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Secret City Head Race in Oak Ridge

Posted at 9:33 am October 16, 2021
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The Secret City Head Race is in Oak Ridge this weekend, and more than 1,100 athletes will compete in more than 500 boats.

The regatta is hosted by the Oak Ridge Rowing Association. Rowing races are scheduled Saturday and Sunday at the Oak Ridge Marina. There will be athletes from major programs such as the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, a press release said.

“Spectators and fans are once again welcome to flock to the greenway ranging from Calhoun’s to the Melton Lake Park as they watch male and female rowers compete in a variety of nail-biting events,” the press release said.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Rowing, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: Oak Ridge Rowing Association, regatta, rowing, Secret City Head Race

USRowing Masters National Championships begins Thursday

Posted at 2:19 pm August 12, 2021
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The USRowing Masters National Championships is in Oak Ridge from Thursday to Sunday.

The regatta is hosted by the Oak Ridge Rowing Association.

The event draws competitors who are 21 years old and older from all across the United States. For many rowers, it will be their first big regatta in two years, a press release said. The regatta was last hosted by ORRA in 2017.

Racing will run each day from about 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Setup for the four-day regatta began on Saturday, August 7. Teams began to arrive Tuesday, August 10. and practice Wednesday, August 11.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Rowing, Slider, Sports, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: Melton Lake Park, Oak Ridge Rowing Association, USRowing, USRowing Masters National Championships

More than 100 teams register for USRowing National Championships

Posted at 2:13 pm August 2, 2021
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The 2016 SIRA Championship Regatta is pictured above in Oak Ridge on Sunday, April 17, 2016. (File photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

There are more than 1,400 entries from 112 teams from across the United States for the USRowing Masters National Championships in Oak Ridge next week.

The championship regattas will be at Melton Lake Park in east Oak Ridge from August 12-15.

There will be rowers from as far away as Boston and San Diego.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Rowing, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge Rowing Association, regatta, rowing, USRowing Masters National Championships

Murals celebrate Oak Ridge recreation, history

Posted at 2:35 am May 22, 2021
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A mural is being painted on an ORNL Federal Credit Union building on West Tennessee Avenue by artist Megan Lingerfelt, pictured above on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (Photo by Julio Culiat)

Murals celebrating nature, diversity, history, and outdoor activities have been painted on or near several Oak Ridge buildings, including at the boathouse and at ORNL Federal Credit Union.

Three murals have been painted near the ORNL Federal Credit Union headquarters on Rutgers Avenue. Another mural has been painted on the Oak Ridge Rowing Association boathouse at Melton Lake Park.

A fifth mural is being painted on an ORNL Federal Credit Union building on West Tennessee Avenue.

The first three murals painted at the credit union headquarters building on Rutgers Avenue were designed by students at Oak Ridge High School, Jefferson Middle School, and Willow Brook Elementary School, according to JMS art teacher Jim Dodson, who is also an Oak Ridge City Council member. The murals were created by Bryan Wilkerson, art professor at Roane State Community College. For their work, each of the schools received a $500 contribution to their art departments, and the students received a cash award, Dodson said.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Arts, Arts, Business, Community, Entertainment, Front Page News, Government, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Slider Tagged With: Bryan Wilkerson, Dogwood Arts, Explore Oak Ridge, Jessica Emert, Jim Dodson, Jim Rogers, Jon Hetrick, Katy Watt, Megan Lingerfelt, murals, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge boathouse, Oak Ridge Rowing Association, ORNL Federal Credit Union, Tom Wright

USRowing Southeast Youth Championships in Oak Ridge this weekend

Posted at 1:44 pm May 7, 2021
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Rowers, officials, and referees are pictured above during the 2016 SIRA Championship Regatta in Oak Ridge on Sunday, April 17, 2016. (File photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

The USRowing Southeast Youth Championships will be held Saturday and Sunday at Melton Lake Park in Oak Ridge.

More than 400 entries will be racing in the qualifying event for the Youth National Regatta for youth and teenaged rowers, a press release said. Trophies will include:

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Rowing, Slider, Sports, Sports Tagged With: Melton Lake Park, Oak Ridge Rowing Association, rowing, USRowing Southeast Youth Championships

Oak Ridge to host 2021 USRowing Masters National Championships

Posted at 2:40 pm April 5, 2021
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Rowing at Melton Hill Lake (Photo courtesy City of Oak Ridge)

The 2021 USRowing Masters National Championships will be in Oak Ridge in August.

The championships, hosted by Oak Ridge Rowing Association, will be on Melton Hill Lake from August 12-15.

“We’re looking forward to offering the opportunity for our masters rowers to get back on the water at the USRowing Masters National Championships later this summer,” said USRowing Director of Events James Rawson. “Oak Ridge is a beloved racing venue, and we’re thrilled to be working with them for another national championship regatta. As always, our number one priority will be to run a safe regatta. We will be putting COVID protocols in place and will announce these measures closer to the event.”

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Rowing, Slider, Sports, Sports Tagged With: James Rawson, Melton hill lake, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge Rowing Association, USRowing, USRowing Masters National Championships

Parking at Melton Lake Park to be closed for regatta March 13 & 14

Posted at 3:27 pm March 3, 2021
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Rowing at Melton Hill Lake (Photo courtesy City of Oak Ridge)

The parking lots at Melton Lake Park will be closed to the public during a regatta next week.

