Rowing Wins Fifth Straight Overall Title, Varsity 8 Golds at Dad Vail Regatta

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Rowing Wins Fifth Straight Overall Title, Varsity 8 Golds at Dad Vail Regatta

5/13/2017 8:04:00 AM | Men's Rowing, Women's Rowing

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PHILADELPHIA – The Drexel rowing team won its fifth consecutive overall team title and first ever women's points title in a historic Saturday morning on the Schuylkill River at the 79th annual Dad Vail Regatta presented by Independence Blue Cross and the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University. The Dragons won both the men's and women's varsity eight gold medals en route to seven medals in total for the event – five gold, a silver and a bronze.

This comes as the first time since Purdue in 2007 that a school has won both the men's and women's heavyweight gold medals at Dad Vail. The gold medal came as the first-ever grand finals win for the women's varsity eight at Dad Vail. For the men, it was the second gold in program history for the varsity eight with the first coming in 2013. Also winning gold was the women's second varsity eight, women's third varsity eight and men's freshmen eight. The men's third varsity eight took the silver, and the women's varsity four earned the bronze. The seven medals tie the program record for a Dad Vail, originally set in 2016. Drexel has now won 40 of its 62 all-time Dad Vail medals under the guidance of Director of Rowing Paul Savell, who has guided the program now through 10 Dad Vails.

Drexel has now won the overall title at the event five times in a row, each year dating back to 2013. The victory in 2013 was the Dragons' first Dad Vail title in program history. The fifth straight overall title ties Purdue, which won it all five times in a row from 2000-04, for the record. The Dragons' women's points title is the first in the program's history.

The women's varsity eight added the most impressive victory to date to perhaps the strongest season in the boat's history with winning the boat's first ever Dad Vail gold medal. Racing in the Cara Fry boat, the women's varsity eight raced to a final time of 6:30.064 to best rival UMass by nearly six seconds and open water. The boat advanced Friday to Saturday morning's grand final with a first-place time of 6:44.992 in its semifinal.

Drexel's top men's eight won the coveted gold medal for the first time since it won the gold for the first time ever in 2013. Racing in the Lois Krall II boat, the men's varsity eight followed up the women's win with a victory of its own, crossing the finish line with a winning time of 5:39.633 to best a strong Saint Joseph's boat by nearly six seconds and open water. The Drexel boat advanced to Saturday morning's grand with a first-place time of 5:52.689 in its semifinal on Friday.

The Dragons' women's eights were dominant all morning as the second varsity eight and third varsity eight joined the top eight with gold medals of their own. The women's second varsity eight, in the Marlene Buckley II boat, took the top time with a 6:36.431 to beat second-place Fordham by more than five seconds. It raced to a second-place time of 6:57:052, just over a second behind UMass in the semifinals on Friday. The third varsity eight raced in an abbreviated field of three and bested both competitors with a time of 6:51.166 in the Maria Papadakis boat, cruising past the rest of the field by nearly nine seconds.

Rounding out the Dragons' gold medals was the men's freshmen eight. The gold medal is the fourth for the boat in the last five years and its third in a row. Racing in the Joseph Greipp boat, the freshmen men finished with a 5:51.575 and outlasted a Temple crew that hung with them through much of the race. The boat took the top time in its time trial before winning its heat with a time of 6:10.255 on Friday to move into the grand final.

Taking the silver medal was the men's third varsity eight in the Lois Krall boat. The three-V went straight to the five-boat final and rowed to a time of 6:27.005, finishing behind only Saint Joseph's. The bronze medal went to the women's varsity four in the Diane Corle boat. Racing in a deep category, the four raced to a time of 7:25.806, behind Lafayette and Wisconsin. The boat took a first-place finish in the semifinals Friday with a 7:36.574 to advance to Saturday morning's grand final.

The Dragons finished with three more boats in the top five. The men's second varsity eight took fourth in a tightly contested final with a time of 5:55.700 as Saint Joseph's went on to win. Racing in the Sandra Lee Sheller II boat, it took second with a time of 6:03.083, edging third-place North Carolina by just under three-tenths of a second in its semifinal on Friday.

Finishing in fifth was the women's freshmen eight and men's second varsity four. Racing in the Marlene Buckley boat, the women's freshmen eight took fifth with a time of 7:19.616 as Saint Joseph's came away with the win. The men's second varsity four, racing in the LeBow College of Business boat, took fifth with a time of 7:01.049 to hold off Lafayette as Georgia Tech went on to victory.

