NRR YOUTH ARE INCREDIBLE!
Excerpt from press
release by Trish Crosby:
Three Medals for
Navesink River
Rowing
Navesink River
Rowing made an impressive showing at the Cooper Cup Regatta on Sunday
April 29, 2007 at the Cooper River in Camden, NJ. Both high-school and
masters boats participated, bringing home the hardware in three out of
five events entered.
The Jr. Women’s Varsity Double of Kathryn
Lowry and Emily Crosby won the County Commissioners Cup for their first
place finish. This represents their fourth consecutive gold medal.
Taking home silver for the club was the
Jr. Women’s Varsity Quad of Brianna Malone, Anne Gurevich, Kate Rennie,
and Laura Grosso, who won their qualifying heat easily and stroked to a
second place finish in the final. Coaches Mark Malone and Bill Scholtz
showed their young athletes how to get the job done, placing second in the
Men’s Masters Double, just 5.14 seconds behind the gold medalists.
The Men’s Varsity Quad of Sean Malone,
Max Kenny-Little, Greg Charte, and Ian Bamberger advanced in their
morning heat, and stroked to a fifth place finish in the afternoon final.
Stiff winds and choppy waters made for challenging conditions for the
Women’s Junior Varsity Quad of Dominique Blount, Christina Bennett, Rachel
Waylett, and Anna Gurevich, who placed fourth in their afternoon final.
Next up for the Navesink River Rowing
juniors is the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship, slated for
Lake Quinsigimond in Worcester, Massachusetts on May 20th.
The NRR 2006
Season Racing Wrap-up by Bill Scholtz:
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Last year Navesink entered
65 boats in 16 Regattas (two regattas on rowing machines). If the Head
of the Schuylkill had not been canceled we would have entered 79 boats
in 17 regattas. We had planned on having 48 people rowing in 14 boats
at the Head of the Schuylkill. It would have been a Navesink record.
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In the 2005 Head of the
Schuylkill, the 2nd most prestigious head race in the country, Kathryn
and Shauna came in 1st out of 20 boats in the girls' High School Double.
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This year we had people
racing with ages from 14 to 70, at least 5 people over the age of 60. I
personally, at the age of 49, entered 9 regattas.
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Of the 65 entries this
year we had 15 1st places.
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Regattas entered included
the Junior Nationals, Master's (age 27 and up) Nationals, and the FISA
World Master's Regatta.
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Kathryn and Emily came in
4th in the Junior National Championships.
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Kathryn went on to the
Junior Development camp. There are two development camps, one for
Sophomores and one for Juniors. They both take only the 24 best rowers
in the country. Kathryn was one of the top rowers of the 24 in the
Sophomore camp.
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Last year Shauna got into
Penn with help from her rowing abilities (Ivy League Schools are not
allowed to offer athletic scholastics). She was offered full
scholarships at several other schools. In her Freshman year, she has
done very well on Penn's 1st Freshman boat.
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This year Emily was offered
a place at Notre Dame with help from her rowing abilities. See the
link. Notre Dame is very excited to get Emily, as they should be.
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Many kids have gone on to
row in college.
