Crew Earns 3 Medals at the Dogwood Regatta

The Big Red Crew took to the race course on Saturday, April 26th at the Dogwood Regatta in Oak Ridge, TN.  The regatta was the biggest to date with 33 high school teams in attendance.  Of the 33 teams represented, 24 were club programs and 9 were scholastic programs similar to MBA.

The 2nd Novice 4+ started the day off strong by earning a bonze medal in a field of 6 boats, all club teams, in their flight event.  Next, the 2nd Varsity 4+ placed fourth in their 6 boat, all club, flight event.  The Lightweight Varsity 8+ brought in the Big Red's second bronze medal of the day in their flight event.  The final medal of the day came in the Under 15 Novice 8+ event where the junior school boat earned silver.

The varsity eight had strong race in their heat, getting edged out of the final qualifying position in the last 500 meters of the race.   None of the scholastic programs progressed to the finals in the varisty eight event.  McCallie just missed the final in their heat as well.  

The Big Red is set to face off this week against McCallie and Bayors schools for the first ever official State Championship.  Based on this season's results it's looking to be a strong match up, especially in the Varsity 8+ for MBA and McCallie.