High Point Rowing Club caught the Tail of the Tiger in Clemson, SC on Saturday when the team swept all the novice racing events entered. The Tail of the Tiger is a head race regatta with winners determined by time trial. Novice events are for rowers in their first year of racing.
The regatta also marked the debut of the men’s crew to scholastic rowing competition.
After a brief delay to racing due to fog, High Point opened the morning with a victory in the women’s junior novice four. Comprised of coxswain Kiana Davis, stroke Emma Lloyd, Katharine Komsa, Quinn Eury, and bowman Aliute Udoka, the foursome got out to a strong start in the 3-mile race before settling into their rhythm and winning by over a minute.
Women’s Junior Novice Four
1st High Point Rowing Club 24 minutes 20 seconds
2nd Lake Lanier (GA) 25:21
3rd Triangle ‘B’ (Raleigh) 25:41
4th Charlotte ‘B’ 26:22
5th Charlotte ‘A’ 27:54
6th Triangle ‘A’ 28:46 Coxswain Kiana Davis instructs her crew of Emma Lloyd, Katharine Komsa, Quinn Eury and Aliute Udoka as they push off to race in Clemson.Next up for High Point was a victory in the women’s junior novice eights event. High Point entered two crews into this event. As the temperature heated up in Clemson so did High Point’s rowers.
Women’s Junior Novice Eight
1st High Point Rowing Club 23 minutes 03 seconds
2nd Asheville ‘A’ 23:51
3rd Asheville ‘B’ 24:58
4th Charlotte 26:32
5th High Point Rowing Club B 26:37
6th Triangle 27:18 From front Emma Lloyd, Bethany Brake, Maddie Mullins, Olivia Mangus, Gabby Reenstra, Aislinn Antrim, Cheyenne DeLaney, Hayden Davis, and Morgan Sheehan combined to win the women’s junior novice eight event in Clemson, SC.In the next race, history was made by High Point with the club earning its first ever victory for the boy’s side of the program. The history-making crew, comprised of stroke Colin Howard, Andrew Wright, Adam Alt, Charles York, Austin Young, Josh Dasnoit, Henderson Beck, and James Bennett won the Men’s Junior Novice eight event by a healthy 40 seconds over second place Charlotte.
Men’s Junior Novice Eight
1st High Point Rowing Club 21 minutes 44 seconds
2nd Charlotte 22:24
3rd. Asheville ‘A’ 22:46
4th Triangle 22:42
5th Asheville ‘B’ 24:30
6th Riverside Military Academy 26:58 High Point men’s junior crew of Colin Howard, Andrew Wright, Adam Alt, Charles York, Austin Young, Josh Dasnoit, Henderson Beck, and James Bennett. The crew was steered by Katharine Komsa.The final event of the day for High Point in Clemson was the Women’s Open for single scullers. High Point was represented by Katie Ognovich, who only recently switched from sweep rowing (one oar) to sculling events (two oars). Katie competed for the United States in the women’s eight this past summer at the CanAmMex Games where she won gold against Mexico and Canada. On Saturday in Clemson, the Women’s Open event featured several experienced USRowing high performance junior scullers as well as veteran rowers and Katie finished second, an incredible feat for a rower that had only just begun sculling. Well rowed Katie! In only her first ever sculling competition, Katie Ognovich finished second in the Women’s Open in Clemson, SC on Saturday.Following the races the team continued a time-honored tradition of throwing the winning coxswains into the lake.