The regatta, the 2021 Oak Ridge Louisville Cardinal Invitational Regatta, is scheduled on Saturday, March 13, and Sunday, March 14. It’s hosted by the City of Oak Ridge in partnership with the Oak Ridge Rowing Association, a press release said.

It’s an invitation-only event, and it will feature elite college women’s rowing teams who will compete in one of the first events of the season, the press release said.

To comply with ACC and Big 10 COVID-19 guidelines, this is a “no spectator” event, the press release said. As a result, the parking lots at Melton Lake Park will be closed to the public during the regatta, the release said.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: College, Front Page News, Government, Oak Ridge, Rowing, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: City of Oak Ridge, Jon Hetrick, Melton Lake Park, Oak Ridge Louisville Cardinal Invitational Regatta, Oak Ridge Rowing Association, parking, regatta, rowing

Regatta season starts next week

Posted at 3:06 pm March 3, 2021
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The 2016 SIRA Championship Regatta is pictured above in Oak Ridge on Sunday, April 17, 2016. (File photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

This year’s regatta season will start next week with the Cardinal Invitational in Oak Ridge. That rowing competition with the University of Louisville is scheduled from March 13-14 at Melton Lake Park.

Other rowing events will begin in late April and run almost every weekend through May, a press release said.

This year, the Oak Ridge Rowing Association will host, for the first time, the NCAA Division I American Athletic Conference (AAC) Championship, the press release said.

The races this year follow the cancellation of six regattas in 2020, including the NCAA Division I, II, and III Championships, the press release said.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, College, Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Rowing, Slider, Sports, Sports Tagged With: American Athletic Conference Championship, Cardinal Invitational, COVID-19, Explore Oak Ridge, Melton hill lake, NCAA, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge Rowing Association, ORRA, regatta, rowing, Warren Gooch

Mason, an IDB member, community volunteer, dies of COVID complications

Posted at 1:07 pm January 8, 2021
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David Mason

David Lane Mason, a member of the Oak Ridge Industrial Development Board and community volunteer, died of COVID-19 complications on Monday. He was 79.

Mason was a former deputy director of environmental management and enrichment facilities at the former K-25 site, and he retired from the United States Enrichment Corporation in 2005 as the director of Centrifuge Engineering and Manufacturing Project, according to his obituary.

As a founding member of the Oak Ridge Rowing Association, Mason helped develop and build the rowing course at Melton Hill Lake, his obituary said. As a member of the Sunset Rotary Club of Oak Ridge, he helped establish the annual Da Vinci Arts and Science Fair for elementary and middle school students, the obituary said.

A nuclear physicist and Oak Ridge resident, Mason died at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville on Monday. He was a community advocate for more than 50 years, his obituary said.

Here is more information about Dave Mason from his obituary:

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Community, COVID-19, Front Page News, Government, Health, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Boys and Girls Club of Oak Ridge, COVID-19, Dave Mason, Oak Ridge Industrial Development Board, Oak Ridge Rowing Association, Rotary Club

Head coach named for Atomic Rowing

Posted at 2:45 pm July 15, 2019
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Wendy Davis

Wendy Davis, who has been a head coach at the University of Minnesota, has been named head coach of the Atomic Rowing program in Oak Ridge.

The appointment was announced by the Oak Ridge Rowing Association on Monday. It follows a nationwide search, a press release said.

Davis was head coach of the Women’s Division 1 Rowing program at the University of Minnesota since 2000, the press release said. While head coach, Davis helped the Golden Gophers rowing team become one of the nation’s leading collegiate organizations, and she was consistently recognized by her peers, twice receiving Big Ten Coach of the Year honors, the press release said. The 2019 Golden Gophers had a mid-year national ranking of 15th, the release said.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Rowing, Sports Tagged With: Atomic Rowing, head coach, John Davis, Oak Ridge Rowing Association, ORRA, University of Minnesota, Wendy Davis

Dogwood Junior Championship regatta in Oak Ridge this weekend

Posted at 2:47 pm April 25, 2019
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The largest-ever Dogwood Junior Championship regatta is in Oak Ridge this weekend.

The regatta is hosted by the Oak Ridge Rowing Association.

Racing will take place at Oak Ridge Marina on the Clinch River on Saturday, April 27, from 7:30 a.m.-6:45 p.m. and on Sunday, April 28, from 8 a.m.-4:15 p.m.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Rowing, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: Dogwood Junior Championship, Oak Ridge Marina, Oak Ridge Rowing Association, regatta

Julio Sanchez hired as head coach of Atomic Rowing

Posted at 11:27 am October 23, 2018
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Julio Sanchez

Julio Sanchez

 

Coach Julio Sanchez has been hired by the Oak Ridge Rowing Association as head coach of Atomic Rowing.

Sanchez is experienced as both a rower and a coach, a press release said. He has rowed on elite national teams for Argentina and Spain, and he continues to compete at the national level as a master sculler, the release said.

Sanchez recently came back from Sarasota, Florida, after competing at the FISA Masters Worlds Regatta. He also had much success as the coach of the Spanish Junior National team, as well as U.S. teams such as Miami, Sarasota Scullers, and Westerville, the press release said.

“With Oak Ridge Rowing Association having the best rowing venue in the country, I am incredibly excited to get started and work with this team,” the press release said. “The club is filled with amazing and hardworking rowers that have welcomed me with open arms.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Rowing, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: Atomic Rowing, coach, Julio Sanchez, Oak Ridge Rowing Association, Shannon Moore

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