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.

 

EVSRA Championship Regatta

The MV4+ crew after winning the petite finals

On the windy and cool Saturday (April 27th) we competed in the EVSRA Championship regatta. Due to the regatta rules prohibiting double rowing and the fact that some folks couldn't make it (it was the last Saturday of spring break), we entered some events that we normally wouldn't field. For scoring points on the men's side we entered the MV4+, the M2V4+, the MLt4+, the MJr4+, and the M1X events. On the women's side we could only enter the WV4+ event. The points accrued were: MV4+, 14 pts with a 1st in the petite final (6th overall);  M1X, 8 pts with a 3rd and a bronze medal; MJr4+, 7.8 pts with a 5th;  MLt4+, 7.2 points with a 6th; and WV4+, 3 pts with an 11th. Our M2V4+ had to row exhibition and did not score any points. At the end of the day we also rowed in the Mixed 8 event.

WV4 crew moving to the control commission before their race

And after their heat race

Mixed 8 at the finish

MLt4 crew coming from the recovery dock after their race

M2V4

For the Thomson Cup, the school finished with 40 points and 11th overall, ahead of Cox HS, Norfolk Collegiate, and Cape Henry Collegiate, and just behind Princess Anne HS.

Even with the strong head/cross winds (gusting at times to 25+ mph) we finished with some good times. The WV4 crew's heat time was 6:50.4, only 3 seconds off their best time during the season and 40 seconds slower than the fastest time (posted by Great Bridge.) The MV4 crew's heat time was 5:46.7, only 16 seconds slower than the fastest time (posted by River City). Charlie T.'s time in the M1X event of  6:33.2 was his season's best, bettering his time of 7:06 posted three weeks earlier. His bronze medal has earned him a trip to the State Championships in two weeks. Our MJr4 crew's heat time of 6:09.6 earned then a trip to the finals. There they finished 5th.

Complete results are below.