Trojans travel to Northern California for Head of American regatta

Lake Natoma, CA – October 27, 2007 - The Trojan Navy opened its season with resounding success at the Head of the American Regatta held on Lake Natoma just outside of Sacramento on Saturday.

The USC Freshman squad showed excellent form to win the Men’s Collegiate Novice Eights event by an 18 second margin over its nearest competition, winning the race in a time of 18 minutes, 2 seconds. Other universities competing included UC Berkeley, Sacramento State, Sonoma State, Saint Mary’s, Long Beach State, Humboldt State, University of the Pacific and Cal Maritime.



The Trojan frosh crew was comprised of coxswain Alex Simone, stroke Stephen Kent, Hercules Walker, Rory Gallagher, Chris Mora, Eric Goldman, David Block, Josh Smith and bowman Ryan Gonzalez.



The varsity squad rowed in the Open Pairs event on Saturday and USC captain Adam Fish teamed up with starboard oarsman Lee McAuliffe to finish as the top college entry ahead of UC Davis, Stanford and Sonoma State. A pair of Olympic hopefuls from the California Rowing Club won the event.

Next up for the Trojans is a double-header weekend of racing. On Saturday the Trojans race in the Port of Los Angeles for the National Collegiate Club Championships and on Sunday the squad heads to Orange County for the Newport Autumn Rowing Festival.