NA Rowers Take Three Medals at Largest High School Regatta

 

Friday and Saturday, May 19 & 20, 2006

 

 

North Allegheny’s rowers captured three medals - a gold, a silver and a bronze - at this weekend’s Stotesbury Cup Regatta in Philadelphia.  For the second year in a row, the Tigers took gold in the Men’s Junior Quad and repeated the silver medal in the Women’s Senior Quad as

well.  They rounded out their medals portfolio with a bronze in the Men’s Senior Quad.  The Men’s Junior Double and Women’s Junior Quad had fourth-place finishes.

 

NA took 11 boats to the 80^th annual Stotesbury Cup, the world’s oldest and largest high school regatta, and placed five of them into the finals.  Against top-notch competition from a field of over 4700 competitors representing 14 states and 3 countries, the Tigers also advanced their Women’s Junior Double, Men’s and Women’s Senior Doubles, and Men’s Junior Eight to the semi-finals.  The Women’s Junior Four and Men’s Senior Single both raced against some of the largest slates of competitors and both finished just out of the top half of the field.

 

Men’s head coach Melissa Titus was pleased with the team’s performance.  “This is definitely solid results for NA.  The fact that our kids were able to repeatedly out-row powerful private school teams from all over the East Coast shows just how strong the NA program really is.”

 

Don Heckenstaller, women’s team head coach, echoed Titus’ sentiments.  “I’m very proud of how tough all of our kids rowed this weekend.  You don’t achieve these kinds of results at Stotesbury Cup without a lot of hard work and a lot of heart.”

 

This event concludes the regular spring season for the Tiger Rowers.  Select crews will participate in USRowing Youth Invitationals in Cincinnati, Ohio in June.

 

The team will offer three free learn-to-row days this summer for all interested incoming NA 8^th, 9^th and 10^th graders.  See the team’s website for more details, www.narowing.org.

 

 

Full Stotesbury Cup results:

 

1^st Place

Men’s Junior Quad – Brian Marcus, Mark Nolfi, Adam Reckless, Steve Marcus

 

2^nd Place

Women’s Senior Quad – Brittney Kelly, Erin Dauson, Liz Rebhun, Briana Pittman

 

3^rd Place

Men’s Senior Quad – Rory Dahl, Joseph Brendel, Bill Francis, Singen Elliott

 

4^th Place

Men’s Junior Double – Alan Meininghaus, Josh Weis

Women’s Junior Quad (tie for 4^th with Lyme-Old Lyme) – Anna Crews, Kathleen Janosco, Jess Kelly, Olivia Klipa

                  

Other Finishes

Men’s Senior Double – 6^th place in semi-final – Taylor Sandora, Zac O’Neill

Women’s Senior Double – 4^th place in semi-final – Lauren Skoog, Kim Weaver

Women’s Junior Double – 6^th place in semi-final – Amanda Hirsch, Cherith Elliott

Men’s Junior Eight – 5^th place in semi-final – John Milone, John Logoyda, Logan Ellis, Alexi Smalianchuk, Keegan McKinney, Jeremy Tischuk, Dan Borzelleca, Dan McQuiston, Joel Mackay

Men’s Senior Single – 19^th of 31 – Ryan Mohan

Women’s Junior Four – 37^th of 63 – Elena Reynolds, Maria Deiulliis, Cyedha Banks, Stacey End, Jenny Hudson