Championship Season in full swing

What a weekend!  Those off in Philly at Stotesbury saw some tremendous results, including wins in the Sr Boys 4+ and Freshmen Girls 4x along with several other finalist and medallists.  Over in Worcester, MA the 8 girls who made the trip finished 1st and 2nd in the pair, 2nd and 5th in the Lightweight double, and first in the lightweight four.  And... back at home - we had a tremendous regatta going for the Jr B/C Championships.  Toga had a very strong weekend at home as well.  Just as exciting was the growth of this regatta and the distances traveled for our competitors.  We were pleased to have entries from: Oakland, CA; San Diego, CA; Sarasota, FL; Mississauga, Can; St. Catherine's, Can; Meredith, NH; and many others.

SRA is so blessed to have such great athletes, volunteers, staff, water, and town!  

Next weekend 60 varsity members head off to Camden, NJ for Scholastic Nationals.

SRA Divide and Conquer

This is a busy weekend for SRA.  The Varsity boys and freshmen girls left on thursday for Philly and the Stotesbury Cup Regatta.  8 varsity Girls left on Friday for the North East Regionals Regatta in Worcester, MA.  At home, on Saturday, the Modifieds are hosting day one of the Jr. B/C Champs (thanks to some help from the varsity girls).  Saturday night the Varsity Boys and Frosh Girls will return home - hopefully in time for Prom for some of them.  Sunday those in 10th grade and younger will host the Jr. B/C Champs.  A busy weekend for sure!  All that, and throw in a visit from Oakland Strokes of Oakland, CA as well as a few canadian Clubs and the Prom.  Whew - Championship season is fast and furious!  Good luck to all crews wherever you are racing (MA, PA, NY)

SRA Results at the NY State Championships

SRA rowers won medals in 19 of the 38 events!

		Saratoga Girls:			Saratoga Boys:
		G Sr8+ = Gold			B Sr4+ = Silver
		G 2nd8+= Gold			B 2-   = Gold
		G 2-   = Gold			B lwt4x= Gold
		G lwt4x= Silver			B Jr4x = Gold
		G lwt2x= Bronze			B Sr4x = Silver
		G Jr4x = Gold			B Sr2x = Gold
		G Jr4x = Silver			B F4x  = Gold
		G Sr4x = Silver
		G Sr2x = Bronze
		G F4+  = Gold			Ballston Spa Boys:
		G F8+  = Silver			B Jr4x = Silver (BSpa)
		G F4x  = Gold			B Jr2x = Gold (Bspa)

States was a resounding success.

This will have to be a brief update... we at SRA need to go get some serious sleep!

States was one of the best weather states we have ever had.  The wind was calmer for finals, but still a quartering head wind.  SRA had a huge day.  I have not had the opportunity to count the number of medals won by the SRA squad, but I know there were a LOT of happy kids. 

Check out all the results on the NYS Championships page.

States is ON...

Saturday was one of the nicest weather days for States as far back as i can remember (well... actually, I can barely remember last week - it has been a crazy season).  However, the wind was howling.  Fortunately I got a chance to go visit the starters platform between head racing and Sprint racing while I was setting the stake boats back in lanes 3 and 4.  The starters platform consists of construction staging ratchet strapped to a pontoon boat... With a gusty wind in your face, it was like an amusement ride up there!  Wind aside, races ran all day, and finished within a few minutes of the scheduled conclusion.  There was some great racing out there.  The results and tomorrows heat sheets can be found on the NYS Championships Page.    Oh.. the major obstacle of the day... All you spectators on Verizon and AT&T totally jammed up the bandwidth and our internet connection on the aircard was intermittent so it was very hard to get results printed in a timely fashion.  Good thing we have a capable timing crew who are clever with timers, radios, and a scooter (and Scotty C, the fix it man)!   Good luck to all crews tomorrow... Lets hope for a slightly less windy day.