Capital City Rowing: News

US Rowing Youth National Championship

Harsha Lake, Bethel, Ohio - June 11-13, 2010

Mens Youth 2 – SILVER MEDAL

Womens Youth 8 Ltwt came in 4th in the Petite Finals

Womens Youth 4 came in 5th in the Semi-Final 3 heat

Mens Youth Ltwt 4 came in 3rd in the Petite Finals.

Southeast Youth Championship Regatta

Cooper Creek, North Metro Park, Sarasota, FL - May 8-9, 2010

Capital City Rowing took home three gold medals, two silver medals, and three bronze medal in eight out of ten events in Sarasota, FL. May 8-9.

Top crew teams from the Southeast competed at this two-day regatta, on a 1,750-meter racecourse, in hopes of qualifying for a spot at the US Rowing National Youth Championships in Cincinnati, Ohio, June 12-14. CCR won an invitation to this prestigious rowing competition in the women’s light weight eight and women’s four events as well as the men’s pair and men’s light weight four events.

Winning gold medals in the men’s championship pair event by open water were Logan Jester and Sam Walker of Chiles High School. Also winning gold medals by open water in the novice men’s four event were coxswain Ryan Bartholomew (Montford Middle School), Matthew Bevis (Leon High School), Nick Wollermann (Leon High School), Douglas Baxter (Chiles High School), and Armik Gharakhani (Leon High School).

In the men’s third varsity eight event winning gold medals were coxswain Andrew Wilson (Maclay School), Will Ahnberg (Leon High School), Grayson Manning (Chiles High School), Zach Bridges (Chiles High School), Wilson Garrett (Leon High School), Grayson Kent (Deerlake Middle School), James Graham (Leon High School), Ben Sieloff (Leon High School), and Tim Bobroskie (Leon High School).

Winning silver medals in the women’s championship light weight eight event were coxswain Eliza Horne (Chiles High School), Emma Corry (Lincoln High School), Allanah Rubi-Mooney (Leon High School), Ariana Piccuito (Chiles High School, Mary Faith Pittman (Christ Classical), Kayla Hendrickson (Leon High School), Rachel Schaefer (Lincoln High School), Rebecca Hunter (Chiles High School), and Holly Brooks (Lincoln High School). Also winning silver medals in the women’s second varsity eight event were coxswain Tori Cohen (Chiles High School), Morgan Hooks (Lincoln High School), Hailey Townsend (Chiles High School), Taylor Jones (Leon High School), Onyx Cross (Leon High School), Susanah Rowan (Leon High School), Sarah Busby (Leon High School), Maria Eggleston (Leon High School), and Eleanor Balogh (Chiles High School).

Winning bronze medals in the women’s championship four event were coxswain Tori Cohen (Chiles High School), Brianne Hadar (Lincoln High School), Morgan Hooks (Lincoln High School), Karla McDaniel (Leon High School), and Sally Bruner (Leon High School). Brianne Hadar just signed with the University of Alabama. Also winning bronze medals in the men’s championship light weight four event were coxswain Holden Harrell (Chiles High School), Weber Gluesenkamp (Leon High School), Chris Jones (Leon High School), Ben Williamson(Leon High School), and Justin Jarrett(Leon High School). In the novice first men’s four event winning bronze medals were coxswain Andrew Wilson (Maclay School), Grayson Manning (Chiles High School), Grayson Kent (Deerlake Middle School), Justice Diamond (Leon High School), and John Beamish (SAIL).

Brianne Signs with Alabama!

FSRA Championship Regatta

Cooper Creek, North Metro Park, Sarasota, FL - April 24-25, 2010

Results

SARASOTA- Capital City Rowing joined 38 other with school crew teams from around Florida to compete on the waters of the Cooper Creek, Nathan Benderson Park, April 24-25 in the 45th annual Florida Scholastic Rowing Association State Championship. Despite the strong tail-wind that wreaked havoc about 250 meters into the race, but was appreciated by the spectators, Capital City Rowing women’s team showed its competitive edge.

