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NA ROWERS CONCLUDE FALL SEASON WITH MULTIPLE MEDALS
by Donna Hudson
Sunday, November 4, 2007
The NA Tigers took to the water on the Detroit River for the final regatta of their fall season at the American Heritage River Fall Classic and came home with 7 medals – 1 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze. Competing in events that frequently included college and club teams as well as fellow high school teams, the Tigers showed their versatility and strength in both sweep and sculling events.
Full Results:
First place
Mixed Eights – Jimmy Graner, Mark Dissen, Peter Joyce, Kameron Palagi, Jim Rectenwald, Maddie Gray, Ali Pittman, Kim Gilmour, Alyssa Schick
Second place
Women’s Doubles – Jessica Kelly, Olivia Klipa
Men’s Open Eights – John Milone, Adam Reckless, Taylor Sandora, Alan Meininghaus, Brian Marcus, Mark Dissen, Jim Rectenwald, Dan Borzelleca, Joel Mackay
Third place
Mixed Eights – John Milone, Adam Reckless, Taylor Sandora, Alan Meininghaus, Brian Marcus, Jessica Kelly, Olivia Klipa, Amanda Hirsch, Katelyn Hilderbrand
Women’s Open Lightweight Fours – Kate Klimak, Lauren Skoog, Maria Deiuliis, Tori Horn, Michelle Weaver
Women’s Open Doubles – Amanda Hirsch, Katelyn Hilderbrand
Men’s Open Doubles – Logan Ellis, Zac O’Neill
Other Finishes
4th place - Women’s Open Doubles – Ali Pittman, Maddie Gray
5th place – Men’s Open Doubles – Kameron Palagi, Peter Joyce
6th place – Men’s Open Singles – Ryan Mohan
7th place – Men’s Open Singles – Kyle Kurtz
7th place – Men’s Junior Eights – Jimmy Graner, Dan McQuiston, Dan Jefferies, Canaan Colwick, Andrew Spirk, Kevin Huber, James Gaysek, Zac Petronic, Dinish Palanasami
8th place – Women’s Junior Fours – Meghan Wilson, Jordan Herbert, Leandra Chisolm, Jenny Hudson, Stacey End
8th place – Women’s Junior Eights – Meghan Wilson, Kim Gilmour, Jessica Pegher, Emily Mershon, Alyssa Schick, MJ Negle, Christine Frazier, Leah Ference, Merel Duursma
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SENIOR NAMED TO USROWING
SCHOLASTIC HONOR ROLL
by Donna Hudson
Senior rower Brian Marcus is among 36 student-athletes from across the United States named to the 2007-2008 USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll.
The USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll recognizes high school seniors who have excelled in both academics and rowing. Applicants must be USRowing members, have rowed or coxed for at least one year, and have successfully competed at or above the league or regional level. This is the 17th year of this award. Winners were selected based on academic grades, SAT or ACT scores and class rank. USRowing is a nonprofit organization recognized by the United States Olympic Committee as the governing body for the sport of rowing in the United States.
Marcus, a top student in the North Allegheny Class of 2008, has been part of NA crews who claimed medals at the Midwest Scholastic Rowing Championships in 2005, 2006 and 2007, as well as at USRowing Club National Championships in 2005 and 2006. He plans to continue to row in college, where he intends to study chemistry and eventually attend medical school.
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TIGER ROWERS TAKE FIVE MEDALS AT HEAD OF OHIO
By Donna Hudson
Saturday, October 6, 2007
Coach Mike Bergen’s Tigers rowed tough right from the start at Saturday’s 21st Head of the Ohio Regatta. They started the day by capturing back-to-back gold medals in the Men’s and Women’s High School Doubles events. They added three more medals in the afternoon by taking the silver in both the Men’s and Women’s High School Quads and the bronze in the men’s event.
