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Friday Night Race/BBQ moved to Aug 24

Come one, come all! Let’s end the summer with a bash. Bring a side dish and the club will BBQ chicken and hamburgers…all you have to do is “race” down the straightaway. All Juniors, Masters and Alumni are welcome.

Mike Altman (’92) races at Worlds Lwt 1x trials

Mike Altman, after just graduating from UCLA Business School, is competing at the USA Trials in the Men’s Lwt 1x. Mike is a 6 time member of the National team and won the Lwt 1X trial last year, but declined to go to Worlds due to a conflict with school.

Tuesday Night update: Mike took it easy in the heat and won his rep to move on to the Semi Final tomorrow.

Wednesday Update: Mike finished his run with a 4th place in the semi-final and will work towards making the Olympic team next year.

For a long email from Mike after the race, see below.

Follow all the results on http://www.row2k.com/worlds

From Mike Altman August 2, 2007:

Hey All

First off, this is a blast email. You are on this list either because you asked for updates from me on my training for the Olympic rowing team, or because I added you because I thought you would be interested (if you are in the second group, sorry, you are going to have to put a spam-filter on me – just kidding, just send me an email and I’ll remove you from the list, it won’t hurt my feelings, really).

Here is the short version of the update. If you want more detail you can read below:

I arrived here the in Princeton the day after graduation from UCLA’s MBA program, and jumped right into training w/the national team

After one week of training I had a back spasm and couldn’t walk for about 2 days, which was followed by my first MRI, which showed me that I had 2 bulging discs in my back
The back is totally fine now, I’m heading to physical therapy three days a week to stay on top of it and keep it healthy, and taking anti-inflammatory

I raced this week in the lightweight single at the US National Team trials. Somehow or another, I managed to win this race last year without really training. But this year two years of b-school finally caught up to me and I didn’t have the fitness to pull this one out, so I won’t be heading to the 2007 World Championships.

I disappointed because I hate to lose, but in the long run it’s actually a good thing. I actually think I raced really, really well given my limited training schedule, and I think I was riding on too much confidence after winning the same event last year.

I am really upbeat because I can start to focus on training for next year’s Olympics at a reasonable pace instead of rushing into World Championship competition after being in school until June. My body is not quite ready for that level of intensity in racing, and could use a breather to get myself mentally ready for a hard year of training upcoming.

I’m going to take a few days off, and start building my fitness bike early next week in preparation for Olympic selection next year. The upshot – I’m excited to get going with my training for the next 11 months. Now that I’ve wrapped up my degree I’m looking forward to seeing what I can do fully committed to training again.

Marin Dev Camp Boat Wins National Champs

The Junior B 8 from the Marin Junior Development camp won the Junior Men’s B (16 and under) 8+ National Championships. THe crew contisted of:
Colin McGaw (Coxswain),
Jones Bazalgette (8),MARIN
Will Hinshaw (7),MARIN
Nick Bristow (6),MARIN
Josh Buck (5), SI
Josh Steenburth (4), DELTA
Billy Deskin (3),OAKLAND
Will Provost (2),OAKLAND
JD Carbone (1),MARIN

Coached By Dan Donoho (Oakland) and Jarrod McClendon (Marin Alum currently at CAL).

Junior B 4+ WINS SILVER
Colin McGaw (Coxswain),
Jones Bazalgette (4),MARIN
Will Hinshaw (3),MARIN
Nick Bristow (2),MARIN
Josh Buck (1), SI

WELL DONE.

Marin Team USA Wins 3 Golds at CanAmMex

The Marin Junior Men’s Development camp has put together a “California All Star” team to represent the USA at the Annual CanAmMex regatta in St. Catharines, Ontario. I will be updating this story as time goes by to tell you how we are doing.

GOLD GOLD GOLD and Men’s Points Champs!

3 events , 3 Victories. Starting with the 2- Chad Bailey (Capital) and Carl Nunziato (MarinaAC) had a good race and came through with a 10 second victory.

4+ Dan Felling (Marin), Matt White (Newport), Kevin Rickon (San Diego), Chris Plumer (Marin) and Matt Southern (Los Gatos)Cox
Moved out steadily and won without a sprint.

