Adam Strunk and Sonam (Sandy) Henderson were in the Quadruple Sculls boat which took the gold medal for the United States. The host team, Israel, took second place in the race followed by Canada. Henderson was also in the Double Sculls which took the bronze. Robert Blumhof was the coxswain of the Four with Coxswain boat which took the gold for the United States. Overall, the United States won six of the possible seven gold medals in rowing. Strunk and Blumhof were members of Penn's heavyweight crew, and both graduated in this past spring. Henderson was a member of the freshman lightweight crew this past year. The Maccabbiah Games are the third largest sporting competition in the world, the the Olympics first and the Pan Asian games second. -- Contributed by Adam Strunk
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