastest time in yesterday’s semifinals, won in an 8:25:11, with Saratoga crossing second in an 8:30:75. Lakeside School Crew’s Camilla Gardiner and Claire Murphy finished third in an 8:31:90.

Rose City Rowing Club took home gold and bronze medals in the men’s pair. The A boat entry of Michael Evans and Cameron McAlpine took a boat-length lead in the first 500 meters and held on to win in a 7:42.80. Serra High School’s Chris Chang and Zachary Felise pushed ahead of Rose City’s B boat in the sprint to finish second in a 7:47.53, with Rose City B clocking a 7:50.11.

In the men’s quadruple sculls, the Pocock Rowing Center crew of Nick Pickard, Alex Johnson, Ben Bauman and Sam Pettet edged out New Canaan High School Crew Club for the gold medal. New Canaan had a three-seat advantage at the 1,000-meter mark but couldn’t keep up with Pocock’s surge in the sprint. Pocock clocked a 6:21.31 for the win, with New Canaan in a 6:23.63 for second place. Lake Union Crew finished third in a 6:27.42.

Los Gatos Rowing Club won gold in the lightweight women’s eight with a 3.58-second victory over Long Beach Junior Crew. Los Gatos led the race from wire-to-wire to cross in a 6:59.58, holding off Long Beach’s charge with 500 meters to go. Long Beach clocked a 7:03.56, with Maritime Rowing Club in third with a 7:07.53.

In the women’s four with coxswain, Peddie School finished nearly 10 seconds ahead of Mercer Junior Rowing Club for the gold medal. Peddie clocked a 7:24:98, with Mercer finishing second in a 7:34:47. Winsor Crew finished third in a 7:34:83.

Everett Rowing Association came back from third place at the halfway point to win the final of the lightweight men’s four with coxswain. Everett’s crew of coxswain Charles Forrest, Robert Aikman, Austin Overland, Mackenzie Baker and Nikita Cardenas finished first in a 6:51.25, with Long Beach Junior Crew clocking a 6:53:81 for silver. Canisius High School finished third in a 6:54:19.

Noble & Greenough School’s crew of coxswain Stone Cao, Matthew O’Leary, Gordon Eccles, Cameron Dupre and Ian Graves won gold in the men’s four with coxswain, crossing in a 6:38:21. Community Rowing, Inc. took silver in a 6:42:95, followed by Choate Rosemary Hall in third with a 6:45:87.

In the women’s lightweight four with coxswain, Cincinnati Country Day School won gold in a 7:45:16. Holy Names Academy clocked a 7:47:81 for silver, with San Diego Rowing Club edging out Nardin Academy by less than a second for third, crossing in a 7:50:33.

After recording the fastest time of yesterday’s semifinals in the women’s eight, Marin Rowing Association won gold in a 6:40:11, crossing nearly five seconds ahead of Phillips Exeter Academy’s time of 6:45:05. Maritime Rowing Club crossed in a 6:47:41 for the bronze medal, edging out New Trier High School Rowing by less than a second.

Hosted by the Cincinnati Junior Rowing Club, the event featured more than 1,500 participants competing for national titles in 18 events.

USRowing is a nonprofit organization recognized by the United States Olympic Committee as the governing body for the sport of rowing in the United States. USRowing’s Official Suppliers are Hudson Boat Works and Boathouse Sports; its Official Patron is Concept2; its Official Electronics Outfitter is Nielsen Kellerman; its Official Timer is Powerhouse Timing; and its Preferred Printer is Sport Graphics Printing. USRowing also receives generous support from the National Rowing Foundation.

2009 USRowing Youth National Championships
Day Three Results – June 14, 2009

Women’s Youth Single Sculls
Final: 1: Friends Academy-N. BIELAWSKI, 08:27:59; 2: River City Rowing Club-S. WARREN, 08:32:15; 3: Hillsborough High School-K. BURKE, 08:34:58; 4: Rochester Rowing Club of Minnesota-A. WETTSTEIN, 08:35:47; 5: GMS Rowing Center-K. REELICK, 08:47:05; 6: Friends of Shenendehowa Crew-A. KNIGHT, 08:51:66. Petite Final (Overall Places 7-12): 1: Riverside Boat Club-B. HUSEBYE, 08:53:58; 2: North Catholic High School-S. KUNTZ, 09:00:66; 3: Everett Rowing Association-G. BIASCOECHEA, 09:09:87; 4: Texas Rowing Center-M. STINSON, 09:18:63; 5: Moses Brown School-C. REAVIS, 09:21:76; 6: Baltimore Rowing Club-A. MEDLYN, 09:23:86.

