Charlie T. medals at States

Charlie T. won a bronze medal in the M-1X event at the State Championship at Occoquan on Saturday May 11th.  His accomplishment is the first time the school has placed at States since first participating in 2012. Well done Charlie!

VASRAResults @vasraresults . 17h

"Race 33: 12:12 PM M-1X

Final"

1st - Great Bridge     06:14.6

2nd - Hylton             06:33.1 (00:18.6)

3rd - Sullivan            06:39.4 (00:24.8)

4th - Great Bridge     06:46.0 (00:31.4)

5th - Stone Bridge     06:50.8 (00:36.2)

The conditions on the buoyed, measured 1500 m course were good. Charlie's time of 6:39.4 compares favorable with his 6:33.2 at the regional champs where the course is 150 meters shorter. A better gauge is the separation between the first place finisher, Ryan from Great Bridge who won the regional championships with a margin of  0:37 seconds and Charlie's third place finish. At States, Charlie had reduced it to less than 25 seconds and was moving on the sculler from Hylton who finished 2nd.

Independent Schools Championship

The team

Our seniors, after their last regatta

On Sunday, May 5th (Sink-o-de Mayo) we raced on Lake Whitehurst against the 4 TCIS schools that have rowing teams. In almost all events we finished 2nd behind NA and ahead of NCS and CHC. The forecast was dreadful but we ended up with only about 30 minutes of heavy rain with clearing conditions for most of the morning.

Results below. More to come.

Big Mathews regatta

The MV4+ crew - Evan, Charlie, Mark and Jake, with Olivia coxing

On Saturday May the fourth (be with you) we traveled to Mathews and raced on the North River. Highlights include the MV4+ crew taking first and Charlie T. and the two Charlies placing in their sculling events.

Charlie T. in the single

The two Charlies in the double finishing ahead of the Granby double.
 I'll process the video from the camera mast in the next few days

The weather was pretty benign - no strong winds, or current, or rain/storms - the best we've seen the the past few years at this venue. It was a long day with a departure at 5:15 A.M. and a return to school around 4:00 P.M. Thanks to Gary (our bus driver) and Mr. Bromley (who towed the trailer.)

The girls rowed well. Ashley and Aubrey in the double (their 2nd race and only their 6th time in the boat) and Ashley in the single (her first race.)

The four senior girls

The WV4+ crew - Hayley, Margaret, Delaney, and Aubrey - with JoMarie in the cox seat. 

Results below. More to come.