These youngsters just “pushed off” from the docks of Yale’s Gilder Boathouse for another day of rowing on Lake Housatonic.
The event is part of Yale’s Community Rowing Program where youngsters pictured here through adults partake in a two week rowing program.
According to Director Jamie Snider, the program is in its 13th year.
The children pictured here with oars are from left to right Mikaela Flora 12, Marc Mastropetre 14, Tyler Hughes 11, Nicholas Mammano 13, Joseph Mammano 12, Christopher Hughes 9, Matthew Mastropetre 11, and Michael Flora 10. College Student Instructors from left to right are Ashley Fichthorn of University of Tennessee, John Dearborn of UCONN and Abby Loucks of Yale.
Lake Housatonic is the section of the Housatonic River between the Stevenson Dam and the Ousatonic Dam.
Photo by: Markanthony Izzo
