Women's Rowing Retains Lela H. Kerr Cup Saturday at Kerr Cup Regatta

Saturday, April 15

Schuylkill River - Philadelphia, Pa.

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Drexel University

Kerr Cup Regatta

Women's Rowing Retains Lela H. Kerr Cup Saturday at Kerr Cup Regatta

4/15/2017 5:00:00 PM | Women's Rowing

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PHILADELPHIA – The Drexel women's rowing team won the Lela H. Kerr Cup on Saturday at the Kerr Cup Regatta on the Schuylkill River to bring the trophy back to Drexel after spending a year across town. The regatta, which was hosted in conjunction with Drexel Alumni, is named in honor of Dr. Thomas Kerr, the founding coach of Drexel Crew and former team physician.

The Dragons' men's varsity eight won its seventh Dr. Thomas Kerr Cup in a row, while the women's varsity eight won the Lela H. Kerr Cup for the sixth time in eight years. The men's varsity eight, racing in the Lois Krall II boat, raced to a convincing win with a time of 5:55.86, nearly four seconds ahead of Saint Joseph's. The women's varsity eight, racing in the Cara Fry, fended off a charging Temple crew with a time of 6:58.37, a second and a half ahead of the Owls.

Drexel's men's freshmen eight won gold by open water, racing in the Joseph Greipp boat to a time of 6:27.24 to best second-place Delaware by nearly seven seconds. The Dragons' success in the men's eights continued with the third varsity eight's gold in the Lois Krall boat with a time of 6:25.39 by nearly six seconds.

Also garnering top three finishes were the women's second varsity eight, women's varsity four, men's varsity four and women's freshmen eight. The second varsity eight took second in the Marlene Buckley II boat with a time of 7:09.62, more than three seconds off of Fordham's pace. The women's varsity four, racing in the Sandra Lee Sheller boat, comfortably took second with a time of 7:52.58 while Lafayette ran away with the race. Drexel's top men's four, racing in the brand new Bella Santorum boat, grabbed second in a tight race with a time of 7:09.93, holding off Army West Point by just over a quarter of a second and finishing behind Fordham by about four and a half seconds.

The Dragons put three more into the top five – the men's second varsity eight, women's pair and men's second varsity four. Drexel second men's eight took fifth in the grand final with a time of 6:29.13 in the Sandra Lee Sheller II boat. The pair, in its first competitive action of the year, earned a fourth-place time of 9:54.08, while the men's second four also took fourth with a final time of 7:35.63.

Next weekend, the Dragons will reconvene on the Schuylkill on Saturday, April 22 for the city championships at the Bergen Cup and Kelly Cup 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	2001 - Virginia
1968 - Georgetown	1985 - Temple	2002 - Delaware
1969 - Georgetown	1986 - Temple	2004 - Delaware
1970 - Trinity	1987 - Georgetown	2004 - Drexel
1971 - Trinity	1988 - Saint Joseph's	2005 - Delaware
1972 - Temple	1989 - Temple	2006 - Delaware
1973 - USMMA	1990 - Temple	2007 - Delaware
1974 - Temple	1991 - Temple	2008 - Drexel
1975 - Ithaca	1992 - Temple	2009 - Army
1976 - Ithaca	1993 - Drexel	2010 - La Salle
1977 - Ithaca	1994 - Drexel	2011 - Drexel
1978 - Ithaca	1995 - Temple	2012 - Drexel
1979 - Drexel	1996 - Saint Joseph's	2013 - Drexel
1980 - Ithaca	1997 - Drexel	2014 - Drexel
1981 - Temple	1998 - Drexel	2015 - Drexel
1982 - Temple	1999 - Dowling	2016 - Drexel
1983 - Race Cancelled	2000 - Dowling	2017 - Drexel

Past Winners – Lela H. Kerr Cup

1988 - George Mason	1998 - Villanova	2008 - George Mason
1989 - Temple	1999 - Villanova	2009 - Buffalo
1990 - No Records Found	2000 - Saint Joseph's	2010 - Drexel
1991 - No Records Found	2001 - Delaware	2011 - Drexel
1992 - Temple	2002 - Drexel	2012- Drexel
1993 - Temple	2003 - Drexel	2013 - Washington College
1994 - No Records Found	2004 - Drexel	2014 - Drexel
1995 - No Records Found	2005 - Drexel	2015 - Drexel
1996 - Drexel	2006 - Delaware	2016 - Temple
1997 - Villanova	2007 - Drexel	2017 - Drexel

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Results – Finals – Saturday, April 15
Men's Varsity 8 – Grand Final – Dr. Thomas Kerr Cup
Drexel – 5:55.86
Saint Joseph's – 5:59.53
Michigan – 6:02.55
Delaware – 6:02.55
Army West Point – 6:06.06
UC San Diego – 6:13.68

