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Mercer Rowers Kick Off 2014 Spring Racing Season with 18 Medals at Mercer Lake Sprints Regatta

West Windsor, NJ – Princeton National Rowing Association’s Mercer Rowing Club (Mercer) began its spring racing season by winning 18 medals in the 20 events in which it competed at the Mercer Sprints Regatta on April 18 and 19.  This year’s Mercer Lake Sprints attracted over 2,000 high school aged rowers from around the East Coast to compete at Mercer Lake in Mercer County Park.  Mercer Lake has been labeled as “one of the nation’s premier rowing venues” by USRowing, rowing’s national governing body.   It has been the site multiple Olympic and National Team Rowing Team Trials, NCAA Women's Rowing Championships, Scholastic Rowing Championships and FISA World Cup and Masters Regattas. As the host club, Mercer mobilized hundreds of volunteers to run the event for the 42 rowing clubs competing in the regatta.

Mercer won gold in five events: Women’s Varsity 8 with coxswain, Women’s Lightweight Varsity 4 with coxswain, Women’s Novice 8 with coxswain, Men’s Novice 8 with coxswain, and Women’s 2^nd Varsity 8 with coxswain.

Mercer’s gold medal in the Women’s Varsity 8+ event was hard earned as the Mercer crew edged rival Connecticut by less than one second and Saugatuck by less than 3 seconds in the event final. The Women’s Varsity 8+ crew includes:  Haley Bork (Robbinsville, NJ), Rena White (Princeton, NJ), Kate Hickey (Yardley, PA), Kelly Fischer (Hopewell, NJ), Caitlin Cleary (Princeton, NJ), Badia Shehab (Hopewell, NJ), Alex Natale (Basking Ridge, NJ), Beatrice Sclapari (Princeton, NJ), and coxswain Noa Rothstein (Newtown, PA).  The Mercer Varsity girls are coached by Ted Sobolewksi.

The Mercer Varsity teams will travel to Saratoga, NY to compete at the Saratoga Invitational in Saratoga Springs, NY on April 26 and 27, 2014.

About the Princeton National Rowing Association

The Princeton National Rowing Association, a 501(c)3 organization, operates the Finn M.W. Caspersen Rowing Center located on the shores of Mercer Lake, Mercer County Park in West Windsor, New Jersey.  The Princeton National Rowing Association is dedicated to operating a world-class training site for our nation’s elite athletes, providing opportunities for area youth to excel in the sport of rowing and to expand rowing in the greater Mercer County area through community based programs.  PNRA runs the Mercer Junior Rowing Program which provides rowing opportunities for youth from over 30 area schools and the Mercer Masters Rowing Program which provides rowing opportunities for adults.  The center is a home to the USRowing National and Olympic Teams, as well as rowing clubs and schools. PNRA has teamed up with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mercer County to provide mentors and rowing opportunities to the students of the Joyce Kilmer School. PNRA received generous support from University Orthopaedic Associates, Resolute Racing Shells, Swift Racing, Hampton Inn and Residence Inn by Marriott.

For more information, contact Kristopher Grudt, tel: 609-977-1094, krisgrudt@rowpnra.org or visit www.rowpnra.org.