BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

Newport Harbor High product Esther Lofgren was one of three Radcliffe Crew (Harvard) rowers named recently to the Pocock All-America Lightweight Team.

A first-team selection, Lofgren has been instrumental as a junior six seat in the varsity eight for Radcliffe.

She helped the Crimson place 11th at the NCAA Championships after missing the championships the previous year for the first time since 1997.

Lofgren, who began as a member of the Newport Aquatic Center junior team, attends Harvard, whose women’s rowing team competes as Radcliffe Crew.

Last summer, Lofgren won a gold medal as part of the United States’ women’s eight at the Under-23 World Championships in Belgium.

Lofgren, 22, went on to take a bronze medal in the U.S. women’s four at the Senior World Championships in Eton, England.

A 2003 graduate of Newport Harbor High, Lofgren was the Newport Aquatic Center’s MVP that year.

— From staff reports