Glastonbury woman wins silver medal in rowing at the Paralympics

Karen Petrik of Glastonbury won a silver medal in Paralympic rowing at Sea Forest Waterway on Sunday in Tokyo.

Petrik, 23, and her teammates John Tanguay of Pennington, N.J., Charley Nordin of Alameda, Calif., Dani Hansen of Patterson, Calif., and Allie Reilly of North Kingstown, R.I., finished second in the PR3 mixed four with coxswain category.

The PR3 designation includes rowers with residual function in their legs, which allows them to slide the seat in the boat, and rowers with visual impairment.

“I think we executed what we wanted to do, and I think we put together everything we set out to do,” Petrik said.

The U.S. PR3 team finished behind the defending Paralympic champions from Great Britain and ahead of the French team. It was the U.S. team’s seventh straight silver medal; Great Britain has won 11 straight golds.

Petrick was a coxswain at the University of Rhode Island, before graduating in 2019, and was a coxswain for the rowing team at Glastonbury High.

Montes leads Yard Goats past Senators: Coco Montes hit two home runs and Ryan Feltner struck out eight in5 innings as the Hartford Yard Goats beat the Senators 8-2 in Harrisburg, Pa. The teams split the six-game series.

Montes was 2-for-4 with three RBIS. Willie Abreu also homered for the Yard Goats. Feltner (5-2) gave up eight hits and two runs, walking one. David Hill pitched the final three innings for the save, giving up three hits and no runs, striking out four. Harrisburg starter Jackson Tetreault (4-2) allowed seven hits and six runs in five innings, walking two and striking out four.

The Yard Goats return home Tuesday at 7 p.m. to open a six-game series against the Reading Fightin’ Phils at Dunkin’ Donuts Park.