Crew Completes Day 1 at Knecht Cup Despite Poor Racing Conditions

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Crew Completes Day 1 at Knecht Cup Despite Poor Racing Conditions

4/9/2016 6:57:00 PM | Men's Rowing, Women's Rowing

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WEST WINDSOR, N.J. – Despite the cold and wintery mix leading to difficult racing conditions Saturday, Drexel Crew completed Day 1 at the Knecht Cup Regatta on Mercer Lake.

Because of the weather, race organizers were forced to alter the schedule, pushing some of the semifinal races to Sunday morning. The Dragons still have six boats alive for Sunday's action – the women's varsity eight, second varsity eight, varsity four, freshmen eight, men's freshmen four and pair.

The women's varsity eight, racing in the Cara Fry boat, finished second in its heat to UMass by posting a 7:26.84 to move onto the semifinals on Sunday at 8:18 a.m. The second varsity eight, racing in the Marlene Buckley II boat, finished third with a 7:34.73 in its heat and just a second and a half behind second-place UConn to race in Sunday's semifinal at 8:12 a.m. Closing out the eights, the freshmen eight, rowing in the Maria Papadakis boat, finished with a time of 8:15.54 to advance to Sunday's semifinal at 8:55 a.m.

Drexel's women's varsity four, in the Sandra Lee Sheller boat, also had a strong showing on Saturday, winning its semifinal by nearly three seconds with an 8:21.80. The Dragons got to the semifinal by finishing second in their heat with a time of 7:58.59. They will now race for the grand final Sunday at 12:25 p.m.

The Dragons also had two men's boats post times good enough to advance to Day 2. The freshmen four, racing in the Oxholm boat, finished fourth in its semifinal with an 8:09.31 to move onto the petite final Sunday at 11:22 a.m. To get to the semifinal, the freshmen four finished with a time of 8:13.16 in its heat. Racing in its first competition of the season, Drexel's varsity pair A also advanced, moving onto Sunday's final at 10:54 a.m. with a fourth-place time of 7:48.91 in its heat.

Drexel's men competed at the George Washington Invitational, and the varsity eight put on a strong showing against nationally ranked competition. Click here to reach more

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Heats & Semis – Results – Saturday, April 9
Women's Varsity Pair – Heat 2
Miami B – 8:10.70
Miami D – 8:37.44
Florida Tech A – 8:50.37
Drexel A – 9:17.27
Loyola – 9:23.72
Susquehanna – 10:11.70
NYU – scratch

Women's Varsity Pair – Heat 3
UMass B – 8:11.51
Miami C – 8:22.48
Drexel B – 9:03.69
Army – 9:21.62
Florida Tech C – 9:33.75
USMMA – 10:20.51

Women's Second Varsity 4 – Heat 1
Kansas – 7:56.52
Alabama A – 8:26.45
Marist – 8:45.65
Holy Cross – 8:53.67
Fordham – 9:07.11
Drexel – 9:33.80

Women's Varsity 4 – Heat 1
Army – 7:57.43
Drexel – 7:58.59
Princeton LWT – 8:05.74
Tulsa – 8:13.35
UConn – 8:14.84
Duquesne – 8:21.96

Women's Freshmen 8 – Heat 3
Temple – 7:51.96
Wisconsin LWT – 7:54.35
Drexel – 8:15.54
Villanova A – 8:31.16
MIT LWT – 9:26.12

Women's Second Varsity 8 – Heat 1
Boston College – 7:27.70
UConn – 7:33.23
Drexel – 7:34.73
Fordham – 7:39.00
Delaware – 7:43.78
Marist – 8:04.74

Women's Varsity 8 – Heat 4
UMass – 7:18.61
Drexel – 7:26.84
Nova Southeastern – 7:30.12
Delaware – 7:32.29
Canisius – 7:34.49

Men's Varsity Pair – Heat 1
Lafayette – 7:29.10
NY Maritime – 7:35.90
Colgate – 7:38.84
Drexel A – 7:48.93
Hobart – 8:09.87
USMMA – 8:13.50
Wentworth – 8:33.65

Men's Varsity Pair – Heat 2
Philly U – 7:56.00
Jacksonville – 8:11.08
Drexel B – 8:19.25
Fordham – 8:38.38
NYU – 8:46.50
Carnegie Melon – 8:53.79
Villanova – 9:03.05

Men's Freshmen 4 – Heat 3
Loyola – 7:53.36
Bowdoin A – 7:58.19
Villanova – 8:04.40
Bucknell – 8:06.47
Drexel – 8:13.16

Men's Varsity 4 – Heat 2
Marist A – 7:17.25
Villanova – 7:18.47
Drexel – 7:27.67
Delaware A – scratch
Loyola B – DNS

