Crew Earns Two Victories Sunday at the Occoquan Sprints

Sunday, April 3

Occoquan Reservoir - Fairfax, Va.

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Occoquan Sprints

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Crew Earns Two Victories Sunday at the Occoquan Sprints

4/3/2016 5:42:00 PM | Men's Rowing, Women's Rowing

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FAIRFAX, Va. – Drexel Crew won two races and grabbed two second-place finishes Sunday at the Occoquan Sprints on the Occoquan Reservoir in northern Virginia.

The Dragons got wins from the men's freshmen eight and the women's second varsity eight as well as runner-up finishes from the women's varsity eight and the women varsity four.

The men's freshmen eight kicked off Sunday's success for Drexel in the Vince Vidas boat, racing to a winning time of 5:06.10 and beating second-place Delaware by more than three seconds. Drexel's women's second varsity eight, racing in the Maria Papadakis boat, also picked up a victory, finishing with a time of 4:53.30 to narrowly edge North Carolina in a photo finish by .45 seconds.

Drexel's women's varsity eight also found success on the reservoir in the Marlene Buckley II boat, clocking a 5:47.21 to finish just behind North Carolina. The women's varsity four in the Sandra Lee Sheller boat also earned a second-place finish with a 5:17.67 again only behind the Tar Heels.

The women's freshmen eight advanced to the grand finals, finishing the day sixth overall. In the Marlene Buckley boat, the crew finished with a 5:48.33, less than half a second behind Loyola for fifth. The women's varsity four raced in the petite final where it finished in third in the Dawn Byers boat. Drexel's men's varsity four A and B would finish third and second in their respective heats.

Drexel's two top men's boats were on the west coast competing at the San Diego Crew Classic, where the varsity eight finished third. Click here to read more.

The Dragons will face one of their toughest tests of the season next weekend as the women will compete at the Knecht Cup on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J. Drexel's men's team will head to Washington, D.C. for the George Washington Invitational.

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Heats Results – Sunday, April 3
Women's Freshmen 8 – Heat 2
Old Dominion – 5:24.40
Grand Valley – 5:28.67
Drexel – 5:52.12
Grand Valley – 5:57.86
Virginia Tech – 6:11.28

Men's Freshmen 8 – Heat 2
Drexel – 4:32.70
Delaware – 4:44.30
Virginia Tech – 5:15.08
VCU – 5:35.61
William & Mary – 6:13.37
Virginia Tech – 6:35.75

Women's Second Varsity 8 – Heat 2
Drexel – 5:28.90
North Carolina – 5:34.19
George Mason – 6:15.61
Stockton – 7:18.68

Women's Varsity 4 – Heat 1
North Carolina – 5:20.50
Drexel A – 5:23.76
Old Dominion – 5:%2.16
Loyola – 5:58.89
Christopher Newport – 6:56.22

Women's Varsity 4 – Heat 2
Duquesne A – 6:42.60
Duquesne B – 6:50.90
Drexel B – 7:01.77
Robert Morris – 7:13.41
George Mason – 7:34.43

Men's Varsity 4 B – Heat 3
Grand Valley – 4:33.20
Drexel – 4:36.12
Virginia Tech – 4:51.63
North Carolina – 4:58.46
George Mason – 5:22.32

Men's Varsity A – Heat 4
Grand Valley – 5:00.20
George Mason – 5:06.71
Drexel – 5:13.39
Loyola – 5:18.96
VCU – 5:23.92
North Carolina – 5:26.76

Women's Varsity 8 – Heat 2
Drexel – 6:33.40
George Mason – 6:47.74
Loyola – 7:18.80
Mary Washington – 7:44.33

Finals Results – Sunday, April 3
Men's Freshmen 8 Grand Final
Drexel – 5:06.10
Delaware – 5:09.80
Grand Valley – 5:20.81
North Carolina – 5:26.88
Delaware – 5:27.52
Virginia Tech – 5:54.66

Women's Freshmen 8 Grand Final
North Carolina – 5:14.60
Grand Valley – 5:20.41
Old Dominion – 5:29.97
Duquesne – 5:39.19
Loyola – 5:47.99
Drexel – 5:48.33

Women's Second Varsity 8 Grand Final
Drexel – 4:53.30
North Carolina – 4:53.75
Duquesne – 5:02.08
North Carolina – 5:09.62
George Mason – 5:24.60
Robert Morris – 5:38.26

Women's Varsity 4 Petite Final
Old Dominion – 7:39.70
North Carolina – 7:44.85
Drexel – 8:03.02
Robert Morris – 8:13.60

Women's Varsity 4 Grand Final
North Carolina – 5:12.70
Drexel A – 5:17.67
Duquesne – 5:21.13
Old Dominion – 5:27.54
Duquesne C – 5:37.61
Duquesne B – 5:44.72

Women's Varsity 8 Grand Final
North Carolina – 5:44.60
Drexel – 5:47.21
Grand Valley – 5:48.11
Duquesne – 5:51.47
George Mason – 6:07.42
Loyola – 6:32.42

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Women's Varsity 8
Boat – Marlene Buckley II
Cox – Nupur Parikh
Stroke – Kendall Wenzke
7 – Paige Propp
6 – Erin Archibald
5 – Meghan Knecht
4 – Catherine Haas
3 – Christina Alleva
2 – Amanda Reale
Bow – Emily Gartland

Women's Second Varsity 8
Boat – Maria Papadakis
Cox – Sarah Messenger
Stroke – Christine Wojciechowicz
7 – Elisabeth Wagner
6 – Taylor Brady
5 – Marina Forster
4 – Natalie Alleva
3 – Anna Savage
2 – Stephanie Horn
Bow – Stephanie Thomas

Women's Freshmen 8
Boat – Marlene Buckley
Cox – Maggie Collington
Stroke – Mairen Hilary
7 – Kassidy Ferrie
6 – Bella Orcutt
5 – Maggie Johnson
4 – Madison Vermeulen
3 – Wiktoria Gocal
2 – Sofia Ryan
Bow – Summer Sutton

Men's Freshmen 8
Boat – Vince Vidas
Cox – Andrea Abanto
Stroke – Tim Kutchner
7 – Ben Lee
6 – Nick Webb
5 – Doug Davis
4 – Nick DiVito
3 – Bryce Rosicky
2 – Robert Heister
Bow – Greg Adams

Women's Varsity 4 A
Boat – Sandra Lee Sheller
Cox – Abigail Colasacco
Stroke – Kayley Slicer
3 – Emma Compton
2 – Nora Wurmbach
Bow – Molly Dudrear

Women's Varsity 4 B
Boat – Dawn Byers
Cox – Hayley Roth
Stroke – Aubrie Lincks
3 – Samantha Dorman
2 – Lauren Hultgren
Bow – Rachel Frank

Men's Varsity 4 A
Boat – LeBow College of Business
Cox – Malcolm Newman
Stroke – Brian Tindall
3 – Ryan Rimmele
2 – Marko Durica
Bow – Nick Herceg

Men's Varsity 4 B
Boat – Oxholm
Cox – Charlie Bavisotto
Stroke – Tom Foulds
3 – Justin Terek
2 – Ryan Gasparini
Bow – Niles Arner