USRowing Masters National Championship
August 12-15, 2010
Cherry Hill , New Jersey
For the second year in a row Nashville Rowing Club had representation at the USRowing Masters Nationals Championship. This year NRC doubled its entries and tripled its medal count.
NRC rowers Amanda Joyner, Lizabeth Theiss, Erin Ketelle and Forrest Sanders began their training in December of last year by following an eight month structured training program. These rowers spent their winter doing hundreds of thousands of meters on the erg to build aerobic capacity. A colder than normal winter pushed water training off until March but from there the group embarked on training 5-6 days a week in their singles and occasionally a crew boat. Lots more meters were rowed on the lake in preparation for the shorter more intense training that followed during the summer. Sounds like a lot of work; yes it was. But the benefits were worth the effort with great results and a new level of fitness that has built confidence that these rowers can achieve the goals they set for themselves.
At Masters Nationals, Nashville rowers made 7 starts in 6 final events. These rowers scored a total of 15 points to rank NRC 66 out of the 129 team attending.
Point Total Detail for Nashville Rowing Club
Womens Open AA 1x: Amanda Joyner – Fifth Place – 1 pt
Womens Open AA 1x: Erin Ketelle – Third Place – 4 pts
Mens Hwt. B 1x: Forrest Sanders – Third Place – 4 pts
Mixed A 2x A: Erin and Forrest – Third Place – 6 pts
NRC rowers also competed in composite boats comprised of rower from other clubs. This is a great way to build relationships with other competitors and build the reputation of Nashville Rowing as a respected club of real competitors. Two of these composite boats received silver medals although because they were composite boat no point were awarded.
Mens A 8+: Nashville , Fairmount, Undine – Second Place
Mixed A 4x: Nashville , Oak Ridge , Syracuse – Second Place
If you are motivated to compete next year then mark your calendar as the OKC Boathouse Foundation and Oklahoma City will play host to the 2011 USRowing Masters National Championships August 11-14, 2011, on the Oklahoma River.