Last year, CCR’s freshman women’s eight took a bronze medal in the finals, just behind the Sarasota Scullers and Episcopal High School. This year, they went home with the gold medal beating out rivals Winter Park High School and Plant High School by open water and smoking Jacksonville Episcopal High School, Orlando Area Rowing Society, and Pine Crest School. Coached by Larry Gowen and coxed by Tori Cohen (Chiles HS), rowers Emma Corry (Lincoln HS, Allanah Rubi-Mooney (Leon HS), Ariana Picciuto (Chiles HS), Onyx Cross (Leon HS), Maria Eggleston (Leon HS), Hailey Townsend (Leon HS), Rebecca Hunter (Chiles HS), and Holly Brooks (Lincoln HS) left everything they had on the water.

CCR’s next challenge will be the Southeast Regional Youth Championship, May 8-9, a qualifying regatta for the US Rowing National Youth Championship in Cincinnati, Ohio on June 12-13.

Florida Sprints League

Turkey Lake, Orlando, FL - April 10, 2010

Conditions: 15 mph crosswind at start, turning to tail throughout the race.

RESULTS

Episcopal & Stanton Sprint

ORTEGA RIVER, Jacksonville, FL - April 3, 2010

Men’s Results:
Distance: ~1500m
Conditions: Excellent weather, calm wind building to slight cross/head throughout day, very (very) strong tail current.
Comments: Floating starts. 1V race restarted and shortened to ~1200m due to collision
Order of racing: Frosh 4+, 1V8+, 2V8+, 3V8+

Frosh 4+
SRB – NTT (No Time Taken)
CCR – +5.60
Ryan Bartholomew-C
John Beamish
Justice Diamond
Douglas Baxter
Armik Gharakhani

1V 8+
CCR – NTT
JEHS – +1.67
SRB – +3.83
Holden Harrell-C
Weber Gluesenkamp
Sam Walker
Logan Jester
Zach Copeland
Daniel Vail
Ben Williamson
Justin Jarrett
Chris Jones

2V 8+
CCR – NTT
SRB – +15.02
JEHS – +24.41
Rosie Pinto-C
Jake Gwynn-Shapiro
Jon-Michael Francis
Micah Selman
Nick Stoudt
Andrew Bartholomew
John Beamish
Jacob Auerbach
Emerson George

3V 8+
CCR – NTT
SRB (Frosh) – 1.13
Andrew Wilson-C
Will Ahnberg
Grayson Manning
Zach Bridges
James Graham
Grayson Kent
Tim Bobroski
Ben Sieloff
Nick Wollerman

Women’s Results:
Distance: ~1500m
Conditions: Excellent weather, calm wind building to slight cross/head throughout day, very (very) strong tail current.
Comments: Floating starts
Order of racing: 1V8+, 2V8+, 1V4+, 3V8+

1V 8+
SRB – NTT
CCR – +8.10
JEHS – +27.30
c Eliza Horne
8 Brianne Hadar
7 Morgan Hooks
6 Karla McDaniel
5 Sally Bruner
4 Taylor Jones
3 Kayla Hendrickson
2 Mary Faith Pittman
1 Rachel Shaeffer

2V 8+
CCR – NTT
SRB – +19.20
c Tori Cohen
8 Emma Corey
7 Allanah Rubi-Mooney
6 Ariana Piccuito
5 Onyx Cross
4 Maria Eggleston
3 Hailey Townsend
2 Rebecca Hunter
1 Holly Brooks

1V4+
SRB A – NTT
CCR – +10.34
SRB B – +30.97

3V 8+
CCR – NTT
SRB – +10.07
c Tori Cohen
8 Eleanor Balogh
7 Caroline Stonecipher
6 Susannah Rowan
5 Sarah Busby
4 Kelsey Mezzina
3 Delaney Stoner
2 Rebecca Hunter
1 Anna Bridges

Plant & Winter Park Sprint

LAKE HOWELL, Winter Park, FL - March 20, 2010

Women’s 1V
WP 5:16
Plant +.95
CCR +9.18
1 Shaeffer, Rachel
2 Pittman, Mary-Faith
3 Hendrickson, Kayla
4 McDaniel, Karla
5 Jones, Taylor
6 Bruner, Sally
7 Hooks, Morgan
8 Hadar, Brianne
c Horne, Eliza

Women’s 2V
WP 5:27
Plant +8.39
CCR +24.1
1 Brooks, Holly
2 Hunter, Rebecca
3 Busby, Sarah
4 Eggleston, Maria
5 Cross, Onyx
6 Picciuto, Ariana
7 Rubi-Mooney, Allanah
8 Corry, Emma
c Cohen, Tori

