King's Head Regatta
The ODBC fall racing season got off to a great start on September 26th as the sculling team competed in the King's Head Regatta in Philadelphia. ODBC brought home two silver medals. In the High School Singles division Mariya Savchyn finished with a time of 21:32.21 and Ryan Flint in the men's race with a time of 19:23.78. The ODBC men put in a strong team showing, finishing 2,3,4 & 5 & 9. Zach Link finished third (19:26.58), Bryan Wells 4th (19:27.66), Sergio Romero 5th (19:35.21) and Andrew Stiles (21:57.50). Congratulations to all of the rowers and to Coach Jaime Rubini for his silver medal in the Senior Masters Singles event. It takes a lot of stamina to row 3 miles in a single!

The Occoquan Challenge
The Orange & Black had reason to be proud of their time in The Challenge.  The men finished 1st and 3rd in the Junior Eight event beating the Occoquan teams and others from the Tidewater, Hampton Roads, and Western Pennsylvania. The winning time was 14:34:00 beating Northern Virginia Rowing Club's top eight by 18 seconds.  Find the foto below of the champs with the Eric Rothstein Cup, named in honor of the late Thomas Jefferson HS coach.  An ODBC light eight was formed from the two men's eights and they went out for another race.  They finished 3rd behind the Naval Academy and ahead of the University of Delaware.  Two ODBC Women's eights went up against 17 other crews and also finished in the top group.  They finished 2nd to a Northern Virginia Rowing Club crew and 5th behind Pennsylvania's Prendie and Taylor Allderdice crews.  The ODBC Scullers also fared well. In a field of 12 men, Zack Link grabbed 3rd place behind two Fairmount scullers for the Junior Single event.  Zack had a time of 18:40.00.  Arriving in 7th place was Bryan Wells (19:22.00) followed by Michael Noll (9th) and Andrew Stiles (11th).  Two ODBC women raced this day and finished 1st and 2nd in the Women's Junior Single event.  Mariya Savchyn grabbed gold with a time of 21:48.00 and she was followed to the finish line by Abby Martin (22:34.00)   All in all a good showing for Team ODBC and coaches Stramese, Hott, Street, Hearding and Jaime Rubini.  Next week, The Chase!

The Occoquan Chase
The team did not compete at The Chase. A tragic highway accident that morning injured some members of the women's sweep team and took the life of rower Laura Lynam (TCW '05). May she rest in peace.

The Head of the Schuylkill
The regatta is one of the largest in the country and the competition showed it.  The men's sweep team took 15th and 33rd out of 80 scholastic men's entries.  The women took 22nd and 43rd out of 71 scholastic women's entries.  The ODBC single scullers finished 9th (Ryan Flint), 10th (Zach Link) and 16th (Sergio Romero) on the men's side out of 29 entries and 6th (Abby Martin) out of 11 women entries. 

The Head of the Occoquan
The final regatta of the season proved to be a winner for ODBC Select Crew.  The Orange & Black men took 1st and 8th place out of 15 crews racing youth eights.   The "A" boat beat Thompson's and NVRC crews, among others, who just the previous week had bested  ODBC.   Sweet time!  The ODBC women also did well, finishing 5th and 8th in a field of 22 crews.  The competition was local and from the Tidewater, Maryland and Pennsylvania.  Abby Martin took silver with her strong performance in the youth singles event.