Rivanna Rowers Push Hard and Win Big

2017 Regional, National & International Races:

• 5K – Head of the Charles Regatta (October – Boston, MA)

  • Anne Cann and Cathy Coffman won gold at the Women’s Grand Master 2x. In excellent form, the pair passed seven boats and set a new course record. Shown is a photo of them rounding the long curve leading to the Eliot Bridge, and later on the awards platform receiving their gold medals.

  • Juniors Emmy Wuensch (6th in Women’s Youth 1x) and Jake Pierce/Hugh Rickard (13th in a large field of Men’s Youth 2x) made Rivanna proud.

  • Kit Collins placed well in the Senior Men’s 1x race on Saturday and repeated the effort with Annette Owens in the Director’s Challenge Mixed 2x on Sunday.

• 1K – World Rowing Masters Regatta (September – Lake Bled, Slovenia)

  • Kit Collins received gold in both Mens K 1x and Mens J 1x.

• 21K – Wye Island Regatta (September – Wye Mills, MD)

  • Joe Vanishak and Mary Maher won silver among mixed doubles in this marathon of a row!

• 1K – World Masters Games (April – Lake Karapiro, New Zealand)

  • Representing Rivanna in composite boats with the Cascadia group, Anne Cann won one gold (Women’s G 8+), one silver (Women’s G 2X), and three bronze (Women’s E 2X, Women’s G 4X, and Women’s G 4-)

• 1K – U.S. Masters Nationals (August – Oak Ridge, TN)

  • Anne Cann won 5 golds (Women’s H 2x, Women’s G 4X, Women’s H 8+, Women’s G 4+, and Women’s G 4-) and 1 silver (Women’s E 2X)

  • Stacie Reid won silver in the G 4+ category

• 2K – Occoquan Challenge (October – Sandy Run Regional Park​, VA)

  • Cathy Coffman and Anne Cann won the Women’s 60+ 2x

  • Hilary Kerner and Jenny Fjseleth won the Women’s 40+ 2x

  • Emmy Wuensch won the Women’s Youth 1x

• 1K – Diamond State Masters (July – Middletown, DE)

  • Cathy Coffman and Charlotte Hollings won Women’s C-D 2X

• 1K – Occoquan Memorial Sprints (July – Sandy Run Regional Park​, VA)

  • Anne Cann won the Masters Women’s 60+ 1X

  • Masters Women’s 8+ won (need names)