Women’s 3V
WP 5:39
Plant +19.66
CCR +20.21
1 Mezinna,Kelsey
2 Bridges, Anna
3 Balogh, Eleanor
4 Stoner, Delany
5 Rowan Susannah
6 Cross, Onyx
7 King, Paige
8 Townsend, Hailey
c Wilson, Andrew

Men’s 1V
MV8
4:35.8
Splits 3.82 - 7.17
1 Jones, Chris
2 Jarrett, Justin
3 Williamson, Benton
4 Selman, Micah
5 Copeland, Zachary
6 Jester, Logan
7 Walker, Sam
8 Gluesenkamp, Weber
c Harrell, Holden

Men’s 2V
4:50.8
Splits 17.14 - 22.31
1 George, Emerson
2 Auerbach, Jacob
3 Beamish, John
4 Vail, Daniel
5 Stoudt, Nick
6 Bartholomew, Andrew
7 Francis, Jon-Michael
8 Gwynn-Shapiro, Jake
c Cooper, Olivia

Men’s 3V
5:08.3
Splits 12.13 - 49.26
1 Bobroskie, Tim
2 Bevis, Matthew
3 Diamond, Justice
4 Kent, Grayson
5 Manning, Grayson
6 Bridges, Zach
7 Graham, James
8 Sieloff, Ben
c Pinto, Rosie

Men’s F8
5:12.3
Splits 13.84 - 38.67
1 Wollermann, Nick
2 Bartholomew, Ryan
3 Gharakhani, Armik
4 Halstrom, Jesse
5 Baxter, Douglas
6 Bevis, Matthew
7 Diamond, Justice
8 Manning, Grayson
c Wilson, Andrew

AJRA & St. Andrews Sprint

LAKE LANIER, Gainesville, GA - March 6, 2010

Distance: 2000m

Conditions: Buoyed course. Sunny. Headwind but with good water. Great conditions overall.

