Stonington Crew Wins Six, Builds Momentum to States

MIDDLETOWN, CT – Stonington Crew won six of seven events Saturday against Middletown High School and EO Smith High School. The Girls Varsity 1, Varsity 2 and Varsity 3 boats won their events.

According to a news release, Varsity 1, Varsity 2 and Novice boats took top spots on the boys' side.

“This stage of the season is about fine tuning things,” Head Coach and Boys Varsity Coach Tyler Page said in a release. “Technique, fitness, rigging, everything is fine-tuned to make our crews as fast as possible for States next weekend.”

Stonington Crew will be one of 14 programs competing in the Connecticut Public Schools Rowing Association (CPSRA) State Championships held at Lake Waramaug State Park in New Preston.

“Strong results, like we had today," Page said, "create excitement for the last week of training and build momentum going into States.”

An exciting Girls Varsity 1 race had three boats finishing within two seconds of one another. Stonington won with a time of 4:59.75. Girls Varsity 2 won in a time of 5:27.27 and Varsity 3 won in 5:31.13.

On the boys’ side, Varsity 1 covered the 1,500m course in 4:19.53, Varsity 2 in 4:31.77 and Novice in 4:46.24.

“It’s great to see our crews continue to improve,” Brown said in a release. “But there are a lot of CPSRA teams we race for the first time at States. We will need to get everything out of our last week of training to make sure we’re ready.”

Full results:

• Girls Novice EO Smith (5:18.22) Middletown (5:21.24) Stonington (5:31.79)
• Boys V2 Stonington (4:31.77) Middletown (4:40.78) Stonington V3 (4:51.14)
• Girls V1 Stonington (4:59.75) Middletown (5:00.41) EO Smith (5:01.73)
• Boys V1 Stonington (4:19.53) Middletown (4:33.28) EO Smith (5:01.40)
• Girls V2 Stonington (5:27.27) Middletown (5:32.44) EO Smith (5:39.37)
• Girls V3 Stonington (5:31.13) EO Smith (6:01.50) EO Smith (6:23.53)
• Boys Novice Stonington (4:46.24) EO Smith (5:18.10) Middletown (5:46.55)

Lineups:

Girls V1: Emily Tieu (coxswain), Andrea Edwards , Caroline Andrews, Lucy Rath, Lily Haghpassand, Liz Yarnall , Jessie Gentilella, Sydney Heughins , Sophia Anderson

Girls V2: Claire Anderson (coxswain), Jess Weber, Leila Robarge, Abbie Gibson, Una Schaffer, Julia Chomowicz, Lily Bockowski, Lucy Chomowicz, Allie Kappell

Girls V3: Jordan Gincastro (coxswain), Jill Holland, Lucy Cyr, Maggie Connelly, Ellie Korinek , Maddie West, Maggie Daley, Emily Lenihan, Ava Stepski

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

Boys V1: Mateo Olmedo (coxswain), Nick Bibeau, Luke Monteiro, Ian Thornell, Erik Laskey, Tyler Stafford, Zach Pasquin, Chad Obrey, 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: Grace Narducci (coxswain), Dean Blanchet, Michael Morse, Rob Pont, Liam Bornstein, Cristian DeCastro, Chase Williams, Emmett Breen, Antonio Reale

Boys Novice: Aidan Rath(c), Ethan Lopes, Trevor Hultgren, Joey Sasso, AJ Murko, Adam Rajab, Anthony Pont, Mahmoud Salha, Owen Williams

For more information, please visit the team’s website www.stoningtoncrew.org.

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Photo credit: John Thornell