Men’s Youth Single Sculls
Final: 1: Steel City Rowing Club-M. MADDAMMA, 07:36:99; 2: Stanton – River Bank Rowing-M. LEASURE, 07:49:76; 3: Marina Aquatic Center Junior Rowing-Q. HARPER, 07:50:94; 4: Long Island Rowing Club-C. WEST, 07:51:59; 5: Friends of Shenendehowa Crew-I. FISHER, 07:53:77; 6: Detroit Boat Club Crew-T. FREEMAN, 08:05:43. Petite Final (Overall Places 7-12): 1: Newport Aquatic Center-R. KEW, 07:52:87; 2: The Cambridge School of Dallas-D. TRUELSON, 07:56:03; 3: New Canaan High School Crew Club-R. STONE, 07:58:24; 4: Bainbridge Island Rowing Club-S. GRIFFIN, 08:02:32; 5: Moses Brown School-J. RYAN, 08:05:05; 6: Cincinnati Country Day School-J. STAFFORD, 08:10:18.

Women’s Youth Lightweight Double Sculls
Final: 1: Long Beach Junior Crew-A, 08:08:49; 2: Tempe Junior Crew-A, 08:09:57; 3: Lake Oswego Community Rowing-A, 08:10:71; 4: Hockaday School-B, 08:10:94; 5: Dallas Rowing Club-A, 08:16:44; 6: Emma Willard School-A, 08:31:91. Petite Final (Overall Places 7-13): 1: Chattanooga Rowing-A, 08:23:10; 2: Sarasota Scullers-A, 08:26:66; 3: Saratoga Rowing Association-A, 08:32:71; 4: Lakeside School Crew-A, 08:36:35; 5: Lake Union Crew-A, 08:37:57; 6: Conestoga High School-A, 08:41:56; 7: Sarasota Crew-A, 08:52:15.

Women’s Youth Double Sculls
Final: 1: GMS Rowing Center-A, 07:49:32; 2: Detroit Boat Club Crew-A, 07:53:00; 3: Archbishop Prendergast High School-A, 07:57:03; 4: Long Beach Junior Crew-A, 07:58:01; 5: St. John the Baptist High School-A, 08:03:82; 6: Tampa Rowing Club-A, 08:12:07. Petite Final (Overall Places 7-13): 1: North Cascades Crew-A, 08:18:72; 2: Austin Rowing Club-A, 08:20:68; 3: South Jersey Rowing Club-A, 08:21:68; 4: San Diego Rowing Club-A, 08:23:97; 5: Stanton – River Bank Rowing-A, 08:31:85; 6: Pocock Rowing Center-A, 08:34:39.

Men’s Youth Lightweight Double Sculls
Final: 1: Lake Union Crew-A, 07:03:70; 2: New Canaan High School Crew Club-A, 07:09:47; 3: Long Beach Junior Crew-A, 07:13:95; 4: Vancouver Lake Crew-A, 07:17:51; 5: Narragansett Boat Club-A, 07:22:65; 6: New Canaan High School Crew Club-B, 07:26:20. Petite Final (Overall Places 7-13): 1: Tempe Junior Crew-A, 07:25:98; 2: NorCal Crew-A, 07:34:35; 3: Chattanooga Rowing-A, 07:34:41; 4: Malvern Preparatory School-A, 07:34:75; 5: Detroit Boat Club Crew-A, 07:35:94; 6: Pocock Rowing Center-A, 07:42:63.

Men’s Youth Double Sculls
Final: 1: Saugatuck Rowing Club-A, 07:07:93; 2: NorCal Crew-A, 07:11:11; 3: Lake Stevens Rowing Club-A, 07:13:92; 4: Lake Oswego Community Rowing-A, 07:16:84; 5: Cincinnati Country Day School-A, 07:24:19; 6: Albany Rowing Center-A, 07:33:82.
Petite Final (Overall Places 7-13): 1: Austin Rowing Club-A, 07:18:90; 2: Riverhead High School-A, 07:21:16; 3: RowPittsburgh-A, 07:22:63; 4: New Canaan High School Crew Club-A, 07:28:97; 5: Ridgewood High School-A, 07:37:61; 6: Chattanooga Rowing-A, 07:38:13.

