Conestoga Crew Team Prepares for Philadelphia City Championships - May 5th

While the Conestoga Crew Club’s Varsity and JV rowers had a break from racing the final weekend of April, the Novice rowers traveled across the Ben Franklin Bridge to compete in the Cooper Cup Regatta on the Cooper River in Camden, NJ . 

Alternating between Women’s and Men’s events, the Women’s Novice 4X of Emily Hompe, Caroline Gosnear, Carly Robins, and Leah Palomo finished 1^st  which was followed by Ted McGovern, Michael Kling, Jacob Hinderer, and Jacob Novak finishing 1^st in the Men’s Novice 4X.  In the Women’s Novice 2X Callie Maslowsky and Ivy Hollander finished 1^st in their heat (2^nd overall) while Timothy Kao and Sean Johnson finished 1^st in the Men’s Novice 2X.

The Conestoga Crew Club team returns to racing next weekend (May 5^th) to compete in the PSRA’s Philadelphia City Championship Regatta, the first in a series of preeminent scholastic regattas that will start a busy month of fun competition for the team.  For more information about the Conestoga Crew Club go to www.conestogacrew.org.