1 USA 1:21.43 (3) 2:45.72 (1) 4:11.55 (1) 5:37.08 1
2 GER 1:21.12 (1) 2:46.68 (2) 4:13.38 (2) 5:37.73 4
3 ITA 1:21.52 (5) 2:47.04 (3) 4:15.51 (3) 5:41.04 3
4 ROU 1:21.46 (4) 2:47.25 (4) 4:15.52 (4) 5:41.23 2
5 GBR 1:21.38 (2) 2:49.06 (6) 4:19.16 (6) 5:47.18 5
6 CZE 1:22.09 (6) 2:49.03 (5) 4:18.99 (5) 5:51.32 6

Yeah Zach!!!! Congratulations!

http://www.marinij.com/sports/ci_15649213

Zach is in country right now getting ready for competition. We'll try to get some news from him up soon.

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Marin Rowing recent alum Zach Johnson has been named to the United States Junior National Team, and in addition, is currently the stroke seat in the 8, the US's top lineup!



Zach was the stroke seat in the Marin Varsity Boy's top 8 this year that went undefeated in the regular season and raced to a silver medal at National Championships. Zach left immediately from Nationals and headed to Princeton, NJ, where he has been training and kicking butt on behalf of Marin for the last 5 weeks. Last week, final cuts were made and Zach was officially named to the team. The latest information we have is that Zach is not only in the top 8 right now, he is sitting stroke seat and doing a fine job of it! Zach is happy to be in a boat where everyone is around the same height as he is, I'm sure!

Next week Zach and his boatmates will depart for Junior World Championships, which will be held in Racice, Czech Republic. The following links are to the US Junior National Team's World Championships website, and the Junior World Championships Official website, respectively, where real time race information can be found. Racing starts Thursday, August 5th.

http://web.me.com/rowdoc/2010_World_Championship/Home.html

http://www.racice2010.com/

The Marin Rowing Association would like to congratulate Zach for his incredible accomplishment and thank him for his enormous contribution to the success of our club during his time here. After World Championships, Zach will be heading off to Yale to continue his education, rowing and otherwise! We wish him good luck at Worlds, and beyond!

Come join us on Sunday, June 27th for the next installment of the Marin rowing singles ladder. The ladder is a 2500m member's only race conducted entirely in singles! The ladder saw a great turnout last month, and we hope to have even more people this month. We run the race in a manner that is very fun and encouraging, so don't worry about how well you'll do, just come give it a shot, even if you don't scull very much! Last month's results can be found here

When: Sunday, June 27th, 2010
Mandatory Race Meeting: 12:30pm
First flight start time: 1:00pm
(high tide at 3:00pm)
Second flight: approx. 1:30pm
More flights: if needed.

The Marin Varsity Boys, after enjoying an undefeated regular season here in the Southwest region, traveled to Cincinnati, Ohio this weekend to compete in the 2010 Youth National Championships. The Lightweight 8, manned by Colin McGaw in the coxswains seat, Griffin Whitlock, Tyler Browne, Paul Panicacci, Scott Kennedy, Cooper Goldman, Andy Goldman, Oliver Bazalgette, and Colin Wren, won their heat and semi, putting them in a 3 way contest with the other two west coast crews in attendance, Newport and Marina. They raced their hearts out and pulled a blistering fast 5:58, the fastest time they had produced all season, but were bested by just a little over a second by a retooled and very fast Marina boat, and finished in 2nd place. This is the best finish by a Light 8 since the Marin Boys won the event in 2004. The boat had two seniors in it, McGaw and Panicacci, both of which have committed 4 years of their lives to Marin Rowing. They will be attending UCSB and Arizona next year, respectively. The boat includes 3 members of last years lightweight 8 that brought home silver as well from the National Championship in 2009, Whitlock, Panicacci and Andy Goldman.



The Heavy 8 of Harry Blatt, Zach Johnson, Greig Stein, Zander Bonnoris, Patrick Konttinen, Scott Roycroft, Jack Stein, Jones Bazalgette, and Sam Seder, has enjoyed a perfect regular season this year and never won a race by less than 5 seconds. They had to travel 2500 miles to find real competition, and they did. They won their heat and semi as well, but a dominant Kent School crew powered their way down the course, holding off a heroic sprint by our boys and winning by 1 second in a staggering time of 5:47, with Marin Rowing coming in at 5:48. The next fastest crew was 10 seconds behind these two. These boys participated in what was basically a two boat epic cage match to be remembered for a very long time, and most certainly made their foes pay a dear price for their victory. They made us proud with their racing, their rowing and their work ethic, as anyone who has been around the boathouse from 2 to 7pm any day this year can attest to; these young men know not when to say quits. The varsity boat will be saying goodbye to 3 four year rowers. Zach Johnson will be attending Yale this fall, as well as spending his summer in Princeton trying out for the US Junior National Team. We wish him the best of luck, represent Marin well! Jones Bazalgette will be attending Cornell and rowing for their Lightweight squad, and Jack Stein will be manning the oar for Northeastern University in Boston.

