High School Champions Named at SRAA National Championships

The scholastic season came to an end on May 25th as the SRAA National Championship returned to the Cooper River and crowned winners in 28 events. Some familiar faces were seen on the awards stage in the boys and girls varsity eights as both the New Trier boys and the Winter Park girls defended their titles. On the sculling side of things, Tony Madigan of Wakefield High School and Hannah Hill of Lake Howell won the boys and girls varsity singles.

The Winter Park crew won their third national championship in a row by a mere .12 seconds over the New Trier girls, one of the closest margins of the day, after Mount St. Joseph jumped out to an early lead and eventually fell to third. Winter Park will extend their season, competing at Henley Royal Regatta in July.

The boy’s varsity eight race was a replay of the Midwest Scholastic Rowing Championship, with New Trier once again defeating St. Ignatius Cleveland by roughly two seconds, as Saratoga Springs came in a close third by another roughly two seconds.

Tony Madigan, who recently finished second at Stotesbury as the fastest American in the field, took the gold in the boys single, finishing nearly four seconds ahead of Belen Jesuit and a further five seconds ahead of third place Traverse City. Madigan comes from a rowing family – his father, Matt Madigan, is a former national team rower who coached at two Olympics, and his mother, Katie Madigan, won a silver medal at the Pan Am Games.

In the girls event, Hannah Hill won the event by over two seconds ahead of Episcopal Dallas and Holy Names – Florida. Hill won two previous SRAA medals in sweep events, turning to the single just this year.

All races were live streamed on YouTube, with finals below.

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