Gold for New England rowers

Posted by Ted McEnroe August 17, 2008 at 11:25 am

Some of the best-known New England athletes fell short in their quests for gold, (Alicia Sacramone finished fourth in the women’s vault), but New England rowers Anna Goodale (Camden, Maine) and Eleanor Logan (Boothbay, Maine) are wearing the gold, after the U.S. women’s eight emerged victorious in rowing.

New England men will come home with hardware as well - Daniel Walsh (Norwalk, Conn.) and Wyatt Allen (Portland, Maine) were part of the men’s eight, which took bronze today.

Not a rock-sold day for New Englanders on the track today, though. Massachusetts-born Deena Kastor could not finish the women’s marathon (a foot injury forced her out at mile three), and Anna Willard (Greenwood, Maine and Brown Univ.) ended up tenth in the women’s 3000 meter steeplechase, three seconds behind Jennifer Barringer, who set a new American record in ninth.