NHRC's own Steve Gurney won gold in men’s masters single sculls in both 2000m and 1000m events, this past March 15th, at the Long Beach Rowing Association's Spring Regatta. Steve also took silver with Jaime Bea, a NHRC affiliate member, in both 2x and 4x 1000m races, as well, while Jaime took silver medals in the masters 1x 2000m and 1000m events. Congratulations to both Steve and Jaime on a job well done!
The Long Beach Rowing Association Spring Regatta draws mostly Southern California rowers and scullers from San Diego, Newport Beach, Los Angeles, and Long Beach. As many of you are aware, our Steve is a wintertime sojourner of San Luis Obispo, California ("NHRC West"), and he frequently competes in West Coast racing while the rest of us are either in the tanks or chopping ice off our riggers.
For this particular regatta, Steve raced at the Long Beach Marine Stadium, which has hosted rowing events ever since the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. Since then, many of the nation’s top rowers have competed there in Olympic and national masters trials and championships, as well as in countless collegiate and junior competitions. Long Beach has an abundance of everything rowing.
According to Steve, conditions were flat calm for the early morning 2000m events. A later quartering port tailwind proved challenging, and crabs awaited everywhere, ready to bite any oar blade not released cleanly or carried too low during recovery. Technique mattered, and both Steve and Jaime rose to the challenge and excelled. Congratulations once again, to both of you!
- by John Poole
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