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June 12, 2009 Wolverines Add 10 Recruits to 2009 Freshman Class
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Head Coach Mark Rothstein of the University of Michigan rowing team announced on Friday (June 12) the addition of 10 student-athletes to the 2009 recruiting class. The group includes two coxswains and eight rowers.
The pair of coxswains are Jennifer Denike (Rockford, Mich./Rockford) and Colleen Macke (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer). They will join two other coxswains that the Maize and Blue signed to National Letters of Intent in the fall -- Kate Grimaldi (Sammamish, Wash./Seattle Prep) and Amanda Langone (Chicago, Ill./Loyola Academy).
The eight incoming rowers include: Lauren Baker (Herndon, Va./Westfield), Amelia Bell (Washington, D.C./Woodrow Wilson), Michaela Brown (Los Gatos, Calif./Los Gatos/Los Gatos Rowing Club), Kendall McSweeney (Vancouver, B.C./Prince of Wales/Vancouver Rowing Club), Corinne Meinert (Columbus, Ohio/Upper Arlington), Jessica Rampton (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer), Britta Roosendahl (Pacific Palisades, Calif./Choate Rosemary Hall [Conn.]) and Samantha Scholl (Golf, Ill./Loyola Academy). They are in addition to Katie Grossman (Duxbury, Mass./St. Mark's School) and Shannon Stief (Mukilteo, Wash./Kamiak), who each signed National Letters of Intent in the fall.
"We are very excited to add these 10 student-athletes to the group of four who signed with us in the fall," said Rothstein. "We believe that the diverse rowing experiences of this incoming class will have strong immediate impact as well as a lasting impact on our team as these 14 athletes develop within our program."
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Pioneer rowers participated in the recent NCAA Rowing Championships on the Cooper River in New Jersey. Grace Luczak, 2007 Graduate rowed in the winning Stanford 1st Varsity Eight. Pioneer rowers on the 9th overall placed Wolverines were Erica Macke(2007) in the 2nd Varsity Eight and Julia Darton(2008) in the 1st Varsity Four. Grace Luczak (Stanford) is the second Pioneer rower to be on a NCAA Championship Team, Molly Junck (2006 Graduate) rowed for Brown University when they won the NCAA's in 2007 and 2008.
Pioneer rowers Tyler Sanderson(2007) and Ian Gardiner(2008) were members of the Univeristy of Michigan Men's Crew that recently won American Colligiate Rowing Association National title for the Wolverines.
Pioneer rower Grace Hollowell(2006) rowing for the 5th ranked Harvard/Radcliff lighweight crew will particpate in the IRA National Championship this coming weekend to decide the Coligate Lightweight National Champion.
Pioneer rower Kate Burdick(2004) did the color commentary for the Big Ten Network coverage of the Big Ten Rowing Championship.
Pioneer rowers who participated in college rowing this past season also include.
Emily Smalligan (2008), University of Michigan, 1st Freshmen Eight
Lizzy Elner (2008), University of Miami, 2nd Varsity Eight
Grace Han (2007), University of Michigan Men's Crew, coxswain 3rd Varsity Eight
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Grace Luczak, 5 seat, Sanford University 1st Varsity Eight
Julia Darnton, bow seat, University of Michigan 1st Varsity Four
Erica Macke, coxswain, University of Michigan 2nd Varsity Eight
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Pioneer Strike Gold and Silver in Canada
The Pioneer Women's Varsity 4 won a Gold Medal at the Canadian Secondary Schools Rowing Championship this past weekend, while the Men's Varsity 4 came away with a Silver Medal.
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Saturday, May 16, 20009
Pioneer’s Do Well at State’s
The wind played havoc with the schedule the Michigan State High School Championship. The Pioneer’s came away with two State Championship Crews. The Women’s Varsity 8+ and the Men’s Varsity 4+ came away with Gold Medals.
