Crew Wins 6 Medals and Men's Varsity 8 Title at 50th Annual Kerr Cup

Saturday, April 16

Schuylkill River - Philadelphia, Pa.

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Drexel University

Kerr Cup

Crew Wins 6 Medals and Men's Varsity 8 Title at 50th Annual Kerr Cup

4/16/2016 5:25:00 PM | Men's Rowing, Women's Rowing

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PHILADELPHIA – Drexel Crew won the Dr. Thomas Kerr Cup for the sixth year in a row Saturday when it hosted the 50th annual Kerr Cup Regatta on the Schuylkill River. The regatta is named in honor of Dr. Thomas Kerr, the founding coach of Drexel Crew and former team physician.

Drexel took home six gold medals on the day. In addition to the men's varsity eight, the Dragons won gold in the men's second varsity eight, third varsity eight, freshmen eight, women's varsity four and pair.

The Dragons men's varsity eight, rowing in the Sandra Lee Sheller II boat, took home the gold with a winning time of 5:41.88, nearly six seconds faster than second-place Delaware in the grand final. The boat also posted a 5:42.85 in its heat.

Also winning golds were three other men's boats and two women's boats. The men's second varsity eight rowed in the Lois Krall boat to a time of 5:49.52, dominating the field by almost 10 full seconds. The freshmen eight and third varsity eight closed out the day's sweep for the men's eights. The freshmen eight, rowing in the Joseph Greipp boat, crossed the finish line with a winning time of 5:51.14, while the third varsity eight took gold in the Annette Pennoni with a time of 6:01.28.

On the women's side, the Dragons continued to find success in the women's varsity four. In the Sandra Lee Sheller boat, the four raced to victory with a time of 7:23.13, outlasting the second-place Lafayette crew's time of 7:26.62. Also winning gold for the women was the varisty pair A boat Aubrie Lincks and Rachel Frank, which rowed a winning time of 8:12.61.

The Dragons also posted top three times in the women's pair (C boat), men's freshmen four, men's varsity pair (A boat) and women's varsity eight. The women's pair C boat took third with a time of 8:33.52 in the same final as the gold medal-winning A. In the men's freshmen four race, Drexel's Toby Oxholm boat finished at 6:57.37, less than seven seconds behind the winning Delaware crew. In the men's pair, the A, which rowed in the Kephart boat, took second with a time of 7:15.25, behind Lafayette's 7:07.29. Finally, the women's varsity eight had its bid for a sixth Lela H. Kerr Cup in seven years come up short, finishing third with a time of 6:42.57 as Temple took the gold with a time of 6:36.16.

The Dragons will return to the Schuylkill next weekend at the Bergen and Kelly Cups hosted by Saint Joseph's.

History & Origins
The Kerr Cup Regatta was established by Drexel University Alumni in 1967 to honor former Drexel Crew Coach, Dr. Thomas Kerr, Jr. Dr. Kerr passed away in 1988 at the age of 78. Dr. Kerr is credited with starting the Drexel crew program in 1957, serving as coach until 1968. He also served as the crew's team physician and surgeon. He competed in the 1932 Olympics in the four-oared boat and was a member of the national champion eight-oared Shell-Penn A.C. in 1931.

The winners of the men's varsity eight race will be awarded the Dr. Thomas Kerr Cup. The winners of the women's varsity eight race will be awarded the Lela H. Kerr Cup named in honor of Dr. Kerr's wife.

Past Winners - Dr. Thomas Kerr Cup

1967 - La Salle	1984 - Temple	2000 - Dowling
1968 - Georgetown	1985 - Temple	2001 - Virginia
1969 - Georgetown	1986 - Temple	2002 - Delaware
1970 - Trinity	1987 - Georgetown	2003 - Delaware
1971 - Trinity	1988 - Saint Joseph's	2004 - Drexel
1972 - Temple	1989 - Temple	2005 - Delaware
1973 - USMMA	1990 - Temple	2006 - Delaware
1974 - Temple	1991 - Temple	2007 - Delaware
1975 - Ithaca	1992 - Temple	2008 - Drexel
1976 - Ithaca	1993 - Drexel	2009 - Army
1977 - Ithaca	1994 - Drexel	2010 - La Salle
1978 - Ithaca	1995 - Temple	2011 - Drexel
1979 - Drexel	1996 - Saint Joseph's	2012 - Drexel
1980 - Ithaca	1997 - Drexel	2013 - Drexel
1981 - Temple	1998 - Drexel	2014 - Drexel
1982 - Temple	1999 - Dowling	2015 - Drexel
1983 - Race Cancelled		2016 - Drexel

