Lots of Local Flavor on the Menu for Crimson Crew

Weston athletes on the Harvard crew team were well represented at the recent under-23 National Team trials and Elite Nationals.

For the National Team, Alex Newell's boat won the lightweight 4x and will be competing for the USA in Amsterdam at the end of the month. Newell is joined by teammates  Matt O'Leary, Erich Schultze, and Michael Wales.

In the lightweight women's quad at the U-23 trials, Weston's Marissa Reichel and Hilary Strong fell a bit short of the win, but competed in the finals in a terrific down-to-the wire race.

In the Elite Nationals, Weston's Kristi Wagner was part of the winning team that took second place in the women's pair and will be racing at junior trials later this week.

Newell and his quad took third in the open quad event, missing first place by 1.1 seconds to a quad that boasted the top US lightweight duo which has been competing in the World Cup races.

Meanwhile, Will Newell was part of the duo that won the lightweight pair event at Nationals and combined with a few others who are trying out for the senior team to win the open four and the open eight.