Conestoga Crew Team at 87th Stotesbury Cup Regatta

Conestoga Crew Club participated in the 87^th Stotesbury Cup Regatta with eleven boats beginning competition on Friday morning with time trials.  Following boat lineup changes introduced earlier in the week, all eleven boats entered successfully made it through the morning qualifiers and into the the semi-final round of racing; the Girls and Boys Freshman 4X qualified directly to the Finals competition on Saturday afternoon after their morning time trial.

Under brilliant sunshine and light breezes, the semi-final competition for the Conestoga crew team came later in the afternoon.   Madeline Beirne and Rachael Devlin the Girls Junior 2X finished 4^th in their semi-final  heat of while Richard Stone and Hanan Zisling finished 5^th in their heat of the Boys Junior 2X; unfortunately, both race outcomes did not qualify their boats for the Finals.  Next, the Girls Ltwt 2X boat finished 1^st, and the Boys Ltwt 2X finished 2^nd in their heat races and qualified both boats for the Saturday Finals.

Semi-final competition resumed Saturday morning with mixed results for the Conestoga rowers as Max Malarkey, Nick McNamara, Jared Ingersoll, and Andrey Lanahan finished 4^th in the Boys JV 4X and were eliminated from further racing, but the Girls JV 4X boat finished 1^st in their semi-final heat and the Girls Varsity 2X boat finished 2^nd in their semi-final heat qualifying both boats for the Finals later in the day.  The Girls Varsity 4X and Boys Varsity 4X concluded Conestoga’s morning of semi-final competition with the girls boat finishing 1^st in their heat and boys boat finishing 2^nd in their heat to move on to the Finals.

The Freshman Boys 4X Final featured Ted McGovern, Ryan Hollinger, Michael Kling, and Jacob Novak finishing 5^th in their race, while Emily Hompe, Caroline Gosnear, Carly Robins, and Leah Palomo finished 2^nd to take home Silver medals in the Freshman Girls 4X event.   The Girls Ltwt 2X team of Emer Ryle and Maddy Amsterdam raced next finishing 3^rd and received Bronze medals, while the Boys Ltwt 2X crew of Niall Carlson and Steven Devlin finished 4^th.  The Girls Junior 4X crew of Sarah Thomas, Annina Ruggerillo, Amy Connell, and Isabel Geddes won Silver medals with their 2^nd place finish in the Finals, and Molly Dudrear and Brianna Kaufmann won Bronze medals with their 3^rd place finish in the Girls Varsity 2X event.  The crew of Anne Graf, Maddy Tessier-Kay, Megan Hudson, and Rebecca Simonetti repeated their 2012 Girls Varsity 4X Gold medal effort with their 1^st place finish in the 2013 Final; and the crew of Sean Pepin, Nathan Leibowitz, Tyler Simpson, and Brian Kane earned Bronze medals with their 3^rd place finish in the Boys Varsity 4X Finals.

The season continues next weekend as the Conestoga Crew Club crosses the Delaware river to compete in the Scholastic Rowing Association of America’s National Championships on the Cooper River in Pennsauken, NJ.   For complete race results from this past weekend and earlier competitions, visit the Conestoga Crew website: www.conestogacrew.org/regattas.