Radnor rowers win gold at Nationals

The Radnor High School boys’ and girls’ crew clubs earned some hardware June 11 in their last weekend of competition, in the Nationals’ School Championship Regatta in Philadelphia, and in the US Rowing Nationals Regatta at Mercer Lake, N.J.

In the Nationals’ School Championship Regatta, the Women’s Lightweight 4+ (Jenna Spray, Julia Wi, Ainsley Macrone, Ellisen Ching and coxswain Courtney Zajac) won the gold medal in their category with a time of 6:51.98.   The girls Varsity 4+ (Sam Talucci, Nicole Vitt, Caroline Ressler, Olivia Chase and coxswain Cassidy Lorenz) finished second in their heat to advance to the final, where they rowed to a fourth place finish overall with a time of 6:43.66.

Also at the Nationals’ School Championship Regatta, the Men’s Varsity 4+ (Milo Wilton, Matt Palmer, Mike FItzpatrick, Chetin Attilasoy and coxswain Noah Pepper) placed fourth in time trials with a time of 6:08.10.

The Men’s Lightweight 4+ (Zahi Shalev, Matt Kellett, Tommy Ciatto, Ryan Conklyn and coxswain Bella Hain) earned silver in the final, with a time of 6:19.71.

The Radnor Men’s Lightweight 4+ Nationals’ School Regatta bronze medalists were, from left, Ryan Conklyn, Tommy Ciatto, Matt Kellett, Zahi Shalev and coxswain Bella Hain.
The Radnor Men’s Lightweight 4+ Nationals’ School Regatta bronze medalists were, from left, Ryan Conklyn, Tommy Ciatto, Matt Kellett, Zahi Shalev and coxswain Bella Hain.

In the Men’s Varsity 2-, Alex DeNolfo and Zach Taylor placed fourth with a time of 7:26.54.  Brett Lyons and Greg McNicholas earned a bronze medal in the final with a time of 6:57.02.

In the USRowing Nationals Regatta, the Men’s Varsity Lightweight 8+ (Noah Morris, Aidan Donnelly, Stephen Ching, Drew Addis, Bobby Subak, Ryan Borowski, Willem McGee, Pranav Gaddameedi and coxswain Zach Pepper) placed fourth in time trials earning them a spot in the C Final where they placed second with a time of 6:20.95. Radnor was in a competitive field of 19 club teams, three private high schools, and only four public high schools (from all over the country) in their event.

Radnor Men’s Varsity 2- with their bronze medals, joining head coach Valeria Gospodinov (left) were Greg McNicholas and Brett Lyons.
Radnor Men’s Varsity 2- with their bronze medals, joining head coach Valeria Gospodinov (left) were Greg McNicholas and Brett Lyons.

 

 

 

 

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