Woodbridge boats get medals

By: Robert Daski | InsideNova
Published: May 19, 2009

Despite some tricky weather, it was quite a weekend for two Woodbridge High School boats as the Vikings’ boys’ senior four won a silver medal and its girls’ senior double won a bronze at the prestigious Stotesbury Cup Regatta on the Schuykill River in Philadelphia, PA.
Tyler Dawson, the reigning News and Messenger’s Rower of the Year, had stroked the same boat to a gold medal at the Virginia Scholastic Rowing Championships the previous weekend. Meanwhile, stroke Allison Mayberry and bow Katherine Changes, which also took gold at states, netted the bronze at Stotesbury after notching the third-fastest time during Friday’s timed trials.
The boys’ senior double finished less than three seconds behind the eventual winner, Philadelphia’s Bonner High School. According to Woodbridge coach Mike Malak, the boat had the fastest qualifying time of all 50 entries in the event, but during the actual race, blustery winds affected many of the boats and Woodbridge’s crew was no exception. The foursome of Dawson, Matt Doody, Val Stutz, and bow J. C. Fisher along with cox-swain Katie Garrity, encountered rough water during the first 800 meters of its race in the finals, but could not catch Bonner in the end.
Bonner’s time was a 5:23.1, while Woodbridge finished with a 5:25.59. The Vikings finished more than three seconds ahead of Philadelphia’s Blair High School. The Woodbridge girls’ double finished with a respectable 6:17.7, just seven seconds behind the second place boat.
Woodbridge advanced five other boats to semifinals, while Hylton’s boys’ lightweight double also made the semis. The Vikings’ lightweight eight notched the 11th fastest time in time-trials, 3.5 seconds faster than Vir-ginia state champion Great Bridge, dashing that boat’s hopes for the semifinals. In the semifinals, Woodbridge missed qualifying for the finals by five seconds. The boat’s lineup consisted of coxswain Brennan Kemp, stroke Austin Squyres, Roland Dean, Brad Jones, Nic McCullough, Dan Schrei, Aaron Bish, Jacob Callahan, and Brian Hetrick.
The Vikings’ Junior Four failed to make the semifinals, but finished ahead of every Virginia or DC Metro school except St Albans, Malak noted. Woodbridge’s girls’ junior four finished fifth in the semifinal race, but was just .6 seconds behind Northern Virginia’s top boat (Woodson). That boat’s lineup was coxswain Megan Burks, stroke Olivia Twyman, Kara Pohlmeier, Beth Matuieuzwicz, and bow Sarah Jane Powell.
Woodbridge’s lightweight eight placed sixth in its semifinal, behind coxswain Sarah Thomas, Shelby Pat-ton, Lauren Kinneberg, Brenna Hyzy, Emily Schauefele, Ashley Biegun, Katie Lemay, Kim Wilder, and Kris-ten Kinneberg and its freshman quad had the 11th fastest time-trial time, but notched Virginia’s top time de-spite not advancing to the finals.
The Hylton boys senior four of Drew Casebere, Peter Booker, Cameron Brengelman, Matt Mengel and cox-swain Jasmil Perez made it to the semifinals in the senior four division, while its light double of Steve Scott and Chris Anderson placed 14th despite giving 20 pounds to the other boats in the 150-pound division.

Woodbridge boats get medals

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