
Lower Merion crew makes waves at Cooper Cup Regatta

The Lower Merion High School crew team had four first-place finishes at the Cooper Cup Regatta April 29 and the second-most gold medals overall. Dahlia Levine rowed in three races and medaled in two of them. The Lower Merion Girls Novice 4+ and Boys Novice 8+ both came in second.
The winning Girls V4+ boat included Minori Cohan, Emma Spaeth, Eva Nates, Morgan Simpson and Dahlia Levine.
The victorious Girls Jv4+ boat included Maya Ackerman, Alex Haas, Dahlia Levine, Valentina Frusone and Ella Garcia.

The first place Girls Lightweight 8 crew included Cleo Cohen, Peyton Beck, Aislinn Coleman-Plante, Sarah Lapin, Marion Donoghue, Mollie Katzen, Margo Klein, Talia Trentacoste and Pearl Stricker.
The winning Boys JV8+ boat included Brad Wootton, Noël Stach, Charlie Berman, Zeke Kelz, Alek Lexa, Ely Miller-Wilson, Alexander Kerekes, Nate Stevens and Christian Mobo.
The second place Girls Novice 4+ boat inlcuded Akira Covert, Théa Kerekes, MJ Pennington, Rose Leinhauser and Jane Spencer.
The second-place Boys Novice 8+ crew included Cole Messinger, George Rieke, Isaac Berman, Maximus Forster, Ben Lustig, Matthew Lexa, Gunner Spaeth, Paul DeSouza and Max Bergmaier.