Forest Hills Central Rowing

The Wyandotte High Schools Regatta is hosted by the Wyandotte Boat Club along the banks of the Detroit River.

This event typically features teams from Michigan, Ohio and Canada. This is the first opportunity for the athletes to get a chance to see some of the crews we will compete against at the Midwest Championships and Canadian Secondary Schools Championships. An added bonus to this event is the number of rowing related vendors that attend. The athletes and parents have the opportunity to view some great racing as well as purchase clothing, posters, equipment, etc. from a host of vendors.

Come on down to Wyandotte and cheer for your Ranger Crews!

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2009 Results (Posted May 6, 2009)

For Immediate Release

May 2, 2009

Wyandotte, MI

Forest Hills Central High School rowing program completes best ever performance at Wyandotte High School Regatta (Wy-Hi).

The Forest Hills Central Rowing program endured a very long day of competition consisting of two weather delays, witnessing swamped boats and ever changing water conditions to ultimately record their best ever performance at the Wyandotte High Schools rowing regatta.

17 Schools from Michigan and Canada competed at the regatta that features 24 events for high school athletes. Racing began at 8AM and was soon delayed at 10:30 because of a very strong south wind that ultimately caused a boat to completely swamp as it was racing on the course. After a 3 hour delay and the winds switching to out of the west, racing was resumed. As the winds picked up speed, the river again turned choppy and two more boats were unable to finish racing as they filled with water. After another 1-1/2 hour delay, the winds began to diminish and racing was resumed. The event coordinators were able to complete 18 of 24 scheduled races. Due to safety concerns and the rough water, all of the small boat events (singles, pairs and doubles) were cancelled.

By the time that FHC finally returned to Grand Rapids after midnight, the exhausted but excited athletes and coaches realized that their performance at this regatta had been the best in the team’s history for this event. “Many of our medals winning boats were not even in contention two weeks ago at the Grand Rapids Invitational. To come away from Wy-HI with this many top finishing crews is a testament to our coaches and athletes. We have worked hard over the past weeks to improve boat speed and we are headed in the positive direction as we approach the Midwest Championships and the State Championships in the next two weeks.”

FHC entered 22 boats across 17 events. 12 boats made the finals across 11 events not including the entries in the men’s and women’s pair being cancelled. Results:

The 1st place medal winning crews included:

Men’s Junior 4+: Tyler Lenderink, TJ Nemitz, Harrison Boll, Nick Haveman, Joe Hong

Women’s Novice 4+: Caitlin Finton, Kayla Lenderink, Hannah Skarli, Anna Grosmanova, Aspen Walker

John Gaskin, Head Coach

Forest Hills Central Rowing

jgaskin@fhccrew.org

616-450-3406