Chattanooga Junior Rowing finished its fall race schedule with a strong showing at the Head of the Hooch regatta over the weekend. Sixteen CJR crews competed in 12 races, medaling in two races and barely missing medals in three others.
Rachel White and Chris DeBarge won the Youth Mixed Double Sculls by a margin of one minute over the next fastest of the 18 boats in their race.
The Men’s Youth 4 with a crew of Zach Boyette, Chris DeBarge, Conor Delaney, Eric del Valle and Danielle Anderson, coxswain, finished second in a field of 62 boats. A Canadian team rowed four seconds faster to beat them.
CJR crews that finished near the top of their races were the Mixed 8 in fifth place, two Men’s Double Sculls in fifth and seventh place, two Women’s Double Sculls in eighth and eleventh place. A second CJR entry in the Men’s Four finished tenth.
The men’s and women’s single sculls finished 10th and 18th in races that had nearly 40 boats in each. The Women’s Four finished 22nd in a field that had 74 entries. The Novice Men’s 8 was 10th in their race.
The Women’s 8, the Men’s 8, and two Women’s Novice 4s gave strong performances.
Two of the participants in Chattanooga Rowing’s Adaptive Rowing program competed in the Head of the Hooch Regatta. Gib North, rowing with Katie Crouse, won the Mixed Adaptive Doubles race and Katie Pugh, rowing with Hannah White, finished second in the Women’s Adaptive Doubles race.
The Head of the Hooch is the only regatta in the Southeast, and one of the few in the Nation, that includes races for adaptive rowers.
Chattanooga Rowing’s Adaptive Rowing Program is open to anyone who needs special equipment, training, or assistance that would prevent them from participating in traditional rowing programs.