Westport’s Saugatuck Rowing Club dominated the team competition at the 2009 USRowing Masters National Championships which ended today, winning the overall, women’s and men’s points’ trophies at the Cooper River in Camden, N.J.
The club won the overall team title with 831.50 points. Minneapolis Rowing Club finished second with 399.75 points, followed by Potomac Boat Club with 330.25 points.
Saugatuck won the women’s title with 371 points. Community Rowing, Inc. finished second with 211.75 points, followed by Minneapolis Rowing Club with 153.50 points.
The men’s point trophy went to Saugatuck with 382.25 points. Minneapolis finished second with 235.25 points, with Occoquan International taking third with 228.75 points.
In total, Saugatuck won 23 national titles over the four-day regatta including the mixed C eight, men’s club C quadruple sculls, men’s C four, women’s club D quadruple sculls and men’s club G quadruple sculls today.
More than 60 national titles were awarded on the final day of competition.
Co-hosted by USRowing, Rutgers Alumni Crew at Camden, Cooper River Rowing Association and the Camden County Parks, the regatta featured more than 1,800 entries from 147 clubs competing for national titles in more than 200 events.
The regatta was the largest masters national championships in history. Results are available online at http://www.racetrak.com.