Women's Varsity 8 – Grand Final – Lela H. Kerr Cup
Drexel – 6:58.37
Temple – 6:59.87
Fordham – 7:03.31
Marist – 7:05.41
Duquesne – 7:12.28
Lehigh – 7:20.03

Men's Freshmen 8 – Final – GOLD
Drexel – 6:27.24
Delaware – 6:34.12
Michigan A – 6:39.74
Lehigh – 6:43.74
Saint Joseph's – 6:53.73
Michigan C – 7:04.09

Men's Third Varsity 8 – Final – GOLD
Drexel – 6:25.39
Saint Joseph's – 6:31.16
Delaware LWT – 6:32.08
Bucknell – 6:44.68
Michigan – 6:56.16
Lehigh – 7:14.97

Women's Second Varsity 8 – Grand Final – Second
Fordham A – 7:06.20
Drexel A – 7:09.62
Temple – 7:12.28
Duquesne – 7:22.39
Marist – 7:34.53
Villanova – 7:44.84

Women's Varsity 4 – Final – Second
Lafayette – 7:40.18
Drexel – 7:52.58
Temple – 7:56.88
Duquesne – 8:23.45
Army West Point – 8:27.68
Philly U – 8:32.72

Men's Varsity 4 – Final – Second
Fordham A – 7:05.25
Drexel – 7:09.93
Army West Point – 7:10.19
Lafayette – 7:10.97
Michigan – 7:25.71
Washington College – 7:39.24

Women's Freshmen 8 – Final – Third
Colgate – 7:39.29
Temple – 7:41.98
Drexel – 8:08.63
Villanova – 8:10.90
Loyola – 8:18.18
Duquesne – 8:33.51

Men's Second Varsity 4 – Final – Fourth
Michigan LWT B – 7:21.76
La Salle – 7:24.95
Delaware LWT – 7:25.39
Drexel – 7:35.63
Michigan A – 7:39.33
NY Maritime – 7:43.70

Women's Varsity Pair – Final – Fourth
Marist – 8:55.80
Loyola – 9:39.02
Lafayette – 9:43.39
Drexel – 9:54.08
Army West Point – 10:33.77
Philly U – 11:40.62

Men's Second Varsity 8 – Grand Final – Fifth
Delaware LWT – 6:13.82
Michigan – 6:16.57
Saint Joseph's – 6:17.51
UC San Diego – 6:23.29
Drexel – 6:29.13
Gonzaga – 6:46.30

Men's Freshmen 4 – Final – Sixth
Michigan – 7:28.95
Temple – 7:36.15
Saint Joseph's – 7:42.90
Colgate – 7:53.10
Bucknell – 8:00.87
Drexel – 8:01.76

Women's Second Varsity 8 – Petite Final – Second (Eighth overall)
Lehigh – 7:30.91
Drexel B – 7:38.11
Robert Morris – 7:56.01
Fordham B – 7:59.12

Results – Morning Heats – Saturday, April 15
Men's Second Varsity 4 – Heat 1
1-3 to Final
Michigan LWT B – 7:15.84
NY Maritime – 7:19.59
Drexel – 7:19.76
Lafayette – 7:22.08
Fordham – 7:28.38

Men's Freshmen 4 – Heat 2
1-2 to Final
Temple – 7:30.01
Drexel – 7:38.43
Lafayette – 7:45.10
Washington College – 8:20.15

Women's Freshmen 8 – Heat 1
1-3 to Final
Drexel – 7:33.79
Loyola – 7:40.83
Villanova – 7:47.19
Cabrini – 9:04.58

Men's Freshmen 8 – Heat 2
1-3 to Final
Drexel – 6:13.90
Lehigh – 6:18.17
Saint Joseph's – 6:23.76
Michigan B – 6:25.43
NY Maritime – 7:26.69
USMMA – 7:39.31

Women's Varsity 4 – Heat 3
1-2 to Final
Drexel – 7:40.76
Temple – 7:47.79
Fordham – 7:47.99
Loyola – 7:59.89
La Salle – 8:54.55

Men's Varsity 4 – Heat 3
1-2 to Final
Michigan – 7:07.83
Drexel – 7:11.23
Lehigh – 7:25.93
NYU – 7:36.87
Haverford – 8:22.63

Women's Second Varsity 8 – Heat 1
1-3 to Grand Final; 4-6 to Petite Final
Drexel A – 7:05.52
Marist – 7:21.22
Duquesne – 7:23.30
Robert Morris – 7:41.28
Fordham B – 7:53.81
Loyola – 7:57.77

