Marin Rowing Association

Marin Rowing Association
Motto	"Go Row"
Location	Greenbrae, California
Founded	1968 (1968)
President	Alex Dunne
Website	www.marinrowing.org
Distinctions
2006 USRowing Club of the Year

The Marin Rowing Association, located in Greenbrae, California, is a rowing association and non-profit organization founded in 1968 by Coach R.C. "Bob" Cumming.

History

For the first eight years of its existence, the program was composed of high school boys from Redwood High School and what the club called the "cardiac 8+". The cardiac 8+ was a small group of men who had previously rowed in college and continued to row on Sunday mornings. That group of men, including Olympian Dick Draeger, held the facility and equipment together.

In 1977, U.C. Berkeley rower Jana Barto began a high school program for women from Redwood High School, and in 1982 Olympian Lou Lindsey joined Coach Cumming to run the men's team, taking over in 1984 after the death of Coach Cumming.

Today both the boys and girls teams, recruiting throughout Marin, row under the name of the Marin Rowing Association.

Numerous Marin Juniors have raced on Junior National Teams throughout the years, and some have gone on to represent the United States at the World Rowing Championships and the Olympics. Scott Munn, Fred Honebein, Tim Evans, Tim Ryan and Jerome Ryan, Mike Altman, Brian Ebke and Nito Simonsen are all Marin Rowing Association alumni.

Marin Rowing Association Olympians

Athlete/Coach	Year	Location	Event
Richard Draeger	1960	Rome	M2+
Lou Lindsay	1960	Rome	M8+ Coach
Scott Munn	1992	Barcelona	M8+
Tim Evans	1992	Barcelona	M8+
Fred Honebein	1996	Atlanta	M8+
Nito Simonsen	2000	Sydney	M4-
Nito Simonsen	2004	Athens	M2x
Mike Altman	2004	Athens	MLT Spare
Mike Altman	2008	Beijing	MLT4-

The club is currently managed by Sandy Armstrong, who was honored with the USRowing Ernestine Bayer Award at the 2013 USRowing Annual Convention.

Junior Team

The Marin Rowing Association offers a competitive high school rowing program for boys and girls from schools including Redwood High School, Tamalpais High School, Sir Francis Drake High School, Marin Catholic High School, Marin Academy, The Branson School and more.

The Marin Juniors are divided into four teams: Varsity Boys (Coaches: Dustin Kraus and Andrew Lennox), Varsity Girls (Coaches: Sandy Armstrong and Morgan Fenner), Novice Boys (Coach: Tim Humphrey) and Novice Girls (Coach: Melissa Fenner). The Marin Juniors have enjoyed success at various prestigious regattas.

Head of the Charles

2010 At the 46th Head of the Charles Regatta in 2010, the Marin Varsity boys eight made history by racing from the 69th starting position to win their event, posting a course record (14:50.246) in the process. The 2010 boat was coached by Graham Willoughby. The Varsity girls eight, coached by Sandy Armstrong, came in second, just four seconds behind first place.

2011 At the 47th Head of the Charles Regatta in 2011, the Marin boys again placed first. The Marin Varsity girls, on the other hand, finished in second place for the second year in a row.

2012 At the 48th Head of the Charles Regatta in 2012, the Marin boys repeated their victory for the third year in a row, this time with a decisive lead of more than 33 seconds to the second finisher. The Marin girls finished in 5th place.

2013 At the 49th Head of the Charles Regatta in 2013, the Marin boys extended their record victory streak to four consecutive wins. The first place Men's Youth 8+ was coached by Dustin Kraus.

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Marin Men's Youth 8+ on the awards stage at Head of the Charles Regatta in 2013

The Marin Varsity girls, coached by Sandy Armstrong, finished in 3rd in the Youth 8+ event, less than a second behind the second place finisher.

2014 At the 50th Head of the Charles, the Marin boys placed 2nd by a margin of 1.5 seconds ending their four year streak. The girls walked away with a 5th place finish.

