New Canaan HS Standout Wins Indoor Rowing Championship

Sydney Kend, a New Canaan High School student, brought home the "hammer" after coming in first and taking the gold during the CRASH-B Sprints indoor rowing competition in Boston.

Sydney Kend, center, recently won gold in a prestigious indoor rowing competition.
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Kathy Reakes

03/11/2018 6:30 a.m.

The prestigious annual event is the nation’s top indoor rowing competition, where each athlete competes on the erg, or individual rowing machine, for a 2,000-meter sprint.

Kend bested an international field of 160 competitors in the junior women’s under-19 (high school-age) division, with a time of 7:01 (7 minutes and 1 second).

The senior is a member of Saugatuck Rowing Club and will row for the University of California at Berkeley in the fall.

Serving as coxswain for Kend’s race was Isabelle Grosgogeat of Westport, also a member of Saugatuck Rowing Club.

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