Head of the Ohio is a major fall rowing event held on a 2.6 mile course along Pittsburgh’s Allegheny River. Over 80 high school, college, club and corporate teams from 15 US states and Canadian provinces took part in this year’s regatta. In winning their medals, NA bettered competition that included local crews from Fox Chapel, Upper St. Clair, Central Catholic, North Catholic, Shaler, Winchester Thurston and Ellis. NA’s men’s and women’s quads were both edged out for the gold by very experienced crews from St. Catherine’s, a Canadian club program, making NA the top-finishing US crews in both events.
The Tigers next will host Steel City Rowing Club and other invited teams for a scrimmage at NA’s boathouse on Saturday, October 20.
Full Head of the Ohio Results:
First place
Women’s High School Doubles – Ali Pittman, Maddie Gray
Men’s High School Doubles – Brian Marcus, Andrew Spirk
Second place
Women’s High School Quads – Tori Horn, Michelle Weaver, Jenny Hudson, Maria Deiuliis
Men’s High School Quads – Mark Dissen, Jim Rectenwald, Canaan Colwick, Dan Jefferies
Third place
Men’s High School Quads – Brian Marcus, Taylor Sandora, Andrew Spirk, Dan Borzelleca
Other finishes
4th place – Women’s High School Doubles – Jordan Herbert, Katelyn Hilderbrand
5th place – Men’s High School Lightweight Fours – Mark Pollini, James Gaysek, Kevin Huber, Zach Petronic, Dinesh Palanasami
6th place – Men’s High School JV Eights – James Milone, Dave McQuiston, Peter Joyce, Kameron Palagi, Kevin Huber, James Gaysek, Noah Krassenstein, Zach Petronic, Dinesh Palanasami
8th place – Women’s High School JV Eights – Meghan Wilson, Kim Gilmour, Jessica Pegher, Emily Ellis, Alyssa Schick, Emily Mershon, Merel Duursma, Leah Ference, Christine Frazier
12th place - Women’s High School Lightweight Fours – Kate Nescott, Meghan Wilson, Merel Duursma, MJ Negle, Alyssa Schick
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NA TIGERS ROW STRONG AT FIRST FALL REGATTA
by Donna Hudson
Sunday, September 30, 2007
North Allegheny’s rowers kicked off their fall racing season at the Kings Head of the Schuylkill Regatta in King of Prussia, PA this past weekend. They captured a total of 11 medals – 4 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze. It was the team’s first appearance at this early fall event in the Philadelphia-area, where they joined 42 other teams from seven states to compete in both sweep and sculling events. In addition to standard rowing events, the Kings Head schedule gave the Tigers a chance to participate in non-standard races such as mixed male/female and parent/child events.
Come cheer on the Tigers this weekend as they compete in Pittsburgh at the Head of the Ohio. The day’s events are free and parking is available at Heinz Field on the North Side.
Full Kings Head Results:
First place
Men’s High School Quads – Adam Reckless, Taylor Sandora, Ryan Mohan, Alan Meininghaus
Women’s High School Quads – Tori Horn, Michelle Weaver, Maria Deiuliis, Lauren Skoog
Men’s High School Doubles – Mike McGowan, Dan Borzelleca
Mixed Quads – Brian Marcus, Olivia Klipa, Maria Deiuliis, Zac O’Neill
Second place
Men’s High School Quads – Mark Dissen, Jim Rectenwald, Canaan Colwick, Dan Jefferies
Women’s High School Doubles – Jessica Kelly, Olivia Klipa
Men’s High School Doubles – Kyle Kurtz, Joel Mackay
Mixed Eights – Jimmy Graner, Dan Jefferies, Peter Joyce, Maddie Gray, Ali Pittman, Jim Rectenwald, Canaan Colwick, Emily Ellis, Michelle Weaver
Third place
