Mile High Rowing Club (MHRC) continues its success while competing in the 2014 Fall racing season at the Wichita Frostbite Regatta held Nov. 2nd. MHRC was among twenty six teams and more than 400 rowers that competed in the 1.7-mile head race on the Little Arkansas River. MHRC competed against 12 junior clubs from six states as well as college teams that included the University of Colorado, Colorado State, Oklahoma, Iowa State, Kansas State, Wichita State, Nebraska, and Grand Valley.
Highlights from the regatta are represented by the following results;
Gold
Junior Women’s 8 (Stephanie Li, Sara Binder, Jade Thornton, Sophia Jellum, Lydia Arnold, Jessie Dobler, Christina Bigger, Lucy Schwartz, Rebecca Fenn)
Junior Women’s Quad (Jade Thornton, Christian Bigger, Hannah Forward, Jessie Dobler)
Junior Men’s Quad (Connor Doogan, Jake Markey, Jack Beebe, Matt LaRouche0
Junior Men’s Double (Owen Chase, JP Kreft)
Junior Women’s Four (Stephanie Li, Sara Binder, Jade Thornton, Jessie Dobler, Hannah Forward)
Silver
Junior Women’s 8 (Ryan Passas, Anna Scheitler, Hannah Forward, Meghan Beer, Ellie Dilzell, Carlson Given, Tate Given, Callie Brewster, Adrienne Jacob)
Men’s Open Lwt Four (Lily Fordyce, Jake Markey, Matt LaRouche, Connor Doogan, Jack Beebe)
Junior Men’s Quad (John Paul Kreft, Pieter Van Leeuwen, Daniel Brock, Owen Chase)
Junior Men’s 8 (Meredith Lewis, Jake Markey, Ian Mckenzie, Tom Kidder, Owen Chase, Pieter Van Leeuwen, John Paul Kreft, Jon Hustead, Daniel Brock)
Junior Mixed Quad (Tom Kidder, Tate Given, Carlson Given, Bob Kidder)
Bronze
Junior Women’s Four (Meredith Lewis, Lily Fordyce, Mara Vinnik, Katie Kume, Mikaela Thomas)
Junior Mixed Quad (Jon Hustead, Delaney Brummond, Madeleine Yeager, Pieter Van Leeuwen)
MHRC has been achieving amazing success since the inception of the club in 2008. The club has turned out three national Champions since 2010 (Maddie Lips in 2010 in the single sculls and Pair team of Kendall Chase and Alana Bobka in 2012). The boys team has also achieved great success recently, qualifying for and competing in the Youth National Championships in both 2013 and 2014.
MHRC is a youth (ages 13 – 18) rowing club operating on the waters of Cherry Creek reservoir in Denver. The club’s mission is to provide a healthy experience and atmosphere where student athletes can experience all the benefits that rowing has to offer. Any student athlete interested in rowing for the club should email (membership@milehighrowing.org)