Alexandria, VA – High Point Rowing Club’s Junior Ognovich, Molly Hilemn and Matthew Hronich won medals at the junior indoor rowing championship at the Mid Atlantic Erg Sprints on Saturday.
Indoor rowing competitions take place on rowing machines, called ergometers, and the Mid Atlantic Erg Sprints is the largest regional qualifying event for the World Indoor Rowing Championships to be held in Boston later this month.
And behind the rowers’ success was High Point varsity coxswain Morgan Epling.
A sophomore at Bishop McGuinness High School, Junior Ognovich won silver against 63 competitors in the Junior 16 age class at the event. Junior covered the 1,500 meter race in the second fastest time of 5 minutes 33.8 seconds.
Molly Hilemn finished in third place against 53 other youth rowers in the Junior 14 age category at the Mid Atlantic Erg Sprints. Molly raced the 1,000 meter indoor course in 3 minutes 50.5 seconds. Molly is freshman at the North Carolina Leadership Academy and credits much of her success to her NCLA PE instructor Mr. Kellen Lake, in addition to her High Point rowing coach Gene Kininmonth.
The third medal for High Point on Saturday was a bronze won by middle school rower Matthew Hronich in the boys Junior 12 event. Matthew overcame a weekend illness to still row the 1000 meter indoor course in a time of 3 minutes 46 seconds. Matthew was coached by his older sister, Jaclyn Hronich, who oversees the middle school and novice programs for High Point.
Congratulations Molly, Junior, Matthew, and Morgan!
