Lower Merion Girls Varsity 4 headed to Henley Regatta

The SRAA national champion Lower Merion High School Girls Varsity 4+ crew will travel to England for the Henley Women’s Regatta (HWR) June 22-24 to join more than 1,500 rowers from over 190 clubs across the world competing in this prestigious event.
Henley Women’s Regatta was first held on the River Thames in 1988 in response to the absence of women’s events at the Henley Royal Regatta (HRR).
The four seniors (coxswain Minori Cohan, 3 seat Eva Nates, 2 seat Morgan Simpson and bow Emma Spaeth) and one junior (stroke Annika Edwards), along with Lower Merion girls crew coach Liz Miller and a sophomore alternate will leave June 17, allowing for several practice days in Henley-on-Thames before their first race for the Groton School Challenge Cup for Junior Coxed Fours June 23.
After winning the City Championships on the Schuylkill River in early May and narrowly missing first place at the Stotesbury Regatta (which four of the five girls won last year as members of the JV4), the Lower Merion crew avenged the loss the following week winning the Scholastic Rowing Association of America (SRAA) national championship on the Cooper River.

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