Women’s Youth Pair
Final: 1: Oakland Strokes, Inc.-A, 08:25:11; 2: Saratoga Rowing Association-A, 08:30:75; 3: Lakeside School Crew-A, 08:31:90; 4: Capital Crew-A, 08:36:58; 5: Pacific Rowing Club-A, 08:39:02; 6: Maritime Rowing Club-A, 08:42:63. Petite Final (Overall Places 7-13): 1: Sammamish Rowing Association-A, 08:32:53; 2: Minnesota Boat Club-A, 08:36:60; 3: Southgate Anderson High School-A, 08:42:45; 4: Pocock Rowing Center-A, 08:49:51; 5: Austin Rowing Club-A, 08:58:59; 6: North Catholic High School-A, 09:20:68.

Men’s Youth Pair
Final: 1: Rose City Rowing Club-A, 07:42:80; 2: Serra High School-A, 07:47:53; 3: Rose City Rowing Club-B, 07:50:11; 4: Commencement Bay Rowing Club-A, 07:54:93; 5: St. Louis Rowing Club-A, 07:56:46; 6: Sammamish Rowing Association-A, 07:56:54. Petite Final (Overall Places 7-13): 1: Steel City Rowing Club-A, 07:58:27; 2: Miami Rowing and Watersports Center-A, 07:59:08; 3: Grosse Ile High School-A, 07:59:88; 4: Wayland-Weston Crew-A, 08:06:04; 5: Chaminade High School-A, 08:06:06; 6: Maclay School-A, 08:11:53.

Women’s Youth Quadruple Sculls
Final: 1: GMS Rowing Center-A, 07:16:75; 2: Pocock Rowing Center-A, 07:23:84; 3: Saratoga Rowing Association-A, 07:25:05; 4: New Canaan High School Crew Club-A, 07:26:11; 5: Tempe Junior Crew-A, 07:27:67; 6: Austin Rowing Club-A, 07:28:12. Petite Final (Overall Places 7-13): 1: Marina Aquatic Center Junior Rowing-A, 07:37:22; 2: Lake Union Crew-A, 07:40:52; 3: Conestoga High School-A, 07:41:00; 4: Humboldt Bay Rowing Association-A, 07:43:20; 5: Ursuline Academy of Dallas-A, 07:45:49; 6: Saugatuck Rowing Club-A, 07:52:54.

Men’s Youth Quadruple Sculls
Final: 1: Pocock Rowing Center-A, 06:21:31; 2: New Canaan High School Crew Club-A, 06:23:63; 3: Lake Union Crew-A, 06:27:42; 4: Everett Rowing Association-A, 06:30:25; 5: Malvern Preparatory School-A, 06:33:86; 6: Miami Beach Rowing Club-A, 06:34:01.Petite Final (Overall Places 7-13): 1: Quad City Rowing Association-A, 06:41:04; 2: Saugatuck Rowing Club-A, 06:43:50; 3: St. Marks School of Texas-A, 06:44:93; 4: Atomic Rowing-A, 06:46:00; 5: Charlotte Youth Rowing-A, 06:50:33; 6: Long Beach Junior Crew-A, 06:53:69.

Women’s Youth Lightweight Eight
Final: 1: Los Gatos Rowing Club-A, 06:59:58; 2: Long Beach Junior Crew-A, 07:03:56; 3: Maritime Rowing Club-A, 07:07:53; 4: Community Rowing, Inc.-A, 07:10:41; 5: Sammamish Rowing Association-A, 07:12:80; 6: Mount Saint Joseph Academy-A, 07:14:98. Petite Final (Overall Places 7-13): 1: West Side Rowing Club-A, 07:15:07; 2: Newport Aquatic Center-A, 07:16:81; 3: Mt. Baker Rowing and Sailing Center-A, 07:28:21; 4: St. Andrew Rowing Club-A, 07:35:79; 5: Detroit Boat Club Crew-A, 07:47:82.

