After a summer and fall of practicing on Megunticook Lake, Megunticook Rowing rowers earned medals in four events at the Textile River Regatta October  in Lowell, Massachusetts. 

In one of the first events of the morning, Varsity Girls Novice Coach Will Schaetzke finished third in the Men’s Masters 1, 19:00.21 minutes.

The mixed masters coxed quad coxed by Executive Director and Head Coach, Olivia Goodwin-Cook finished second in the Mixed Masters 4x in 17:55.96. This included Varsity Girls and Novice Coach Meredith Currier, masters rower Evan Waters, and graduates of the Megunticook Rowing youth program, Iselin Bratz and Devin Guptill.

The next event was the Women's Masters 2x, where experienced rowers Polly Saltonstall and Stephanie Lash battled it out on the home stretch and finished third in 17:14.12.

Then, in the last event of the day, novice rowers competed in the KCL Mixed Open 4+ coxed by senior Sofia Howell, where they finished third in 20:07.28. 

Megunticook Rowing’s varsity boys competed in the Men's Jr 4x+ coxed by Howell. The varsity boys had just begun sculling with our youth program this fall and this was some of the boys' third time sculling. They finished in the top five in 18:18.77.

For their second race of the day, the varsity boys competed in the Mens Jr 4+ “A” coxed by sophomore Connor Howland. The excitement began when a five way collision occurred under the bridge around the 1,000 meter mark.

After recovering, Megunticook’s boys finished 21st in 18:38.18. Right after were the varsity girls four coxed by Howell, who competed in the Women's Jr 4+ “A” and finished 13th in 18:43.46. 

Next up for Megunticook Rowing is the New Hampshire Championships, October 15, 2023 in Pembroke, New Hampshire, hosted by Amoskeag Rowing.

Megunticook Rowing Textile Lineups

Mens Masters 1x: Will Schaetzke 

Mens Jr 4x+: C: Sofia Howell; S: Tristan Strong; 3: Tanner Carson; 2: Declan Buchanan; B: Connor Howland

Womens Masters 4x: C: Olivia Goodwin-Cook; S: Meredith Currier; 3: Sarah Kuhn;  2: Marnie Read; B: Leslie Forand

Mens Jr 4+ “A”: C: Connor Howland; S: Robert Wickenden; 3: Tanner Carson; 2: Tristan Strong; B: Declan Buchanan

Womens Jr 4+ “A”: C: Sofia Howell; S: Adella Brainerd; 3: Natalie Gill; 2: Laura Riordan; B: Tucker Beynart

Mixed Masters 4x: C: Olivia Goodwin-Cook; S: Iselin Bratz; 3: Meredith Currier; 2: Evan Waters; B: Devin Guptill 

Womens Masters 2x: S: Polly Saltonstall; B: Stephanie Lash

KCL Mixed Open 4+: C: Sofia Howell; S: Tucker Beynart; 3: Robert Wickenden; 2: Evan Fossum; B: Lucy Morgenstern 

Complete results can be found here.

Megunticook Rowing is based in Camden. Its mission is to strengthen minds, bodies and community through rowing. Since 2008, the program has grown from a handful of dedicated rowers with a couple of donated shells, to an organization that sends high school aged and masters rowers to in-state regattas and Boston’s Head of the Charles. Many junior rowers have gone on to compete in Division 1 programs. Just as important the Club Rowers and the Masters programs receive expert coaching to develop skills and a lifetime love of rowing. megunticookrowing.org

Megunticook Rowing thanks the following sponsors: 16 Bayview, Accent Painting, Adventure Advertising, American Flatbread, Artisan Boatworks, BayView Collection, Camden Classics Cup, Camden Coast Real Estate, Cascade Foundation, Jo-Ann Cook LCSW, Down East Magazine, Grand Harbor Inn, Hamilton Marine, Lord Camden Inn, Lyman-Morse,  Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors, Maine Coast Orthodontics.

For more information: Contact Olivia Goodwin-Cook olivia@megunticookrowing.org