Record Setting Day For NA At Pittsburgh Indoor Sprints
NA Rowing made their way to downtown Pittsburgh on Saturday, Jan. 27, for the Pittsburgh Indoor Sprints/ UsRowing Indoor Championships. The Tigers had 33 athletes entered across the days events including both 2K, 500 meter and Coxswain dashes.
The Tigers brought home 27 new personal records from the day. Highlights of these included Cooper Lemon’s 18.3 second drop, Alex Repinksi’s 25.5 improvement & Emily DiDonato dropped 19.6 seconds. Junior team captain Anthony Bertucci’s 12.7 second improvement also secured him the No. 16 spot on the NA Men’s top 25 record board at a time of 6:36.8.
The day wrapped with the U20 6 Person Mixed Relay with Anthony Bertucci, Mile Rees, Phoenix Core, Madison Lambert, Lorelei Schreiber, and Katherine Zema securing second place behind Three Rivers Rowing association.
The Tiger’s race again on Feb. 24 at Marshall Middle School at the teams home race, The Erg In the Burgh.