Women’s Youth Four with Coxswain
Final: 1: Peddie School-A, 07:24:98; 2: Mercer Junior Rowing Club -A, 07:34:47; 3: Winsor Crew-A, 07:34:83; 4: Groton School-A, 07:36:91; 5: Dayton Boat Club-A, 07:38:11; 6: Mt. Baker Rowing and Sailing Center-A, 07:46:82. Petite Final (Overall Places 7-13): 1: Noble & Greenough School-A, 07:38:99; 2: Chattanooga Rowing-A, 07:41:26; 3: Merion Mercy Academy-A, 07:44:57; 4: Community Rowing, Inc.-A, 07:54:01; 5: Upper Arlington High School-A, 07:54:28; 6: Wayland-Weston Crew-A, 07:56:69; 7: Maritime Rowing Club-A, 07:59:44.

Men’s Youth Lightweight Four with Coxswain
Final: 1: Everett Rowing Association-A, 06:51:25; 2: Long Beach Junior Crew-A, 06:53:81; 3: Canisius High School-A, 06:54:19; 4: Camp Randall Rowing Club-A, 07:00:67; 5: Lowell High School-A, 07:04:28; 6: Egg Harbor Township High School-A, 07:05:73. Petite Final (Overall Places 7-13): 1: Mercer Junior Rowing Club -A, 07:01:09; 2: Upper Arlington High School-A, 07:03:20; 3: Commencement Bay Rowing Club-A, 07:03:89; 4: Community Rowing, Inc.-A, 07:13:67; 5: Highland Park Crew-A, 07:16:98; 6: Fox Chapel Crew-A, 07:21:81; 7: OKCBF/Chesapeake Boathouse-A, 07:25:85.

Men’s Youth Four with Coxswain
Final: 1: Noble & Greenough School-A, 06:38:21; 2: Community Rowing, Inc.-A, 06:42:95; 3: Choate Rosemary Hall-A, 06:45:87; 4: Manhasset High School-A, 06:48:20; 5: Sarasota Crew-A, 06:49:66; 6: Lake Oswego Community Rowing-A, 06:55:55. Petite Final (Overall Places 7-13): 1: St. Louis Rowing Club-A, 06:48:55; 2: Mercer Junior Rowing Club -A, 06:50:37; 3: Camp Randall Rowing Club-A, 06:55:87; 4: Ann Arbor Pioneer High School Crew-A, 06:57:96; 5: OKCBF/Chesapeake Boathouse-A, 06:59:37; 6: Peddie School-A, 07:05:65.

Women’s Youth Lightweight Four with Coxswain
Final: 1: Cincinnati Country Day School-A, 07:45:16; 2: Holy Names Academy-A, 07:47:81; 3: San Diego Rowing Club-A, 07:50:33; 4: Nardin Academy-A, 07:51:29; 5: Long Beach Junior Crew-A, 07:58:92; 6: Northampton Youth and Community Rowing-A, 08:00:14. Petite Final (Overall Places 7-13): 1: Manhasset High School-A, 07:57:12; 2: Winsor Crew-A, 08:01:87; 3: Augusta Rowing Club Junior Program-A, 08:05:62; 4: Green Lake Crew-A, 08:09:22; 5: Mercer Junior Rowing Club -A, 08:13:68; 6: Texas Rowing Center-A, 08:14:92.

Men’s Youth Lightweight Eight
Final: 1: Newport Aquatic Center-A, 06:10:99; 2: Marin Rowing Association-A, 06:11:22; 3: Community Rowing, Inc.-A, 06:15:47; 4: St. Josephs Prep-A, 06:17:01; 5: Everett Rowing Association-A, 06:18:30; 6: Canisius High School-A, 06:19:61. Petite Final (Overall Places 7-13): 1: Sammamish Rowing Association-A, 06:14:83; 2: Westerville Rowing Club-A, 06:18:53; 3: McCallie Crew-A, 06:19:00; 4: Capital Crew-A, 06:19:51; 5: St. Andrew Rowing Club-A, 06:21:55; 6: St. Augustine Prep H.S.-A, 06:28:01; 7: Pittsford Crew-A, 06:31:00.

Women’s Youth Eight
Final: 1: Marin Rowing Association-A, 06:40:11; 2: Phillips Exeter Academy-A, 06:45:05; 3: Maritime Rowing Club-A, 06:47:41; 4: New Trier High School Rowing-A, 06:48:38; 5: Los Gatos Rowing Club-A, 06:50:01; 6: Saint Ignatius College Prep-A, 06:51:72. Petite Final (Overall Places 7-13): 1: Bishop Eustace Prep-A, 06:53.90; 2: Mount Saint Joseph Academy-A, 06:56:38; 3: Green Lake Crew-A, 06:57:33; 4: Community Rowing, Inc.-A, 06:57:51; 5: West Side Rowing Club-A, 07:02:25; 6: Westerville Rowing Club-A, 07:03:79.