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Cincinatti, OH . -
PIONEER MEN'S VARSITY 4 QUALIFIES FOR NATIONALS
The Pioneer's have qualified for US Rowing Youth Nationals on the strength of their Mens Varsity 4 winning at the Midwest Scholastic Championship. While this is great news the Pioneer Crew overall team strength has fallen slightly this year from the past few years, but look strong for the future based on the strength of the underclassmen that will hopefully return.
The amazing Rocford High School pulled off an astounding win in the womens point trophy at this event. A job well done by their entire team entering and placing 12 boats in finals. A hat's off and congratulations to that team for working so hard to achieve their goals.
Results: MIDWEST SCHOLASTIC CHAMPIONSHIP
Pioneer Women
Varsity 4+ Second Place, SILVER MEDAL Time: 5:55.95
Colleen Macke (Coxswain),
Ali Breeding (4),
Jessica Rampton (3),
Riley Linebaugh (2),
Annika Gage (1),
Junior 8+ Fourth Place, Time:5:44.76
Sarah Foster (Coxswain),
Anna DeBoer (8),
Mackenzie Miller (7),
Zoe Psarouthakis (6),
Elizabeth Bush (5),
Rachel Bielajew (4),
Claire Barrett (3),
Kayla Kuchta (2),
Joyce Miyake (1),
Novice 4+ Fourth Place, Time: 6:25.83
Debbie Park (Coxswain),
Jordan Jones (4),
Anna Anthony (3),
Hannah Graham (2),
Victoria Lloyd (1),
Varsity 8+ Third Place, BRONZE MEDAL Time: 5:12.36
Colleen Macke (Coxswain),
Ali Breeding (8),
Jessica Rampton (7),
Riley Linebaugh (6),
Annika Gage (5),
Rachel Bielajew (4),
Elizabeth Bush (3),
Genevieve Goldberg (2),
Claire Barrett (1),
9th Place in the Women's Division
Pioneer Men
Varsity 4+ First Place, GOLD MEDAL Time: 5:02.87
Elizabeth Kurcz (Coxswain),
Jacob Merrell (4),
Colin Shields (3),
Karl DeBoer (2),
Scott Burdick (1),
Qualified for Youth Nationals!
Novice 4+ Second Place, SILVER MEDAL, Time:5:31.25
Emma Jackson (Coxswain),
Ryan Lindstrom (4),
Nicholas Terrell (3),
Konstantinos Papefthymiou (2),
Jack McKarns (1),
Lightweight 8+ Fifth Place, Time:5:00.68
Zachary Ackerman (Coxswain),
Warren Morningstar (8),
Zachary Miller (7),
Joshua LaHaye (6),
Alec Washabaugh (5),
Henry MacConnel (4),
Saunders Hayes (3),
Sanda Mong (2),
Alex Rigney (1),
Novice 8+ Fourth Place,Time:5:21.80
Emma Jackson (Coxswain),
Ryan Lindstrom (8),
Bo Peng (7),
Konstantinos Papefthymiou (6),
Nicholas Terrell (5),
Andy Dai (4),
Liad Lehavy (3),
Jack McKarns (2),
Gary Hall (1),
Varsity 2nd 8+ Fifth Place, Time:5:00.52
Meaghan Kennedy (Coxswain),
Christopher Darnton (8),
Drew McMillan (7),
David Chapman (6),
George Perrett (5),
Jae Jung (4),
Jordan Morningstar (3),
Zesi M Jin (2),
Benjamin Brenner (1),
Varsity 8+ Fourth Place, Time:4:37.35
Elizabeth Kurcz (Coxswain),
Jacob Merrell (8),
Colin Shields (7),
Karl DeBoer (6),
Scott Burdick (5),
Adam King (4),
Lucas Kennedy (3),
John Kemink (2),
Tanner DePriest (1),
6th in the Men's Division
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Rockford, Huron and Pioneer tied for the overall team title, while Rockford's women won the women's team trophy and Huron's men won the men's team trophy.
Lacking a lightweight women's crew cost the Pioneer's while a dnf in the men's junior event probably cost them as well.
