Conestoga Crew Team Wraps Up 2013 Season at US Rowing Nationals

The Conestoga Crew team had to travel far for their last regatta of the season.  Over land and through the air, the team arrived in Oak Ridge, TN last Thursday for the US Rowing Youth National Championships. 

After a brief delay on Friday morning due to fog, racing got underway with preliminary heats; Conestoga entered two boats in the Womens Youth LTWT 2X with Katie Groves and Jenny Alcorn finishing 5^th in their heat, while Emer Ryle and Maddy Amsterdam finishing 2^nd in their heat.  Next, the Womens Youth 2X team of Molly Dudrear and Brianna Kaufmann finished 5^th in their heat, and the Mens Youth LTWT 2X duo of Tyler Simpson and Steven Devlin finished 6^th in their heat.  Later, Andrey Lanahan and Jared Ingersoll placed 4^th in their heat of the Mens Youth 2X, while Niall Carlson, Sean Pepin, Brian Kane, and Nathan Leibowitz finished 2^nd in their heat of the Mens Youth 4X.  Conestoga had two boats entered in the Womens Youth 4X with the team of Sarah Thomas, Annina Ruggerillo, Amy Connell, and Isabel Geddes finishing 3^rd in their heat while the team of Anne Graf, Maddy Tessier-Kay, Megan Hudson, and Rebecca Simonetti  finished 3^rd in their qualifying heat race.  The day was not over for all, there was repechage (a second round of qualifying to determine the semi-finalists) racing for the Mens and Womens Youth LTWT 2X and Womens Youth 2X boats.  The team of Emer Ryle and Maddy Amsterdam won their heat to advance to Saturday’s semi-finals, while Katie Groves and Jenny Alcorn finished 4^th in their race to qualify for the “C” finals on Sunday.  Molly Dudrear and Brianna Kaufmann finished 2^nd in their Womens Youth 2X race to also advance to the semi-finals.  And in a crowded field of Mens Youth LTWT 2X, Tyler Simpson and Steven Devlin finished 5^th in their heat.

Saturday morning featured more repechage racing with Andrey Lanahan and Jared Ingersoll finishing 4^th in their heat of the Mens Youth 2X and a place in Sunday’s “C” final, a 1^st place finish by the Womens Youth 4X  team of Anne Graf, Maddy Tessier-Kay, Megan Hudson, and Rebecca Simonetti  to earn a spot in the afternoon semi-finals, and the other Womens Youth 4X  team Sarah Thomas, Annina Ruggerillo, Amy Connell, and Isabel Geddes finished 3^rd and a place in the “C” finals, and a 2^nd place finish by Niall Carlson, Sean Pepin, Brian Kane, and Nathan Leibowitz in their heat of the Mens Youth 4X and a place in the semi-finals. 

In the Saturday afternoon semi-finals, the Womens Youth LTWT 2X team of Emer Ryle and Maddy Amsterdam finished 5^th in their heat, and Womens Youth 2X team of Molly Dudrear and Brianna Kaufmann finished 6^th in their heat to earn places in their respective “B” finals on Sunday. The Mens Youth 4X finished 5^th in semi-final racing to earn a place in the “B” finals and the day concluded with the Womens Youth 4X boat finishing 3^rd to earn a place in the “A” finals.

Sunday racing was delayed for awhile due to fog, but when racing started Katie Groves and Jenny Alcorn finished 3^rd in the Womens Youth LTWT 2X “C” Final, Emer Ryle and Maddy Amsterdam finished 4^th in the Womens Youth LTWT 2X “B” Final, Molly Dudrear and Brianna Kaufmann finished 4^th in the Womens Youth 2X “B” Final, Andrey Lanahan and Jared Ingersoll finished  5^th in the Mens Youth 2X “C” Final, Sarah Thomas, Annina Ruggerillo, Amy Connell, and Isabel Geddes finished 3^rd in the Womens Youth 4X “C” Final, Anne Graf, Maddy Tessier-Kay, Megan Hudson, and Rebecca Simonetti finished 5^th in the Womens Youth 4X “A” Final, and Niall Carlson, Sean Pepin, Brian Kane, and Nathan Leibowitz placed 4^th in the Mens Youth 4X “B” Final.

With the season concluded, the Conestoga Crew Club thanks the community for their support throughout this season.  We hope you enjoy the summer and, as always, for additional information on the Conestoga crew Club, visit the Conestoga Crew website: www.conestogacrew.org/regattas.