On Saturday, May 1, 2004, the Dayton Boat Club Juniors competed against teams from the International High School in Indianapolis. Here are the results of the three races.

Results		Commentary
Novice 8 - Girls   1. Dayton   2. Dayton   3. IHS		The Dayton boats were within 3/4 length of each other as they crossed the line, with IHS about 5 or so lengths back.
Novice 4 - Girls   1. Dayton   2. IHS (varsity)   3. Dayton		The closest three-boat race of the day, with DBC about 2 lengths up on IHS, and the second Dayton four about 1 1/2 lengths out of second.
Novice 4 - Boys   1. IHS A   2. IHS B

The Dayton Boat Club coaches were pleased with this showing. The Junior girls showed showed that they have top competitive potential and that they are really working well together. The team is winning competitions, retention is extremely high, and the girls are really enjoying themselves.

The team raced 'even' eights to provide good inter-squad competition and boated fours that gave the coaching staff an idea of potential capability in events at Midwests. What was very impressive to the coaches was the natural competitiveness of all of the girls. When the Club's two eights finished close to each other they challenged each other to a re-race to see which was 'really' the fastest! Not typical for a crews finishing a hard race!

Congratulations and keep up the good work.

Gorgeous plus...	...Strong,
Confident plus...	...Smart,
Plus Team Spirit...	...Equals Victory!