8+ Dan Felling stroking, Matt at 7, Kevin at 6, Dane Oatman (Newport) 5, Carl 4, Chris 3, Alec Macrae (Los Gatos) 2, and Chad in Bow.
Behind at the start but started moving during the settle and never looked back. Had the fastest time of the day (5:52) over even the U23 8+ crews.

With our scullers winning 2 of 3, we took the Men’s Points as well. The women won only the 2- and so we lost the Overall Points by 1 point (30 to 29). A great regatta and lots of fun for the boys.

All made it home safely. Thanks to all the Parents for their support.

Women’s 4+ Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyV4WWdEinI

Masters Men take Gold and Silver in Henley

3 GOLDS and 1 SILVER! Master Men at Henley Vets race well for Marin and Marin/Kent Mitchell.

The Marin/KM E8+ beat Crabtree RC for the Gold:

• Joel Kimmel
• Skip Spiering
• Larry Hough
• Dick Lyon
• Craig Webster
• Steve Johnson
• Mike Stralka
• Mike Still
• Adrian Ellison

The Marin/KM D8+ lost a close race in the final pairing to Crabtree RC:

• Joel Kimmel
• John Kennel
• Alan Collenette
• Skip Spiering
• Craig Webster
• Steve Johnson
• Mike Stralka
• Mike Still
• Adrian Ellison

The Marin/KM F4+ won the GOLD:

• Alan Collenette
• Skip Spiering
• Larry Hough
• Dick Lyon
• Adrian Ellison

The Marin B4+ WON THE GOLD – GO MARIN!!

• Tom Lee
• Mike McGinn
• Tom Pollock
• Ken Clemmer
• Courtney Wilkensen

Nito Simonsen (’97) retires from International Rowing

This was the last regatta for Norwegian elite rower Nils-Torolv Simonsen who announced his retirement from international racing. Simonsen raced at two Olympic Games with his effort at Athens in the men’s double ending in a seven-lane final following a dead heat against the United States in the semifinal. Simonsen also owns the World Record for 100,000m on the indoor rowing machine.

Read the complete story…

Marin Dev Camp to Select CanAmMex Team

The US Rowing Junior Men’s Committee has designated the Marin Rowing Junior Camp as the USA Junior Camp for the Men’s sweep portion of the CanAnMex team.

CanAmMex is a international junior camp and regatta held every year between the USA, Canada and Mexico. This years camp will be held July 15-21st at the famous Canadian Heley Course at Martindale pond in St. Catharine’s, Ontario. The camp will run from July 2nd through July 21st. There will also be an ID camp day on Saturday June 23rd from 9am to 1pm.

This camp is only for experienced rowers and is by invitation only.

First Friday Night Races a Great Success

2 Fast 8′s, a 4+ and a sculler all joined for a great fun race and then had a tremendous BBQ thanks to the MRA Board, Lydia and Rene and Judy and Joel! See you all (and more) for the next one July 20th.

Marin Juniors Earn Gold, Silver at Nationals

Men’s 2x of Dan Felling and Martin Schlueter win Gold at Nationals!

Women’s Lwt. 8+ of cox Jenna Levy, (8)Kelly Erickson, (7)Caitlin Morgan, (6)Jenn Stone, (5) Jessie Thimmig, (4)Charlotte Palmer, (3)Natalie Wong,(2)Danielle Bogaards and (1) Tara Endress win Silver!

Women’s V4+ of cox Chelsea Lucas, (4)Lizzie Lang, (3)Lauren Richards, (2)Katie White, (1)Kate Picchi win the C Final in their first CHAMPIONSHIP LEVEL race!

For full results of the West Coast domination at Nationals go to www.racetrak.com

Marin Juniors Win Team Points Trophies At CJs

The Marin Junior Teams came back with both Team points trophies again this year. The Varsity Girls qualified 3 crews for Nationals (V8, V4 and Lt8), while the boys qualified the 2X.

Full results: http://www.racetrak.com/regatta.asp?CurrRegattaID=183

Parents are invited to “Junior Picture Day” tomorrow, Tuesday at 4:00pm (VG) and 4:30 everyone else. All the crews will get their pictures taken with uniform and medal and they will be posted later on our website.