This was a great season of racing for the Kent School Boat Club. The girls and the boys won New Englands, brought home medals and a championship from Nationals and the boys joined Eton College in the finals at the Henley Royal Regatta on the Thames River as the top high school age rowers in the competition. Several members of the eight are 5th formers and will return next year. The Henley crew was as follows: Ricky Bourke ’10, David Cerami ’10, Christian Naylor ’10, Jordan Traub ’10, Morgan Weaver ’11, Slava Chupryna ’10, Christian Reynolds ’10, Alex Perkins ’11, Lauren Harvey ’11 (cox). Additional details from the season are below.
On both sides of the Atlantic, Kent crew proves it’s at the top on water
BY ROGER CLEAVELAND, REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
| The game commenced fairly evenly with the lead trading back and forth and Andover up by six at the whistle to end the 1st half. At the start of the 2nd half, Andover went on a run, going up by as much as 19 with about six minutes to go. The KENT boys fought back. Nick Pendergast led all Kent scorers with 21 points. It was a tough comeback and KENT closed the gap, but at the buzzer trailed Andover by four, 68-64.
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The men’s varsity eight race was similar to women’s when Kent jumped out to an open-water lead over Marin early on. Both boats had more than two boat lengths of open-water between them and the rest of the field. Kent held onto the victory and won in 5:47.3. Marin put on a massive sprint and came in 1.2 seconds behind Kent. Cincinnati was behind Marin by nine seconds. [Read complete story from The Independent Rowing News]
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At the NEIRAs, the KENT Boys First Boat finishes first and the Boys take home the team trophy.
Both the Boys and the Girls are heading to the Nationals!
With a final regular season record of 28-1, the boys First Boat won the New England Championship in convincing fashion, crossing the finish line a full 5 seconds in front of race rivals Andover, Exeter, St. Paul’s, Salisbury, and Hanover.
Twenty-two school rowing programs with boy’s eights are members of the NEIRA, and only 18 qualify for the chance to compete for the Fredrick Herbert Sill Trophy. During the heats in the morning, Kent defeated 5 opponents to earn a lane in the finals on Saturday afternoon.
In addition to the success of the first boat, both the second and third boats won silver medals, earning Kent the overall team trophy, named in honor of Hart Perry. Thus, Kent brought home two of the three trophies at the regatta named in honor of past coaches of Kent crews.
The first boats for both the Boys and the Girls will continue their season by competing in the Youth Rowing National Championships in Cincinnati, Ohio on June 11th.
The Boys will then head overseas for the Henley Royal Regatta in July.
Connecticut Interscholastic Championship
KENT boys and girls boats sweep CT’s, placing first in all eight races.
Founders Day Regatta
KENT boys' team sweeps, placing first in all five races; wins overall points trophy.
KENT vs. Exeter
Girls’ team sweeps all four races. Boys’ team finish near perfection with 3 out of 4 wins.