Past Winners - Lela H. Kerr Cup

1988 - George Mason	1998 - Villanova	2007 - Drexel
1989 - Temple	1999 - Villanova	2008 - George Mason
1990 - No Records Found	2000 - Saint Joseph's	2009 - Buffalo
1991 - No Records Found	2001 - Delaware	2010 - Drexel
1992 - Temple	2002 - Drexel	2011 - Drexel
1993 - Temple	2003 - Drexel	2012 - Drexel
1994 - No Records Found	2004 - Drexel	2013 - Washington College
1995 - No Records Found	2005 - Drexel	2014 - Drexel
1996 - Drexel	2006 - Delaware	2015 - Drexel
1997 - Villanova		2016 - Temple

Results – Heats – Saturday, April 16
Women's Varsity Pair – Heat 1
1-3 to Final
Drexel A – 8:27.00
Loyola – 9:18.03
Richmond – DNS
NYU – scratch
USMMA – scratch

Women's Varsity Pair – Heat 2
1-3 to Final
West Point – 8:24.20
Rutgers Camden – 8:28.94
Stetson – 8:32.78
Drexel B – 8:35.15
Mary Washington – 9:04.82

Men's Freshmen 4 – Heat 2
1-2 to Final
Drexel – 7:11.81
Loyola A – 7:13.03
Lafayette – 7:10.91
NY Maritime – 7:41.68
La Salle – 7:56.51
Catholic – 8:46.85

Men's Varsity Pair – Heat 1
1-2 to Final
Drexel A – 7:32.38
USMMA – 7:43.95
Loyola – 7:57.34
Fordham – 8:02.75

Men's Varsity Pair – Heat 2
1-2 to Final
Drexel C – 7:27.86
Philly U – 7:29.85
Delaware LWT – 7:32.08
NYU – 8:21.33

Men's Varsity Pair – Heat 3
1-2 to Final
Lafayette – 7:05.65
Mary Washington – 7:32.38
NY Maritime – 7:46.75
Drexel B – 8:02.00
Rutgers Camden – 8:09.38

Women's Freshmen 8 – Heat 1
1-2 to Final
Drexel – 7:11.14
Lafayette – 7:15.47
Loyola – 8:04.01
Catholic – 8:39.83
Haverford – 8:47.67

Men's Freshmen 8 – Heat 2
1-3 to Final
Drexel – 6:10.51
Rochester – 6:39.15
Richmond – 7:00.56
Catholic – 7:35.52

Women's Varsity 4 – Heat 2
1-2 to Final
Drexel – 7:33.21
Saint Joseph's B – 7:53.54
Marist – 7:57.26
Richmond – 8:15.04
Stetson – 8:44.97

Men's Varsity 4 – Heat 4
1 plus next 2 fastest times to Final
Drexel – 6:47.59
Mary Washington – 6:51.02
Lafayette – 7:07.78
West Point – 7:08.10
West Virginia – 8:03.30

Women's Second Varsity 8 – Heat 2
1-3 to Grand Final; 4-6 to Petite Final
Fordham – 6:53.34
Drexel – 6:58.09
Lehigh – 7:16.68
Fairfield – 7:19.44
Stetson – 7:31.94

Men's Second Varsity 8 – Heat 1
1-3 to Grand Final; 4-6 to Petite Final
Drexel 5:57.82
UC San Diego – 6:02.77
West Point – 6:06.84
Mary Washington – 6:37.74
Franklin & Marshall – 6:58.61
Lehigh – scratch

Women's Varsity 8 – Heat 1
1-2 to Grand Final; 3-4 to Petite Final
Drexel – 6:39.22
West Point – 6:47.23
Villanova – 6:51.35
La Salle – 7:11.94
Loyola – 7:20.86

Men's Varsity 8 – Heat 1
1-2 to Grand Final; 3 plus next 3 fastest to Petite Final
Drexel – 5:42.85
West Point – 5:45.33
La Salle – 6:12.76
Maryland – 6:36.11
Haverford – 6:43.23

Results – Finals – Saturday, April 16
Women's Second Varsity 4 Final
Temple – 7:46.40
Saint Joseph's – 7:59.07
Fordham – 8:12.72
Drexel – 8:25.40

Women's Varsity Pair Final - GOLD
Drexel A – 8:12.61
Rutgers-Camden – 8:17.38
Drexel B – 8:33.52
Stetson – 8:35.23
West Point – 8:45.00
Loyola – 9:02.07

Men's Third Varsity 8 Final - GOLD
Drexel A – 6:01.28
Saint Joseph's – 6:03.72
Delaware LWT – 6:10.53
Drexel B – 6:14.55
Gonzaga – 6:19.39

