Submitted by Dave DeVito, Maritime Rowing Club
New Canaan Crew’s Maritime Rowing Club won a National Championship in the Women’s Youth U16 Coxed Quad recently at the 30th USRowing Youth National Championship in Sarasota, FL. The club also came away with a Bronze in the Men’s Under 17 Quad. This win marks the 20th national championship won by the club in its 29 year history and the 1st win in the women’s U16 coxed quad event.
With 881 entries and just over 4,000 athletes representing 230 clubs from all over the country, the event was the largest ever. All crews had to qualify for the regatta through regional regattas held last month. Maritime Rowing qualified 16 crews, the 2nd highest highest in Nation in the Youth, U17, and U16 age categories.
“You are a product of your environment, and we have worked very hard to make Maritime a supportive, healthy and exciting place to be. These girls are so young and have a long rowing career ahead of them, they love going fast and I’ve no doubt that these girls will unlock even more speed together.” Said Sorcha O’Donnell JV/Novice Girls Coach
“It was a privilege to coach this group of highly motivated and competitive athletes. The practice and racing conditions were challenging in the afternoon with delays and cancellations and the boys handled it with incredible maturity. Competition was very tight with time differences very close for the 8 boat final. The boys produced a superior result of which we are all tremendously proud.” said Laura Rauchfuss, High Performance Boys Coach.
This regatta was also the final High School event for the club’s graduating class of 2025. The class consists of: Matthew Greco (Rowayton, CT) – Georgetown University; Robert Vine (Greenwich,CT) – Harvard University; Jacob Robertson (New Canaan,CT) – Belmont University; Will Sexton (New Canaan,CT) – St. Lawrence University; Zach Santiago (New Canaan,CT) – Northeastern University; Charlie Williams (New Canaan,CT) – Vanderbilt; Luis Palomeque (Norwalk,CT) – LaSalle University; Gael Lugo (Wilton,CT) – UConn; Luke Pittaro New Canaan,CT) – MIT; David Thompson (New Canaan,CT) – Columbia University; Sam Ronen (Easton ,CT) – Kansas State University; Samantha Sieber (Norwalk, CT) – Fordham University; Ella Trudeau (Norwalk ,CT) – Harvard University; Avery Sommerville (Wilton,CT) – Union College
Maritime winning crews include:
Women’s Youth U16 Coxed Quad – 1ST Place;
Lexi Spergel (Norwalk, CT), Coral Ludwig-Cabrera (Norwalk, CT), Roxi Goodwin (New Canaan, CT), Charlotte Edwards (New Canaan, CT), Sophia Voyko (Norwalk, CT)
Men’s Youth U17 Quad – 3rd Place;
Andrew Quaglino (Stamford, CT), Tristan Gemelli (Stamford, CT), Alex Yang (Trumbull, CT), Declan Crotty (Fairfield, CT)
Other top Maritime finishes include:
Men’s Youth U16 Coxed Quad – 4th Place;
Robert Vine, John Squitieri, David Thompson, Matthew Lupinacci
Men’s Youth 2V Quad – 6th Place;
Roberto Toraty, Dean Metropoulos, Henry Brauweiler, Cameron Morey
Men’s Youth 2V Quad – 9th Place;
Jacob Robertson, Theo Kambas, Maksim Kolarich, Tal Aluf-Medina
Men’s Youth U16 Coxed Quad – 5th Place;
Elizabeth Zyarska, Alexander Shurba, Thomas Whipple, Antonie Engel, Benson Snider
Men’s Youth U16 Coxed Quad – 8th Place;
Mason Wang, Eric Haidautu, Orion Berman, Isaac Marshall, Jack Thompson
Men’s Youth U17 Quad -5th Place;
Declan McClure, Chase Hasan, Noah Peterkin, Charles McGillion-Moore
