Port Rowing's Lindsey Rust Takes 3rd in World Rowing Championships

Lindsey Rust from Roslyn, NY won a bronze medal in the Lightweight Junior HS event at the World Indoor Rowing Championships last Sunday, February 12. In a field of over 100 junior rowers, Lindsey had a great race and was able to row a personal best of 7:25.3 over the distance of 2000 meters. Lindsey attends Roslyn HS and rows for Port Rowing in Port Washington, a not-for-profit community rowing club.

Port Rowing coach, Isa Rahman, described the exciting finish of the race, saying “Lindsey was in 7th place with only 500 meters left. She went into overdrive, overtaking her competitors to finish in 3rd place.”

The CRASH B Sprints are the annual, indoor regatta held in Boston and attract all the best indoor rowers from the US and other countries. The rowers from compete individually on indoor rowing machines also known as ergometers.

About Port Rowing

Port Rowing’s boathouse is located in North Hempstead Beach Park and offers multiple opportunities to participate in and benefit from the sport of rowing. Port Rowing is a no-cut, community program and welcomes all who are interested in learning to row. The mission is to provide the platform to build a passion for the sport and for each rower to maximize his or her potential. Rowing is an opportunity to build endurance, personal ability, courage, strength and teamwork.

Registration is open for spring. Programs are available for teens in high school and middle school both with experience and those new to rowing. Programs are also available for adults to train or compete. Unique to Port Rowing is the adaptive rowing program which partners teens on the autism spectrum with peer mentors.

For more information and to register, visit www.portrowing.org.