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Sisters women row to fight cancer

Sisters rowers Lauren White and Bethanne Kronick put their oars in the water on the Willamette River last Sunday for a cause.

The women were participating in Row for the Cure, a benefit for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

Kronick is a highly successful racer, who helped launch the career of Lauren's sister Kelsey, who is rowing for Willamette University. For Lauren, this was her first semi-competitive excursion into the water. She liked having that low-pressure opportunity.

"We were the only ones in our category (Women's Open Doubles), so we came in first," she said with a wry smile.

The pair covered the three-mile course in a time of 21:06.

"My sister started rowing with Bethanne and I just slowly got into it," Lauren said. She's thinking of "possibly doing it in college, so I chose to train for this race instead of doing cross country," she said.

 

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