2009
GR Invitational
Team Points
** Only one team may earn point in each event. The higher finishing crew is awarded points and lower placing crews points are not awarded.
Men's Overall Winner: Ann Arbor Huron
Women's Overall Winner: Rockford
Combined Overall: 3 way tie; Ann Arbor Huron, Ann Arbor Pioneer, Rockford
Conditions: Hosted by Forest Hills Central High School. Beautiful weather, slight cross wind building throughout the day. 1500 meters. 14 Schools participating.
Results and Time:< http://www.row2k.com/results/resultspage.cfm?UID=5974128&cat=6>
Regatta at Riverside Park draws hundreds as crew grow
Kelly Hill | The Grand Rapids Press , April 19, 2009 1:39 a.m.
The Grand Rapids Crew team gets ready to compete at Saturday's Regatta at Riverside Park. - (Katy Batdorff | The Grand Rapids Press)
GRAND RAPIDS -- Tim Jacobs' calculations were off.
The Rockford girls crew coach thought the Rams had finished second Saturday in the 14th-annual Grand Rapids Invitational High School Regatta at Riverside Park.
When the awards were presented, however, not only had Rockford's girls won, Rockford also won the regatta's combined championship.
Rockford won the combined title with 40 points while Ann Arbor Pioneer was second with 39 and Ann Arbor Huron was third with 38.
Fourteen teams, including eight area teams, and more than 700 athletes competed in Saturday's regatta.
"We have a strong crew this year," Jacobs said. "We have about 92 members on the team this year so it helps to have those many bodies. They have trained hard and they have transferred that work ethic to the water."
Rockford won the women's lightweight 4 (under 130 pounds) with Clara Harding, Shelby Jacobs, Raechel Wrona, Chris Scofield and coxswain Lauren Fay and won the women's lightweight 8 with the above four rowers, coxswain Danielle Tefft and additional rowers Katina Goad, Rachelle Huizing, Molly Guthrie and Jane Vandervelde. Eight schools field teams
Rockford has the largest crew among the eight area teams. In addition to Rockford, all three Forest Hills high schools field crew teams as do East Grand Rapids, Northview, Lowell and Grand Rapids Crew, which is a team comprised of rowers from the former City League schools.
The Forest Hills teams share a boathouse on the Grand River in Ada. Northview and Rockford share a facility on the River at the Jupiter Avenue bridge and East Grand Rapids rows out of its facility on Reeds Lake and the Grand Rapids Rowing Club recently built a new facility on the west side of the river just south of Fifth Third Ballpark.
More than 400 student athletes row on the eight area teams. Only track and field draws more student athletes per team than crew.
"We are ready to start taking this sport to other schools in the area," said Don LeBlanc, who is considered the godfather of local high-school crew as he brought crew to West Michigan. "The new Grand Rapids Rowing Club facility is great and we want to get more teams rowing out of there," LeBlanc said. "We have the facility, now we want to help fill it with kids." Sport not recognized by state
Though considered a varsity sport at the area schools that field teams, crew is not yet recognized by the Michigan High School Athletic Association as not enough of the state's schools field teams.
The sport also is not funded by area schools as completely as other varsity sports. And while many area student athletes are required to pay to play their favored sports, the current economic downturn may have had a greater affect on crew as rowers are charged as much as $400 per season in order to participate.
"Some of the numbers are down but I honestly think it's because of the economy," LeBlanc said. "We have to travel every weekend in order to compete and if there is any money left over, it goes to buying new equipment, which we haven't done for a while."
No area athlete has ever been cut from a crew team.
"Getting the kids out and involved is more important than the money," LeBlanc said. "Every school has its own situation, but I know Forest Hills Central has scholarships for kids who might not be able to afford it and now kid will be turned away."
Despite having close to 100 members on their teams, crews offer opportunities for all of their members as competition is held in novice, junior and senior divisions.
