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Norwalk Boat Club Dominates At Junior Championships

NORWALK, Conn. -- Norwalk's Connecticut Boat Club, an all-girls rowing team, medaled in eight out of nine events it entered at the U.S. Rowing Northeast Junior District Championships recently. 

The Connecticut Boat Club took home eight medals at the U.S. Rowing Northeast Junior District Championships recently.

The Connecticut Boat Club took home eight medals at the U.S. Rowing Northeast Junior District Championships recently.

Photo Credit: Laura Rigney

The club earned five gold medals, one silver and two bronze medals on the day.

Gold medals were won by:

  • Girls varsity four: Courtney Lincoln (Darien), Jessica Ferrante (Fairfield), Isabel Fitter (Fairfield), Meg Galloway (Ridgefield), Katie De Haas (Darien)
  • Girls novice four: Amanda Wilpon (Greenwich), Emily von Jena (Darien), Lily Davis (Darien), Mikayla Kehoe (Madison), Megan Palazzo (Fairfield)
  • Girls second varsity eight: Kassy Boliakis (Fairfield), Claire Kelley (Darien), Erin Rigney (Fairfield), Natalie Puente (Greenwich), Julia Cornacchia (Darien), Kelly Caione (Fairfield), Natalie Yannopoulos (Westport), Haley Bower (Weston)
  • Girls third varsity eight: Cali Nathanson (Newtown), Andy Bernhardt (Ridgefield), Lauren Squitieri (Wilton) Madeline Mauboussin (Darien), Claire Lincoln (Darien), Megan Kynast (Ridgefield), Katie Bower (Weston), Kat Eddie (Darien), Ava Colarusso (Ridgefield)
  • Girls novice eight:  Wilpon,  Von Jena, Palazzo, Kehoe,  Davis, Taylor Lust (Ridgefield), Helen Watson (Darien), Coleen Visnic (Brandford), Taylor Arnold (Ridgefield) 

CBC's junior varsity four secured a silver medal. The boat was composed of Boliakis, Cornacchia, Puente, Yannopoulos and Bower.

Bronze medals were won by:

  • Girls varsity eight: Lincoln, Ferrante, Fitter, Galloway, de Haas, Sarah Konishesky (Old Lyme), Paige Voigt (Darien), Kendra Shutts (Darien), Casey Clifford (New Canaan)
  • Girls junior varsity four: Nathanson, Kelley, Mauboussin, Lincoln, Andy Bernhardt (Ridgefield)

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