Despite the winter wonderland that enveloped the mid-Atlantic this weekend, Row New York had a great turn at the Head of the Schuylkill. While Saturday’s loading and commute saw frozen rain, heavy snow, and a thunderclap, Sunday’s racing conditions were much more acceptable. Our crews took advantage of the favorable weather.
The varsity 4+ of Danna Matute, Abre Bokhari, Emma Buford, Shannon McCann, and Kalieha Nozile tore down the course to take 10th of 40 in the Varsity 4+ event, vanquishing crews they had fallen to just a week before. Our second and third fours (2V: Claudia DiMaio, Veronica Castillo, Alexa Presto, Kiera Keegan, and Jenee Small; 3V: Tenzin Khanghkar, Annie Sainvil, Monique Avin, Emily Xhaferi, and Alaura Zayas) continued to demonstrate program depth, taking 19th and 33rd respectively. In the non-1st varsity event, the crew pushed to a 25 of 31 finish, adding to the high-level race experience of many first-year varsity members.
Coach Previn Chandraratna summed up the event, saying, “In all, we showed that toughness can conquer tough conditions.” Great job to all our girls this weekend!
Full results can be viewed here: http://www.roninregistration.com/rowing/results/TimingResults.asp?p=default&pt=rowing&GroupID=53916