This result is the best finish for the V8 since 2001 and the best overall squad result ever, not to mention the best any individual men's squad did at the event. Although not gold, these young men should be very proud of what they have done. To the seniors, all of which are 4 year Marin Rowers, we say thank you for all the sacrifices, personal, physical, mental and social, that you have made for the good of this Club, and we wish you all the best in the future. Always know that you have a family here at Marin Rowing that is ready and willing to lend a hand, give advice, and provide assistance to its alumni. Never hesitate to come by and say hello and remember, Marin Rowing is your home.

The rest of these athletes are returning next year hungry to give it another go, ready to push themselves to their absolute limits to go all the way. If you see one training around the boathouse this summer, give a high five, congratulate, and admire the commitment, the camaraderie, and the sacrifice that each and every one of them have given to our club, Marin Rowing.

This past weekend Lake Natoma hosted the 2010 NCAA Women’s Rowing Championships and Marin Alum were all present and accounted for. All of us at Marin are so proud of these athletes for their outstanding results across the board.
Here is an overview:

Maren McCrea – Senior (Redwood ’06, Yale ‘10) sat 5-seat in the Yale Varsity 8+ and won the NCAA National Championship for the 2nd time in addition to a first place finish at the Eastern Sprints. Maren’s dad is our own John McCrea and her sister Lela just completed her rowing career with Marin and is now off to row for Dartmouth. Charlotte Palmer – Junior (Tam ’08, Cal ’11) rowed bow in the Varsity 4+ for Cal and took a 2nd place behind Virginia in the final. Jenna Levy – Sophmore (Redwood ’08, Stanford ’12) coxed the Stanford Varsity to a 5th place finish at NCAA’s and a 2nd place finish in the Pac-10. This is Jenna’s second year coxing the Varsity 8+ at Stanford and won NCAA’s last year as a Freshman. Caroline Rosetti - Freshman (Sacred Heart ’09, Cal ’13) rowed bow seat of the Varsity 8+ at Cal. The V8+ won the Pac-10 Championships and took 4th place at NCAA’s. Caroline was in the V8+ at Marin and won 2 National Titles with us before showing the rowing world her strength by making the V8+ in her first year; a feat which is not often matched. Erica Rippe - Freshman (Drake ’09, Cal ’13) rowed 7-seat in the JV 8+ for Cal that took 3rd place at NCAA’s. Erica was also in both Marin Nationals winning 8+’s. Charlotte, Caroline and Erica each had their hand in Cal taking home a 2nd place team title at NCAA’s. Olivia Ley - Freshman (Branson ’09, Princeton ’13) rowed 2-seat in the JV 8+ for Princeton all year ending the season with a 5th place at NCAA’s. Oley was also in the Marin V8+ in ’09. Audrey Wooster – Freshman (Redwood ’09, Princeton ’13) stroked the Princeton V4+ winning the petite final. Audrey was in the Marin V8+ for both National titles.

Up this weekend in New Jersey? The IRA’s, which is the Men’s National Championship Regatta and includes the Lightweight Women’s 8+. Marin alum Chelsea Lucas will be coxing the Men’s Freshman 8+ for California. Natalie Wong (Redwood ’07, Harvard ’11) will race in the Varsity Lwt 8+ for Radcliffe, Caitlin Morgan (Drake ’09, Stanford ’13) will race in the Varsity Lwt 8+ for Stanford. On the men’s side, Dillon Seitz (Redwood ’06, Northeastern ’10) will race in the Men’s V8+ for Northeastern, JD Carbone (Redwood ’09, Cornell ’13) will race in the Freshman 8+ for Cornell, Sean Engle (Redwood ’09, Cal ’10) will race in the V8+ for Cal,and Jonny Hoon (Redwood '08, Cal '12) will cox in the Open 4+.
GO MARIN!! For coverage of the IRA's go to www.row2k.com

Come join us on Sunday, May 16th for the first Marin rowing singles ladder of the summer. The ladder is a 2500m member's only race conducted entirely in singles! It has been almost eight months since we've run a ladder, and we're excited to kick off a new round of these great local events. We run the race in a manner that is very fun and encouraging, so don't worry about how well you'll do, just come give it a shot, even if you don't scull very much!

When: Sunday, May 16th, 2010
Mandatory Race Meeting: 1:30pm
First flight start time: 2:00pm
(high tide at 4:00pm)
Second flight: approx. 2:30pm
More flights: if needed.

This weekend a large contingent of athletes from Marin Rowing traveled to Mission Bay in San Diego for the San Diego Crew Classic. Marin Rowing came home with 5 first place finishes, including wins in the Men's Junior 8 and Men's Junior Lightweight 8 events. The Junior Men's 3V 8 competed in the JV event and raced well, making the grand final and finishing 6th.

The Marin Masters Team, composed of adult rowers from the area, also took home wins in the the Men's "F" (60+) age group, the Women's Club Boat, and the Women's "B" (36-42) age group.

The Junior Women also had strong finishes, placing 5th in the Junior 8 and 3rd in the Junior JV (2nd) 8.

Nice job everyone!!

The athletes and staff of the Marin Rowing Association would like to extend our thoughts and prayers to our fellow sportsman Gunnar Sandberg and his family in their time of need. We are pulling for you, Gunnar!