Photo: The Arlington-Belmont crew at the Head of the Charles.
They might be considered “lightweight”, but there is nothing insubstantial about the Arlington-Belmont Crew, the rowing club with students from Belmont and Arlington high schools that began in 2005.
At this weekend’s 2015 USRowing Northeast Youth Championships held on the Merrimack River in Lowell, three A-B “lightweight” boats qualified and will be traveling to the USRowing Nationals in Florida next month.
The term lightweight refer to the weight of each rower not exceeding 150 lbs for men and 130 lbs for women.
The A-B men’s lightweight four (four rowers using one oar each) took first, beating the Dublin School by four and a half second, crossing the line in 7 minutes, 4.9 seconds.
The men’s lightweight eight took second (6:30.1) behind Boston Community Rowing, edging out Brookline High School by half a second.
The women’s lightweight eight finished behind Saugatuck Rowing, finishing second in 7:27.3.
The 2015 USRowing Youth National Championships will be hold on June 12 to 14, in Sarasota-Bradenton, Fla.
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