Men’s Youth Eight
Final: 1: Newport Aquatic Center-A, 05:57:67; 2: Phillips Academy-A, 05:59:24; 3: Kent School-A, 06:00:30; 4: Capital Crew-A, 06:00:31; 5: Marin Rowing Association-A, 06:02:22; 6: Capital City Rowing-A, 06:06:19. Petite Final (Overall Places 7-13): 1: Everett Rowing Association-A, 06:04:50; 2: Los Gatos Rowing Club-A, 06:04:93; 3: St. Augustine Prep H.S.-A, 06:06:58; 4: Green Lake Crew-A, 06:13:57; 5: Canisius High School-A, 06:15:17; 6: Cincinnati Junior Rowing Club-A, 06:15:73.

C Final (Overall Places 13-16): 1: Hun School-A, 07:11:90; 2: Orlando Area Rowing Society-A, 07:15:34; 3: Shrewsbury High School Crew-A, 07:17:91; 4: Fairfield Prep-A, 07:21:48.

Women’s Youth Lightweight Four with Coxswain
C Final (Overall Places 13-16): 1: Mount Saint Joseph Academy-A, 08:22:56; 2: Lowell High School-A, 08:37:59; 3: Boston Latin School-A, 08:38:74; 4: OKCBF/Chesapeake Boathouse-A, 08:51:52.

Men’s Youth Lightweight Eight
C Final (Overall Places 13-17): 1: Wayland-Weston Crew-A, 06:33:70; 2: Jesuit College Prep Dallas-A, 06:36:18; 3: Lincoln Park Juniors-A, 06:38:62; 4: Sarasota Crew-A, 06:41:68; 5: Lake Oswego Community Rowing-A, 06:44:15.

Women’s Youth Eight
C Final (Overall Places 13-18): 1: Cincinnati Junior Rowing Club-A, 07:12:99; 2: Rose City Rowing Club-A, 07:20:31; 3: Everett Rowing Association-A, 07:22:09; 4: Boston Latin School-A, 07:23:97; 5: Sammamish Rowing Association-A, 07:25:61; 6: Lincoln Park Juniors-A, 07:26:90.

Men’s Youth Eight
C Final (Overall Places 13-18): 1: Chaminade High School-A, 06:24:99; 2: Central Catholic Crew (Pittsburgh)-A, 06:28:40; 3: Mt. Baker Rowing and Sailing Center-A, 06:34:19; 4: Lincoln Park Juniors-A, 06:34:70; 5: New Trier High School Rowing-A, 06:35:96; 6: Miami Rowing and Watersports Center-A, 06:40:42.

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 Berlin, Germany, to train with the German Junior National Team. This will provide athletes with eligibility remaining for the junior national team the opportunity to gain international racing experience. In addition, eight rowers and a coxswain will be chosen to represent the U.S. at the CanAmMex Regatta July 11-19 in Mexico City, Mexico.

Five rowers and one coxswain return from last year’s junior national team including Lucy Grinalds, Molly Hamrick, Brandy Herald, Chelsea Lucas, Elizabeth Nilan and Michelle Pearson. Hamrick, Herald and Lucas were members of the junior women’s eight that won gold at the 2008 FISA World Rowing Senior and Junior Championships in Linz, Austria, while Grinalds, Nilan and Pearson finished sixth in the junior women’s four.

