Tulsa Rowing Club Juniors – High School Invitational Regatta – April 28th, 2007

4/13/2007


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

 

Tulsa, Oklahoma – April 13th, 2007,

 

Contact Information

Neil Bergenroth - Head Coach

coachb@tulsajuniorsrowing.org

http://www.tulsajuniorsrowing.org
http://www.tulsarowingclub.org

715 W. 21st St,

Tulsa, OK, 74107

Cell: (918) 906-5233

 

Tulsa Rowing Club Juniors – High School Invitational Regatta – April 28th, 2007

 

On April 28th, 2007 the Tulsa Rowing Club will host the 1st Tulsa High School Invitational Rowing Regatta on the Arkansas River at River Festival Park near the 21st Street Bridge. The event will feature student athletes who are members of the Tulsa Rowing Club Juniors program. The athletes will have the opportunity to row for their respective schools over 500m. The event will start at 8:00am and finish around 12:00pm.


Currently, there are 36 student athletes who regularly train and compete for Tulsa Rowing Club Juniors. This year, Holland Hall has expressed an interest in starting their own rowing exhibition team to see if there is interest from the student body at the school for this kind of undertaking.

 “As Holland Hall has an exhibition team, it seemed like a natural progression to allow the other students on the team to row for their own schools at this regatta.” Head Coach Neil Bergenroth said


Rowing is not a sport that generally receives much attention in the media in this area of the country. However the student athletes on the team train up to 14 hours each week and have won regional championships and gone on to represent Tulsa in the USRowing Youth National Invitational and the Head of the Charles in Boston, MA.

 

Local area high school principals have been invited by letter to attend the event and support their respective students. Schools that will be represented at the regatta include:

 

Union, Jenks, Holland Hall, Town and Country, Edison, Broken Arrow, Cascia Hall, Edison, Bishop Kelley, TSAS, Booker T. Washington and Grace.

 

For more information, please consult the TRC Jrs. website at: www.tulsajuniorsrowing.org or contact Coach Bergenroth at coachb@tulsajuniorsrowing.org.