Two Exeter alumni are hoping to earn a spot on the US Olympic Rowing team for the 2008 Olympics next summer in Beijing.

• Sloan DuRoss (Exeter ’95 and Brown ’99) represented the United States in the quadruple sculls event at the latest World Cup Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland. His crew finished 10th overall.
• Deaglan McEachern (Exeter ’01 and University of California-Berkeley ’05) represented the United States in the quadruple sculls event at the 2007 Pan American games in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. His crew finished third, winning a bronze medal.

A number of Exeter rowers competed at the USRowing Club Nationals on the Cooper River in Camden, New Jersey between July 18 and 21.

• Jeremy Bernstein ’07 won a gold medal in the bow seat of the Junior Mens Selection Camp Men’s Intermediate A Coxed Four.
• Boys co-captain Ian Winthrop ’08 won a gold medal in the 3 seat of the Junior Mens Selection Camp Men’s Intermediate A Eight.
• Boys co-captain Tim Moore ’08 won a silver medal in the 2 seat of Boston Rowing Club’s Men’s Junior A Eight.
• Allison Courtin ’08 won a bronze medal stroking West Side Rowing Club’s Women’s Junior A Eight.
• Luke Thoms ’08 rowed in the Men’s Junior A Single Sculls, the Men’s Junior A Double Sculls, and the Men’s Intermediate A Quadruple Sculls for the Quad City Rowing Assocation.
• Lynn Ann Forrester ’08 rowed in the Women’s Junior A Eight, the Women’s Junior A Coxed Four, and the Women’s Junior A Single Sculls for the Saugatuck Rowing Club.
• Charlotte Taft ’01 rowed in the Women’s Intermediate A Quadruple Sculls, the Women’s Intermediate A Eight, and the Women’s Senior A Eight for the New York Athletic Club.

Editor’s Note: I apologize for the lack of recent updates, I’ve been abroad and unable to post any news stories.

USRowing has announced the final roster for the Junior National Team, including two Exonians. Jeremy Bernstein ’07 (left) in the Junior Mens Coxed Four and Ian Winthrop ’08 (right) in the Junior Mens Eight. Jeremy and Ian, who rowed five and six seat respectively on the boy’s first boat this year, will travel to Beijing, China, for the 2007 FISA World Rowing Junior Championship from August 8-11. The venue, the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park, will also host the Rowing, Canoing and Kayaking events at the 2008 Summer Olympics next August. Congratulations and best of luck to Ian and Jeremy.

In what was an extremely close race, Exeter’s eight lost to Phillips Andover in the semifinals this morning by less than one boatlength. The Andover boat managed to get ahead by a few seats off of the start, and in a mile-long dogfight between the two eights, Andover managed to hang on to their lead until the finish line. Despite this defeat, the girls are satisfied with their performance and optimistic about next season. Every rower in the eight will be returning next season, including Allison Courtin, Rory Erickson-Kulas, Erin Metcalf, Lizzy McDermott, Nancy McKinstry, Rebecca Kisner, Katrina Regan and Catherine McDermott. With this international racing experience, they will undoubtedly be a very fast boat next spring.

On the other side of the bracket, St. Paul’s School (of Concord, New Hampshire) lost to South Niagara/E.L. Crossley (an affiliated school and club from Welland and Fonthill, Ontario) by a half length in the semifinals. In the Grand Final, E.L. Crossley beat Andover by over two lengths.

Pictures from the girl’s entire post-season, including the USRowing Youth National Championship, the Reading Amateur Regatta, and the Henley Women’s Regatta, will be available soon. A short movie is also in the works.