It’s been rowing-oar-bust for Lengthy Islanders Olivia Fogarty and Lindsey Rust.
The standout maritime athletes had been just lately inducted into the inaugural Port Rowing Corridor of Fame class.
“It really made me reflect on my rowing journey and how special Port Rowing has been to me,” Rust, who took bronze on the 2021 under-23 World Championships, instructed The Publish of this system that develops youth crew expertise on LI.
“I remember my coaches at Port pushing me really, really hard, and I realized, ‘Wow, I can actually do so much more than I thought,’ ” Rust, a stroke seat rower, added.
Fogarty, a coxswain and two-time nationwide champion on the College of Texas, stated it was destiny that introduced her to Port as a center schooler.
“One of the coaches approached me and said, ‘You’re small, can you yell?’ ” she recalled. “I had gone to the first practice, and like that, off we went.”
Fogarty and Rust are touched to see so many new faces embracing Port Rowing and are proud to be function fashions for a brand new technology of younger feminine athletes.
“Just even get one extra person to go sign up … and hopefully that kind of shapes their life,” Fogarty stated. “Even if that happens to one girl out there, that’d be awesome.”
Hitting the books
Chaminade Excessive Faculty’s Will Handley doesn’t miss a beat from the locker room to the classroom.
The Flyers standout soccer participant, who boasts a 94.5 unweighted GPA, was named the highest scholar athlete of the Catholic League for 2024.
“The main thing for me was just to stay focused on what I’m doing every day,” the Lafayette-bound exterior linebacker instructed The Publish between exams. “My parents worked really hard to send me here … I know they’re excited.”
In lacrosse, Massapequa’s ladies group hosts rival Farmingdale Friday at 5 p.m.
Port Washington boys go to Roslyn on the similar time.
