The Sammamish Rowing Association brought home top honors in a variety of races during the Greenlake Spring Regatta on March 19. SRA won 19 gold medals during the event, many teams which featured rowers from Kirkland.

The winning women’s junior novice 8’s won with a time of 3:47.60 and includes Lake Washington High School’s Camielle Worsech, Allison Barstow and Melanie Barstow. The women’s junior novice B 8’s won their race in 4:06.61 and includes Lake Washington High School’s Rachel Enstrom and Mackenzie Morgan.

The group of Melanie and Allison Barstow, Camielle Worsech and Morgan were on the women’s open novice 8’s team which won with a time of 4:06.06. Kirkland Junior High student Samantha Sefton was also a member of the novice 8’s team.

Julia Bell, who also attends Lake Washington, was a member of the winning women’s junior novice team with a time of 4:12.90.

In the women’s master 8’s event, the Sammamish Rowing Association team won in 3:36.20 and includes Kirkland’s Patty Jones. In the men’s junior 4’s race, the team won with 3:43.30 and includes Kyle McKenney, a student at Lake Washington High School. The women’s junior JV 8’s time was 3:47.70, which includes Alex Zeiler from Lake Washington.

David Rind from Kirkland was a member of the mixed masters 8’s team, which finished their race in 3:39.73.