A newly organized rowing club fared well during recent championships in Oyster Bay and Saratoga Springs.
A newly organized rowing club fared well during recent championships in Oyster Bay and Saratoga Springs.
At the Long Island Junior Rowing Championships on May 5: the Mens’ Varsity 8+ crossed the finish line just behind St. Anthony’s. After a strong start, coxswain Stevie Ortiz demanded from his rowers to take it easy in order to conserve energy. This strategic move paid off well in the grand final. The Varsity 8+ won the Supervisor’s Cup.
Pictured from left to right: Coach Pierrick Absolonne, Lucas Colagrossi, Will Cecio, Trevor Frey, Herbie Marache, Vaughan Merrick, Hutch Bryant, John Oswald, Ollie Grueterich, Stevie Ortiz.
In the Mens’ Varsity 1x, Jack Gordon faced some of the best single scullers in the nation and just missed a medal, in fourth place. Spencer Helm won the Mens’ JV 1x. Karl Johnson and Austin Formato landed a silver medal in the Mens’ JV 2x.
At the Saratoga Invitational, Gordon placed fourth in the Mens’ 1x. and in the Mens’ Jr. B 1x, Johnson placed sixth.
The Mens’ 1st Varsity 8+ placed third in the grand final, with a time of 6:13 over 2000 meters: Rowing in that race were Ortiz, Grueterich, Oswald, Bryant, Merrick, Marache, Frey, Cecio, and Colagrossi.