Invitation List
-Barbara Barnes, Oakland Strokes
-Christine Bax, National Cathedral High School
-Hemingway Benton, New Trier Rowing Club
-Lindsey Bragg, Maritime Rowing Club
-Caitlin Brennan, Sacramento State
-Kristen Brownlee, Plant High Rowing Association
-Molly Bruggeman, Dayton Boat Club
-Chloe Carry, Episcopal School of Dallas
-Ahsen Cebeci, The Agnes Irwin School
-Caitlin Colgan, Tulane University
-Madison Culp, Green Lake Crew
-Hannah Devos, Green Lake Crew
-Jessica Eiffert, Pittsford Crew
-Molly Fehr, Oakland Strokes
-Rebeca Felix, Long Beach Junior Crew
-Carli Goldberg, Sarasota Crew
-Lauren Goodwin, Community Rowing, Inc.
-Susannah Green, Westside Rowing Club
-Kate Grimaldi, Sammamish Rowing Association
-Lucy Grinalds, Maritime Rowing Club
-Rosie Grinalds, Maritime Rowing Club
-Claire Grover, Oakland Strokes
-Georgia Hallaman, Oakland Strokes
-Molly Hamrick, H.B. Plant High School
-Brandy Herald, Rose City Rowing Club
-Sarah Jordan, Mount St. Joseph Academy
-Caitlin Knox, Everett Rowing Association
-Chandler Lally, Radnor Girls Crew
-Lauren Lashmet, New Trier Rowing Club
-Lauren Lehman, Marina Aquatic Center
-Madison Lips, Rocky Mountain Rowing Club
-Carolina Lofgren, Loyola Academy (Ill.)
-Chelsea Lucas, Marin Rowing Association
-Liza McBride, St. Mark’s School
-Jessica Mellinger, Miami Rowing Club
-Elisabeth Murray, H.B. Plant High School
-Elizabeth Nilan, Maritime Rowing Club
-Agatha Nowinski, Capital Crew
-Christine O’Brien, St. John the Baptist High School
-Bryna Oleshansky, Atomic Rowing
-Michelle Pearson, Peddie School
-Faith Richardson, Groton School
-McLane Ritzel, Rocky Mountain Rowing Club
-Rebecca Shaffer, Community Rowing, Inc.
-Susannah Shipton, Winsor School
-Marguerite Skinner-Brown, Mt. Baker Crew
-Rebecca Soja, Simsbury Crew
-Abby Stevenson, Maritime Rowing Club
-Jennifer Stockwood, Community Rowing, Inc.
-Nicole Sung-Jereczek, Oakland Strokes
-Claire Tolson, Norcal Crew
-Sarah Trovato, Three Rivers Rowing Association
-Greer Uu, Capital Crew
-Emily Van Fossen, Moorestown Rowing Club
-Elizabeth Vincent, Mt. Baker Crew
-Samantha Warren, River City Rowing Club
-Kristy Wentzel, Marin Rowing Association
-Alexandra Zadravec, Saugatuck Rowing Club

USRowing Announces 2008-2009 Scholastic Honor Roll Recipients

Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Forty-one student-athletes earned 2008-2009 USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll honors and 43 student-athletes earned honorable mention scholastic honor roll accolades, the organization announced on Wednesday.

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 18th year of this award.

The USRowing Youth Advisory Committee selected the winners based on a numerical ranking of their grades in academic solids, ACT or SAT scores and class rank, if applicable. Overall, 172 student-athletes from 83 rowing clubs and schools from around the country applied for the 2008-2009 USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll.

USRowing is a nonprofit organization recognized by the United States Olympic Committee as the governing body for the sport of rowing in the United States. USRowing’s Official Sponsor is Johnson & Johnson; its Official Suppliers are Hudson Boat Works and NIKE, Inc.; its Official Patron is Concept2; its Official Electronics Outfitter is Nielsen Kellerman; its Official Timer is Powerhouse Timing; and its Preferred Printer is Sport Graphics Printing. USRowing also receives generous support from the National Rowing Foundation.

2008-2009 USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll Recipients
Nathan Barker, San Carlos, Calif. NorCal Crew (Carlmont High School)
Zachary Segal, Los Altos, Calif. NorCal Crew (Homestead High School)

2008-2009 USRowing Honorable Mention Scholastic Honor Roll Recipients
Lauren Moissiy, Belmont, Calif. NorCal Crew (Notre Dame High School)
Bryan Moore, San Mateo, Calif. NorCal Crew (Aragon High School)
Francesca Rubino, Belmont, Calif. NorCal Crew (Summit Prep)
Catherine Shannon, Hillsborough, Calif. NorCal Crew (Sacred Heart Prep)

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 winners based on a numerical ranking of their grades in academic solids, ACT or SAT scores, and class rank, if applicable. Overall, 185 student-athletes from 85 rowing clubs and schools from around the country applied for the 2007-2008 USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll.

2007-2008 USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll Recipients
Elizabeth Nitzan, Palo Alto, Calif., NORCAL Crew (Palo Alto High School)
Emma Pelegri-O’Day, Menlo Park, Calif., NORCAL Crew (Summit Prep Charter High School)

2007-2008 USRowing Honorable Mention Scholastic Honor Roll Recipients
Brett Beekley, San Carlos, Calif., NORCAL Crew (Summit Prep)
Ellen Sandmeyer, San Mateo, Calif., NORCAL Crew (Aragon High School)

Junior B Sculling Camps

Seattle

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 titles.

