2011 Sprint Races

2011 USROWING MASTERS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: MARK MALONE BRINGS HOME THE GOLD (AND SILVER TOO) "6 events, 3 gold medals and 3 silver, best competition and medal count to date": Those are the words NRR Masters champion and youth crew head coach Mark Malone used to sum up his four days of racing at the 2011 USRowing Masters National Championships in Oklahoma City. The August 11 – 14th regatta featured 1,080 rowers from 90 clubs in 28 states competing for 199 national titles in both sweep and sculling events on a 1000 meter course. Competitors, who ranged in age from 21 to 80 years old, raced in events organized by age category. Rowers could enter multiple events and race in categories below their own age range, but not above. They could also team up with rowers from other clubs to form composite boats, which Mark did in all but his singles race. His boatmates included rowers from New York Athletic Club, Baltimore Rowing Club and Oklahoma City Riversport. Gold Medals Thursday, August 11th Mens Lwt A-C 4X - Time: 2:50, the fastest race time of the day. Mens Lwt D-J - 4X Saturday, August 13th Mens Lwt C 2X (with Chuck Windeknecht of NYAC) - Their picture appeared on the cover of the Sunday edition of The Oklahoman. Silver Medals Friday, August 12 Mens Lwt D 1X - “Great race. Won my heat against eventual winner of the final.” Mens Lwt D 2X (with John Sanders of OKC) - pictured here. Sunday, August 14 Mens HWT D 4X -. “After the fast composite crew that would end up winning beat us off the line, we worked our way back but finished just short.” The first place boat and Mark’s quad posted the fastest boat times of the entire 4 days of racing, 2:43 and 2:45 respectively. Charge of the Lightweight Brigade: 2011 Masters National Championships Video Clip This is a video of the HWT D 4X race in which Mark Malone’s LWT composite quad placed 2nd. The eventual winners were the ones being videoed, but about halfway through the clip, Mark’s crew comes up, seemingly out of nowhere, and appears to blow right by them.

SPRING YOUTH CREW - RACE RESULTS ;2011 SPRINTS

Parents, thank you for helping with the boats and clean up, for bringing the delicious food assortment, and most importantly for your support of NRR and your children.

William and Sarah Cooper Cup
NRR Youth ~ May 1, 2011 ~ Camden, NJ

On Sunday, May 1st, Navesink River Rowing took its youth Travel Team to the Cooper River in Camden, NJ for the William and Sara Cooper Cup Regatta.  It was the first race of the spring rowing season for this young, but talented crew, and they returned with two medals, excellent times and valuable experience. The Cooper Cup, a 2000 meter race on a buoyed course, attracts many of the top junior rowers on the east coast.  24 NRR youth participated, and all did very well, according to head coach, Mark Malone.

Race 8b, Heat 2 – Men’s Varsity 1X
Mike Guadagno: 4th place, 8:48:46. Mike is a freshman at CBA.  Rowing in the Varsity race because the JV and Novice single races were filled, Mike did very well in a field of older, more experienced rowers.

Race 8c, Heat 3 – Men’s Varsity 1X
Craig Slater Jr: 1st place, 8:21:06 - Craig won his heat and advanced to the finals.
Final, Men’s Varsity 1X
Craig came in 3rd place at 7:36.0 and took home a Bronze medal. This was an exciting race among the best junior scullers on the East coast, Craig included. The first and second place finishers are seniors heading to Harvard and Brown on rowing scholarships. Craig, a junior at the Ranney School, will own this race next year!

Race 15b Women’s Novice 4X
Gabrielle F., Laura, Sara, Jacquie M: - 3rd place, 10:04.3. 
The girls had a great first half of the race before encountering steering issues in the second half.  We look forward to some good jumps from these girls in the next regatta.

 

Race 19b, Heat 2 – Women’s Varsity 4X
Eleanor, Anca, Kelsey, Jacqui V: - 5th place, 8:31.01. The girls raced well against tough competition.

Race 19a, Heat 1 – Women’s Varsity 4X
Christina, Tori, Grace, Juli: 3rd place, 8:22.93. A new lineup, the girls came together in time to row a strong race and qualify for the finals.
Final, Women’s Varsity 4X
Christina, Tori, Grace, Juli took 6th place in 8:20.51  In a field made up of the fastest  women’s varsity quads on the east coast, our girls rowed well and improved on their Heat time by 2.5 seconds.

Race 20a, Heat 1 – Men’s Varsity 4X
Sean, Vic, Eric, Joe:  4th place, 7:38.6, an excellent time, considering we had two novices in this quad. We look forward to seeing improvement at the next regatta.


Race 20b, Heat 2 – Men’s Varsity 4X
Will, Brendan, Salvador, Josue: 4th place, 7:20.48 Another excellent time for this hard-working crew.  They looked good against great competition.

 

Race 22b – Men’s Novice 2X
Matt and Dughan: 1st Place, 8:19.44, Gold Medal. Matt and Dughan are just learning to row the double and only got out on the water for two or three practices before race day. Already able to achieve good speed, they will start making some big jumps as they get more water time.