Local rowers have enjoyed success at some of the state’s most presitigous competitions this year, bringing exposure to a sport that is growing fast in Southern California. For the first time in its nine-year history, Marina Aquatic Club’s novice boys team reached the finals in the 8+ division’s 1500-meter event at the 20th annual Pacific Regatta in Lake Merced in San Francisco, led by several Palisadians. Pacific is the Southwest Junior Rowing Association’s second biggest event, attracting over 700 rowers from San Diego to Sacramento. Marina’s novice 8+ team included Palisadians Drew Bridges and Zack Powers and Palisades High students Jon Hasenauer and coxswain Lucas Paul. The team was also successful in the four plus boat races (heat finals). The winning men’s novice 4+ team included Bridges and Hasenauer and the winning women’s 4+ team included Palisadian Thisbe Gensler, who attends Archer Academy. Several Palisadian girls have scored points for Marina?s varsity team this season, including first-place finishes at Marina Aquatic Club’s home regatta and the Desert Springs regatta in Tempe, Arizona. Leading the team are locals Catherine Reibel, a senior at Marborough, and Palisades High sophomore Isabel Frost. At last weekend’s Cal Cup 2 in Long Beach, the women?s varsity pair of Reibel and Shelly Koskovich of Notre Dame High, took first place. Reibel will row at Yale University in the fall and Koskovich will attend USC. The women’s varsity 8+ team placed third and included Reibel, varsity team captain, Frost, and Ari Reynolds, who will attend Cornell University in the fall.
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