The Dallas United Crew (DUC) rowing team competed in its first competition of the season at the Head of the Oklahoma regatta in Oklahoma City on October 7-8 at the OKC River Sports District on the Oklahoma River. Great fall weather greeted the team as they competed in their races. DUC did a great job of preparing for the season and this weekend their hard work paid off.

Dallas United had six crews medal, bringing home a total of 46 medals overall, and topping the medal counts from the previous two years. The Men’s Novice 8+ brought home a gold medal with a convincing twenty-seven second lead over next boat.  “It’s great to see the novice men win,” said Program Director Steve Perry. “It's exciting to see their hard work pay off, especially on a 5k course.  With novices, the races can be a bit unpredictable, yet they did a great job and stayed with their race plan." DUC also placed silver in two races, the Men's Lightweight 8+ and the Women's Lightweight 4+.  Bronze medals were earned by three crews - Women's Varsity 8+, Men's Varsity 8+ and Men's 4+.  Congratulations to these DUC athletes:

GOLD MEDAL

Novice Men's 8+

Drew Ngo, Trip Winans, Luke Cummins, Josh Martin, Dawson Rogers, Alexander Singh, Westley Sturhan, Jack Lawson, Topher Luzarraga

SILVER MEDALS

Men's Lightweight 8+

Justin Rigg, Harrison Schick, Christian Schick, Jack Waters, John Donahue, Brian Huang, Sam Evans, Cole Pettijohn and coxswain: Deven Foley

Women's Lightweight 4+:

Christina Healy, Hannah Sipes, Grace-Cook Burton, Marissa Tiscareno and coxswain: Kate Corey

BRONZE MEDALS:

Women's Varsity 8+

Marisa Tiscareno, Anna Savant, Grace Condon, Sutton Delaney, Julia van Witzenburg, Katie Hammonds, Izzy Harrington, Rachel Crayton and Coxswain: Camryn Fleming

Men’s Varsity 8+

Anders Ekstrom, Kristoff Csaky, Nick Knapp, Anson Smith, Ben Genender, Eric Martin, Hunter Adams, Anthony Wang and coxswain: Mackenzie Harrod

Men’s Varsity 4+

Kristoff Csaky, Nik Knapp, Anthony Wang, Anders Ekstrom and coxswain: Mackenzie Harrod