1W8

HEAT 1-CCR 7:57, AJRA, 8:06, SA 8:18

Heat 2-CCR 8:02, SA 8:07, AJRA 8:09

Cox Eliza Horne

8 Brianne Hadar

7 Morgan Hooks

6 Sally Bruner

5 Taylor Jones

4 Kayla Henderson

3 Karla McDaniel

2 Mary-Faith Pitman

1 Rachel Shaeffer

1M8

CCR 6:42, SA at 6:51, AJRA 7:0

Cox Holden Harrell

8 Weber Gluesenkamp

7 Sam Walker

6 Logan Jester

5 Zack Copeland

4 Justin Jarrett

3 Ben Williamson

2 Daniel Vail

1 Chris Jones

2W8

CCR 8:27, SA 8:45, AJRA 8:50

Cox Tori Cohen

8 Kristy Schmidt

7 Haley Townsend

6 Onyx Cross

5 Eleanor Balogh

4 Allanah Ruby-Mooney

3 Ariana Picciuto

2 Rebecca Hunter

1 Holly Brooks

2M8

CCR 7:13, SA 7:18, AJRA 7:21

Cox Olivia Cooper

8 Emerson George

7 Jake Gwynn-Shapiro

6 John Beamish

5 Jacob Auerbach

4 Nick Stoudt

3 Andrew Bartholomew

2 John-Michael Francis

1 Micah Selman

3W8

AJRA 8:31,8:47/ SA 8:58,9:04/ CCR 9:17

Cox Rosie Pinto

8 Anna Bridges

7 Page King

6 Maria Eggleston

5 Kelsey Mezzina

4 Delaney Stoner

3 Susannah Rowan

2 Onyx Cross

1 Emma Corry

3M8

CCR 7:17, AJRA 7:21, SA 7:24

Cox Rosie Pinto

8 Justice Diamond

7 Mat Bevis

6 Tim Bobroskie

5 Zack Bridges

4 Wilson Garrett

3 Grayson Manning

2 James Graham

1 Ben Sieloff

2010 Southern States Indoor Sprints

Melbourne, FL

Summary of Men’s Events

9^th Grade Men: 61 competitors

Grayson Manning 13^th place

Justice Diamond 32^nd place

Douglas Baxter 53^rd place

HS Ltwt Men: 129 competitors

Chris Jones 11^th place

Weber Gluesenkamp 13^th place

Ben Williamson 24^th

Justin Jarrett 32^nd

Jon-Michael Francis 46^th

Emerson George 80^th

Ben Sieloff 90^th

HS Men: 75 competitors

Andrew Bartholomew 25^th

Zach Copeland 31^st

Dan Vail 34^th

Nick Stoudt 42^nd

Micah Selman 47^th

Jacob Auerbach 60^th

Tim Bobroskie 72^nd

HS Novice Men: 26 competitors

Wilson Garrett 8^th

John Beamish 13^th

HS Novice Ltwt Men: 46 competitors

James Graham 10^th

Matt Beavis 19^th

Armik Gharakani 40^th

Jesse Halstrom 41^st

HS Men’s Relay: 17 teams

Midnight Ramblers 5^th

Rocks Off 11^th

HS Ltwt Men’s Relay: 21 teams

Let It Bleed 4^th

Summary of Women's Events:

9th Grade women: 50 competitors

Karla McDaniel 2nd place-Silver medal

Hailey Townsend 12th place

HS Novice LtWt Women: 48 competitors

Kayla Hendrickson-2nd Place Silver Medal

HS Ltwt Women: 74 competitors

Brianne Hadar 1st Place-Gold Medal

Mary Faith Pittman 9th Place

Rachel Schaefer 10th Place

Rebecca Hunter 27th Place

Allanah Rubi-Mooney 30th Place *4th place in HEAT

Ariana Piccuito 32nd Place

Maria Eggleston 35th Place

Holly Brooks 46th Place

Kristy Schmidt 49th Place

Emma Corey 50th Place

HS Novice Women: 32 competitors

Taylor Jones 7th Place

HS Women: 92 competitors

Morgan Hooks 20th Place

Sally Bruner 21st Place

Onyx Cross 22nd Place

Sarah Busby 40th Place

Susanah Rowan 71st place

Jan Gowen 80th Place

HS Women Relay: 14 Teams

Whale Hunters- 4th Place

HS Ltwt Women Relay: 12 Teams

Elephant Riders- 4th Place

2009 GAR Sprint

Capital City Rowing Brings Home a Silver Medal from the Head of the Hooch Regatta

CHATTANOOGA, TN-There are two types of racing, headraces and sprints. A headrace, which is normally raced in the fall, is a race anywhere from 3,000 to 6,000 meters in length. The Head of the Hooch is a 5,000 meter (3.1) mile head race on the Tennessee River, is the largest regatta in the South East, and the second largest regatta in the nation. Conditions were perfect this past weekend for rowers and spectators with sunny skies, temperatures in the 70’s, and very little breeze.

Capital City Rowing’s Varsity Men’s Eight A won a silver medal this year finishing 2^nd out of 48 boats. The Men’s Varsity Eight B finished 19^th out of 48 and the Men’s Varsity Eight C finished 41 out of 48. The Women’s Varsity Eight A finished 9^th out of 46, the Women’s Varsity Eight B finished 30^th out of 46, and the Women’s Varsity Four finished 15^th out of 74.

RACE RESULTS

CAPITAL CITY ROWING

MV8A-2^nd Place-13:58.8

Holden Harrell, coxswain (Chiles HS), Weber Gluesenkamp (Leon HS), Logan Jester (Leon HS), Sam Walker (Chiles HS), Zachary Copeland (Chiles HS), Justin Jarrett (Leon HS), Tyler Clayton (Leon HS), Chris Jones (Leon HS), and Hunter Munson (Leon HS)

MV8B-19^th Place- 15:01.1

Olivia Cooper, coxswain (Leon HS), Micah Selman (Lincoln HS), Jake Gwynn-Shapiro (Leon HS), Andrew Bartholomew (Chiles HS), Benton Williamson (Leon HS), Trey Bedingfield (Chiles HS), Jon-Michael Francis (Chiles HS), Daniel Vail (Chiles HS), and Emerson George (Leon HS)

MV8C-41^st Place-16:06.6

Rosie Pinto, coxswain (Chiles HS), Jacob Auerbach ( Leon HS), Grayson Manning (Chiles HS), John Beamish (SAIL HS), Nick Stoudt (Chiles HS), Keenan Campbell (Chiles HS), David Rice (Lincoln HS), Ben Sieloff ( Leon HS), and Tim Bobroskie (Leon HS)

