St. Mary's claims three bronze medals at regatta

 Fall was ablaze at the Griggs reservoir for the Speakmon Memorial Regatta, and although event coordinators couldn’t have ordered better weather, the teams weren’t apprised of their times until hours after the event. However, Orchard Lake St. Mary’s Head/Novice Coach Chris Czarnecki wasn’t surprised that two of his novice boats had placed in the top four, for their fourth consecutive regatta.

The Orchard Lake Novice 8+ finished strong once again with a time of (20:18.59) and took home a bronze medal in a field of 12 after their first-place finish last week on home turf. The Men’s HS Novice 4+ also proved tenacious competition, beating out 23 other entries to bring home the novice’s second bronze medal with a time of (21:20.08).

“Our novice team is consistently proving they are

top-notch competition in every event they enter. We’re building the foundation for a strong team in the spring,” Czarnecki said.

The Men’s Varsity 8+ (A) was also quick off the mark and brought home the team’s third bronze medal for the day with a time of (17:44.96), followed directly by St. Mary’s HS 8+ (B) entry taking fourth place in a field of 11. It was a great day of racing at a beautiful venue.

The team will wrap up the fall season at Head of the Dotte Fall Classic on the Detroit River’s Trenton Channel on Saturday, Oct. 20.