In an exciting finish to the USRowing Youth National Championships, Exeter’s girls eight finished fourth nationwide, a very impressive feat. The times in today’s Grand Final race:
Congratulations to them on this tremendous achievement. More information coming soon.
In an exciting heat this afternoon, the nine Exeter girls competing at the USRowing Youth National Championship in Cincinnati, Ohio qualified for the Womens Youth 8+ Grand Finals. Down by over a length after the start, they pulled away from their fifth place position in the middle 1000 meters. After catching up with the field, they moved past St. Ignatius in the last third of the race. Exeter finished the 2000 meter course in 7:00:99, only 0.35 seconds behind first place Everett Rowing Association. St. Ignatius finished third, 1.27 seconds behind Exeter. These first three finishers race and the top three from the other semifinal heat qualify for the grand final race, which will take place Sunday at 12:32 P.M. (EST). This race decides the fastest girls boat in the nation. The lane assignments for the final:
Official race results will be posted here as soon as they are made available tomorrow.
Good luck girls! Show them what it means to be part of Exeter Crew.
UPDATE: (10:36AM) The other three boats in Exeter’s 3:00PM semifinal heat are Newport Aquatic Center, Green Lake Crew, and Cincinnati Junior Rowing Club in addition to St. Ignatius Crew and Everett Rowing Association.
Despite heavy thunderstorms resulting in a four-hour delay, Exeter’s first girls varsity eight rowed extremely well in their first heat at the USRowing Youth National Championship regatta. Maritime Rowing Club (a club from Norwalk, Connecticut) beat them by 3.43 seconds, racing 06:30:99 over Exeter’s 06:34:42 over the 2000 meter course. Both of these times were faster than the times of any other boats in any of the three heats. Well done!
This second-place finish secures their slot in the semifinals tomorrow, which (weather permitting) will take place at 3:00 P.M. (EST). Results will be posted here very soon after this heat. St. Ignatius Crew (a high-school from Cleveland, Ohio) and Everett Rowing Association (a club from Everett, Washington) are two of the five opponents in tomorrow’s semifinal heat. The other three boats will qualify tomorrow morning in the repechage races at 9:50 and 9:57 A.M. The top three boats from these two semifinal heats will race the grand final on Sunday at 12:32 P.M.
Good work girls, and get a well-deserved good night’s sleep!