Stonington Crew Gets Hat Trick At Home Regatta

MYSTIC, CT – In its last home regatta of the spring season, which included East Lyme, Glastonbury and Xavier, Stonington Crew won three races: The Girls Varsity 3, Boys Varsity 3 and Boys Varsity 1 events.

In the spring, schools might only race each other once before meeting again at the Connecticut Public School Rowing Association (CPSRA) State Championships, according to a release. Often the first time they face one another is at CPSRAs.

Sunday was the second time Stonington and Glastonbury paddled their shells to the starting line together.

“The spring season is short. We can’t race everyone in our league,” Head Coach and Varsity Boys Coach Tyler Page said in a release. “It was great to race Glastonbury again today. Both teams were able to gauge their progress since the last time we raced.”

Two weeks remain until CPSRA State Championships, which are held at Lake Waramaug State Park in New Preston on Sunday, May 20.

“Today’s races showed that the girls’ boats are getting faster,” Girls Varsity Coach Maria Brown said in a release. “With CPSRAs only two weeks away, we need to focus on increasing boat speed, reducing margins and closing gaps. We are headed in the right direction.”

Similar to last week’s home regatta, the final event of the day was the closest. Glastonbury held off a charging Stonington to win the Boys V1 Four by 0.5 seconds.

Next week Stonington heads to Middletown for their final dual race of the season with Middletown and E.O. Smith.

Full results:

Girls Varsity 1: Glastonbury (5:19.5) Stonington (5:29.6) East Lyme (5:37.8)
Girls Varsity 3: Stonington (3:49.4) Glastonbury (3:55.5)
Boys Varsity 3: Stonington (3:31.0) Glastonbury (3:35.8) Xavier (4:06.6)
Boys Varsity 1: Stonington (4:34.2) Glastonbury (4:39.4) Xavier (4:48.0)
Boys Varsity 2: Glastonbury (4:37.6) Stonington (4:38.8) Xavier (5:09.5)
Girls Varsity 2: East Lyme (5:10.0) Glastonbury (5:15.2) Stonington (5:18.5)
Boys Novice: East Lyme (2:52.5) Stonington (2:54.5) Glastonbury (2:57.5)
Girls Novice: Glastonbury (3:16.4) Stonington (3:26.1) East Lyme (3:39.1)
Boys Varsity 1: Four Glastonbury (3:21.4) Stonington (3:21.9) Glastonbury (4:09.4)

Lineups:

Girls Varsity 1: Emily Tieu (coxswain), Andrea Edwards, Hope Sowle, Lucy Rath, Lily Haghpassand, Liz Yarnall, Caroline Andrews, Sydney Heughins, Sophia Anderson

Girls Varsity 2: Claire Anderson (coxswain), Jess Weber, Leila Robarge, Abigail Gibson, Lily Haghpassand, Una Schaffer, Lily Bockowski, Julia Chomowicz, Allie Kapell

Third Varsity: Jordan Gincastro (coxswain), Jill Holland, Maggie Connelly, Lucy Chomowicz, Ellie Korinek, Maddie West, Maggie Daley, Emily Lenihan, Ava Stepski

Novice: Ella Turner (coxswain), Brooke Vickerman, Olivia Mayo, Caroline Longo, Olivia Monte, Farwa Mohsin, Maura Nowak, Lauren Turner, Maria Martuscello

Boys V1: Mateo Olmedo (coxswain), Nick Bibeau, Luke Monteiro, Ian Thornell, Erik Laskey, Tyler Stafford, Zach Pasquin, Josh Morrison

Boys V2: Paolo Ragonese (coxswain), Christian Donovan, Nate Bury, Cooper Olsen, Tyler DaCosta, Gus Natale, Rodrigo Gonzalez-Rivero, Jack Stajduhar, Nick Rofrano

Boys V3: Harper Ryan (coxswain), Dean Blanchet, Michael Morse, Rob Pont, Liam Bornstein, Mahmoud Salha, Chase Williams, Cristian DeCastro, Antonio Reale

Boys Novice: Aidan Rath (coxswain), Ethan Lopes, Hal Crimm, Adam Rajab, AJ Murko, Owen Wilson, Anthony Pont, Emmett Breen, Trevor Hultgren

Boys Varsity Four: Mateo Olmedo (coxswain), Ian Thornell, Luke Monteiro, Tyler Stafford, Erik Laskey

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Photo credit: John Thornell