Bay Area rowing clubs in general fared well in Cincinnati, with the Marin Rowing Association winning the boys pairs and finishing second in the girls lightweight eight, an event won by the Los Gatos Rowing Club. The NORCAL Crew out of Redwood City won the girls lightweight four.

The glamour event, though, is the varsity eight. St. Ignatius finished third in the girls final, but it was the Pacific boys who drew the most attention.

“I think people were absolutely shocked,” Pacific coach Bob Maclean said. “We had the perfect race at the perfect time.”

Pacific, which had never finished higher than sixth nationally in the boys varsity eight, has just 14 varsity rowers, far fewer than most clubs, which typically field three or four eight-man boats. Pacific has enough for just one. And Pacific gave no indication of national-title quality earlier this season.

Pacific was third in a three-way competition with St. Ignatius and Los Gatos at the end of April and entered the Southwest Regionals, a qualifying event for the nationals, as the fifth-seeded boat. It would have been the seventh seed, if Maclean had not talked officials into moving his team up two notches, and with just three teams qualifying for the nationals, prospects were dim.

However, Pacific was improving and finished second to Capital Crew out of Sacramento.

In Cincinnati, Pacific did well in the qualifying heats, but Maclean was concerned about the second 500 meters of the 2,000-meter race, because Pacific tended to lag in that segment. He concocted a scheme in which that 500-meter stretch was divided into four segments, with each segment focusing on two of the eight oarsmen.

“It provided a need to spiritually pull for each other and not get caught up in the pain,” Maclean said.

It worked as Pacific got through that stretch well and let its endurance pay off at the end. Conditioning is a big factor for Pacific, which typically does better in the 2,000-meter races than the 1,500-meter events. Having a headwind in the finals made that conditioning advantage more noticeable.

Maclean, who drove 18-wheelers until about a year ago to supplement his income as a rowing coach, held practices that were demanding, but not atypical, consisting of two-hour afternoon practices five times a week, plus one weekday practice starting at 4:45 a.m. and a Saturday practice at 6 a.m.

To determine efficiency at workouts, he used a formula that measures watts per pound — he learned it from a physiologist of the U.S. Olympic team. A rower’s weight is raised exponentially by a factor of .67 and then divided by the number of watts the rower puts out on a rowing machine.

That’s how Maclean determined his rowers, with coxswain Allen Cummins of Woodside International School the only one from outside San Francisco. The others are seniors Daniel Silberman (School of the Arts and headed for the University of Washington), Julian Stefanski (Drew College Prep, Gonzaga), Sebastian Peterlin (Lowell, Stanford), Jon Dowell (Wallenberg, Orange Coast College), Reid Mayer (Stuart Hall, Trinity College), Ofir Calahan (Lowell, UC Santa Cruz), and juniors James Berg (Lick-Wilmerding) and Peter Nedeau (Riordan).

E-mail Jake Curtis at jcurtis@sfchronicle.com
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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 with Coxswain

Final
1: NORCAL Crew-A, 08:34:60
2: Wayland Weston Crew-A, 08:37:93
3: Stanford Rowing Center-A, 08:38:62
4: Holy Names Academy-A, 08:42:88
5: Cincinnati Junior Rowing Club-A, 08:43:21
6: Capital Crew-A, 09:01:37

Final B (Determines Places 7-12):
1: Shenendehowa High School-A, 08:37:93
2: Lakeside School Crew-A, 08:46:02
3: Mount Saint Joseph Academy-A, 08:57:7
4: West Side Rowing Club-A, 08:59:73
5: North Suburban Crew, Inc.-A, 09:07:08
6: Community Rowing, Inc.-A, 09:08:74

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

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 Carlos, and Zachary Segal of Los Altos, managed to win the gold medal and the coveted trip to the Junior Rowing Nationals.

In the women’s lightweight four,Pauline Nguyen, of Palo Alto,was the coxswain for Sarah Gregg of Menlo Park,Caroline Clark of Hillsborough, Cassie Annunziata of Montara,and Andrea Panayides of Palo Alto,as they charged ahead of the competition to win the gold medal in the finals and a place at Nationals.NORCAL Crew is a competitive rowing club for high school and middle school students. The team has been extremely successfully not only in sending athletes to national championships but also helping student athletes gain admission to some of the most competitive universities in the nation. NORCAL rowers have been accepted to Princeton, Harvard, Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, UCSC, USD, Rutgers, St.Mary’s, Santa Clara, Loyola Marymount, Penn, and other prestigious schools.

