MId-Atlantic Erg Sprints Highlights 2010

On January 29th, twenty-five team members participated in the Mid-Atlantic Erg Sprints, hosted every year by T.C. Williams High School. This indoor rowing competition for all ages and levels is a qualifying event for the World Indoor Rowing Championship, and therefore draws thousands of rowers from the mid-Atlantic region. B-CC participants included: seniors Kate LaFranchi, Amanda Litty and Rea Marmarinou; juniors Michael Colella, Naomi Balodemas and Zena Wolf; sophomores Sophia Arend, Tamsin Bradbury, Margeaux Carle, Sabina Gudmundsson, Erik Holmvik, Lizzie Hook, Taylor Joseph, Abby McIntosh, Charlotte Myers, Katie Sampson, Lexi Theiss, Julia Vasquez, Kate Waldmann, Gyl Weisenfeld, & Jacqueline Whitford; and freshmen Stephanie Arsenault, Caitlin Beakes, Julia Maslin, Natalie Rogers, & Vivian Vasquez.

Congratulations also to Coach Nancy Faigen (30 Min. Row silver medalist) and to B-CC fathers Tom Arend (500m sprint, Father/Daughter sprint), David Whitford (Father/Daughter sprint), and Greg van der Vink (2K silver medalist, men's masters double slides gold medalist). There were many top 10 finishers: Charlotte Myers and Abby McIntosh in the 20min row, Katie Samson and Lizzie Hook in the 1.5K, Michael Colella in the 2K, and Kate LaFranchi and Rea Marmarinou in the double slides. Finally, B-CC's three medalists:

Sophia Arend –Gold in the Junior Women(15-16) Lightweight 1500 meters
Erik Holmvik –Gold in the Junior Men(15-16) 1500 meters
Lizzie Hook – 4th Place Medal the Junior Women(13-19) 500 meters sprint

Way To Go Barons!
Jennifer Turner
(Maddy Turner '13)