Drexel advanced 10 boats to grand finals in total. The Dragons also sent the men's varsity four (Bella Santorum boat) to the petite final as well as the women's pair and men's freshmen four (Sandra Lee Sheller boat) to third finals. Racing was cancelled following the conclusion of the morning's petite and grand finals due to deteriorating weather and river conditions.

Drexel's women make a quick turnaround and close out the most important weekend of its season, traveling to the Cooper River in Cherry Hill for the Colonial Athletic Association Championships and a chance at a spot at the NCAA Championships at Mercer Lake. Drexel's men will have some time off from competition before closing out their season at the IRA National Championships on June 2-4 in Sacramento.

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Results - Finals - Saturday, May 13
Women's Varsity 8 – Grand Final – Evelyn Bergman Trophy – GOLD
Drexel – 6:30.064
UMass – 6:35.909
Saint Joseph's – 6:40.739
Fordham – 6:40.841
Grand Valley – 6:41.979
Delaware – 6:43.988

Men's Varsity 8 – Grand Final – Richard O'Brien Trophy – GOLD
Drexel – 5:39.633
Saint Joseph's – 5:45.386
Delaware – 5:45.543
Virginia – 5:48.265
Army – 5:48.305
North Carolina – 5:51.818

Women's Second Varsity 8 – Grand Final – Coleman D. Boylan Trophy – GOLD
Drexel – 6:36.431
Fordham – 6:41.573
UMass – 6:47.276
Saint Joseph's – 6:48.336
Delaware – 6:53.919
Duquesne – 7:10.226

Women's Third Varsity 8 – Grand Final – GOLD
Drexel – 6:51.166
Delaware – 7:00.155
Fordham – 7:04.998

Men's Freshmen 8 – Grand Final – Toby Wallace Bowl – GOLD
Drexel – 5:51.575
Temple – 5:55.141
Delaware – 6:00.294
Michigan – 6:04.092
Purdue – 6:04.354
Minnesota – 6:11.158

Men's Third Varsity 8 – Grand Final – Silver
Saint Joseph's – 6:19.604
Drexel – 6:27.005
Michigan – 6:34.157
Virginia – 6:35.340
Delaware – 6:40.440

Women's Varsity 4 – Grand Final – Margaret McNiff Trophy – Bronze
Lafayette – 7:14.416
Wisconsin – 7:18.481
Drexel – 7:25.806
Oklahoma City – 7:38.738
Delaware – 7:40.786
Saint Joseph's – 7:47.313

Men's Second Varsity 8 – Grand Final – Ernie Bayer Trophy – 4th
Saint Joseph's -5:47.869
Virginia – 5:52.757
Delaware – 5:53.856
Drexel – 5:55.700
Michigan – 5:56.481
Army – 6:07.549

Women's Freshmen 8 – Grand Final – Sara Vaughan Trophy – 5th
Saint Joseph's – 6:54.406
Case – 6:55.510
Bucknell – 7:03.075
Duquesne – 7:16.365
Drexel – 7:19.616
Marquette – 7:40.812

Men's Second Varsity 4 – Grand Final – 5th
Georgia Tech – 6:42.071
Bowdoin – 6:45.593
Wentworth – 6:47.239
Fairfield – 6:58.551
Drexel – 7:01.049
Lafayette – 7:02.839

Men's Varsity 4 – Petite Final – 6th (12th overall)
Delaware – 6:36.296
Army – 6:42.146
Fairfield – 6:43.918
Saint Joseph's – 6:45.106
Lafayette – 6:47.449
Drexel – 6:48.944

Women's Pair – Third Final – 12:45 p.m.
Cancelled

Men's Freshmen 4 – Third Final – 1:30 p.m.
Cancelled

Results – Semifinals – Friday, May 12
Women's Pair
Top 2 to Grand Final; Next 2 to Petite
UMass – 8:05.585
George Mason – 8:11.722
Army West Point – 8:14.636
Central Okla. – 8:57.916
Drexel – 9:00.145

Women's Freshmen 8 – Heat 2 – 12:12 p.m.
Top 2 to Grand Final; Next 2 to Petite
Drexel – 7:25.298
Duquesne – 7:28.392
Army West Point – 7:31.484
Penn State – 7:38.787
Scranton – 8:21.614

Men's Second Varsity 8
Top 2 to Grand Final; Next 2 to Petite
Delaware – 6:00.929
Drexel – 6:03.083
North Carolina – 6:03.314
DePaul – 6:34.342
Villanova – 6:45.050

Women's Second Varsity 8
Top 3 to Grand Final; Next 2 to Petite
UMass – 6:55.059
Drexel – 6:56.052
Duquesne – 7:13.188
Grand Valley – 7:17.726
Georgia Tech – 7:28.761

