Connecticut Boat Club (CBC) raced in the Head of the Housatonic, a USRowing registered regatta, at Indian Well State Park in Shelton, CT on October 8, 2016 and took home Gold and Silver medals.
Varsity 4-SILVER: Sophie Perez of Greenwich (coxswain) Kaitlyn Kynast of Ridgefield, Grace Collins of Ridgefield, Julia Cornacchia of Darien, and Lauren Squitieri of Wilton
Junior Novice 8-GOLD: Colleen Visnic (coxswain) of Branford, Paige Pucel of Ridgefield, Emma Peelle of Rowayton, Heidi Jacobson of Greenwich, Jenna Macrae of New Canaan, Eleanor Imrie of Wilton, Gigi Skolds of Darien, Bridget Galloway of Ridgefield, and Flynn Woodring of Darien
About CBC (Connecticut Boat Club)
Connecticut Boat Club is a high performance girl’s youth (middle school and high school) rowing club and Women’s Masters program based on the Norwalk River in Norwalk, Connecticut. Founded in the spring of 2010 by U.S. National Team Junior/CBC head coach Liz Trond, the team includes girls from throughout southwestern Connecticut and Westchester County New York. CBC has proven to be a dominant force in scholastic rowing, most notably bringing home medals at Junior Worlds where Kaitlyn Kynast took Bronze in the pair in 2016 and in 2015 Kynast took the Gold in the 4- and Julia Cornacchia took a Bronze in the 8+. The team dominates their competition at races including the Head of the Charles, the San Diego Crew Classic, the Saratoga Invitational, the Head of the Schuylkill, and the Head of the Housatonic to name a few. For more information, please visit the website and Facebook page.