Men's Freshmen 4 – Semi 2
Army – 7:51.39
Bucknell – 7:51.95
Loyola – 7:57.28
Drexel – 8:09.31
Saint Mary's – 8:42.15
NYU – scratch

Women's Varsity 4 – Semi 3
Drexel – 8:21.80
Kansas – 8:24.59
Temple – 8:29.85
Bucknell – 8:31.43
Marist A – 8:44.84
Old Dominion – 8:59.37

Semis & Finals – Schedule – Sunday, April 10
Women's Second Varsity 8 – Semi 3 – 8:12 a.m.
Lane 1 – UMass
Lane 2 – Wisconsin LWT
Lane 3 – Drexel
Lane 4 – Old Dominion
Lane 5 – Miami
Lane 6 - Fordham

Women's Varsity 8 – Semi 1 – 8:18 a.m.
Lane 1 – Miami
Lane 2 – Kansas
Lane 3 – Drexel
Lane 4 – Wisconsin LWT
Lane 5 – Fordham
Lane 6 – West Virginia
Lane 7 - SMU

Women's Freshmen 8 – Semi 2 – 8:55 a.m.
Lane 1 – Army
Lane 2 – Temple
Lane 3 – Colgate
Lane 4 – Alabama
Lane 5 – Drexel
Lane 6 – Kansas

Men's Freshmen 4 – Petite Final – 11:22 a.m.
Lane 1 – Drexel
Lane 2 – Fordham
Lane 3 – Saint Mary's
Lane 4 – Bowdoin B
Lane 5 – George Mason

Men's Varsity Pair – Final – 10:54 a.m.
Lane 1 – Lafayette
Lane 2 – Philly U
Lane 3 – NY Maritime
Lane 4 – Jacksonville
Lane 5 – Drexel A
Lane 6 – Hobart

Women's Varsity 4 – Grand Final – 12:25 p.m.
Lane 1 – Boston College
Lane 2 – Drexel
Lane 3 – North Carolina
Lane 4 – Alabama
Lane 5 – Princeton LWT
Lane 6 – Kansas

Women's Freshmen 8 – Petite Final – 1:42 p.m.
Women's Freshmen 8 – Grand Final – 1:49 p.m.

Women's Second Varsity 8 – Third Final – 2:17 p.m.
Women's Second Varsity 8 – Petite Final – 2:24 p.m.
Women's Second Varsity 8 – Grand Final – 2:31 p.m.

Women's Varsity 8 – Third Final – 3:27 p.m.
Women's Varsity 8 – Petite Final – 3:34 p.m.
Women's Varsity 8 – Grand Final – 3:41 p.m.

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Varsity 8
Boat – Cara Fry
Cox – Sarah Messenger
Stroke – Kendall Wenzke
7 – Paige Propp
6 – Catherine Haas
5 – Meghan Knecht
4 – Erin Archibald
3 – Christina Alleva
2 – Amanda Reale
Bow – Emily Gartland

Second Varsity 8
Boat – Marlene Buckley II
Cox – Nupur Parikh
Stroke – Christine Wojciechowicz
7 – Elisabeth Wagner
6 – Taylor Brady
5 – Marina Forster
4 – Natalie Alleva
3 – Anna Savage
2 – Stephanie Horn
Bow – Stephanie Thomas

Freshmen 8
Boat – Maria Papadakis
Cox – Maggie Collington
Stroke – Abby Pierson
7 – Bella Orcutt
6 – Kassidy Ferrie
5 – Mairen Hilary
4 – Maggie Johnson
3 – Sofia Ryan
2 – Wiktoria Gocal
Bow – Summer Sutton

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

Men's Varsity 4
Boat – LeBow College of Business
Cox – Tyler Lee
Stroke – Brian Tindall
3 – Nico Arechabala
2 – Matthew Mohnack
Bow – Dillon Boyle

Second Varsity 4
Boat – Dawn Byers
Cox – Hayley Roth
Stroke – Kate Edwards
3 – Jennifer McManus
2 – Amber Richardson
Bow – Madison Vermeulen

Men's Freshmen 4
Boat – Oxholm
Cox – Ian Berwick
Stroke – Connor Brok
3 – Josh Thompson
2 – Joseph Lipinski
Bow – Jacob Zeitzew

Pair A
Stroke – Lauren Hultgren
Bow – Samantha Dorman

Pair B
Stroke – Aubrie Lincks
Bow – Rachel Frank

Men's Pair A
Stroke – Zachary Seither
Bow – Braedon Jelinek

Men's Pair B
Stroke – Jack Grimm
Bow – Josh Marcacci

Spares: Angeus Walker, Charlie Bavisotto, James Schwab