Forty five schools, 220 crews and approximately 1300 rowers gathered for the Virginia Scholastic Rowing Championships at Occoquan, Virginia on Saturday May 11. The morning consisted of preliminary heats with qualifying crews competing in final races in the afternoon (64 of the crews failed to advance.) We sent three crews to this regatta and two advanced to the afternoon racing. (Last year neither of our two crews managed to advance out of the heats.) With only three rowers and a coxswain returning from the previous year, this regatta was a good opportunity for the sophomores and juniors to see what States are about and to mentally prepare for next year. For our seniors it was a great trip to put a cap on their high school rowing experience. We saw lots of very talented teams and learned that to be successful at this level we need to raise the bar on our fitness, training and endurance.
The results are available here:
here. Since we had never raced against most of the 45 schools participating, I'm comparing our finishes against those of a known quantity -- Norfolk Academy. Note that in event 11 our MV4 crew was placed in the same heat as Norfolk Academy's varsity four and we finished about 35 seconds behind them with a 13% lag behind the 1st place time. Our WV4 crew in event 14 was placed in the fastest of the three heats and performed better, finishing 15 seconds behind NA's time (in the following event) and with less than a 9% lag behind the 1st place time. Our WJV4 crew in event 32 finished 22 seconds behind NA's winning time but with the smallest percentage lag of only 6%. All-in-all, I'm pleased. If we continue to work on both technique and endurance we can continue to make significant gains across the board. Will reported that in his event the WJV4 crew was in third after about 500 meters but fell back to sixth by the finish. I don't have any pics, and the videos did not come out due to errors on my part, but please send me any shots you may have taken and I'll add them to this post. I managed to lose the videos of Brendan's races and below are the only frames I got from the the other camera -- shots of Will and Hana turning the GoPro on and off. Maybe we we need a dedicated videographer!
Forty five schools, 220 crews and approximately 1300 rowers gathered for the Virginia Scholastic Rowing Championships at Occoquan, Virginia on Saturday May 11. The morning consisted of preliminary heats with qualifying crews competing in final races in the afternoon (64 of the crews failed to advance.) We sent three crews to this regatta and two advanced to the afternoon racing. (Last year neither of our two crews managed to advance out of the heats.) With only three rowers and a coxswain returning from the previous year, this regatta was a good opportunity for the sophomores and juniors to see what States are about and to mentally prepare for next year. For our seniors it was a great trip to put a cap on their high school rowing experience. We saw lots of very talented teams and learned that to be successful at this level we need to raise the bar on our fitness, training and endurance. 
The results are available here: here. Since we had never raced against most of the 45 schools participating, I'm comparing our finishes against those of a known quantity -- Norfolk Academy. Note that in event 11 our MV4 crew was placed in the same heat as Norfolk Academy's varsity four and we finished about 35 seconds behind them with a 13% lag behind the 1st place time. Our WV4 crew in event 14 was placed in the fastest of the three heats and performed better, finishing 15 seconds behind NA's time (in the following event) and with less than a 9% lag behind the 1st place time. Our WJV4 crew in event 32 finished 22 seconds behind NA's winning time but with the smallest percentage lag of only 6%. All-in-all, I'm pleased. If we continue to work on both technique and endurance we can continue to make significant gains across the board. Will reported that in his event the WJV4 crew was in third after about 500 meters but fell back to sixth by the finish. I don't have any pics, and the videos did not come out due to errors on my part, but please send me any shots you may have taken and I'll add them to this post. I managed to lose the videos of Brendan's races and below are the only frames I got from the the other camera -- shots of Will and Hana turning the GoPro on and off. Maybe we we need a dedicated videographer!
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