By Lisa W. Miller

October 15, 2015

Dallas, Texas - The DUC high school rowing team began their fall race season on Oct 3rd-4th at the Head of Oklahoma Regatta Festival at the OKC River Sports District on the Oklahoma River.  Beautiful fall weather made for two full days of racing. Dallas United’s preparation and hard-work paid off with 41 team members earning medals at the largest racing venue in the Central Region. DUC raced in 15 rowing events and five boats medaled earning: 

GOLD

Men's Varsity Lightweight 8+:  Rhodes Miller (coxswain), Crinan Bell, Cole Pettijohn, Colin Viveros, Davis Tucker, Richard Zhang, Lexin West, Sam Evans and Evan Delagi

SILVER

Men's Novice 8+:  Ava Craycroft (coxswain), Cameron Swayze, Nick Matteson, Isaac Heatley, Braden Krumholz, Val Matteson, Robert Dunn, Harrison Dubose, Hudson Bercier

Men's Varsity 8+ 500M Night Sprints: Sara Corey (coxswain), David Slear, Laughton Whitehead, Scott Lynn, Drake Deuel, Ethan Cox, Anson Smith, Ben Genender, and Walt Cory

Mixed Men and Women’s 8+:  Richard Zhang (coxswain), Cole Pettijohn, Colin Viveros, Evan Delagi, Sam Evans, Emily Hartman, Kate Jones, Julianna Viale andTatum Brown

BRONZE

Men's Varsity 4+:  Sara Corey (coxswain), David Slear, Anson Smith, Teddy Hill and Drake Deuel

DUC’s Youth Rowing program has grown this year to over 100 youth athletes representing over 20 area schools. 

Director of Dallas United’s programs says “We had a great regatta with solid performances from all facets of our program. The men have a lot of depth and they showed it on Saturday night. The men's eight did a great job and I am proud of their results especially in the night sprints. The women were solid on Saturday, showing a brighter glimpse of their full strength on Sunday. The women look forward to getting back to work to continue to find more speed. The novice enjoyed their first regatta and got their first glimpse at what racing is like. I am happy to see our program continue to get better and knowing that there is even more growth and development to be had this year.  Great start to what will be an exciting year of leaving your legacy!"

For complete information, learn more at www.dallasunitedcrew.org.