Men's Second Varsity 4
Top 2 to Grand Final; Next 2 to Petite
Lafayette – 7:09.839
Drexel – 7:13.878
Stetson – 7:16.525
Fordham – 7:23.966
UMass-Lowell – 8:07.192

Men's Freshmen 4
Top 2 Advance to Grand Final; Remainder to Petite or Third
Colgate – 6:54.329
Middlebury – 7:08.398
Delaware – 7:13.569
Clemson – 7:15.999
Drexel – 7:21.246
Grand Valley – 7:27.332

Men's Freshmen 8
Top 2 Advance to Grand Final; Remainder to Petite or Third
Drexel – 6:10.255
Minnesota – 6:13.455
Saint Joseph's – 6:18.048
Purdue – 6:35.443
North Carolina – 6:36.323
Michigan State – 6:52.598

Men's Varsity 4
Top 2 Advance to Grand Final; Remainder to Petite or Third
Georgia Tech – 6:39.247
Temple – 6:45.293
Fairfield – 6:46.020
Drexel – 6:55.530
Wentworth – 7:00.261
Michigan – 7:05.006

Women's Varsity 4
Top 2 Advance to Grand Final; Remainder to Petite or Third
Drexel – 7:36.574
Delaware – 7:45.531
Emory – 7:52.385
Fordham – 7:55.245
Marquette – 8:12.662
UMass-Lowell – scratch

Men's Varsity 8
Top 2 Advance to Grand Final; Remainder to Petite or Third
Drexel – 5:52.689
Delaware – 5:54.703
Marietta – 5:55.173
Grand Valley – 6:05.190
Purdue – 6:15.579
La Salle – 6:36.964

Women's Varsity 8
Top 2 Advance to Grand Final; Remainder to Petite or Third
Drexel – 6:44.992
Grand Valley – 6:51.664
George Mason – 6:57.714
Army – 7:07.995
Penn State – 7:24.079
NYU – 7:34.125

Results – Time Trials – Friday, May 12
Men's Freshmen 4 – Time Trial – Top 18 to Semis
Drexel – 6:48.694 – 12th

Men's Freshmen 8 – Time Trial – Top 18 to Semis
Drexel – 5:38.830 – 1st

Men's Varsity 4 – Time Trial – Top 18 to Semis
Drexel – 6:27.807 – 11th

Women's Varsity 4 – Time Trial – Top 18 to Semis
Drexel – 7:05.888 – 3rd

Men's Varsity 8 – Time Trial – Top 18 to Semis
Drexel – 5:27.657 – 2nd

Women's Varsity 8 – Time Trial – Top 18 to Semis
Drexel – 6:23.128 – 2nd

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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 – Justin Best
5 – Ivo Krakic
4 – Tom Foulds
3 – Joseph Masgai
2 – Bryce Rosicky
Bow – George Twardy

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

Men's Second Varsity 8
Boat – Sandra Lee Sheller II
Cox – Malcolm Newman
Stroke – Zachary Seither
7 – Niles Arner
6 – Jack Grimm
5 – Yunus Bora Yenen
4 – William Cartwright
3 – Jim Purtill
2 – J.P. Clark
Bow – Justin Terek

Women's Varsity 4
Boat – Diane Corle
Cox – Hayley Roth
Stroke – Christine Wojciechowicz
3 – Emma Compton
2 – Julianna Hunt
Bow – Sofia Ryan

Men's Varsity 4
Boat – Bella Santorum
Cox – Charlie Bavisotto
Stroke – Brian Tindall
3 – Kyle Hershman
2 – Nick DiVito
Bow – Dimitrije Regodic

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

Men's Third Varsity 8
Boat – Lois Krall
Cox – Tyler Lee
Stroke – Keegan Shannon
7 – Jim Howley
6 – Leon Bulic
5 – Louis Masi
4 – Ryan Rimmele
3 – Doug Davis
2 – Dario Vracevic
Bow – Nick Herceg

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

Men's Freshmen 8
Boat – Joseph Greipp
Cox – Hunter Reed
Stroke – Colin Stewart
7 – Joseph Konieczny
6 – Rocco Fucetola
5 – Drew Senour
4 – Andrew Tengdin
3 – Spencer Kuhl
2 – Anthony Williams
Bow – Keegan MacMaster

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

Men's Freshmen 4
Boat – Sandra Lee Sheller
Cox – Danika Meldrum
Stroke – Jason Bowker
3 – David Drew
2 – Garrison Bentz
Bow – Jason Rodman

Women's Pair
Kate Edwards
Chloe Hills