2015 At the 51st Head of the Charles, The boys from Marin came in first place over bay area rival Oakland Strokes by a dominating 11 seconds while the Marin girls came home with a second place finish.

Marin Rowing Association Varsity Boys Head of the Charles Regatta Championship Lineups

	2010	2011	2012	2013	2015
Coxswain	Harrison Blatt	Kenny Thompson	Riley Overfield	Patrick O’Brien	Brandon Levy
Stroke	Zander Bonorris	Patrick Kontinnen	Julian Goldman	Julian Goldman	Mark Levinson
7 Seat	Griffin Whitlock	Julian Goldman	Tavish Traut	Cayman Bearly-Malinowski	Piers Deeth-Stehlin
6 Seat	Scott Roycroft	Sam Seder	Peter Woolley	Blake Patterson	Ethan Seder
5 Seat	Greig Stein	Peter Woolley	Jackson Dobronyi	Brennan Wertz	Ian Low
4 Seat	Peter Woolley	David Slater	Jake Johnson	Andrew Joyce	James Ash
3 Seat	Sam Seder	Elliott Gutekunst	John Killeen	Grant Findlay	Micah Press
2 Seat	Scott Kennedy	Scott Kennedy	Chase Giannini	John Killeen	Gianni Pompili
Bow	Patrick Kontinnen	Greig Stein	Niels Laurberg	Niels Laurberg	Brody Mollison
Finish Time	14:50.246*	15:06.979	15:21.33	15:23.532	15:00.01

*Current course record

San Diego Crew Classic

The Marin Rowing Association has won a variety of events at the San Diego Crew Classic over the years. In 2012 and 2014 however, the Marin Rowing Varsity Boys achieved a sweep of all three junior events, becoming the first team to ever do so as well as the first team to ever repeat the achievement.

	2012	2012	2012	2014	2014	2014	2015
	MV8+	MJV8+	MLT8+	MV8+	MJV8+	MLT8+	MV8+
Coxswain	Kenny Thompson	Tommy Fant	Riley Overfield	Tommy Fant	Brandon Levy	Chase Wray	Tommy Fant
Stroke	Julian Goldman	Seb Pavlina	Michael Brewer	Julian Goldman	Michael Brewer	Mark Levinson	Andrew Joyce
7 Seat	Patrick Kontinnen	Jackson Dobronyi	Tavish Traut	Brennan Wertz	Cayman Bearly-Malinowski	Ryan Clyde	Piers Deeth-Stehln
6 Seat	Peter Woolley	Brennan Wertz	Oliver Bazalgette	Blake Patterson	Anders Carlson	Riley Overfield	Blake Patterson
5 Seat	Greig Stein	Craig Porter	Niels Laurberg	Avram Naydenov	Liam Byrnes	Colin Giannini	Ethan Seder
4 Seat	John Killeen	Jake Johnson	Blake Patterson	Andrew Joyce	Sepehr Araghi	Brody Mollison	Mark Levinson
3 Seat	Sam Seder	Cooper Reinhart	Will Boyd	Niels Laurberg	Sam McKenzie	James Ash	Brennan Wertz
2 Seat	Scott Kennedy	Chase Giannini	Ezra Hoffman	Conor Reilly	Philip Bennett	Duncan McCrae	Conor Reilly
Bow	Elliott Gutekunst	David Slater	Jamie Naso	John Killeen	Grant Findlay	Ryan Newbury	James Ash

USRowing Youth National Championships

The Marin Rowing Association has won national championships on numerous occasions. Previously, the Marin Juniors had won several gold medals in the Youth National Championship at Harsha Lake near Cincinnati, Ohio; amongst them, the Men's Youth Lightweight 8+ in 2004, the Men's Youth Double Sculls in 2007 and the Women's Youth 8+ in 2008 and 2009.

