Tempe Junior Crew has an amazing year in 2008/2009.  The team traveled to Boston, Oklahoma,
Newport, San Diego, Sacramento, British Columbia, Ohio, Connecticut, Philadelphia and Tennessee.

There were lots of medals won, and the 4 graduating seniors are headed off to row in college at
prestigious schools with great rowing programs.

The varsity women headed to Connecticut in June to train for the summer and the men to San Diego. 
Below is a summary from coach Daniel Duxbury of the teams achievements leading up to Club
Nationals in Oak Ridge Tennessee.


We have all arrived in Oak Ridge, TN and have rested up and began rigging and practicing.

The men have been working hard in San Diego for the last month. Under the guidance of my dear
friend Coach Guillermo Lemos, Lane Kelly, Stephen Wainwright and Zack Dale have been preparing
for their races, which include the Men's B 1X and 2X, the Men's Intermediate Lightweight 1X and the
Men's Senior 1X. The men's B racing will certainly show what is to come for TJC on the men's side
of things next year and Stephen Wainwright will get to show the big dogs everything he has learned
as he races up a division in the Intermediate Lightweight and Senior 1Xs.

The women have been with me in New London, CT training alongside of the Junior Women's
National Team. The recent results at the Independence Day Regatta have us very excited about
the Club Nationals. As you may or may not know, the TJC women swept the junior women's sculling
events except for one. TJC took the gold in the WJ1X, WJB1X, WJ4X, WJB4X, WJB2X and took 2nd
and 3rd in the WJ2X just a fraction of a second behind the first place crew from Crescent Boat Club.

TJC rower Rebecca Staff is also here racing with the Canadian Junior National Team's Can Am
Mex squad. She will be racing in the WI2X, WJ4X and the WI1X under the banner of the Maple Leaf "eh".

Real-time results can be found at www.racetrak.com and our first events begin tomorrow morning.
Please join me in wishing all of our summer racers "GOOD LUCK" at this year's USRA Club National
Championships!

-Coach Dan

Here's what happened in Tennessee at Club Nationals:

National Champions (Gold Medals): 
Women's Junior B Double, Women's Junior B Quad, Women's Junior A Double, Women's Junior A Quad 

Silver Medal's:
Women's Intermediate Single
Men's Junior B Single

Bronze Medal's:
Women's Junior A Single
Men's Senior LIghtweight Single

Quite a haul!!  Congratulations TJC.  It's going to be a great year.