Vicki Jorgensen (graduate of West Windsor-Plainsboro North HS) and Rena White (Princeton High School) win third in the Women’s U23 2- event.
Princeton National Rowing Association’s Mercer Rowing Club made its first appearance at the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta in Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada from August 4 to 11.
The Henley Regatta is one of the largest rowing tournaments in North America and boasts a 131- year tradition of summer competition. More than 2,800 men and women from about 150 rowing clubs competed for Henley gold.
Of the 22 events they entered, Mercer Junior crews reached the finals in seven events. The Mercer Juniors came up just short of gold medals, finishing second in three events: Women’s Under 17 4+, Women’s Under 23 Lightweight 4-, and Men’s Under 19 8+.
In the Women’s U17 4+ event they finished second behind gold-medal winning Brockville Rowing Club (Ontario) by 1.3 seconds. The team includes Kate Hickey (Notre Dame High School), Rena White (Princeton High School), Catherine Porter(Hopewell Valley Central High School), Haley Bork (Robbinsville High School) and coxswain Katarina Strough (PHS).
West Windsor-Plainsboro North High School grad Vicki Jorgensen, Rachel Calabro (RHS), Geena Fram (Lawrenceville Prep) and White placed second in the Women’s U23 Lightweight 4-.
Jorgensen and White also teamed up for a third place finish in the Women’s U23 2-.
The Men’s Under 19 8+ event team finished second behind Canada’s Don Rowing Club. The team consist of student Finn Ludwig (West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South), Aaron Goodman (PHS), Sean Kelly (WW-P South), Timothy Lee (PHS graduate), Princeton resident Elias Albiheira, Brad Mills (PHS), Connor Ilchert (Lawrence High School), Ron Haines (Hamilton High West) and Matt Perez (RHS). The crew is coached by Mercer varsity boys’ coach and Masters’ coach Jimmy Newcombe.
For women’s team captain, senior coxswain Noa Rothstein (Council Rock High School), the semi-final heat of the Women’s U19 8+ event was the highlight of the Regatta. In this race, Mercer had a photo finish with the Oakland Strokes (California) and St. Catharines (Ontario) crews. The judges determined that Mercer had finished in third place, only 0.05 seconds behind Oakland Strokes, the crew that went on to win the event in the finals.
In addition to Rothstein, the crew consisted of Jorgensen, White, Calabro, Fram, Madeline Day (West Windsor-Plainsboro North High School), Porter, Katie Sessa (Mount Saint Mary Academy) and Hickey.
The Mercer Masters also competed and reached the finals in four events. The Women’s Masters C (age 43 to 49) 4+ finished second with the crew of Cheryl Baldino, Allison Lee, Sharon Waters, Kristin Tedesko, and coxswain Charles Gilbert
. The Women’s Masters D (age 50-54) 8+ finished second with the crew of Kristin Appelget, Cassandra Cohen, Baldino, Kathy Kalinowski, Susan Voorhees, Lee, Waters, Tedesko, and coxswain Madeline Alden.
The mother-daughter duo of Susan Voorhees and Madeline Alden teamed up with Appelget, Cohen and Kalinowski to win a second silver medal in the Women’s Master D 4+. The Mixed Masters D 8+ finished third with a crew of Appelget, Neil Linzmeyer, Miles Truesdell, Charles Gilbert, Michael Vaccaro, Cohen, Voorhees, Kalinowski, and coxswain Kat Stough.
More information is online at rowpnra.org
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