Women's Second Varsity 8 – Heat 2
1-3 to Grand Final; 4-6 to Petite Final
Fordham A – 7:01.47
Temple – 7:09.70
Villanova – 7:13.89
Lehigh – 7:16.02
Drexel B – 7:26.51

Men's Second Varsity 8 – Heat 1
1-3 to Grand Final; 4-6 to Petite Final
Drexel – 6:15.19
UC San Diego – 6:17.78
Michigan – 6:21.42
Bucknell – 6:30.60
Villanova – 7:07.46

Women's Varsity 8 – Heat 1
1-2 to Grand Final; 3-4 to Petite Final
Drexel – 7:11.79
Lehigh – 7:16.79
Villanova – 7:20.01
Loyola – 7:46.35
La Salle – 7:57.61

Men's Varsity 8 – Heat 3 – 1:30 p.m.
1-2 to Grand Final; 3-4 to Petite Final
Drexel – 6:16.22
UC San Diego – 6:26.31
Lehigh – 6:31.08
Gonzaga – 6:42.30
Saint Mary's – 7:05.91

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Women's Varsity 8
Boat - Cara Fry
Cox - Nupur Parikh
Stroke - Kendall Wenzke
7 - Paige Propp
6 - Kylie Magee
5 - Marina Forster
4 - Catherine Haas
3 - Natalie Alleva
2 - Amanda Reale
Bow - Meghan Knecht

Men's Varsity 8
Boat - Lois Krall II
Cox - Brett Barry
Stroke - Ryan Gasparini
7 - Ben Lee
6 - Tom Foulds
5 - Ivo Krakic
4 - Justin Best
3 - Joseph Masgai
2 - Bryce Rosicky
Bow - George Twardy

Women's Second Varsity 8 A
Boat - Marlene Buckley II
Cox - Abigail Colasacco
Stroke - Stephanie Horn
7 - Lauren Sand
6 - Erin Archibald
5 - Margarita Amihava
4 - Fiona Mauer
3 - Julianna Hunt
2 - Kayley Slicer
Bow - Mackenzie Dorsett

Men's Second Varsity 8
Boat - Sandra Lee Sheller II
Cox - Malcolm Newman
Stroke - Zachary Seither
7 - Justin Terek
6 - Niles Arner
5 - Doug Davis
4 - Dario Vracevic
3 - Yunus Bora Yenen
2 - J.P. Clark
Bow - Jim Purtill

Women's Second Varsity 8 B
Boat - Maria Papadakis
Cox - Maggie Collington
Stroke - Abby Pierson
7 - Molly Dudrear
6 - Nora Wurmbach
5 - Maggie Johnson
4 - Jennifer McManus
3 - Jessika Coleman
2 - Mairen Hilary
Bow - Rachel Frank

Men's Third Varsity 8
Boat - Lois Krall
Cox - Tyler Lee
Stroke - Keegan Shannon
7 - Jim Howley
6 - Jack Grimm
5 - Andrew Tengdin
4 - William Cartwright
3 - Nick Herceg
2 - Ryan Rimmele
Bow - Dimitrije Regodic

Women's Freshmen 8
Boat – Marlene Buckley
Cox - Olivia Schuler
Stroke - Kalli Reganato
7 - Sarah Wanner
6 - Kristen Shema
5 - Jean Gleason
4 - Madeline Mac Donnell
3 - Sadie Lowell
2 - Maria Zhdankina
Bow - Lillian Coogan

Men's Freshmen 8
Boat - Joseph Greipp
Cox - Hunter Reed
Stroke - Colin Stewart
7 - Drew Senour
6 - Leon Bulic
5 - Joseph Konieczny
4 - Garrison Bentz
3 - Spencer Kuhl
2 - Anthony Williams
Bow - Keegan MacMaster

Women's Varsity 4
Boat - Sandra Lee Sheller
Cox - Hayley Roth
Stroke - Christine Wojciechowicz
3 - Emma Compton
2 - Anna Savage
Bow - Sofia Ryan

Men's Varsity 4
Boat - Bella Santorum
Cox - Charlie Bavisotto
Stroke - Brian Tindall
3 - Louis Masi
2 - Nick DiVito
Bow - Kyle Hershman

Men's Second Varsity 4
Boat - LeBow College of Business
Cox - Ian Berwick
Stroke - Adam Wisniowski
3 - Braedon Jelinek
2 - Josh Marcacci
Bow - Greg Adams

Men's Freshmen 4
Boat - Oxholm
Cox - Thomas Kish
Stroke - Jason Bowker
3 - Jason Rodman
2 - David Drew
Bow - Marko Crljen

Women's Pair
Kate Edwards
Chloe Hills