Novice divisions feature rowers who are in their first seasons, junior divisions feature rowers through 11th grade and senior divisions include seniors. It is roughly equivalent to freshman, junior varsity and varsity designations in other sports. Each of those divisions also stage competitions in one-, two-, four- and eight-person boats.
In Saturday's regatta, Forest Hills Central won the men's 2 with T.J. Nemetz and Harrison Boll, the men's lightweight 8 (under 155 pounds) with Mark Elsenbroek, Nick Updegraaf, Joe Hong, Alex Meyer, Freddie Johnson, Anthony Hage, Kyle Sherman, Mark Sherman and coxswain Matt Killman. The Shermans, Johnson and Hage also won the lightweight 4.
The only seniors on FHC's women's team, Emily Keefer and Leah Williams won the senior pair.
"We are a really young crew," said FHC coach John Gaskin. "We only have four senior boys and two senior girls, so we are in growing mode."
Mary Elise Jackim and Caitlin Uecker-Herman of Grand Rapids Crew won the women's senior double. Uecker-Herman also won the women's senior single.
"It's a beautiful day and there are so many kids out here," LeBlanc said. "That's why we do this."
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Pioneer Alumni Row at Bellville Regatta, Pac 10 Challenge and Knecht Cup
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Pioneer Alumni rowing with University of Michigan
Smalligan 
Darton
Macke
BELLEVILLE, Mich. -- The No. 4-ranked University of Michigan women's rowing first varsity eight posted a pair of wins in a double dual on Saturday (April 11) on Belleville Lake. U-M earned a morning triumph over No. 20 Louisville and Iowa, followed by an afternoon victory over No. 8 Wisconsin and UL. Combined, Michigan's boats won 11-of-12 events. The second varsity eight, first varsity four and first and second novice eights won both of their races. In the morning, the first varsity eight established a six-seat lead on Iowa in the first 500 meters, with Louisville a seat back of the Hawkeyes. UL and Iowa moved back into U-M at 1,000 meters with all three crews rowing at 35 strokes per minute. The Wolverines took their move over the next 250 meters, stretching their lead to a full length. U-M finished with the win by just over open water on Iowa in a time of 6:34.58. In the afternoon, the first 1,000 meters were tightly contested between all three teams -- Michigan, Louisville and Wisconsin. The Wolverines entered the second half of the race with a five-seat lead on UL and UW, which were even for second place. In the third 500, the Cardinals began to move on Michigan, leaving Wisconsin clearly in third place. U-M reacted to the challenge favorably and went on to win by close to full length thanks to a strong final 500 meters. Michigan hit the finish line in 6:40.25, Louisville was second in 6:43.30 and Wisconsin was third in 6:48.32. The morning second varsity eight race went to the Wolverines in a time of 6:54.43. U-M was up half a length on UL just 250 meters in, but the Cardinals cut the deficit to three seats as the teams approached the 1,000-meter buoy. Michigan countered the challenge and pulled out to a full length lead over the next few hundred meters. U-M cruised to a 4.66-second advantage over Iowa, with Louisville finishing 5.15 back of the Maize and Blue. The second varsity eight's second win of the day was more difficult. Michigan led the Badgers by seven seats at 500 meters and just over a length at the halfway point. UW responded with a big move in the third 500, closing its deficit to four seats. U-M outlasted the challenge, however, and won by half a length in a time of 6:37.00, 1.82 second in front of Wisconsin. Louisville was third in 6:59.05. The Wolverine first varsity four dominated its morning race in a time of 7:50.66. U-M got a half-length lead on Iowa in the opening 500 meters and increased that span to three lengths by the midway point of the race. Iowa and Louisville were second and third, respectively. U-M's afternoon race against UW and UL was more challenging, yet the Wolverines prevailed again. Michigan held a three-quarter length lead at 750 meters and opened up to an open-water advantage by 1,250 meters. Michigan won comfortably in 7:42.16, 8.98 seconds in front of the Badgers. Michigan had two entries in the morning second varsity four race. U-M's 'B' entry surged past Iowa and then U-M's 'A' boat in the final 500 meters to capture first in 7:56.09. Iowa and U-M's 'A' boat were 2.40 and 3.85 seconds back, respectively. Louisville was 19 seconds off the winning pace. U-M had just one entry in the afternoon second varsity four race after an injury knocked out its 'A' boat. Wisconsin took advantage and won the race in 7:34.16. U-M's 'B' boat was 12.66 seconds back, followed by Louisville. Michigan's first and second novice eights won their morning races by open water. The first varsity eight (7:07.79) defeated Iowa by 8.80 seconds as well as Louisville by 85 seconds. The second novice eight (7:35.05) eased past Iowa by 11.74 seconds. U-M's novices also swept the afternoon races. The first novice eight overcame the Badgers' four-seat lead and wound up winning by 20 seconds after UW caught a crab in the sprint. The second novice eight edged out Wisconsin by a margin of 1.05 second. Michigan heads to Columbus, Ohio, next weekend (April 18-19) to race Bucknell, Oregon State and Washington State.
