Last Saturday the Upper St Clair Crew participated in the 22nd annual Erg in the Burgh hosted by North Allegheny. They competed against 10 other schools and club teams including Allderdice, Central Catholic, Fox Chapel, Mt. Lebanon, North Allegheny, North Catholic, Pine Richland and 3 club teams from the region. There were 15 events with hundreds of entries overall. USC had outstanding results! Congratulations to the team and the coaching staff. Some of the highlights included:

·1st place gold medal- Raegan Kuhn- Women's Lightweight JV

·2nd place silver medal- Patrick Pinchinat- Men's Lightweight Varsity

·3nd place bronze medal- Darcy Vilkner- Men's Lightweight JV

·4th place- Aiden Hughes and Kriti Gupta- Men's and Women's Coxswain events

In addition to the team's top finishes there were a number of personal best times which is a very significant achievement! They were as follows:

·Raegan Kuhn- Women's Lightweight JV

·Patrick Pinchinat- Men's Lightweight Varsity

·Darcy Vilkner- Men's Lightweight JV

·Jack Schalk- Men's Lightweight JV

·Ricky Crawford- Men's Lightweight Novice

This was the final indoor competition for the team. They will continue to train indoors for the next few weeks and will head back to our boathouse on the Ohio River on March 18th. Spring is the primary season for the sport of Rowing and we could not be more excited to hit the water again! We are looking forward to a full schedule of competition and top results which includes:

·The Pittsburgh Sprints at Moraine State Park

·The Huron River Springs in Milford, MI

·The Midwest Scholastic Championship in Milford, MI