Novice Crew Team Earns Gold Medal at States

For the first time ever a Mustang boat has picked up a gold medal at a state championship. The Girls 4 Novice won the 1,500 meter race on Sunday in a competition held on the Merrimack River at UMass-Lowell. Pictured, top photo, left to right: Novice Girls Coach Coach Aaron Manes, Georgia Bowder-Newton, Niamh Jacques, coxswain Meghan Riccardi, Sara Oliveira, and Stella Eliopoulos.

– Photo courtesy Steve Eliopoulos