MORNING RESULTS
First Varsity Eight
1. Michigan 6:34.58
2. Iowa 6:37.90
3. Louisville 6:40.46
1. Michigan State 6:43.66
2. Wisconsin 6:50.22
Second Varsity Eight
1. Michigan 6:54.43 Erica Macke (coxswain),
2. Michigan State 6:59.09
3. Louisville 6:59.58
1. Michigan 6:49.31
2. Michigan State 6:51.65
First Varsity Four
1. Michigan 7:50.66
2. Michigan State 8:11.75
3. Louisville 8:20.90
1. Wisconsin 7:37.35
2. Michigan State 7:37.75
Second Varsity Four
1. Michigan 'B' 7:56.09
2. Iowa 7:58.49
3. Michigan 'A' 7:59.94
4. Louisville 8:15.41
1. Wisconsin 7:49.25
2. MSU 'A' 8:06.63
3. MSU 'B' 8:38.14
First Novice Eight
1. Michigan 7:07.79 Julia Darnton, 5 seat
2. Iowa 7:16.59
3. Louisville 8:33.38
1. Wisconsin 7:08.38
2. Michigan State 7:11.67
Second Novice Eight
1. Michigan 7:35.05 Emily Smalligan, 5 seat
2. Iowa 7:46.79
1. Michigan State 7:27.62
2. Wisconsin 7:28.07
AFTERNOON RESULTS
First Varsity Eight
1. Michigan 6:40.25
2. Louisville 6:43.30
3. Wisconsin 6:48.32
1. Michigan State 6:43.45
2. Iowa 6:49.07
Second Varsity Eight
1. Michigan 6:37.00 Erica Macke (coxswain),
2. Wisconsin 6:38.82
3. Louisville 6:59.05
1. Michigan State 6:45.41
2. Iowa 6:53.28
First Varsity Four
1. Michigan 7:42.16
2. Wisconsin 7:51.14
3. Louisville 8:23.74
1. Wisconsin 7:33.39
2. Michigan State 7:54.07
Second Varsity Four
1. Wisconsin 7:34.16
2. Michigan 'B' 7:46.82
3. Louisville 7:57.22
Michigan 'A' did not race
1. Iowa 7:55.71
2. MSU 'A' 8:14.01
3. MSU 'B' 8:21.96
First Novice Eight
1. Michigan 6:47.48 Julia Darnton, 5 seat
2. Wisconsin 7:08.01
3. Louisville 8:07.79
1. Michigan State 7:02.67
2. Iowa 7:06.74
Second Novice Eight
1. Michigan 7:14.75 Emily Smalligan, 5 seat
2. Wisconsin 7:15.80
1. Michigan State 7:28.79
2. Iowa 7:35.50
LINEUPS
First Varsity Eight -- Laura Dunn (coxswain), Melisa Ongun, Cate Trumble, Adrienne Mecham, Ashley Kroll, Cristina Felix, Karen Colwell, Felice Mueller, Emily Eiffert.
