Women's Varsity Eight Captures Lela Kerr Cup

Saturday, April 17

Schuylkill River

Drexel University

Kerr Cup Regatta

4/17/2010 3:06:47 PM | Men's Rowing, Women's Rowing

Philadelphia - The Dragons' women's varsity eight captured the Lela Kerr Cup as the boat was victorious in the penultimate race of the 44th Annual Kerr Cup Regatta. In addition to the Lela Kerr Cup, Drexel won the team titles on both the men's and women's side. Along with the women's varsity eight, Drexel's women's novice four, men's novice four, women's pair, men's pair, men's novice eight, women's second varsity eight and men's second varsity eight also crossed the finish line first.

Drexel's women's varsity eight captured the Lela Kerr Cup with coxswain Cate Khella, stroke Candice Webb, Dana Haneman, Julia Jackson, Mallory Sykes, Juliana DeMarici, Emily Coyle, Casondra Clawson and bow Mary Kain, holding off second-place Old Dominion as the Dragons' time of 6:55.03 was better than the Lady Monarchs' 6:57.60. Drexel also beat Army, Villanova and Philadelphia University.

Drexel's women's varsity four, in the Sandi Sheller boat with coxswain Caitlin Meehan, stroke Jill Skovran, Brianna Simmers, Brooke Wertan and bow Chloe Swansen, took third place with a time of 7:53.6 but the novice four of coxswain Arlynn Katz, stroke Natasha Martines, Mollie Cusack, Alexa Antonioli and bow Jami Ruane triumphed with a hard-fought win over second-place Villanova. The men's novice four, in the Dawn Byers boat with coxswain Matt Weston, stroke Nick Jensen, Dylan Siegfried, John Luciani and bow Corey Barnes finished in third place with a time of 7:19.71.

Casondra Clawson and Dana Haneman won the women's pair finishing better than 17 seconds faster than the next-best finisher. The Dragons swept the pair events as the men's pair of Andrew Burns and Peter Schmidt cruised to victory by more than 40 seconds with a time of 7:11.4.

The Vince Vidas boat with coxswain Justin Malley, stroke Kurt Linton, Adam Cordi, Tim Drake, Rylan Treffinger, John Kile, Kam Palagi, Zach Antunes and bow Paul Wisniowski defeated Army and VCU to win the men's novice eight title with a time of 6:32.71. The women's novice eight in the John A. Daskalakis boat with coxswain Mary Beth Geyer, stroke Amanda Dargay, Danielle Frigerio, Brogan Piecara, Lillian Reed, Leila Aboharb, Elise Panacek, Katie Cheng and bow Mairin McKinlay took second place behind Army with a time of 8:11.04.

Drexel's second varsity eight on the women's side triumphed over Old Dominion and Villanova to win as the Marlene Buckley boat with coxswain Alex Paulin, stroke Natasha Martines, Mollie Cusack, Alexa Antonioli, Jami Ruane, Colleen Owens, Samantha Cowan, Megan Bush and bow Asiya Mahmud finished in 6:59.5. The men's second varsity eight, with coxswain Randall Lee, stroke Aleksandar Radovic, Kyle Fabel, Anthony Fittipaldi, Greg Pierce, Brian Timlin, Lorenzo Albala, Nick Buyse and bow Jacob Sloan, was victorious with a time of 6:12.3.

The race for the Dr. Thomas Kerr Cup was won by La Salle as Drexel's Annette Pennoni boat with coxswain Steve Matyas, stroke Filip Topalovic, Gregg Francis, Marty Khait, Chris Hillenbrand, Ness Del Valle, Pat McGann, Mike Gartland and bow Will Masters took fourth with a time of 6:19.86.

Men's Varsity 4 Heat 1
Villanova A 6:53.0
VCU 6:59.34
Drexel A 7:04.84
Fordham B 7:11.65

Men's Varsity 4 Heat 2
Philadelphia 6:45.0
Drexel B 6:51.63
Fordham A 6:52.09
Villanova B 6:56.37

Women's Varsity 4
Robert Morris A 7:40.0
Philadelphia 7:48.42
Drexel 7:53.6
Army 7:55.23
Robert Morris B 8:01.17
VCU 8:25.46

Women's Novice 4
Drexel 7:58.79
Villanova A 8:00.41
Old Dominion 8:18.61
Villanova B 8:45.12
VCU 8:50.31

Men's Novice 4
La Salle 7:02.9
Army A 7:07.37
Drexel 7:19.71
Villanova 7:21.17
Army B 7:27.54

Women's Pair
Drexel A 8:17.6
Drexel B 8:34.92
Villanova 8:45.69
Philadelphia 9:46.35

Men's Pair
Drexel 7:11.4
La Salle 7:52.4
Philadelphia 8:14.18

Men's Novice 8
Drexel 6:32.71
Army 6:42.71
VCU 7:24.97

Men's Varsity 4 Final
Philadelphia 6:48.0
Fordham 7:02.31
VCU 7:03.06
Villanova 7:10.3
Drexel B 7:12.0
Drexel A 7:29.07

Women's Novice 8
Army 7:36.27
Drexel 8:11.04
VCU 8:18.56

Women's Second Varsity 8
Drexel 6:59.5
Old Dominion 7:02.3
Villanova 7:26.87

Men's Second Varsity 8
Drexel A 6:12.3
Drexel B 6:20.64
Army 6:34.45

Women's Varsity 8 - Lela Kerr Cup
Drexel 6:55.03
Old Dominion 6:57.60
Villanova 7:04.53
Philadelphia 7:09.53
Army 7:29.14

Men's Varsity 8 - Dr. Thomas Kerr Cup
La Salle 6:02.3
Fordham 6:05.58
Army 6:15.50
Drexel 6:19.86
VCU 7;15.39

Final Team Standings
Men
Drexel 50
Army 46
Fordham 25
La Salle 24
VCU 24
Philadelphia 6
Villanova 3

Women
Drexel 61
Old Dominion 35
Army 29
Villanova 28
Philadelphia 17
VCU 13
Robert Morris 6