Exeter Girls Eight Finishes Third, Boys Eight Fourth in 2008 USRowing Youth Championships
June 17, 2008
Girls and boys eight at Harsha Lake with Keith Hereford (l), boathouse manager, and Sally Morris (r), crew coach
Exeter’s girls and boys first boats headed to Harsha Lake, outside Cincinnati, last Thursday to race against competitors from across the country in the 2008 USRowing Youth Championships. Their upbeat spirit led them to one bronze, and a wonderful trip. See photos from the Championships 
Sally Morris, girls crew coach, accompanied the teams to Harsha Lake. "We had a fantastic trip," she said upon returning to Exeter. "I could not have asked for a more delightful group to travel together. The team talked about how unified they felt as a program with the boys and girls training for the same goal together, and how much they learned from each other. Focused, polite, friendly, and looking for ways to be faster rowers, they all had the same goal in mind and supported each other along the way."
The girls eight, rowing the M. Catherine Gilmartin, placed third in the grand final with a time of 6:37:39 (six minutes, 37.39 seconds). First place went to Marin Rowing Association (06:33:66), second place to Los Gatos Rowing Club (06:36:93). In the final, the girls were in a competitive pack for fourth place during the first 800 meters, then sprinted through to earn their decisive third-place finish, 0.4 seconds from second place. Exeter’s girls had very strong firsts in their heat and semi-final. They led by almost four seconds in the heat and almost one second in the semi.
The Exeter girls eight was rowed by:
Alyssa Murray '08 (Coxswain)
Catherine McDermott '08 (8)
Rory Erickson-Kulas '08 (7)
Elizabeth McDermott '08 (6)
Katherine Dyke '08 (5)
Erin Metcalf '09 (4)
Katrina Regan '08 (3)
Allison Courtin '08 (2)
Lynn Ann Forrester '08 (1)
The boys eight, rowing the Titus, finished fourth in the grand final, gaining lots of speed in their sprint to the finish in a tight race. They garnered a time of 05:54:72. First-place finisher, Newport Aquatic Center, completed in 05:50:24. Second-place St. Josephs Prep finished in 05:50:34. Third-place Winter Park High School crossed the finish line in 05:53:41. Exeter's boys placed second in the semi-final, with a less-than-two-second lead from the first-place boat.
The Exeter boys eight was rowed by:
Alex Manfull '09 (Coxswain)
Luke Thoms '08 (8)
Ian Winthrop '08 (7)
Andy Safir '08 (6)
Chris Jones '08 (5)
Ryan Jones '09 (4)
Mario Baroševcic '08 (3)
Vaughan Coder '08 (2)
Timothy Moore '08 (1)
The Exeter boys and girls first boats competed in the USRowing Youth Championships based on their gold-place finishes at the New England Interscholastic Rowing Association (NEIRA) Championship held in May.
Interested in learning more?
See more photos from the Championships
See the official results (including finish-line photos of the semi) for girls at racetrak.com...
See the official results (including finish-line photos of the semi) for boys at racetrak.com...
Read a race narrative provided by Dan Mahr '07 at http://www.exetercrew.com/...
Check all the awards from the Championships at row2k.com...
Check the USRowing website for more information on the Championships...
Learn more about girls and boys crew at Exeter...
Read more about Exeter’s NEIRA win, including golds for all the girls boats and the boys eight...
