Portage Lakes Rowing Wins Silver
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For Immediate Release A team of eight rowers
from the Akron
area captured second place out
of 31 teams who competed in the Cleveland,
OH – August 27, 2007 –
On Saturday, August 25 a team of eight rowers from the Portage Lakes
Rowing Association (PLRA) competed in an elimination rowing
competition and won the silver medal in the Class A division of the
Summer Rowing League (SRL). The
SRL is an annual series of three regattas hosted by the Western
Reserve Rowing Association (WRRA) which allows local recreational
rowers to compete against one another and currently serves over 500
adult rowers. The
racecourse is a 600 meter stretch of the Based
on performances from four races at regattas held on June 23 and July
21, the 31 teams were placed in four divisions for the final regatta
of the summer. With the
fifth best overall time, the PLRA team landed a spot in the top
division alongside seven other teams, giving them a chance to claim
the overall season championship. In
the first round of the regatta, the PLRA crew faced off against the
fourth seeded team. They
led from the start and finished with a five second victory.
This advanced them to the semi-finals where PLRA surged out to
a slight lead but the rival crew pulled even with less than 200 meters
remaining. It was a tight
finish with neither team certain of the outcome until they were
informed by an official when then returned to the dock that PLRA had
won by 3 seconds. In
the championship race, PLRA lost to the top seeded crew by a
convincing margin, but they were nonetheless thrilled with their
silver medal performance. Finishing
second out of 31 teams was quite a feat for a team that first competed
in this regatta one year ago and was only founded two years ago.
The crew was directed by coxswain Steve Harmath and the rowers
(listed from bow to stern) were Becca Boehme, Jean Vossberg, Katy
Boyle, Cindy Parish, Barak Kraus, Michael Miller, Brad Banko and
Michael Boyle. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The
Portage Lakes Rowing Association was founded in 2005 by Barak Kraus
and rows every Sunday morning from The
Western Reserve Rowing Association’s Summer Rowing League is a 15
week adult rowing program for experienced & novice rowers.
Please visit their website at http://www.wrra.cc
for more information. For
media inquiries contact Barak Kraus at barak@portagelakesrowing.com
or 330-807-4010. #
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