Saugatuck Rowers Victorious in San Diego

Westport’s Saugatuck Rowing Club varsity girls eight bested a talented field from across the country Sunday in San Diego, Calif. in the San Diego Crew Classic, bringing home the gold in the two-kilometer race. The team of Willemijn ten Cate, Nica Wardell, Amra Sabovic, Genevieve Esse, coxswain Lexi Bralver, Lelia Boley, Margaret Manley, Katherine Ratcliffe and Alison Morrison also won the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston last fall.  Pictured with the team is Coach Chase Graham.  In San Diego, Saugatuck also placed second in the JV girls eight and fourth in the JV boys eight categories.  Six members of the winning crew live in Westport: Boley, Bralver, Morrison, Ratcliffe, ten Cate and Wardell. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Eugenie ten Cate for WestportNow.com