RowAmerica Rye Makes Waves At Summer Nationals

RYE, NY — While we were dealing with a stretch of rotten weather back home, the RowAmerica Rye rowing club was busy taking the US Rowing Summer National Championships in Camden, New Jersey by storm.

After dominating early time trials and qualifying races, Lucas Liow won the under 17 sprint men's singles at Cooper River. He edged out the competition with a time of 7:42.820. The effort was slightly slower than Liow's 7:40.437 best time in the semifinal heats.

Under 17 rowing champion Lucas Liow gave Rye plenty of reason to be proud. (Lucas Liow/RowAmerica Rye)

Erin Hanrahan placed first in the women's under 17 single event with a time of 8:09.903. The performance trumped her semifinal fastest time of 8:43.625.

The RowAmerica Rye under 19 teams also took victory laps in both the men's and women's events. The Rye rowers also had a handful of top three finishes in the races last week.

The victorious week at the Summer National Championships comes on the heels of impressive performances at the New York State Rowing Championship and the Youth Nationals, both held in Saratoga earlier this summer. The club won more than two dozen first place medals and has claimed even more silver and bronze medals already this season.