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Main Line rowers shine at SRAA Nationals

Posted On: Tuesday, May 31, 2016
By: ldevlin

Several Main Line crew clubs – Radnor, Agnes Irwin, Haverford School and Lower Merion – made their mark at the SRAA (Scholastic Rowing Association of America) Nationals competition held May 27-28 in Nashport, Ohio.

Radnor Crew Club sent five boats to the SRAA Nationals – the Radnor Women’s Freshman 8, Women’s Lightweight 4, Women’s Second V8+, Women’s Varsity 8 and the Men’s Lightweight 8+ all qualified for the annual scholastic championship regatta.

The Radnor Men’s Lightweight 8+ (Noah Morris, Aidan Donnelly, Stephen Ching, Drew Addis, Bobby Subak, Ryan Borowski, Willem McGee, Pranav Gaddameedi and coxswain Zach Pepper) finished a strong second in their time trial heat with a time of 4:41.39, earning them a spot in the Grand Final.  Shaving over seven seconds off their time, they earned a bronze medal in the Grand Final with a time of 4:34.28.  This is the first time a Radnor Men’s 8 boat has medaled at the SRAA National competition.

The Women’s Freshman 8+ (Katherine Bragdon, Abby Frishman, Olivia Zenouzi, Maddie Rubenstein, Caitlin Dressel, Amanda Vitt, Jenna Spray, Jaimee Getty and coxswain Jess Weitzmann), finished second in their heat in time trials allowing them to move to semi-finals.  They took second place in semis with a time of 5:31.26, earning them a spot in the Grand Final where they finished fifth overall with a time of 5:33.07.

The Women’s Lightweight 4+ (Ellisen Ching, Ainsley Macrone, Julia Wi, Amanda Magen and coxswain Courtney Zajac) finished fourth in their heat in time trials with a time of 6:18.03.  This earned them a spot in the semi-finals where they took fourth in their heat with a time of 6:02.67, shaving over 15 seconds off of their prelim time.

The Women’s Varsity 8+ (Olivia Chase, Olivia Robinson, Caroline Ressler, Nicole Vitt, Anna Duffy, Yunyun Gu, Jill Hughes, Sam Talucci and coxswain Cassidy Lorenz) finished fourth place in their heat in time trials with a time of 5:19.16 and did not advance.

The Women’s Varsity Second 8+ rowed by Katie Dolan, Liz Dustin, Josie Larkin, Kate McCulloch, Katie Gerber, Zoe Landry, Rebecca Modell, Gillian Sullivan and coxswain Julia Lunger, finished second in their heat in time trials, earning them a spot in the semi-finals.  In semis, they finished fifth in their heat with a time of 5:35.10.

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Radnor Lightweight 8+ with Bronze medals at SRAA Nationals (from left to right: Coxswain Zach Pepper, Pranav Gaddameedi, Willem McGee, Ryan Borowski, Bobby Subak, Drew Addis, Stephen Ching, Aidan Donnelly, Noah Morris and Coach Samantha Foster.

Radnor Lightweight 8+ with Bronze medals at SRAA Nationals (from left to right: Coxswain Zach Pepper, Pranav Gaddameedi, Willem McGee, Ryan Borowski, Bobby Subak, Drew Addis, Stephen Ching, Aidan Donnelly, Noah Morris and Coach Samantha Foster.

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