WV8A-3^rd Place-15:21.1

Tori Cohen, coxswain (Chiles HS), Brianne Hadar (Lincoln HS), Morgan Hooks (Lincoln HS), Onyx Cross (Leon HS), Eleanor Balogh (Chiles HS) Sally Bruner (Leon HS), Rebecca Hunter (Chiles HS), Pittman Mary-Faith (Christ Classical HS), and Rachel Shaeffer (Lincoln HS)

WV8B-30^th Place-16:32.3

Olivia Cooper, coxswain (Leon HS), Janice Gowen (Chiles HS), Kristy Schmidt (Lincoln HS), Ariana Picciuto (Chiles HS), Caroline Stonecipher (Leon HS), Susannah Rowan (Leon HS), Holly Brooks (Lincoln HS), Emma Corry (Lincoln HS) and Allanah Rubi-Mooney (Leon HS)

WV4-15^th Place-17:19.5

Savannah Davy (Leon HS), Brianne Hadar (Lincoln HS), Morgan Hooks (Lincoln HS)

Maria Eggleston (Leon HS), and Eliza Horne (Chiles HS)

Capital City Rowing Endures the 2nd Nor’ Easter of the Year at Head of the Charles Regatta, Boston

BOSTON, MA-Capital City Rowing finished in the top tier at the 45^th Head of the Charles, the nation’s largest regatta, with more than 8,000 rowers participating from around the world. Racing at the Head of the Charles Regatta is a challenge to both experienced and novice competitors. Every year, crews and scullers race along the many bends of the 3-mile course, navigating through buoys, boats, and bridges in hopes of passing under the bridges and around the other boats without hitting them. The Head of the Charles Regatta is the largest worldwide water event, attracting more than 300,000 spectators along the banks of the Charles River and on the seven bridges that the rowers have to maneuver as they race against the clock.

Capital City Rowing was represented by its Women’s Varsity Four and Men’s Varsity Eight boats. Capital City Rowing soared through the racecourse and successfully maneuvered the beautiful Charles River to the delight of the many Tallahassee fans who traveled to Boston to support their teams, despite the 40-degree temperatures, 18 mph-northeast wind, and 100% precipitation.

Next stop for Capital City Rowing is the Head of the Hooch in Chattanooga, TN. We’re hoping the weather will be kinder.

WV4: Brianne Hadar, Morgan Hooks, Mary Faith Pittman, Rachel Shaeffer, and Savannah Davy (coxswain)

MV8: Holden Harrell (coxswain), Weber Gluesenkamp, Sam Walker, Logan Jester, Zach Copeland, Justin Jarrett, Chris Jones, Hunter Munson, and Tyler Clayton

Capital City Rowing Varsity Men’s Eight and Men’s Novice Four win gold medals in First Coast Head Race in Jacksonville this past weekend.

JACKSONVILLE, FL-If First Coast was a preview of Capital City Rowing’s 2009-10 year, we have a lot to look forward to. On October 10^th in Jacksonville, under steamy, sunny skies, the Women’s and Men’s Varsity teams performed exceptionally well for their first competition of the season. Way to go Capital City rowing; you looked grand!

MV8-A 1^st Place

Holden Harrell (Coxswain), Weber Gluesenkamp, Sam Walker, Logan Jester, Zach Copeland, Justin Jarrett, Chris Jones, Hunter Munson, and Tyler Clayton

MN4 1^st Place

Holden Harrell (Coxswain), Daniel Vail, Nick Stoudt, Ben Sieloff, and Tim Bobroskie

WN4 2^nd Place

Olivia Cooper (Coxswain), Morgan Hooks, Mary Faith Pittman, Rachel Schaefer, and Sally Bruner

WV8-A 3^rd Place (19:38:00)

Tori Cohen (Coxswain), Morgan Hooks, Mary Faith Pittman, Rachel Schaefer, Onyx Cross, Eleanor Balogh, Sally Bruner, Arianna Picciuto, and Caroline Stonecipher

MV8-B 4^th Place

Olivia Cooper (Coxswain), Micah Selman, Ben Williamson, Jacob Auerbach, Jake Gwynn-Shapiro, Trey Bedingfield, Jon-Michael Francis, David Rice, and Emerson George

WV8-B 5^th Place (19:51:00)

Savannah Davy (Coxswain), Emma Corry, Allanah Rubi-Mooney, Janice Gowen, Rebecca Hunter, Susannah Rowan, Maria Eggleston, Eliza Horne, and Kristy Schmidt

Capital City Rowing Mens Varsity 8 Ranks 6th in the Nation

CINCINNATTI, OH-Capital City Rowing maintains its national standing as the 6^th fastest men’s eight in the nation.