Men's Freshmen 4 Final
Delaware – 6:50.48
West Point A – 6:51.37
Drexel – 6:57.37
Villanova – 7:00.16
Fordham – 7:06.94
Loyola A – 7:14.53

Men's Varsity Pair Final
Lafayette – 7:07.29
Drexel A – 7:15.25
Philly U – 7:24.39
USMMA – 7:35.61
Drexel C – 7:47.03
Mary Washington - scratch

Women's Freshmen 8 Final
West Point – 6:52.79
Temple – 7:00.37
Lafayette – 7:02.89
Saint Joseph's – 7:05.90
Drexel – 7:06.34
Fairfield – 7:18.26

Men's Freshmen 8 Final - GOLD
Drexel – 5:51.14
West Point – 5:59.01
Delaware LWT – 6:00.54
Rochester – 6:34.25
Iona – 6:47.33
Richmond – 7:14.16

Women's Varsity 4 Final - GOLD
Drexel – 7:23.13
Lafayette – 7:26.62
Temple – 7:27.58
Saint Joseph's A – 7:39.09
Fordham – 7:43.52
Saint Joseph's B – 8:00.21

Men's Varsity 4 Final
Lehigh A – 6:39.36
Loyola – 6:41.15
Fordham A – 6:43.63
Drexel – 6:48.92
Fordham B – 6:53.19
NY Maritime – 6:54.94

Women's Second Varsity 8 Grand Final
Temple – 6:39.04
Saint Joseph's – 6:41.52
Fordham – 6:41.67
Drexel – 6:50.53
Marist – 7:05.76
Lehigh – 7:10.06

Men's Second Varsity 8 Grand Final – GOLD
Drexel – 5:49.52
UC San Diego – 5:58.99
Saint Joseph's – 6:01.75
Delaware LWT – 6:06.31
West Point – 6:08.81
Gonzaga – 6:09.24

Women's Varsity 8 – Grand Final – Lela H. Kerr Cup
Temple – 6:36.16
Fordham – 6:37.63
Drexel – 6:42.57
Saint Joseph's – 6:44.83
West Point – 6:49.40
Lehigh – 6:56.84

Men's Varsity 8 – Grand Final – Dr. Thomas Kerr Cup
Drexel – 5:41.88
Delaware LWT – 5:47.77
West Point – 5:50.74
UC San Diego – 5:51.78
Saint Joseph's – 5:56.00
Gonzaga

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Men's Varsity 8
Boat – Sandra Lee Sheller II
Cox – Christopher Henderson
Stroke – Mikulas Sum
7 – Justin Best
6 – Daniel Dollin
5 – Ivo Krakic
4 – Daniel Palombo
3 – Nicholas Capaldi
2 – Dario Vracevic
Bow – Joseph Masgai

Women's Varsity 8
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

Men's Second Varsity 8
Boat – Lois Krall
Cox – Brett Barry
Stroke – Marko Durica
7 – Xavier Stanish
6 – Tom Foulds
5 – Dave Hanrahan
4 – William Cartwright
3 – Niles Arner
2 – J.P. Clark
Bow – George Twardy

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

Men's Third Varsity 8 A
Boat – Annette Pennoni
Cox – Charlie Bavisotto
Stroke – Brian Tindall
7 – Yunus Bora Yenen
6 – Kyle Hershman
5 – Louis Masi
4 – Ryan Gasparini
3 – Ryan Rimmele
2 – Adam Wisniowski
Bow – Justin Terek

Men's Third Varsity 8 B
Boat – Peggy Greenawalt
Cox – Tyler Lee
Stroke – Matthew Mohnack
7 – James Schwab
6 – Nico Arechabala
5 – Aengus Walker
4 – Dillon Boyle
3 – Josh Marcacci
2 – Jack Grimm
Bow – Nick Herceg

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

Men's Varsity 4
Boat – LeBow College of Business
Cox – Malcolm Newman
Stroke – Brian Tindall
3 – Yunus Bora Yenen
2 – Kyle Hershman
Bow – Louis Masi

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

Women's 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 – Joseph Lipinski
2 – Jacob Zeitzew
Bow – Josh Thompson

Men's Varsity Pair A
Boat – Kephart
Adam Wisniowski
Justin Terek

Men's Varsity Pair B
Boat – Julia Grace
Ryan Gasparini
Ryan Rimmele

Men's Varsity Pair C
Boat – Toby Wallace
Braedon Jelinek
Zachary Seither

Women's Varsity Pair A
Aubrie Lincks
Rachel Frank

Women's Varsity Pair B
Lauren Hultgren
Samantha Dorman