Simsbury Crew Rowing Strong

Simsbury Crew's Varsity and Novice boats raced Stonington on a beautiful May 15th morning during a regatta on the Mystic River. The boys novice, the girls novice, and the girls first varsity boats all triumphed with first place wins.

The novice eight boats raced 1,000 meters. The Simsbury novice boys had a finish time of 3:50.1 dominating Stonington's time of 3:59.5. The Simsbury novice girls had an impressive finish of 4:08.3 beating Stonington's 4:24.6.

The Varsity boats raced a 1,500-meter course. The Simsbury varsity girls had a finish time of 5:52.9, narrowly beating Stonington's time of 5:53.5. Stonington's boys varsity clocking 4:51.9, edging out Simsbury's finish of 4:57.6.

On Saturday May 23rd, Simsbury crew was hosted by East Lyme. A limited number of spectators were allowed to watch these exciting races. All of the Simsbury boats raced and competed well against a challenging opponent. Simsbury's boys vartsity and girls novice took first place. East Lyme was a great host to the Simsbury Crew, displaying kind sportsmanship as both opponents cheered each other on.

Of course, the first-place wins were exciting, but the fact that families and fans were able to cheer on the athletes, in any capacity, was a joyous and much anticipated return to "normal". For the first time since the pandemic began, grateful fans were able to attend and cheer on our Crews in person, and the Simsbury boats gave them a lot to cheer about!

The next race for Simsbury Crew will be on Saturday, May 29 versus Farmington. For more information about the Simsbury Crew program please go to www.simsburycrew.org.