MRC High School/Junior* Rowing

Summer Junior Team Parent Planning Meetings Scheduled

Parents Only meetings have been scheduled to provide orientation to the junior team summer program, organize parent volunteer efforts, and sign up rowers and chaperones to attend the Duluth and Kenora regattas. Attendance at both meetings is important. (Firm commitments on regatta attendance by rowers and families is needed by June 13th and parent volunteer team planning should be underway too.) Add these dates to your calendars and plan to attend:

  • Tuesday May 27 6:30-8:30 pm at Southwest High School, 3414 West 47th Street, Mpls.MN 55410 in the Media Center. Enter building through doors 1 or 15.
  • Tuesday June 10 6:30-8:30 pm at Southwest High School, 3414 West 47th Street, Mpls.MN 55410 in the Media Center. Enter building through doors 1 or 15.
  • Parent RSVP’s to Sandy Hubbard at 952-833-1525 or email would be greatly appreciated.

    Join the Spring Junior Team before May14th Junior rowers wishing to join team practices during May can join for a prorated spring program rate of $100. If you start participating in practices on or before May 14th you'll be ready for the Minneapolis Sprints regatta at Lake Nokomis on June 14th and you'll have a head start in making the A boat for summer regatta's. Contact Cal VanEpern or Jackie Richter for spring team practice information.

    Returning Rowers Register NOW To Reserve Your Summer Space on the Team. Check the Wiki for Spring and Summer Registration Information.

    13 to 18 years old and looking for a new competitive sport or cross-training opportunity? Become a member of the Minneapolis Rowing Club Junior Team! Spaces are still available as of May 13th.

    MRC Junior Team Spring, Summer, and Fall Programs offer area high school athletes the opportunity to become lifelong rowers and be competitive athletes in both scull and sweep rowing.

  • Training by experienced coaches, who are also championship rowers
  • Row with some of the top high school rowers in the country
  • Learn training methods for best athletic performance and experience on and off water performance analysis
  • Compete at Midwest, national and international regatta's

    Summer Dates: June 16—August 15
    Row: from our boathouse on the Mississippi River, just north of the Lake Street bridge, 1 ½ miles southeast of downtown Minneapolis
    Practice: five times weekly, 7:30-10 am Monday through Friday
    Compete: at the Duluth International Regatta July 12 @ Duluth, MN and 105th NWIRA Championship Regatta July 25 & 26 @ Kenora, Ontario
    Cost: $325 includes MRC membership, program fee, and racing top. Regatta expenses are not included.
    Register Now: Spaces typically fill quickly. Complete the 2008 Membership Form, 2008 US Rowing Waiver, Junior Team Participant Code of Conduct Agreement, and the Junior Team Participant Emergency Information forms and mail with $325 payment to:
    Minneapolis Rowing Club
    Junior Program
    P.O. Box 583102
    Minneapolis, MN 55458-3102

    Note on the check the season for which you are registering. All four forms and full payment must be received to reserve a seat. Space on the junior team is on a first-come basis. Register Now! Some scholarship funds are available based on need. If you need to withdraw from the program, a full refund will be made until three weeks before the start of practice; a 50% refund until two weeks before the start of practice; no refund after that time.
    Staff:
  • James Dundon, Technical Advisor: 30+ years of coaching and rowing experience on high school, collegiate, and national levels. Five of his former athletes will be in the Olympic Trials this summer. As an athlete, he has won at NWIRA, US Nationals and the Canadian Henley. He was a member of the US National Team in 1992 and the World University Team in 1993.
  • Cal VanEpern, Coach: University of St. Thomas crew 2003-2007. Winner of 2K erg challenge 2004-2007. Male rower of the year 2005. Medaled at Upper Midwest Collegiate Sprints, Indianapolis Collegiate Invitational, and stroke of 13th place 2007 Head of Charles collegiate 8+. Assistant coach UST novice team 2008 and assistant Nordic ski coach, 2007-2008.
  • Jackie Richter, Coach: Licensed athletic coach, M.Ed. in Kinesiology with Sport Management emphasis, certified personal trainer, coach of high school girls 1999-present. University of MN Big Ten Conference Rower 2000-2004. Four years as stroke seat in the “A” heavy weight boat, winner of Big Ten Boat of the Week 2001-2004, All Big Ten Athlete 2004, and Patty Berg Academic/Athlete 2001-2004.
  • Patty Ohme Hansen, Coach: 30+ years of coaching and rowing experience. Began rowing at age 11 in a double; 1st gold medal at age 12 at NWIRA. She has won in single, pair, double, four, quad and eight at NWIRA. Medaled at US Nationals and Canadian Henley. She placed 5th in World FISA Games in 1984 and won gold in quad at Masters Nationals in 1991.
  • Dima Koshevy, Coach: University of St. Thomas crew 2006-present, MRC Junior and Competitive Men’s team 2005-present. Medaled at NWIRA, Duluth International Regatta, Head of the Rock, Minneapolis Sprints, Omaha Invitational, and in 2007, took 13th place at Head of the Charles in collegiate 8+.
  • Jim Portman, Coach:University of St. Thomas crew 2005-present, MRC Competitive Men's team 2005-present. Medaled at Minneapolis Sprints and Head of the Rock and in 2007 took 13th place at the Head of the Charles and 13th place at the Dad Vail Regatta in Philadelphia in collegiate 8+.

    For additional information about the Junior Team email Mary Hunstiger.

    *"A Junior is a competitor who in the current calendar year does not attain the age of 19, or who is and has been continuously enrolled in secondary school as a full time student seeking a diploma. A competitor thus ceases to be a Junior after December 31 of the year of his or her 18th birthday, or of the year in which he or she completes the 12th grade of secondary school, having been a full time student, whichever is later." US Rowing Rules of Rowing

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