Men’s High School Quads – Brian Marcus, Logan Ellis, Andrew Spirk, Zac O’Neill
Women’s High School Quads – Jordan Herbert, Leandra Chisholm, MJ Negle, Katelyn Hilderbrand
Mixed Doubles – Tori Horn, Andrew Spirk
Other finishes
4th place – Women’s High School Eights – Meghan Wilson, Kim Gilmour, Jessica Pegher, Emily Ellis, Alyssa Schick, Emily Mershon, Merel Duursma, Leah Ference, Christine Frazier
4th place – Men’s High School Eights – John Milone, Dave McQuiston, Peter Joyce, James Gaysek, Kameron Palagi, Kevin Huber, Noah Krassenstein, Zach Petronic, Dinesh Palanasami
4th place - Mixed Doubles – Lauren Skoog, Ryan Mohan
5th place – Men’s High School Singles – Kameron Palagi
5th place – Women’s High School Doubles – Jordan Herbert, Jenny Hudson
5th place – Mixed Parent/Child Doubles – Jim Hudson, Jenny Hudson
5th place - Mixed Quads – Adam Reckless, Jessica Kelly, Katelyn Hilderbrand, Mike McGowan
6th place – Women’s High School Doubles – Ali Pittman, Maddie Gray
7th place – Women’s High School Fours - Meghan Wilson, Emily Mershon, Leah Ference, MJ Negle, Christine Frazier
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NA ROWING WELCOMES NEW RECRUITS
September 19, 2007
by Donna Hudson
The North Allegheny Rowing Team announced the results of their recent try-outs. The team is adding a talented new group of 28 rowers and coxswains to the roster this fall. This group successfully completed three days of land training and four days of water training before being selected for the team.
The men’s team welcomes Billy Brant, Michael Durbiano, Steven Genise, James Hirsch, Alex Kaiser, Cole Lennon, Dan Maser, James Milone, Alex Nescott, Mark Pollini, Brandt Scheidemandl, Kurt Schoffstall, Matt Shaffer, Evan Solic and Ryan Stein.
The women’s team welcomes Michelle Benson, Liz Craig, Abi Gunn, Skylar Jones, Lauren Larocca, Janny Liu, Jenn Mikey, Taylor Milligan, Kate Nescott, Anna Nolan, Jenna Rosenhamer, Abby Stevenson and Lauren Vespoli.
For more information about the NA rowing program, see the team’s website at www.narowing.org.
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NA ROWS STRONG AT USROWING CLUB NATIONALS
by Donna Hudson
Sunday, July 22, 2007
North Allegheny’s optional summer sculling camp sent three boats into the finals at last week’s USRowing Club National Championships and came away with a bronze medal in the Women’s Intermediate Lightweight Double, as well as a 5th place finish in the Men’s Junior A (18 and under) Quad and a 6th place finish in the Women’s Junior A Quad.
The competition was fierce as 91 high school, college and club teams representing 71 cities in 27 states and four countries met at Cooper River Park in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. In all, almost 1,000 boats participated in the four-day event. This national competition is open to all USRowing members and represents one of the largest summer regattas in the country.
The NA camp team also advanced a second Men’s Junior A Quad and a Men’s Junior B (16 and under) Quad to semi-finals. Additional NA rowers participating in other summer rowing camps competed at the event, with the Men’s Junior A Quad from Three Rivers taking a 5th place finish.
North Allegheny students
entering 8th, 9th and 10th grades are
invited to learn more about the sport of rowing at two free summer camps to
be held at the team’s boathouse. Both camps will be held on Saturday
mornings, August 4th and 25th.
See the team’s website,
www.narowing.org, for more information.
