Unlike a year ago when the U.S. Olympic Rowing Trials at Nathan Benderson Park was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Kara Kohler was healthy.
Well, at least she was healthy until after she had won a spot on the U.S. Olympic Rowing Team by dominating in the finals of the U.S. Olympic Trials women s single scull competition Friday at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota. I feel slightly ill, a smiling Kohler said 20 minutes after the race. It s the nerves and the excitement.
A year ago, before the pandemic became a factor, Kohler was recovering from mononucleosis she had contracted a month before the Trials was scheduled. In a way, she said it was a blessing for her to have the event postponed a year. She simply was not at her best.
1 month ago Share While it won t be as significant as the previous Trials in terms of economic impact, having the Olympic rowers train and compete in Sarasota will offer a boost during the pandemic.
Fiesta Fridays! postponed
Fiesta Fridays!, a monthly event that included live music, food, games and other attractions, has been postponed for the foreseeable future, according to Nathan Benderson Park CEO Tomás Herrera-Mishler.
Herrera-Mishler said the event is too expensive to host with the limited capacity necessary to ensure social distancing. He called the postponement of the event, one of his personal favorites, an easy decision.
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