Mar 07, 2021
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Nearly 1,300 Competitors Race at 2021 USRowing Indoor National Championships
While COVID-19 pushed the 2021 USRowing Indoor National Championships/C.R.A.S.H.-B. Sprints World Indoor Rowing Championships to go virtual, that didn't deter nearly 1,300 competitors from 286 clubs from strapping in their feet on Sunday to race for medals in the 70-plus events.
More than 550 junior rowers jumped on an erg to race in the under 19, under 17 and under 15 categories.
In the women's U19 race, Cambridge Boat Club's Lindsay O'Neil chased down Indianapolis Rowing Center's Paris Miller in the final 500 meters to earn the victory. Miller led through the 1,500-meter mark before O'Neil powered through in the final quarter of the race. O'Neil, who placed fourth at last year's event in Boston, finished with a personal-best time of 7:06.2, 2.8 seconds ahead of Miller. Port Rowing's Reilly Katz took home the bronze medal.
With the race being held virtually and athletes being able to compete from anywhere in the world, competitors from 29 countries raced today including Ukrainian Artem Zakharov of Burevisnyk Rowing Club, who won the U19 men's race in a 6:06.2. Zakharov finished nearly 10 seconds ahead of Saugatuck Rowing Center's Samuel Kleiner. Burton Beach Rowing Club's Davis Kelly finished third, just 0.1 seconds behind Kleiner.
In the U17 women's race, OKC Riversport's Katelyn Passino held off St. Mary Academy-Bay View's Lindsey Williams by 3.5 seconds to win the event with a time of 7:18.2. Milwaukee Rowing Club's Ingrid Lofgren finished third to claim the bronze medal. In the U17 men's event, Indianapolis Rowing Center's Charles Boldt took home the gold medal in a 6:30.5. Conshohocken Rowing Center's Alden Weaver finished second, less than three seconds back, with Triangle Rowing Club's Luke Eward finishing third.
In the U15 women's race, City Island Rowing's Teagan Farley finished with a time of 7:25.2, more than 17 seconds ahead of Redwood Scullers' Olivia Petri. Canada's Sydney Swick of Ridley Graduate Boat Club finished third. The 12-year old Farley set a new Concept2 World Record in the event. In the U15 men's race, Elijah Harrison finished with a time of 7:00.4, four seconds ahead of Burevisnyk Rowing Club's Yaroslav Zakharov. Niskayuna Rowing's Lancelot Workman took third.
Harrison's brother, Isaiah, who won the U19 event in 2020, moved up to race in the men's open category this year and didn't disappoint The 18-year-old clocked a 5:48.9 to win the event by 5.6 seconds over Penn AC's Thomas Phifer. Phifer recently raced in the men's single sculls at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Rowing, reaching the semifinals. Riverside Boat Club's Bill Tomlinson finished third.
Baltimore Rowing Club's Bianca Piloseno, who rowed collegiately at Ohio State University, won the women's open event in a 6:51.6, with Riverside's Kelsey Birolak finishing second and Erin Roberts finishing third.
In the U23 men's open event, Isaac Evans clocked a 6:16.2 to take home the victory over lightweight Richard Sollee by 3.9 seconds. Egg Harbor Township High School's Scott Zimmerman finished third. Holy Names Academy's Gabrielle Graves, a two-time Under 19 National Team member, dominated the U23 women's open event, clocking a 7:10.4 to win by more than 30 seconds.
A large masters field saw athletes competing from the AA category (ages 21-26) to well into their 90s.
In the men's masters B category, Southern California Scullers Club's Paul Marcy broke the six-minute barrier and needed every second of it to win the gold medal. Marcy clocked a 5:59.6 to best Victoria Rowing Club's Steven Payne by one second. Croatian 2008 Olympian Ante Kusurin, from Veslacki klub Tresnjevka, finished third. In the women's masters B category, Australian Viv Culverwell, who picked up the erg and rowing in November of 2019, cracked the seven-minute mark, clocking a 6:54.5 to win the race by nearly 10 seconds over Jordan Falcone.
Isako Egawa won the women's masters J category. The 82-year old clocked a 9:32.1 to win the gold medal, her sixth hammer and third USRowing Indoor National Championships title. Power Rowing's Barbara Hogan won the women's masters I category, winning another C.R.A.S.H.-B. title.
With four entries in the men's masters K category, Lake Casitas Rowing Association's Don Tanhauser, 87, won the gold medal in an 8:57.2. Tanhauser won his seventh hammer. Rocky Mountain Rowing Club's Dean Smith, the championships' oldest competitor at 95, took home the silver medal in a 9:54.4.
Medals were given in 24 different para rowing categories. National teamer Andrew Wigren of Community Rowing, Inc., won the PR3 men's open race in a 6:46.5, while Three Rivers Rowing Association's Erin Kavanagh won the PR3 women's open race. Capital Rowing Club's Syd Lea won the PR3 men's ID race in a 6:55.6.
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USRowing and the C.R.A.S.H.-B. Sprints would like to thank the event sponsors: Concept2, Teddie Natural Peanut Butter, Vespoli, Gentle Giant Moving Company, RegattaCentral, Coffey Corporation, HBC Event Services, Staples, Faster Masters, Recovery on Water, Filippi, CaptainU, Heartline, Row360, Willis Towers Watson and San Diego Crew Classic.