Full Results:
Bronze medal
Women’s Intermediate Lwt 2x – Tori Horn, Elena Reynolds
Other NA finishes
5th in Final – Men’s Jr A 4x A – Brian Marcus, Adam Reckless, Logan Ellis, Zac O’Neill
6th in Final – Women’s Jr A 4x – Olivia Klipa, Elena Reynolds, Tori Horn, Maria Deiuliis
4th in Semis – Men’s Jr B 4x – Andrew Spirk, Kameron Palagi
6th in Semis – Men’s Jr A 4x B – Joel Mackay, Jim Rectenwald, Kameron Palagi, Ryan Mohan
3rd in Heats – Women’s Jr A 2x – Olivia Klipa, Elena Reynolds
3rd in Heats – Men’s Jr A 2x B – Jim Rectenwald, Ryan Mohan
4th in Heats – Men’s Jr A 2x A – Brian Marcus, Adam Reckless
Other finishes
6th in Final – Men’s Jr A 8+ - Mark Dissen (with Three Rivers Rowing)
4th in Semis – Women’s Jr A 8+ - Kathleen Janosco, Brianna Pittman, Ali Pittman (with Three Rivers Rowing)
5th in Semis – Women’s Jr A 4+ - Kathleen Janosco, Brianna Pittman (with Three Rivers Rowing)
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ROWING CAMP SUMMER MEMBERS
COMPETE IN PHILADELPHIA
by Donna Hudson
Saturday, July 14, 2007
The North Allegheny Summer Sculling Camp members joined 32 other high school and club teams for some warm weather competition at the Philadelphia Youth Regatta last weekend. The event, billed as “The World’s Most Laid Back Regatta”, brought together teams from 31 cities in 10 states on the Schuylkill River.
The Tigers came away with two silver medals and one bronze medal, as well as valuable experience in racing smaller boats and in different racing styles. The optional NA summer camp is headed by NA assistant coach Jonathan Mohan, who noted, “This was a great chance to let our novice rowers experience racing in sculling events and to give some of our varsity rowers a chance to try events in which they had little or no experience. We raced against tough East Coast club teams and performed very well.”
NA also had two team members competing at the event as part of a summer camp at The Boston Rowing Club. They added another silver medal to the NA list.
The NA summer sculling program will send 11 boats to the USRowing Club National Championships in Cooper River, NJ later this week.
Incoming NA 8th, 9th and 10th graders interested in the sport of rowing are invited to two free learn-to-row camps hosted by the NA Rowing Team. Those will be held August 4th and August 25th at the team’s boathouse. See the team’s website, www.narowing.org, for more information and directions.
Full results:
2nd Place
Girls Junior 16 Double
– Tori Horn, Katelyn Hilderbrand
Girls Junior Double –
Maria Deluliis, Olivia Klipa
Boys Junior Quad – Dan
Jefferies (as member of Boston Rowing Club crew)
3rd Place
Girls Junior 16 Quad – Meghan Wilson, MJ Negle, Merel Duursma, Jessica Pegher
Other Finishes
4th Place – Boys Junior Eight – Elena Reynolds, Brian Marcus, Adam Reckless, Ryan Mohan, Jim Rectenwald, Kameron Palagi, Logan Ellis, Joel Mackay, Zac O’Neill5th Place - Girls Singles Dash – Elena Reynolds
5th Place – Boys Junior 18 Double – Canaan Colwick (as member of Boston Rowing Club crew)
5th Place – Boys Junior 18 Quad - Canaan Colwick (as member of Boston Rowing Club crew)
6th Place – Boys Junior 16 Double – Dinesh Palanasami, Andrew Spirk
2nd in heat
– Boys Junior Quad – Brian Marcus, Adam Reckless, Logan Ellis, Zac O’Neill
3rd in heat
– Boys Junior 16 Single – Andrew Spirk
3rd in heat
– Girls Junior 16 Single – Katelyn Hilderbrand
3rd in heat
– Girls Junior 16 Double – Meghan Wilson, Jessica Pegher
3rd in heat – Boys Junior 18 Quad – Joel Mackay, Jim Rectenwald, Kameron Palagi, Ryan Mohan
4th in heat
– Boys Junior 16 Single – Dinesh Palanasami
4th in heat
– Girls Junior 18 Single – Stacey End
4th in heat
– Girls Junior 18 Double – Jenny Hudson, Stacey End
4th in heat
– Girls Junior 16 Double – Merel Duursma, MJ Negle
5th in heat
– Boys Junior 18 Single – Mike McGowan
5th in heat
– Girls Junior 18 Single – Jenny Hudson
5th in heat
– Boys Junior 18 Singe – Justin Lingenfelser
5th in heat
– Boys Junior 18 Double – Justin Lingenfelser, Mike McGowan
Any questions or comments should be
directed to Athletic Director Bob Bozzuto at:
bbozzuto@northallegheny.org
