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18 Rescued Following Westport Rowing Club Accident At Compo Beach 18 Rescued Following Westport Rowing Club Accident At Compo Beach
18 Rescued Following Westport Rowing Club Accident At Compo Beach Eighteen teens and juveniles, in addition to several others, were rescued after three rowing sculls overturned and the chase boat took on water at a Fairfield County beach. The incident occurred off Westport off Compo Beach on Long Island Sound around 5 p.m., Wednesday, March 20. According to Lt. Eric Woods, of the Westport Police, police, fire and EMS responded to Compo Beach on a report that numerous people were in the water after a boat capsized. Responding units found a chaotic scene of youths swimming to shore, arriving by boat, and some still in the water near Cockenoe Isla…

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by Kathy Reakes
Sports
New Canaan HS Standout Wins Indoor Rowing Championship New Canaan HS Standout Wins Indoor Rowing Championship
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. 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 Unive…

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by Kathy Reakes