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November 15, 2017, Olympian and Norcal Men’s Varsity Assistant Rowing Coach Ellen Tomek Accepts Top Honor at USRowings Golden Oars Awards
After making history for the U.S., Norcal Varsity Men’s coach Ellen is voted Female Athlete of the Year by her peers on the national team. Read More
Three Norcal Athletes Represent the United States at Junior and U23 World Championships
Three Norcal athletes are representing their country this summer on the international stage. Makayla Karr-Warner (Norcal ’13, BU’17) qualified at Trials as part of a Lightweight Womens Quad training out of Union Boat Club in Boston. Trey Holterman (Norcal’17, Stanford’21) and Clay Watson (Norcal’17, Columbia’21) were both selected from the Jr. camp system to the…
Norcal Athletes Qualify for United States Jr. National Team, to Compete at Jr. Worlds
The Black and Gold go Red, White, and Blue this summer, as Claire Grundig ’16 and Trey Holterman ’17 earn seats in the US Junior National Women’s Quad, and Men’s Eight. They will compete at the Junior/Senior World Championships, in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Also competing for Team USA is Colette Lucas-Conwell ’13, who has earned…
Norcal Wins Men’s LW4+ National Championship at 2016 USRowing Youth Invitational; Fourth Title in Four Years
The Norcal Lightweight Men’s Four took the LW 4+ national title for the second time in three years, winning the event by 2 seconds over Rye High School. Coxswain Thomas Fuller, Stroke Jackson Woods, Colley Loum, Jonathan Cogan, and Bow Alexander Rodrick comprised the crew. For Woods, Loum, and Cogan, this is their second national…
Norcal Wins Men’s LW8+ National Championship at 2015 USRowing Youth Invitational; Third Title in Three Years
The Norcal Lightweight Men’s Eight took the national title in a commanding fashion, dominating through the heats and semi-finals to win by a full boat length in a blistering time of 6:02. Coxswain Thomas Fuller, Stroke Misha Hindery, and crew members Marcelo Buxton, Chris Skokowski, Jonathan Cogan, Colley Loum, Jackson Wood, Phoenix Jarrell-Desch, and bow…
Norcal Varsity Men Win National Championship at 2014 USRowing Youth Invitational
Misha Hindery, Marcelo Buxton, Chris Skokowski, Will Carhart, and Miles Bowman combined efforts to dominate the grand final in the Men’s LW 4+ event at the USRowing Youth Invitational National Championships. In a time of 7:11.7, the four emerged from a field of 21 boats to claim the gold, walking through the crew from Los…
Norcal Varsity Women Win National Championship at 2013 USRowing Youth Invitational
Menlo-Atherton High senior Katie Kelly and recent Woodside grad Makayla Karr-Warner dominated the grand final in the Women’s LW 2x event at the USRowing Youth Invitational National Championships. In a time of 7:11.7, the pair bested the five other boats that had emerged over the weekend from the nationally selected field of 20. To qualify,…
Norcal Finishes 4th of 85 Crews in International Competition at the Head of the Charles
The Head of the Charles is the biggest fall regatta in the entire world, and is one of the largest sporting events of any type, as measured by the number of live spectators. Over the course of the weekend, it is estimated that over 300,000 people walk along the river to watch the 3-mile race…