Cardinal rower, Catherine Babiec, (second from right) competed for the US in rowing on the Wannsee River outside Berlin, Germany. She was one of three Cardinals rowing at the highest levels in the summer.
Though school is now starting throughout the area, a group of Bishop Ireton rowing team members have been competing in their sport during the summer months. Three of them reached personal and athletic bests.
Lindsay Martini, a rising senior rowing during the summer for Thompson’s Boat Club of Washington, DC, won a gold medal in the junior 4 with coxswain event at the U.S. Rowing Club Nationals in Camden, NJ. She is the third Bishop Ireton rower to win a national championship. She later was a finalist in the Canadian Henley Regatta.
Connor Padden, a rising junior, was selected to the U.S.Rowing Development Camp in Pittsburgh, PA. With participants chosen from throughout the country, it is part of U.S. Rowing’s mission to identify and work with underclass rowers to help them develop into highly competitive rowers for their high school team and perhaps future national team members.
Catherine Babiec, a rising senior and honorable mention Washington Post All-Met choice, was initially chosen for the U.S. Rowing High Performance Camp but she seat-raced herself onto the National Selection Camp and was chosen for a place on the 2013 Junior World Development Team. Members of that team then went on to Berlin, Germany, where they trained and raced against the German Junior National team. The Junior World Development Team is expected to serve as the core of next year’s national team going to the junior world championships.
Head Coach Eric Gehrke is looking forward to the return of these team members this fall and hopes that their experiences will be shared with all members.
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