Saturday, May 10, 2014

Virginia Scholastic Rowing Championships

For the third consecutive year we sent crews to the state championship regatta. This year, 46 high schools came with 241 entries. To willow the field, heats were run in the morning. Unfortunately both our W-JR-4 and W-1-4 crews failed to make it out of the heats (along with 77 other crews) so it was a relatively short day for us, rowing "one and done."

For our W-JR-4 crew, it was the first experience on a buoyed course for Kat, Erynn and Helen (Becky and Anna having rowed at States last year.) Their performance was hampered by sickness but they still managed to beat the heat time of the crew from Potomac HS, albeit in another heat. The Women's Junior 4 results:




For our W-1-4 crew (what we call the WV4 in EVSRA) it was a return engagement for most of the boat. Even though they failed to qualify, they rowed a faster heat than South County, Mount Vernon, Washington-Lee, Gar-Field, and First Colonial. I should also note that the EVSRA Championships were a good indicator of the relative strength of the top local WV4 crews: two weeks ago the top five were JR, PA, BSCHS, FC and NA. At States, only James River managed to get out of the heats (and in fact ended up 2nd overall in the Grand Finals.)  We finished just behind PA with a faster time than FC. NA did manage to row a faster heat than us with their reconfigured crew but still finished dead last in their heat. The top varsity event are tough at the state level! The women's 1st 4 results:




I'm still looking for some still pix, but the below is the video of the seniors.








The full results are HERE.


Sunday, May 4, 2014

Independent Schools Championship


A day after rowing at Mathews our tired and sunburned team assembled at the Botanical Gardens for the Independent Schools Championship. Highlights include the W2V4 taking the gold and winning the Evans Bowl and the WV4 taking 2nd.

Natalie and Robert rowed singles, and no, contrary to the score sheet, Natalie didn't go out at 8 minutes after midnight....

Natalie and Wooden it be Nice

Robert and Single Minded




























The results:


Saturday, May 3, 2014

Mathews Regatta

We rowed at Mathews on Saturday May 3rd. Highlights include the WV4 taking a 2nd,  again over Princess Anne's WV4 crew and the favorite 300 m coxswain's race. Lowlights include a season-ending injury to Liz and the coach's race where the assistant coaches romped over the head coaches.

Pics and videos will be posted soon.