Spring 2006

LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL CREW – Spring 2006

Head Coach: Jennifer Campbell
Assistant Coaches: Robby Walters, Kendra Bauer, Mark McKenna, Jason Dussault
Athletes: 88

Highlights

This past spring was riddled with obstacles, such as the boathouse being closed, lack of coaching launches, no docks, and a flood so severe we had to end our season early. However, despite this, LHS Crew had some amazing accomplishments. We traveled to several states for competitions, each time proving that LHS Crew is becoming a strong force in high school rowing.

Coaches Campbell, Bauer and McKenna traveled with senior Amber Zapatka to Cincinnati, OH, where she raced in the USRowing Youth National Championships. Amber was one of only 16 girls in the country invited to compete at this regatta. Over three days, she raced four times, placing 3rd in her final, and 9th overall. This was the first time LHS had a boat invited to compete at the National Championships.

At the State Championships, held on Cape Cod due to the flooding in Lowell, the entire Varsity squad qualified for the Grand Finals. In addition, the girls 2nd Varsity Eight took home a bronze medal. There were also two fourth place finishes – the Boys’ Varsity Four and Boys’ 1st Novice Eight. Though not as strong a showing as the fall state championships, the team was happy to just have the opportunity to compete as the entire week prior to states they were flooded out of the boathouse and could not practice.

On May 12th, the team traveled to Princeton, NJ to compete in the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Championships where it had its best performance in the history of the program at this particular regatta. The girls’ second varsity eight placed 2nd in their heat to advance to the grand finals. It was a phenomenal race, with the girls taking the silver medal in the grand final, beating the bronze medalists by over 10 seconds! This boat was the first LHS boat to ever with a medal at this regatta. There were 36 schools at the regatta, representing Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, and Washington DC.?? In addition to the Girls 2V, Amber Zapatka took 4th in her single in the final, qualifying for the National Championships. The boys’ varsity four also made it to the grand-finals, placing 3rd in their heat and 6th overall.

May 7th was the Lowell Invitational, and the team hosted 800 other athletes from the Northeast. LHS went on to win 2 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze medals at this event. It was an excellent day of racing, and showed that despite all the hardships faced by the team, it was going to be a good season.

Individual Honors

Amber Zapatka
1st place at the Lowell Invitational, Girls’ Varsity Single
4th place at the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic District Championships, Girls’ Varsity Single
9th place at the US Rowing Youth National Championships, Girls’ Varsity Single

Lauren LaPointe
24th Overall in the World at the World Indoor Rowing Championships held in Boston, MA

Boat Honors

2nd @ Northeast/Mid-Atlantic District Championships – Girls’ 2nd Varsity Eight
(Ramya Kumar (coxswain), Becky Walsh (stroke), Britney Reardon (7-seat), Sara Tessier (6-seat), Shaundra Shattuck (5-seat), Carla Rojo (4-seat), Ianna Hondoros-McCarthy (3-seat), Kay Geary (2-seat), Shamir Rivera (bow))

3rd @ Massachusetts State Championships – Girls’ 2nd Varsity Eight
(Eddie Bruce (coxswain), Becky Walsh (stroke), Britney Reardon (7-seat), Sara Tessier (6-seat), Shaundra Shattuck (5-seat), Carla Rojo (4-seat), Ianna Hondoros-McCarthy (3-seat), Kay Geary (2-seat), Shamir Rivera (bow))

1st @ Lowell Invitational – Girls 1st Varsity Four
(Eddie Bruce (coxswain), Becka Sheehan (stroke), Michelle Toomey (3-seat), Katy Nowoswiat (2-seat), Lauren LaPointe (bow))

2nd @ Lowell Invitational – Boys 1st Novice Eight
(Stephan Stansfield (coxswain), Joe Todd (stroke), Jeff Furtado (7-seat), Colin Creegan (6-seat), Adam Youngblood (5-seat), Brian Castano (4-seat), Ian Finn (3-seat), Aaron Sawyer (2-seat), Nick Hannon (bow))

3rd @ Lowell Invitational – Girls 1st Varsity Eight
(Ramya Kumar (coxswain), Zarmina Khankhel (stroke), Amber Zapatka (7-seat), Michelle Toomey (6-seat), Alicia LeBlanc (5-seat), Katy Nowoswiat (4-seat), Lauren LaPointe (3-seat), Becka Sheehan (2-seat), Dee Welch (bow))

3rd @ Lowell Invitational – Boys Varsity Four
(Katie Durand (coxswain), Eddie Crockett (stroke), Kevin Jarvis (3-seat), PJ Douglas (2-seat), Wayne Dean (Bow))

4th @ Lowell Invitational – Girls 2nd Varsity Eight
(Jillian Stephens (coxswain), Becky Walsh (stroke), Britney Reardon (7-seat), Sara Tessier (6-seat), Shaundra Shattuck (5-seat), Carla Rojo (4-seat), Ianna Hondoros-McCarthy (3-seat), Megan Burdt (2-seat), Shamir Rivera (bow))

4th @ Lowell Invitational – Boys Varsity Eight
(Shalmai Rivera (coxswain/captain), Dave Dean (stroke/captain), Eric Walkup (7-seat), Bryan McKeon (6-seat), Jon Garabedian (5-seat), Rob Wall (4-seat), Nick Lutz (3-seat), Chad Caisse (2-seat), Adam MCLaughlin (bow))

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