In more recent years, the Marin Juniors have consistently been top finishers nationally in various boats. In 2009, the Marin Rowing Junior Men's Youth 8+ placed 5th at Nationals along with the Men's Youth Lightweight 8+ that placed 2nd by .28 seconds. In 2010, both the Heavyweight and Lightweight Men's eights came in second at Youth Nationals.

2011 was a unique year for Marin Rowing's youth team, which became the first team to sweep the USRowing Youth National Championship with victories in the Men's & Women's Youth 8+ as well as the Men's Youth Lightweight 8+ (composed of 6 novice) at the Oak Ridge, TN venue.

At the 2012 Youth National Championship, the Marin Men's Youth Lightweight 8+ and Youth 8+ won gold in both events for the second year in a row, while the Women's Youth 8+ finished with a silver medal.

At the 2013 Youth National Championship in Oak Ridge, TN, the men and women's squads from Marin came away with four medals out of the five boats sent. The Women's Youth 8+ won decisively; crossing the finish line with open-water over the second place finisher. The Men's Youth 8+ took third place, while the Men's Youth Lightweight 8+ came home with a second place finish. The Men's Youth 4+ earned a bronze medal and the Men's Youth Lightweight 4+ finished in fourth.

The 2014 Youth Nationals in Sacramento, CA, was another successful year for the Marin Rowing Association's Junior team. The Men's Youth 8+ (T. Fant C, J. Goldman S, B. Wertz 7, B. Patterson 6, S. McKenzie 5, A. Joyce 4, C. Bearly-Malinowski 3, C. Reilly 2, J. Killeen B), after overcoming several injuries right before the regatta, finished in 5th place, while the Men's Youth Lightweight 8+ (C. Wray C, M. Levinson S, R. Clyde 7, R. Overfield 6, C. Giannini 5, G. Findlay 4, J. Ash 3, B. Mollison 2, D. McCrea B) won gold. The Women's Youth 8+ finished in 7th place, while the Women's Youth 2- (Julia Burgess and Camille Kisseberth) won by open water.

At the 2015 You National Championship in Sarasota, FL, the men's and women's teams sent five boats. The Men's Youth 8+ finished 4th, the Women's Youth 8+ finished 10th, the Women's Youth 4+ finished 7th, the Women's Youth Lightweight 4+ finished 5th, while the Men's Youth Lightweight 8+ finished 3rd, making it 7 consecutive years the MRA Men's Youth Lightweight 8+ has finished on the podium in the top 3.

Marin Rowing Association USRowing Youth National Championship Results

Gold Medal	Silver Medal	Bronze Medal
1996 Men's Youth 4+	1997 Men's Youth 4+	1997 Women's Youth 8+
1997 Men's Youth 1x	2001 Men's Youth 8+	2002 Men's Youth 8+
2004 Men's Lightweight 8+	2001 Women's Youth 8+	2002 Men's Lightweight 8+
2007 Men's Youth 2x	2003 Men's Lightweight 8+	2003 Women's Youth 8+
2008 Women's Youth 8+	2004 Women's Youth 8+	2005 Men's Youth 8+
2009 Women's Youth 8+	2005 Men's Lightweight 4+	2006 Women's Lightweight 8+
2011 Men's Youth 8+	2005 Men's Youth 1x	2013 Men's Youth 8+
2011 Women's Youth 8+	2007 Women's Lightweight 8+	2013 Men's Youth 4+
2011 Men's Lightweight 8+	2009 Men's Lightweight 8+	2015 Men's Lightweight 8+
2012 Men's Youth 8+	2010 Men's Youth 8+
2012 Men's Lightweight 8+	2010 Men's Lightweight 8+
2013 Women's Youth 8+	2012 Women's Youth 8+
2014 Women's Youth 2-	2013 Men's Lightweight 8+
2014 Men's Lightweight 8+

