Spotlight

2023 USRowing Youth National Championship

We sent 24 athletes to Sarasota, FL to compete at the 2023 USRowing Youth National Championship in seven events (U17M1x, W2x, U17W2x, M4x, W4+, U15G4x+, & U16B4x+). We are incredibly proud of our youth who worked hard all season to post up against some of the toughest crews in the country. 3 crews made the A Final (W2x, U17W2x, & U17M1x), the first Grand Final appearances for LHRC.

Women’s 2x: 6th Place

U17 Women’s 2x: 7th Place

U17 Men’s 1x: 7th Place

U15 Girl’s 4x+: 12th Place

Women’s 4+: 19th Place

U16 Boy’s 4x+: 21st Place

Men’s 4x: 26th Place

Women's 2x

Marley Burgess (Stroke) & JoJo McTamney (Bow) made the Grand Final in the Women’s 2x to place 6th in the nation, the best finish at the USRowing Youth National Championship in LHRC history.

Men's U17 1x

Kail Pennington made the Grand Final in the U17 Men’s 1x to place 7th in the nation.

Women's U17 2x

Addie Williams-Ness (Stroke) & Willow Schulde (Bow) made the Grand Final in the U17 Women’s 2x to place 7th in the nation.

Girl's U15 4x+

Meghan Archibald (Stroke), Allie McCarron (3), Avery Sood (2), Lollia D’Urso (Bow), & Jamo McTamney (Cox) made the B Final in the Girl’s U15 4x+ to place 12th in the nation.

Women's 4+

Julia Dean (Stroke), Olivia Olsen (3), Maggie Jinks (2), Selena Hescock (Bow), & Hayden Harlow (Cox) made the C Final in the Women’s 4+ to place 19th in the nation.

Men's 4x

Rowan Schulde (Stroke), Gunnar Round (3), Aubrey Duckworth (2), & Justin Sims (Bow) made the D Final in the Men’s 4x to place 26th in the nation.

Boy's U16 4x+

Henry Jinks (Stroke), Brandon Negrea (3), Nick Huffstetler (2), Sebbie Duckworth (Bow), & Gabe Mazzacane (Cox) made the C Final in the Boy’s U16 4x+ to place 21st in the nation.

2023 USRowing Summer National Championship

We sent 27 athletes to Bethel, OH to compete at the 2023 USRowing Summer National Championship for a combination of 21 crews in 16 different events. Year-round LHRC athletes and athletes who join us for summers only helped make this the biggest LHRC Summer Nationals showing yet!

C.R.A.S.H.-B. Sprints

LHRC sent five youth athletes to the 2023 World Indoor Rowing Championship C.R.A.S.H.-B. Sprints in Boston in March. We are so proud of our athletes for their dedication to our sport. They put in a lot of meters this winter, and their hard work paid off! LHRC took home our first two youth CRASH-B medals, and one included a hammer!

Olivia Olsen

raced to a personal record and new LHRC record of 7:09.8 — winning the Women’s U19 hammer!

Willow Schulde

earned LHRC’s first youth CRASH-B medal, placing second in the Women’s Flyweight category.

Rowan Schulde

raced to a personal record of of 6:39.4, placing 9th overall in the U19 category.

Hayden Harlow

a Varsity coxswain with LHRC, provided much needed coxing and support to all our athletes throughout the day.

Addie Williams-Ness

raced in the U17 category, and placed 7th overall — just missing a personal record.

LHRC on ESPN

Did you hear?! Litchfield Hills Rowing Club’s Girls Youth 4+’s excellent finish at the 2022 Head of the Charles Regatta was featured on Monday Night Football! How cool!