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2020 Mercer Lake Sprints, April 18-19 - CANCELLED

With ongoing updates from the CDC along with federal and local government restrictions on social gatherings, we are sad to announce that the 2020 Mercer Lake Sprints will not take place at Mercer Lake. However, we have come up with the framework for a Virtual event to take place on the same weekend (April 18-19) where teams and boats can compete against each other via an average 2K erg score. It is our hope that we can keep athletes motivated and focused on an event to train for during this time. Here is the basic idea:

• The existing Mercer Lake Sprints race schedule will be followed and any event with a flight/Final on Saturday will compete on Saturday and same for Sunday
• Coaches will submit lineups for events due Friday, April 10
• 2K's for the entire boat should be completed on the day of the flight/final
• Coaches will be responsible for sending an average erg score for each boat by 5 pm on the day of the respective flight/final
• We (PNRA/Mercer) reserve the right to ask for screenshots of individual 2K scores
• Entry fee is $10/person per event (if one person is entered in two events, they would pay $20 entry fee)
• Medals for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in all events will be given to athletes
• If teams have already paid for entries we will work with RegattaCentral on the best way to give refunds

We are open to feedback on any of the above. In the meantime, please respond as to whether you would be willing to participate in a Virtual event. Please email Hilary Gehman at [email protected].

Thank you and best of luck to everyone in these strange times.

Hilary Gehman, PNRA Events Manager