Accomplishments - Juniors

​The Dayton Boat Club is committed to improving the lives and health of our Junior rowers. Through this commitment our current rowers and alumni have thrived and achieved remarkable feats. DBC prepares it's athletes for a life-long appreciation for the sport of rowing. Check out what we have accomplished already!
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2018 USRowing Youth Nationals Results
Congratulations to the following DBC crews for competing at Lake Natoma in CA at USrowing Youth Nationals!
  • Women's 4+ - 3rd Place in Grand Finals (Bronze Medal)
  • Women's Ltwt 4+ - 5th Place in B Finals (11th Overall)
  • Women's 1x - 1st Place in C Finals (13th Overall)​
2017 USRowing Youth Nationals Results
Congratulations to the following DBC crews for competing in Sarasota, Florida at USrowing Youth Nationals!
  • Women's 4+ - 4th Place in Grand Finals
  • Men's 4x - 2nd Place in D Finals - Ranked 20th
2017 Midwest Championship Results
Congrats to the following DBC crews for medaling at our regional championship! These Nationals Qualifier crews will continue training to race in Sarasota, Florida at USrowing Youth Nationals!
  • Boys 1st Varsity 2x (silver - Nationals Qualifer)
  • Girls 1st Varsity 2- (silver - Nationals Qualifer)
  • Boys 1st Varsity 4x (bronze - Nationals Qualifer)
  • Girls 1st Varsity 4+ (bronze - Nationals Qualifier)
  • Girls 1st Novice 4+ (silver)
  • Girls 2nd Novice 4+ (silver)
  • Boys 1st Novice 4+ (silver)
2015 Midwest Championship Results
Congrats to the following DBC crews for medaling at our regional championship! Two of these crews will continue training to race in Sarasota, Florida at USrowing Youth Nationals!
  • Women's Novice 4+
  • Men's 2nd Varsity 2x
  • Women's Varsity 2- (Nationals Qualifer)
  • Men's Lightweight Varsity 2x (Nationals Qualifier)
DBC Alumna Becomes a World Champion
DBC Alumna Molly Bruggeman becomes the first Dayton Boat Club rower to become a World Champion. Molly won both the Women's 4+ and Women's 8+ at the 2014 World Rowing Championship held in Varese, Italy. Congratulations to Molly and the United States on their victories! ​
2014 US Rowing Club National Championship
Congratualtions the DBC Intermediate 4+ on their second place performance this summer at the Club Nationals. In addition to the Intermediate 4, DBC rower Gavin Sebald won the Men's Junior 4x in a mixed boat with rowers from Maritime Academy. ​
Dayton Boat Club at USRowing National ChampionshipsThe Dayton Boat Club has placed in the top ten nationally regularly since our founding in 2004!  We hold a high tradition of being regionally dominant and nationally competitive.
  • 2004 3rd Place, Women's JrB 8+
  • 2006, 8th Place, Women's Youth 4+
  • 2007, 8th Place, Women's Youth 4+
  • 2008, 4th Place, Women's Youth 4+
  • 2009, 5th Place, Women's Youth 4+
  • 2010, 6th Place, Women's Youth 4+
  • 2012, 6th Place, Women's Ltwt 4+
  • 2013, 9th Place, Women's Ltwt 4+
  • 2013, 10th Place, Women's Youth 4+
  • 2014, 8th Place, Men's Youth 2x
  • ​2014, 2nd Place, Women's Int 4+
We look forward to our continued success on our road to a National Championship.
2014 US Rowing National Championship Results
Congratulations to the Dayton Boat Club Crews that competed at US Rowing Nationals. We continue top ten streak!
  • Men's 2x: 8th place 
  • Women's Pair: 12th place
  • Women's Lightweight Four: 17th place
2014 Rowers Sign Letters of Intent
Congratulations to our 2014 Graduates that have signed to row at the next level!
  • Gavin Sebald: Syracuse University
  • Grace Horner: Canisius College
  • JoAnna McNutt: Cornell University
  • Rebecva Yaklic: University of Louisville
  • Megan Ferguson: The Ohio State University
  • Ashley Erich: Bucknell University
  • Kaitlin Blanchard: University of Tennessee
DBC All-Americans
Dayton Boat Club Junior Girls Sign 2013 Letters of Intent
​Dayton Boat Club Members Sarah Peffley, Lydia Schmitt, and Gretchen Bruggemen sign national intent letters to The Ohio State University, The University of Charleston, The University of Notre Dame.
2013 Youth Nationals Results!
​This year the Dayton Boat Club qualified 5 boats for the USrowing National Championship! This is the largest number of boats we have ever sent! 
  • Men's Lightweight Double: 16th
  • Men's Varsity Quad: 19th
  • Women's Lightweight Eight: 18th
  • Women's Varsity four: 10th
  • Women's Lightweight four: 9th
Dayton Boat Club Alumna Places Sixth at U-23 
World Championship
Congratulations to DBC Alumna Molly Bruggeman for her qualification to represent the USA at the U-23 World Championship. Molly is the 3rd former DBC Member to compete internationally! 
DBC Crews Compete at Nationals 2012
​DBC qualified two crews for the US Rowing Youth National Championship. This regatta draws qualified crews from all over the the United States. Most teams competing here have over 100+ rowers! DBC qualified a Girls Varsity Lightweight 4+ and a Boy's Varsity 4x. Congratulations to our Girls Lightweight 4+ for their sixth place finish! 
Collegiate Rowers from DBC
​Our athletes are annually recruited by such rowing powerhouses as:
  • Princeton
  • Williams
  • Virginia
  • Harvard
  • Michigan
  • Cornell
  • Notre Dame 
  • Georgetown

DBC alumnae are competing at a number of NCAA programs, including Williams, Notre Dame, Georgetown, Mercyhurst, Duquesne, North Park, Tulsa, University of Dayton, Nova Southeastern, Louisville, Robert Morris, Eastern Michigan and West Virginia.

DBC Alumnae
​Alumnae and former Eagles rowing program student-athletes Annie Haley '09 (center), Abby Meyers (right) and Molly Bruggeman (left) competed in the NCAA rowing championships during the final weekend in May. Haley won her second consecutive Division III title with Williams College. Bruggeman and Meyers of Notre Dame each helped the Fighting Irish to a 15th place team finish in Division I.