Port Rowing Heads to Nationals After Medaling at State Championships

Three teams earned gold medals and one team earned a silver medal at the State Championships last weekend.

Posted Wed, May 13, 2015 at 6:14 pm ET

Image via Port Rowing

Friends of Port Rowing are headed to Nationals after a strong showing at the NY State Championships last weekend.

The team earned three gold medals at the NY State Championships in Saratoga Springs on May 9 and 10.

Girls 2-, Boys Junior 4+, and Boys Freshman 4+ left the tournament with gold medals and the Girls lightweight 4+ earned a silver medal.

The Girls lightweight’s placing qualified them for the US Rowing Youth National Championships in Sarasota, Fla., on June 12-14.

Port Rowing is a community-based rowing program that promotes the sport of rowing in teenagers and adults on the North Shore of Long Island.

Photo: (l-r) Ashley Meyer, Jess Sims, Molly Alstadt, Coach Darren Gary, Maddy Lavin and Eva Tamkin.

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