Junior National Team Athletes

Junior National Team Athletes

Athlete	Location	Year	Event	Seat	Place
Lindsay Noah	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	2015	W8+	7	BRONZE
Ethan Seder	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	2015	M8+	5	SILVER
Mark Levinson	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	2015	M8+	Stroke	SILVER
Piers Deeth-Stehlin	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	2015	M4+	Bow	4th
Brennan Wertz	Hamburg, Germany	2014	M8+	5	9th
Lily Hansen	Hamburg, Germany	2014	W8+	Cox	5th
Julia Burgess	Trakai, Lithuania	2013	W8+	4	5th
Jackson Dobronyi	Trakai, Lithuania	2013	M8+	5	7th
Julian Goldman	Trakai, Lithuania	2013	M8+	Stroke	7th
Camille Kisseberth	Trakai, Lithuania	2013	(Spare)	Bow	N/A
Peter Woolley	Trakai, Lithuania	2013	M4-	2	6th
Julian Goldman	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	2012	M8+	Stroke	5th
Riley Overfield	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	2012	M8+	Cox	5th
Peter Woolley	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	2012	M8+	2	5th
Caitlin Byrnes	Eton, Great Britain	2011	W8+	4	BRONZE
Logan Harris	Eton, Great Britain	2011	W8+	3	BRONZE
Patrick Konttinen	Eton, Great Britain	2011	M4-	Stroke	12th
Charlotte Passot	Eton, Great Britain	2011	W8+	7	BRONZE
Greig Stein	Eton, Great Britain	2011	M4-	Bow	12th
Maddie Wolf	Eton, Great Britain	2011	W8+	6	BRONZE
Zach Johnson	Račice, Czech Republic	2010	M8+	Stroke	GOLD

Indoor Rowing World Records

In 2013, at the annual Marin Rowing Erg-A-Thon, the Marin Junior boys and girls teams set two Concept2 ergometer world records. The boys completed 466,156 meters in 24 hours to set the Male 19 and Under Hwt world record with 77 rowers. The girls rowed 392,521 meters in 24 hours to set the Female 19 and Under Hwt world record with 76 rowers. The Erg-A-Thon took place from February 2 to February 3, 2013 at Bon Air Shopping Center in Greenbrae, California.

In 2014, the Marin Juniors (both boys and girls) worked together to set another world record at the annual Erg-A-Thon. Both the boys and the girls completed 445,958 meters in 24 hours to set the Mixed 19 and Under Hwt world record. 153 rowers (78 boys and 75 girls) contributed to setting this record. The 2014 Erg-A-Thon was again held at Bon Air Shopping Center in Greenbrae, California from February 1 to February 2, 2014.

Masters Team

In 1984, Jana Barto and Joan Corbett started a masters rowing program for adult women. Originally the rowers were parents of the junior men and women, but today that original program has split into beginning, intermediate and advanced levels for men and women, with the competitive/advanced level winning numerous gold medals at State Championship races, the Masters Nationals and the FISA World Regatta.

At the 2013 Head of the Charles Regatta, the Marin Masters came home with six wins. The Men's Senior Master 8+ boat (50 and over) finished first and set a new course record of 15:29.87. For the third year in a row, the Women's Senior Master 8+ boat (50 and over) finished in first place and also set a new course record of 17:35.75. In the Senior Veteran Single (70 and over), Landon Carter earned a gold medal. In the 4+s, the Men's Master 4+ (40 and over) and the Women's Senior Master 4+ (50 and over) both won with the women's four earning another course record. The Men's Veteran 4+ (70 and over) won gold.

2013 was the first year the Marin Rowing Association won the Head of the Charles Team Points Trophy, an honor usually only earned by accomplished collegiate rowing teams.

In 2014 Marin came home with one first place finish in the Men's Senior Master 50+ Eight.

At the 2015 San Diego Crew Classic, Marin took first and third in the Men's Club Eight, a feat never completed before at the crew classic.

At the 2015 Henley Master's regatta, Marin came home with wins in the Men's E4+ and F4+.

External links

• Marin Rowing Association
• Concept2 24 Hour World Records