Capital City Rowing Takes 6 Gold Medals at Regionals

OAK RIDGE, TN - Capital City Rowing took home six gold medals, two silver medals, and one bronze medal in nine out of 15 events and won the top team points award with 426 points at the 2009 Southeast Regional Youth Championship in Oak Ridge, TN May 9-10.

Top crew teams from the Southeast competed at this two-day regatta, a 2,000-meter racecourse, in hopes of qualifying for a spot at the US Rowing National Youth Championships in Cincinnati, Ohio June 12-14. CCR won an invitation to this prestigious rowing competition in the men’s eight and the women’s pair events.

In the varsity men’s eight, winning gold medals were coxswain Emily Massey, and rowers Robbie Vezina, Kenny Nickens, John Sweat, Gennaro Scibelli, Logan Jester, Sam Walker, Adam Stephens, and Nathan Rillstone. Of these rowers, Kenny Nickens has been recruited by the University of Pennsylvania, John Sweat by Northeastern University, and Emily Massey by Clemson University’s crew teams. This boat also broke down into two boats to compete in the men’s varsity four A and B boat events, winning gold medals in both of their events. Coxswain Emily Massey went home with three gold medals.

However, the varsity women’s pair was the highlight of the weekend. These two rowers, Brianne Hadar and Morgan Hooks, entered the event with the goal of “just not flipping the boat, which is relatively easy to do in a pair with just two oars,” according to Brianne’s dad, Brian Hadar. “To be accurate, the women’s pair had only practiced 30 minutes together, ever, prior to racing. They caught a crab on the first stroke of the race and quickly found themselves down four or five lengths down to the field. By 1000 meters in, they had rowed through two crews and were in fourth place. In the last 1000 meters, they rowed through the rest and won by four seconds. It was a lot of fun to watch” smiled the varsity women’s coach Brett Tillotson.

CCR’s men’s second varsity eight A boat won a gold medal beating rivals Orlando Area Rowing and Atlanta Junior Rowing Association. This boat included coxswain James Yang, Justin Jarrett, Weber Glusenkamp, Frazier Chiles, Tyler Clayton, David Rodriguez, Ben Williamson, Will Ahnberg, and Chris Jones.

Also winning a gold medal was CCR’s men’s lightweight fours coxed by James Yang with rowers Weber Glusenkamp, Justin Jarrett, Will Ahnberg, and Tyler Clayton. This boat beat rivals Orland Area Rowing and the Sarasota Scullers by 9 to 10 seconds.

CCR’s novice women’s A boat, coxed by Dixie Folsom, won a silver medal in their event. Rowers were Emma Corry, Kristy Schmidt, Susannah Rowan, Mary Faith Pittman, Maria Eggleston, Sally Bruner, Morgan Burns, and Rachel Shaeffer.

CCR’s women’s varsity four won a silver medal in their event beating rivals Gainesville Area Rowing by six seconds. Coxswain Lindsey Laux and rowers Janice Gowen, Onyx Cross, Kelly Thiele, and Eleanor Balogh came back from their first heat with an 8:10.19 time to win the final event with a time of 7:48.93.

Finally, the varsity women’s lightweight eight won a bronze medal in their event. Coxed by Dixie Folsom, with rowers Caroline Cooper, Kristy Schmidt, Emma Corry, Mary Faith, Olivia Cooper, Rachel Shaeffer, Maria Eggleston, and Holly Brooks this boat represents rowers from three different high schools, freshmen on up to seniors.

CCR’s next challenge will be the US Rowing National Youth Championship in Cincinnati, Ohio on June 13-14.

