Weekly Quote

"Speak softly and carry a big stick" Theodore Roosevelt

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Garden States/Cooper Cup

13 top 3 finishes and 29 medals collected in two days at the Garden State Championships and Cooper Cup. Two days of tough racing brought lots of hardware to Haddon Township Athletes. 5 boats were crowned NJ State Champions and have officially qualified for the Scholastic National Regatta:
  • Girls lt 2x (Juliette/Kate)
  • JV Girls 2x (Salena/Sara)
  • JV Girls 4x (Emily D./Mandy/Nicole/Cassidy)
  • Varsity Girls 4x (Tori/Catie/Emily/Julie)
  • JV Boys 4x (Ryan/Jim/Nick/Alec)
Two additional boats medaled at this regatta:
  • Varsity 1x: Matt Glace
  • JV Boys 2x: Nelson/Alex
Erik Duffy raced a heroic race as a novice in a Varsity race finishing fourth by a whisker, a tremendous accomplishment.

Today's Cooper Cup brought tougher racing but HT crews were still able to grasp medals in three boat categories:
  • Women's Novice 2x (Maddie/Kassidy)
  • JV Girls 4x (Listed above)
  • Varsity Girls (Listed above)
All in all, it was a tremendous weekend for the Hawks!