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| Baldwin Crew wins gold, silver and bronze at national regattas |
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Baldwin Crew wins gold, silver and bronze at national regattas
5/28/2009
Baldwin's Crew team had one of its best seasons ever, earning three gold, three silver and two bronze medals in major regional and national regattas this spring. Baldwin also qualified a boat for the US Rowing Youth Invitational Championships for the first time in the team's history. That event will be held in Cincinnati, OH beginning June 14.
The lightweight double of seniors, Saabi Markar and Tori Ibrahim Gonzalez, won silver medals at the Philadelphia Scholastic Rowing Championships (PSRA) on May 3 on the Schuylkill River, the Stotesbury Cup Regatta on May 16 on the Schuylkill, and the Scholastic Rowing Association of America's (SRAA) national championships in Mercer, NJ on May 23. The two won a gold medal at the New Jersey State Championships on the Cooper River in April. They have qualified for the US Rowing National Youth Invitational Championships in Cincinnati, OH in June.
The freshman quad of Elizabeth Asch, Kaylah Kleczka, Natalie Webb and Madison Noteware won a gold medal at the Stotesbury Cup Regatta May 16. The quad sprinted from second place to win the event by an open water, eight second margin. The Stotesbury Cup is the largest youth regatta in the world.
The junior quad of juniors, Alison Callegari, Gabrielle Amundson and Alison Hoeltzel, and sophomore, Tess Candell, won bronze medals at the PSRA Championships and the SRAA Championships. At the SRAA regatta, the were edged out of secondplace by three by a crew from Ontario, Canada. The junior quad with Callegari, Hoeltzel, Candell and sophomore, Maddy Taggart, won a gold medal at the New Jersey State Championships.
At the Scholastic Rowing Association of America national championships, Baldwin Crew won more medals than any other Main Line girls team and the second most of all the Philadelphia area girls teams. Baldwin also placed fourth overall out of 65 schools in the girls sculling point competition in the 2009 PSRA Flick-Horvat series on the Schuylkill River. |
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