NA Rowers Claim Record Number of Medals at Stotesbury Cup Regatta

 

Friday, May 18 & Saturday, May 19, 2007

 

NA’s rowers showed pure Tiger style as they snatched up five medals at this weekend’s Stotesbury Cup Regatta on Philadelphia’s fabled Schuylkill River, a new team record at the event.  Against the backdrop of historic Boathouse Row, NA put fourteen boats out to face their toughest competition of the year.  Nine of those boats advanced to the semi-finals and six to finals.  In the end, NA brought home two silver medals in the women’s events, and three bronze medals – one for the women and two in the men’s events.  It was the third year in a row that the Tigers earned a silver medal in the Girls’ Senior Quad race and the second year in row for a bronze in the Boys’ Senior Quad race.

 

”I am very pleased with the skill and competitive spirit shown by the NA team on the water this weekend”, noted NA head coach Mike Bergen Jr.  “We challenged teams from the strongest rowing programs in the country and came away with top finishes.  That is quite an accomplishment.”

 

First run in 1927, Stotesbury Cup is the oldest and largest regatta for high school students in the United States.  This year’s regatta brought together 174 teams representing 124 cities in 15 states and Ontario, Canada, including crews from as far away as Florida and Texas.  In total, 849 boats raced in the two-day event.

 

Silver medal winners for NA were Briana Pittman, Erin Dauson, Kathleen Janosco and Cherith Elliott (Girls’ Senior Quad); and Maria Deiuliis and Tori Horn (Girls’ Lightweight Double).  Bronze medal winners were Olivia Klipa and Jessica Kelly (Girls’ Senior Double); Brian Marcus, Bill Francis, Mark Nolfi and Steve Marcus (Boys’ Senior Quad); and Adam Reckless, Taylor Sandora, Josh Weis and Alan Meininghaus (Boys’ Junior Quad).  Finalists were Logan Ellis and Zac O’Neill (Boys’ Lightweight Double) and semi-finalists were Lauren Skoog (Girls’ Senior Single); Jenny Hudson and Michelle Weaver (Girls’ Junior Double); and Ryan Mohan and Jim Rectenwald (Boys’ Junior Double).

 

This concludes the Tigers regular spring season.  Select crews will participate in the USRowing National Youth Regatta in early June and the full team will resume their racing schedule in early October.

 

Summer camps for NA students interested in learning more about rowing will be held in June and July.  Check the team’s website, www.narowing.org, for information as it becomes available.

 

 

Other Stotesbury Cup Finishes:

Boys’ Senior Double – 14^th of 20 – Dan McQuiston, Jeremy Tischuk

Girls’ Junior Four – 20^th of 56 – Elena Reynolds, Stacey End, Leandra Chisholm, Jordan Herbert, Katelyn Hilderbrand

Boys’ Junior Eight – 23^rd of 37 – Jimmy Graner, Dan Jefferies, Andrew Spirk, Mark Dissen, Canaan Colwick, Dan Borzelleca, Mike McGowan, Sumeet Shroff, Joel Mackay

Girls’ Freshmen Eight – 30^th of 44 - Meghan Wilson, Kim Gilmour, Jessica Pegher, Maddie Gray, Ali Pittman, Emily Ellis, Merel Duursma, Emily Mershon, Alyssa Schick

Boys’ Junior Four – 59^th of 63 - John Milone, Dave McQuiston, Peter Joyce, Kameron Palagi, Kyle Kurtz