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Faultline Faceoff
There were 390 entries this past weekend at the Faultline Faceoff from 21 different rowing clubs!
NAC Jr. Rowing entire team headed up to Northern California to compete with all the best crew team in the state. Even though our crews were still in mixed boats, the NAC Jr. Rowing showed our competitors that we are a force to be reconnected with as we head into the racing season.
Varsity Boys: The weekend was a great test of speed after a hard winter of training but not without several challenges in the form of last minute illnesses that lead to a number of crew changes. Despite the "shake-ups" the varsity boys came away with the strongest team performance of the weekend. Of note, the lightweight four won by 5 seconds over the defending national champions in the event (NorCal Crew). The JV8+ posted the fastest times of the day in their event during both flights and the only boats with faster times were from our own V8+, along with Marin and Oakland, making our JV's faster than almost every other team's top boats. The Varsity Boys ended up with (7) Gold (6) Silver & (1) Bronze medals.
Novice Boys: The NAC novice boys showed how much the learned and how hard they have been working this winter. They completely dominated as a team and coming home with the highest winning percentage of any individual team at the regatta. Our boys also showed their tremendous depth of athletes in on their team. An example of the is the N8+ B boat recording faster times than all but two N8+ A boats, making our N8+ B faster than almost every other team's top boats. The NAC Novice Boys ended up with a record (7) Gold & (2) Silver medals.
Varsity Girls: Our varsity girls went into this race with a strategy of not showing their real speed at this early stag in the season. Instead, their focus was on rowing with more power at a slower rate. When other crews were rowing at a 37 strokes/min our NAC varsity girls were down closer to a 30 strokes/min. This strategy should serve them well as they continue to get stronger and faster as the season progresses.
Novice Girls: The NAC novice girls showed their mussel and solid technical skills across their entire squad at this regatta. They also showed an impressive depth of athletes as they saw success through out their entire team. Notably, the girl's Freshman 8+ recorded the best time among all the novice girls crews. The NAC Novice Girls ended up with (4) Gold, (4) Silver & (1) Bronze medals.
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