PHOTOS COURTESY OF GENE CALLAGHAN
The Ridgewood Crew girls varsity double of seniors Bridget Callaghan, left, and Julia Hefferon captured a gold medal at the Stotesbury Cup Regatta to qualify for the SRAA National Championships.
JUNE 12, 2015 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2015, 12:31 AM
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Ridgewood Crew concluded its 2015 season by sending five boats to the Scholastic Rowing Association of America (SRAA) National Championships, held on the Cooper River in Camden over Memorial Day weekend.
The quintet qualified for Nationals by virtue of their finishes at the Stotesbury Cup Regatta, held May 15-16 on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. There, 16 Ridgewood rowers earned medals out of the 5,672 athletes to participate from the U.S. and Canada.
Out of the 31 event classes — which feature 1,000 boats and 93 medals – less than 10 percent of all boats get a medal, and Ridgewood collected four.
Cousins Bridget Callaghan and Julia Hefferon garnered gold in the girls varsity double, while both Ridgewood JV quads secured silver — the boys boat featuring Brendan Caltavuturo, Charlie Koontz, Will Creedon and Colin Wilkinson, and the girls boat featuring Melissa Dexter, Isabella DeGregorio, Jordan Wittmaack and Claire Callaghan.
The freshman boys quad of Zach Seibold, William Karanikolas, Joe O’Keefe and Ed Hida brought home a bronze medal.
