Anna Rasmussen and Xavier Keyser helped their respective rowing teams to gold medals at last Saturday’s California Cup Challenge in Long Beach. Marina Aquatic Center stepped up to win the Varsity 8, Junior Varsity 8, the third Varsity 8, the Lightweight 8, the Lightweight 4, the Junior Varsity Quad and the Novice Quad–a dominating performance that solidified the MAC Junior Women’s standing as the south’s clear favorite to win the California junior championships. Palisades Highlands resident Anna Rasmussen, a senior at Marlborough School, helped the MAC Varsity Women’s 8 to the gold medal, seven seconds ahead of second-place Long Beach. On the men’s side, MAC’s Lightweight 4 team continued a nearly two-year undefeated streak that included the 2007 Junior National Championship despite returning only one rower and the coxswain. MAC’s gold medal-winning team included Xavier Keyser, a senior at Palisades High. Up next for the 80-member club program is the San Diego Crew Classic at Mission Bay, a major event on the national calendar that attracts top collegiate, junior and masters crews from around the U.S. and Canada.
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