CCR COLLEGE BOUND ROWERS FOR 2009

Several rowers have chosen the colleges and universities they will be attending next Fall. They include:

Frazier Chiles – University of Florida
Caroline Cooper – University of Central Florida
Dixie Folsom – Florida State University
Harlan George – University of North Florida
Lindsey Laux – Florida State University
Emily Massey – Clemson University
Kenny Nickens – University of Pennsylvania
Nathan Rillstone – undecided
David Rodriguez – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gennaro Scibelli – University of Florida
Michael Sigrist – Stetson University
John Sweat – Northeastern University
Kelly Thiele – University of Central Florida
Robert Vezina – Rollins College
Amanda Weber – University of Central Florida

Congratulations to our CCR senior rowers!

Capital City Rowing Medals at State Championship

SARASOTA - Capital City Rowing joined 37 other with school crew teams from around Florida to compete on the waters of the Cooper Creek, Nathan Benderson Park, April 25-26 in the 44th annual Florida Scholastic Rowing Association State Championship.

Rowers from local Tallahassee high schools won a gold medal, two silver medals, and a bronze medal in Sarasota this past weekend. Despite the strong cross-wind that wreaked havoc on the water, but was appreciated by the spectators, Capital City Rowing showed it’s competitive edge.

Winning the gold for a second year in a row for Capital City Rowing (CCR) in the third men’s eight were coxswain Amanda Weber (Leon HS), Michael Sigrist (Chiles HS), Zachary Copeland (Chiles HS), Harlan George (Leon HS) Andrews Bartholomew (Chiles HS), Edward Ruse (Leon HS), Jon Michael Francis (Chiles HS), Jacob Auerbach (Leon HS), and Jake Gwynn ( Leon HS). Rowing against five other Florida crew teams in the finals, they beat out rivals Sarasota Crew and Winter Park High School by 1.10 seconds.

CCR’s freshman women’s eight took a bronze medal in the finals, just behind the Sarasota Scullers and Episcopal High School. The men’s first and second varsity eights both took silver medals in some of the closest races of the weekend.

CCR’s next challenge will be the Southeast Regional Youth Championship, May 9-10, a qualifying regatta for the US Rowing National Youth Championship in Cincinnati, Ohio on June 13-14. For crew lists and more results, check our Regatta Page.

CCR Brings Home All The T-Shirts From Florida Sprints League Championship!

ORLANDO, FL - Inaugurated in 2006, the Florida Sprints League Championship has been dominated for 2 years by Winter Park High School until last Saturday, when Capital City Rowing’s First and Third Men’s Varsity Eight went home with first place finishes. Second place went to CCR’s Second Men’s Eight, Third Women’s Eight, and the Men’s Four. The Third Men’s Eight-B tied with Winter Park for third place. Teams in attendance were Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, Boone High School, Edgewater High School, Lake Brantley High School, Miami Rowing Club, Orlando Area Rowing Society, Plant High School, Sarasota Crew, Sebastian River High School, and Winter Park High School.

This event is unique in that in lieu of medals or trophies, first place rowers are given a team t-shirt from each of the rowers of the opposing boats. These rowers “give them the shirt off their backs,” which is where this saying originated. This can really add up, as CCR’s first place finishers went home with a total of nine t-shirts each!

Florida Sprints League Championship is the culmination of the spring season’s dual and tri-meets for some of the Florida youth rowing teams and clubs. The standard sprint race distance is 2000 meters, 1500 for the junior age division, and usually has six shells racing against each other in their separate designated lanes that buoys may or may not be marked. These races can take anywhere from 5 ½ to 8 ½ minutes depending on boat class, weather conditions, water current and the physical condition and experience of the rowers. There was a gusty cross headwind and somewhat cloudy day at Turkey Lake in Bill Frederick Park, Orlando, making the weather ideal for spectators.

Capital City Rowing heads to Sarasota’s Cooper Creek, North Metro Park the last weekend in April for the Florida Scholastic Rowing Association State Championship to compete against 29 of Florida’s rowing teams and clubs. CCR will participate in the Southeast Regional Championship at Melton Lake in Oak Ridge, TN May 9 and 10 to compete against all youth rowers in the southeast. Select rowers will continue on to the Youth National Championship at Lake Harsha in Cincinnati, OH June 19-21. These rowers are training intensively on Lake Hall and Lake Talquin as they set their sights on a National Championship. Correspondant: Christine Anne Minardi

CCR Brings Home Gold, Silver & Bronze From Jacksonville Invitational!