Second Varsity Eight -- Erica Macke (coxswain), Liz McCannell, Maggie Cooper, Sarah Gribler, Ashley Jones, Brittany Poston, Casey Timmons, Kate Strzalkowski, Michela Musto.
First Varsity Four -- Margaret Deinek (coxswain), Julia Nelson, Natalie Eisermann, Jordan Peek, Suzanne Maddamma.
Second Varsity Four 'A' -- Jen Entin (coxswain), Nellie Ruedig, Lauren Schneider, Kristen Henkels, Maureen Kelly.
Second Varsity Four 'B' -- Taylor Day (coxswain), Rachel Fullmer, Robin Weber, April Newberry, Colette McAfee.
First Novice Eight -- Sarah Adams (coxswain), Ariel Piotter, Olivia Klipa, Jeanise Dobski, Julia Darnton, Nicole Dressler, Jill Szydloski, Lindsey Healy, Sarah Kempa.
Second Novice Eight -- Abby Landis (coxswain), Nikki Braverman, Julia Sittig, Paige Heil, Emily Smalligan, Jessica Brouwer, Allie Styke, Celia Upton, Kelly Bradford.
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Crew Competes Well At Seventh-Annual Pac-10 Challege Presented By Windermere
The varsity women and men's eights went undefeated on the weekend
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. - All three Stanford rowing squads wrapped up competition at the seventh-annual two-day Pac-10 Challenge Presented By Windermere Real Estate this afternoon in San Francisco Bay. The races, which featured over 600 student-athletes, were dominated by the Cardinal, as both the varsity men and women swept all the races they participated in.
On the women's side, the varsity eight, which is ranked third nationally, went 3-0, defeating No. 13 Clemson, No. 12 Ohio State, and No. 6 Virginia. Stanford defeated the Tigers in its first race by seven seconds, 6:27.6 to 6:34.6 in calm conditions. Later in the afternoon, the Cardinal battled with the Buckeyes in the second 500, but broke free after the fabled Redwood Shores double-arched bridge at the 1000m mark, winning 6:56.8 to 7:04.3. In its final race, the women's varsity eight fell behind Virginia early as the Cavaliers had a fast start, but Stanford countered early and overtook Virginia in the second 500, opening the lead to over 3 boatlengths by the end (6:38.9 to 6:49.2).
The women's varsity eight boat was propelled to three victories by Adrienne Fritsch , Lauren Hofmayer , Jenna Levy , Elle Logan , Grace Luczak , Lindsay Meyer , Erika Roddy , Julie Smith, and Michelle Vezie .
Grace Luczak
CAMDEN, N.J. -- The fourth-ranked Radcliffe lightweight varsity eight placed second, trailing only top-ranked Wisconsin, Saturday in the grand final of the Knecht Cup on the Cooper River.
The varsity was the runner-up in the event for the second straight year and fifth time overall. That boat was joined in the grand final by the second varsity, which placed fourth, trailing the third-place Wisconsin B entry and ahead of the Badgers' third boat and Lafayette.
The Black and White varsity finished in 7:51.7, 10.2 seconds behind the top boat from Wisconsin 14.1 ahead of the second Badgers boat. The Radcliffe second varsity crossed the line in 8:26, nearly six seconds before of Wisconsin C and 11.3 ahead of the Leopards.
Women's Lightweight Eight
Grand Final
Wisconsin A 7:41.5
Radcliffe A 7:51.7
Wisconsin B 8:05.8
Radcliffe B 8:26.0
Wisconsin C 8:31.9
Lafayette 8:37.3
Radcliffe A Lineup
Cox: Jana Douglas , 8: Grace Hollowell , 7: Rebekah Kharrazi , 6: Lizzy Bates , 5: Amanda Pfabe , 4: Wynne Evans , 3: Natalie Wong , 2: Leah Schwartz , 1: Shaina Trotta
Grace Hollowell