Oak Hollow Lake, – Hundreds of rowers from boat clubs and universities across North Carolina converged on Oak Hollow Lake at Festival Park to row ‘Round the Duck’ at the 2015 High Point Autumn Rowing Festival on Saturday.
125 crews representing 14 clubs and colleges raced in a time trial format at the head race hosted by High Point Rowing Club. Rowers competed in various boat classed based on collegiate, youth and adult categories.
UNC Chapel won of the collegiate men’s eight race while High Point University were uncontested in the women’s collegiate events and won the men’s and women’s collegiate novice eight race.
In the youth eight events, High Point won in convincing fashion over Charlotte after finishing third in 2014 when the crew received a 1 minute course penalty. Later in the day, High Point made it a daily double by winning the varsity girls eight event over Triangle and Charlotte.
Men’s Youth Eights
High Point 13 minutes 51 second
Charlotte 15 minutes 41 sec
Women’s Youth Eights
High Point 15 minutes 1 second
Triangle A 15:50
Charlotte 16:40
Triangle B 17:19
High Point Rowing Club’s youth squad also won the boys and girls youth fours, and J16 eights events, while Triangle won the novice events (for first year rowers) and Charlotte dominated the sculling events.
Men’s Youth Fours
High Point 14 minutes 44 seconds
Triangle 15:04
Charlotte 17:28
High Point 18:15
Women’s Youth Fours
High Point 15 minutes 56 seconds
Triangle 16:14
Charlotte A 17:12
Charlotte B 17:22
Belmont 21:04
Men’s J16 Eights
High Point 15 minutes 36 seconds
Triangle 20:13
Women’s J16 Eights
High Point A 16 minutes 44 seconds
High Point B 19:24
Triangle 19:37
High Point also won the Masters Men’s eights and the Mixed eights events.