JACKSONVILLE, FL - The weather was picture perfect on the Ortega River, Saturday April 4th, as Capital City Rowing went home with 502 team points beating Winter Park by 88 points. The Jacksonville Invitational Regatta hosted high school clubs and teams such as Stanton-Riverbank, Episcopal, Bolles, Winter Park, Space Coast, Melbourne, Jacksonville Rowing Club, St. John’s Country Day, Savannah Country Day, and Frederica Academy. This annual 1,500 meter sprint regatta draws from teams across southeast Georgia all the way to central Florida who race against each other in preparation for their state, regional, and national regattas later in April, May, and June.

Gold Medal Winners include CCR’s novice and freshman women’s eights: (coxswain-Dixie Folsom, 8-Morgan Burns, 7-Kristy Schmidt, 6-Arianna Piccuito, 5-Rachel Shaeffer, 4-Caitlin Munroe, 3-Sally Bruner, 2-Cierra Freeman, 1-Holly Brooks),

Third men’s eight: (coxswain-Amanda Weber, 8-Michael Sigrist, 7-Zachary Copeland, 6-Harlan George, 5-Andrew Bartholomew, 4-Ed Ruse, 3-Jon-Michael Francis, 2-Jacob Auerbach, 1-Jake Gwynn)

Freshmen men’s eight: (coxswain-JT Timmons, 8-Micah Selman, 7-Hunter Munson, 6-Trey Beddingfield, 5-Nick Stoudt, 4-Ben Sieloff, 3-Tim Bobroskie, 2-Daniel Vail, 1-Grayson Manning)

Silver Medal Winners include: Second women’s eight (coxswain-Tori Cohen, 8-Rachel Shaeffer, 7-Arianna Piccuito, 6-Allahan Rubi-Mooney, 5-Susannah Rowan, 4-Sally Bruner, 3-Sarah Busby, 2-Rebecca Hunter, 1-Eliza Horne)

First men’s eight (coxswain-Emily Massey, 8-Robbie Vezina, 7-Kenny Nickens, 6-John Sweat, 5-Gennaro Scibelli, 4-Logan Jester, 3-Sam Walker, 2-Adam Stephens, 1-Justin Jarrett)

Fourth men’s eight (coxswain-Emily Massey, 8-Micah Selman, 7-Hunter Munson, 6-David Rice, 5-Emerson George, 4-Trey Beddingfield, 3-Nick Stoudt, 2-Holden Harrell, 1-Jake Cherry)

A Bronze Medal was won by the first women’s eight (coxswain-Lindsey Laux, 8-Caroline Cooper, 7-Kelly Thiele, 6-Janice Gowen, 5-Onyx Cross, 4-Maria Eggleston, 3-MaryFaith Pittman, 2-Olivia Cooper, 1-Eleanor Balogh).

In the sport of rowing, races classify into divisions: men’s (M), women’s (W), heavyweight (HWT) or open, lightweight (LWT), etc. The divisions divide into 8+’s, 4+’s, and so on. For a typical regatta, you might see separate races scheduled for M8+, W8+, W4+ down to W1x and M1x. There may be separate heavyweight and lightweight divisions. Lightweights may require a weigh-in before the start of the regatta.

A freshman boat will only contain freshman, a novice boat will contain only rowers in their first year of rowing. The first eight is typically the fastest boat in the fleet, second eight the next fastest, etc. However, eights compete against other eights in the same classification, allowing all rowers to compete and be successful.

A "+" is a coxed sweep boat, a"-" is an un-coxed sweep boat (aka "straight"), and an "x" is a sculling boat. Sweep rowing is one oar per rower, sculling is two oars per rower. Most eights are coxed boats, fours and doubles can go either way, and singles are usually un-coxed. Remember, the coxswain is the person who steers the shell and urges the rowers on during practices and in a race. A knowledgeable coxswain can also serve as a coach for the rowers and can be the difference between winning and losing a race.

CCR’s next regatta takes them to Orlando for the Florida Sprints League Henley Regatta on Turkey Lake Saturday April 10th. They will race against Florida’s high school rowing clubs and teams as a culmination of the sprint season. Correspondant: Christine Anne Minardi