RESULTS FOR THE LEANDER BOAT CLUB MEMBERS WHO COMPETED THIS PAST WEEK AT THE 128^TH HENLEY REGATTA IN ST. CATHARINES

Alethia Hazaras struck gold for the Leander Boat Club at the 128^th Royal Canadian Henley Regatta which wrapped up Sunday.

The LBC rower posted a time of 7:52.60 to win the under-23 women’s lightweight single final Thursday, edging Guelph’s Kerith Gordon by .0024 seconds to claim Leander’s only Henley gold medal.

Hazaras then teamed with Kristen King, Katie Piesz and Andrea Valois for a second-place finish in the senior lightweight women’s quad final Sunday afternoon. The Vesper Boat Club placed first.

Leander’s also had a second-place finish turned in by the men’s eight in the 500 metre dash Saturday. Leander was the defending champion in the event. The crew was comprised of Robert Gage, Aubrey Oldham, Angus Jackson, Jordan Clarke, Jon Palmer, Bob Bell, Jeff McKee, Peter Langer and coxie Melanie Remy.

One of the highlights of Sunday racing was the appearance of both the Canadian men’s and women’s teams in Championship races that included the U.S. teams, as well as Canadian  men’s singles racer Macolm Howard. All three were victorious and accepted their medals at the grandstand to tremendous ovations.

The St. Catharines Rowing Club, which trains on the Henley course, were the big winners at Henley, winning the most races and also the efficiency trophy.

Leander’s junior crews, comprised of largely of high school rowers from Westdale, St. Mary’s and Bishop Tonnos high schools did not reach any finals, but each of the crews posted their best times of the season during Henley week. Leander rowers will start their fall season before month’s end, preparing for a series of head races. Rather than racing in lanes, the boats set off at intervals in head races.

LEANDER BOAT CLUB RESULTS - Row Ontario Champonships, July 24, 25, Welland

Alethia Hazaras (pictured with her quad crew) led the Leander Boat Club with two gold medals, plus a silver at the Row Ontario Championships in Welland over the weekend. Full results are found below.

MEDAL WINNERS

GOLD

Under 23 lightweight women’s double: Alethia Hazaras, Kristen King

Senior women’s lightweight quad: Alethia Hazaras, Kristen King, Katie Piesz, Andrea Valois

SILVER

Under 23 lightweight women’s single: Alethia Hazaras

Senior lightweight women’s single: Katie Piesz

Senior lightweight women’s double: Katie Piesz, Andrea Valois

Senior men’s four: Ryan Northway, Jeff McKee, Bob Bell, Peter Langer

Under-23 women’s single: Stephanie Bochenek

BRONZE

Senior men’s double: Aubrey Oldham, Robert Gage

Senior men’s pair: Robert Gage, Aubrey Oldham

Senior men’s quad: Aubrey Oldham, Jordan Clarke, Angus Jackson, Robert Gage

Under 19 men’s pair: Taylor Perry, Max Batey

MAKING FINALS

Senior men’s double: Jordan Clarke, Angus Jackson

Under-23 lightweight men’s double; Ryan Northway, Jeff McKee

Senior women’s quad: Jasmine Graham, Aislinn Rooney, Cayley Firth, Emily Loyer

Senior men’s single: Aubrey Oldham

Senior women’s eight: Jasmine Graham, Cayley Firth, Aislinn Rooney, Emily Loyer, Chelsea Goodenough, Alessandra Gage ,Katie Piesz, Brittany Davidson, Alison Zimmerman

Senior lightweight men’s quad: Jeff McKee, Bob Bell, Peter Langer, Dominik Ross

Under 19 men’s coxed four: David Patterson, Ethan Sykes, Taylor Perry, Max Batey, Nikki Morrison

Under 17 men’s eight: Mitch Bloomberg, Eben Prevec, Nathan Turnbull, Thomas Brown, Alex Glaros, Johnathan DeGrow, Mark McCarthy, Jack Lange, Vienna Lam

Under 19 men’s eight: David Paterson, Ethan Sykes, Taylor Perry, Max Batey, Frank Salvo, Eben Prevec, D.J. Nedelko, Mitch Bloomberg, Nikki Morrison.

Senior women’s single: Stephanie Bochenek

Under 23 men’s single: Robert Gage

Our next challenge is Canadian Henley - it is another step up in competition level.  Every athlete has acheived the minimum time standard to get into the finals at Henley in at least one crew, which is a massive acheivement for all the squads. 
Now we must put those times aside and go even faster. The competition will be strong so we must row our technical best, and with all our hearts, and with guts in order to stand on the podium in St. Catherine’s.  
Come out and cheer for Leander at everyone of our 55 crew entries for Henley! The event runs from August 1 to August 8. See the Royal Canadian Henley website for event schedule and draws. http://www.henleyregatta.ca/

Westdale finished 7th overall in points at the Canadian Secondary School Rowing Championships over the weekend in St Catherines due to the strong performances of the women’s crews. Every Westdale female rower came home from the event with at least one medal.  Congratulations to Coach Andrea Valois and her athletes.

Results for Westdale Women’s Rowing were as follows:

Senior 63kg Single Sculls - Tyra Simone-Neufeld - 4th

Junior 63kg Four with coxie - Emily Margetts, Jane North, Olivia Rowles, Anise Truman and Emma Sincerbox - 3rd

Junior 59kg Eight with Coxie - Vienna Lam, Jane North, Gracie Sykes, Arwen Ballentine-Cole, Rebecca Lucier, Shantel Gailing, Emily Margetts, Anise Truman and Emma Sincerbox - 2nd (just 0.17 seconds behind first, after an INCREDIBLY sprint at the end!)

Senior Eight with Coxie - Meaghan Perrotta, Taylor McKittrick, Eve Laverty, Alex Dunlap, Mira Anand, Kayla Lucier, Maggie Spring, Tyra Simone-Neufeld and Bronte Beach - 2nd (in an incredible time of 7:01, just 2 seconds behind the gold medal powerhouses from TC Williams in Virginia).  This was Westdale’s first ever medal in a senior 8+.

Their top men’s performance was Iain Wilson and Ethan Sykes in the Heavy Men’s Double, who qualified for semi-finals.

Also participating in the event were teams from St. Mary’s, Hillfield and Bishop Tonnes. A full set of results are available at http://www.cssrarowing.ca/

St. Mary’s edged out Westdale by 5 points overall to win the Hamilton High School Rowing Championship.

Victor Ludorum  (Overall  Standings)

St Marys                      353 points

Westdale                     348 points

Bishop Tonnos            129 points

Hillfield                         99 points

 Full results below.

Many thanks to the volunteers that organized and ran the event.

Sunday February 21,2010

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 17th, 2010.

COST $10 (or $20 after deadline)

ALL RACES 2000 METERS!

WEIGH INS: 8AM TO RACE TIME

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