She's an excellent role model for the younger athletes. The youth factor is something I'm very optimistic about. Degen strokes the varsity eight of juniors Kate Rafter, Anna Bullock, Caitlin McKenna, Anne Louise Ennis, Janice Kurbjun, Irene Barrett, Christina Galvez and junior coxswain Kaveri Arora. The group placed second in Sunday's fourth Manny Flick Regatta on the Schuylkill. Episcopal earned victories in the boys' varsity four with juniors Sammy McCallum, Tim Mahoney and Chris Miller, sophomore Kevin Beaumont, and sophomore coxswain Mark Adomanis and in the girls' junior varsity four of juniors Laura Juliano, Sara Erstad and Teagan Henwood, sophomore Christy Frieman and freshman Alex Buerkel.
Owls keep achieving.
At Agnes Irwin, coach Liesel Hud said she is excited about the prospects for the varsity four. Seniors Allison Hough, Deirdre Curran, Sarah O'Connor and Katie Stuhlemmer are the likely quartet, although Amanda Kiely, Hough, Curran and O'Connor placed second in the Manny Flick on Sunday. They've been rowing for four years. Most of them have been rowing in the summer. They have different personalities, but the intensity they bring to the boat is the same.