WOD Trials and Championship 2014
We
had an outstanding two days of racing at the WOD Trials in Welland this past
weekend. Even the weather cooperated, unlike the previous weekend for the Balmy
Beach Regatta. Here is a summary of RHCC results:
Day 1
Katie Stewart and Jade Needham started off the day with 2nd
and 4th place finishes in the U13 Women’s K-1 1000M,
both qualifying for Trillium in August.
In the Men’s U19 K-4 1000M, teammates Mucheon Zhou, Chris Bari,
Brendan Rogers & Connor Petroff placed 4th.
We had an outstanding group of finishers in the top 10 in the Men’s
U13 K-1 1000M: Cam Lang 1st, John Reid 2nd, Isaac Nay
6th and Tristan DeCotis 7th. Both Cam & John will
compete at Trillium in this event.
In Men’s U15 K-4 1000M, crew mates David Stewart, Niko
Tsaousidis, Eric Weston & Oskar Morawski continued their 2014 winning
streak by placing first in the race. This crew has won every U15 K-4 race
they have competed in this season.
Tula Morawska and Olivia Petroff had a strong 2nd place
finish in Women’s U17 K-2 500M, earning them a spot at Nationals.
Sarah Welsch & Liz Zoubakine placed 5th
and a place as an alternate Nationals
team.
Jean-Luc Cinq-Mars placed 4th in the U16 Men’s C-1 1000M,
qualifying for Nationals in this event.
The winning Men’s K-4 crew, split into K-2 boats for the Men’s U17
K-2 1000M final had a Nationals qualifying team with David Stewart &
Oskar Morawski placing 4th.
Another fantastic 1st place finish in Men’s U13 K-4 1000M
by Isaac Nay, John Reid, Cam Lang & Tristan DeCotis. They will
compete at Trillium in this event.
We had two fun War Canoe races, ably captained by Charlie
Stevens: U17 Mixed 200M and U15 Men’s 500M. Nice to see
RHCC back in the War Canoe!
Katie Stewart & Jade Needham repeated their 2nd place
finish in the Women’s U13 K-2 500M, again qualifying for Trillium in
this event.
The K-2 team of Mucheon Zhou and Chris Bari placed 3rd in the
Men’s U19 K-2 1000M event.
Another great race for Katie Stewart, Jade Needham, Isabella Pascoe
& Erin Carroll in Women’s U13 K-4 1000M, placing 3rd and
on their way to Trillium.
In a fast race, Niko Tsaousidis fought to a 3rd place finish
& David Stewart was 6th in Men’s U16 K-1 200M. They will
compete in this at Nationals.
Our crew of Liz Zoubakine, Isabella Pascoe, Katie Stewart, &
Brooklyn Wodehouse placed 4th in Women’s U15 K-4 1000M.
Our Men’s K-4 who split again into K-2’s, had a successful Men’s U15
K-2 500M event with David Stewart
& Oskar Morawski placing 1st and Eric Weston & Niko
Tsaousidis placing 4th.
Our strong U13 boys took the top spots in the Men’s U13 K-2 500M
with Cam Lang & John Reid finishing 1st and Isaac Nay &
Tristan DeCotis right behind them in 2nd. They
will compete at Trillium in this event as well.
We had 5 top 10 finishes in the Men’s U15 K-1 1000M with
David Stewart placing 1st, Oskar Morawski in 3rd,
Niko Tsaousidis in 7th , Cam Lang in 8th and Eric Weston
in 10th place.
Day 2
A great start to the day when Sunny Willert placed 1st and
Olivia Petroff 4th in the Women’s U17 K-1 200M final, earning both of
them spots at Nationals.
Tula Morawska followed up with a 4th place finish in the Women’s
U16 K-1 200M final, advancing to Nationals.
In the Men’s U16 K-1 1000M final, David Stewart finished a strong
2nd with Oskar Morawski in 5th place. David
qualifies for Nationals in this event as well and
Oskar will be an alternate.
Sunny Willert continued her winning ways placing 1st in the Women’s
U17 K-1 500M final. Olivia Petroff was 3rd with both
moving on to Nationals in this event.
Tula Morawska placed 1st in the Women’s U16 K-1 1000M,
qualifying for Nationals.
In the Men’s U16 C-1 200M final, Jean-Luc Cinq-Mars finished in 2nd
place earning a spot at Nationals.
In a very hard-fought race, our winning Men’s U15 K-4 team of David
Stewart, Niko Tsaousidis, Eric Weston & Oskar Morawski placed 3rd
in Men’s U17 K-4 1000M, earning a spot at Nationals.
In the last brutal races of the day, all 6000m, we had many successes.
In Women’s U17 K-1 6000M, Sunny Willert completed a hat trick, placing 1st,
with Tula Morawska and Olivia Petroff just behind he in 5th and 6th
places respectively. Sunny & Tula move on to compete at Nationals and
Olivia will be an alternate.
In Men’s U17 K-1 6000M, Oskar Morawski finished in 5th
place, grabbing a spot for Nationals and David
Stewart placed 8th, earning a spot as an alternate.
Jean-Luc Cinq Mars also finished 5th in the Men’s U17 C-1
6000M, qualifying him as an alternate for Nationals.
If
you would like to review the detailed results, follow this link to the WOD
website: http://www.westernontariodivision.com/
.
Congratulations
to all of our young competitors, especially to those U13 paddlers who qualified
to compete in the upcoming Trillium event in Ottawa on August 9th as
well as all those paddlers who qualified for Nationals being held in Regina
later in August.
We
will have one of the largest teams we have sent in years to Nationals, so
thanks also to our amazing new Head Coach Helen Savin who has worked so hard to
create this winning team at RHCC.
GO HILL
GO !!