NORCAL Crew will be offering learn to row days and rowing camps this summer at their boathouse in Redwood City.For more information,call Mike Still at 740-3732.

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 the nationals. Tight will be attending UC Davis in the fall, where he will continue with his crew career. Dobbyn will be rowing at Loyola Marymount.

The pair won a bronze medal at the Southwest Regional Championships in Folsom in May.

Meanwhile, Serra’s lightweight crew team finished fourth in the finals. And the St. Ignatius heavyweight eight boat, which included Hillsborough residents Mike Gibson and Derrick Johnson, finished first. Gibson and Johnson will be leading their squad to England for The Henley Royal Regatta, June 28 to July 2. 

Derek Kinzler, who graduated from Menlo College this year, attended the Colorado Rockies’ two-day free agent camp recently and impressed scouts enough to be signed to a minor-league contract. Kinzler, who was a shortstop for the Oaks, was assigned to the Rockies’ rookie level Pioneer League affiliate in Casper, Wyo., and is expected to be in uniform when the team ˜ the Casper Rockies ˜ hosts Idaho Falls today. 

Kinzler was recently named to the Association of Division III Independents All-Baseball First Team. He was the only Menlo player to appear in all 28 games this past season, hitting .296 and leading the Oaks in runs scored (23) and stolen bases (10). A native of Northridge, Kinzler’s 140 career hits rank third in Menlo College team history. 

This is the second straight year that a Menlo player has signed a free-agent contract. Catcher Jimmy Goethals signed with the Houston Astros last year, and is playing for the Tri-Valley ValleyCats, the Astros’ short-season Single-A affiliate in Troy, N.Y. 

It was great to hear from George Blondino recently. Blondino was a long-time youth baseball coach in Redwood City ˜ primarily with the Woodside Plaza Merchants Little League Majors team in the Redwood City National League (formerly the Foothill League), where he coached for 35 years. 

George is now living the good life in El Dorado Hills, but his commitment to youth sports in the Bay Area has not ended. The George Blondino Youth Baseball Foundation, which was started in 1997 in honor of Blondino’s 30-plus year coaching career, has grown through private donations, garage sales and alumni mail-outs, from about $2,000 to more than $11,000 today. This year the foundation’s Youth Baseball Fund will pay out $1,300 to Little League and Senior League programs in Redwood City. 

But the foundation is looking to expand to help other leagues on the Peninsula. They are looking for additional donations, and also youth baseball leagues in need of help. If you can help, or know someone who can, contact the Peninsula Community Foundation, c/o the George Blondino Youth Baseball Foundation, at 1700 South El Camino Real, Suite 300, San Mateo, CA, 94402-3049, or contact Nancy Riffle at (650) 364-6938 or NRiffle@mac.com, or George Blondino at thcoach1@sbcglobal.net. 

For the first time in more than 20 years, East Palo Alto is fielding a Babe Ruth baseball team. The problem is, because the team is starting from scratch, funds are low. They are in need of uniforms and equipment. Also, the practice field is in need of repair. 

East Palo Alto was able to secure one sponsor, but much more is needed. Parents are trying to do everything they can to help and keep up morale, but it’s been a challenge. The team still needs: Babe Ruth-size bats; baseballs; a soft toss net; helmets; first base glove; whiffle balls. 
 If anyone can help, with used equipment, funds, or simply your time, please contact the County Times and the number below, and we will forward along the information. 

Contact Rick Chandler at (650) 348-4348 or by e-mail at RChandler@Sanmateocountytimes.com.

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 Championships in an 8+. NORCAL’s Varsity Women also won gold in the Women’s Ltwt 4+.

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 Scholastic Honor Roll Recipients

Silver Level

Nanneke Jansen, NorCal Crew, San Mateo, Calif. (Early Admission to Penn)

Honorable Mention

Hali Baxter, NorCal Crew, Atherton, Calif. (Early Admission to UCLA)

Caroline Clark, NorCal Crew, Hillsborough, Calif. (Early Admission to Princeton)

Justin Yu, NorCal Crew, Burlingame, Calif.