Varsity 4 Highlights Women's Rowing's Sunday at Eastern Sprints

Sunday, April 29

Lake Quinsigamond - Worcester, Mass.

All Day

Drexel University

Eastern Sprints Regatta

Photo by: Ryan Samson

Varsity 4 Highlights Women's Rowing's Sunday at Eastern Sprints

4/29/2018 3:56:00 PM | Women's Rowing

RESULTS

WORCESTER, Mass. – The varsity four's third-place finish highlighted the Drexel women's rowing team's Sunday on Lake Quinsigamond at the Eastern Sprints in Worcester, Mass. Both the varsity eight and second varsity eight took ninth overall.

Racing in the Diane Corle boat, the varsity four continued its strong spring season. As the only Drexel boat to qualify for a grand final on the day, the varsity four raced to a third-place time of 7:33.730, less than two seconds behind Dartmouth for second. Harvard won the race with a time of 7:24.982.

The varsity eight, racing in the Alleva XVII boat, found itself in the petite final after finishing behind Dartmouth and Columbia in heats. The Dragons turned in a third-place time in the petite of 6:43.646 to hold off Boston College by a second and a half. The second varsity eight, racing in the Cara Fry boat, also took to the petite final, finishing third. The Dragons rowed a 7:03.310, behind Boston College's 6:59.218 and Tennessee's 7:00.658. The third varsity eight, racing in the Marlene Buckley II boat, finished with a 7:34.521 to finish behind Temple in the petite final.

The Dragons will close out their regular season on May 11-12 when they race for a sixth consecutive overall team title at the 80th annual Jefferson Dad Vail Regatta on the Schuylkill River.

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Results – Sunday, April 29
Varsity 4 – Grand Final – Third
Harvard – 7:24.982
Dartmouth – 7:31.950
Drexel – 7:33.730
Temple – 7:36.286
Tennessee – 7:42.682
Boston College – 7:45.390

Varsity 8 – Petite Final – Ninth overall
Tennessee – 6:37.418
Temple – 6:40.898
Drexel – 6:43.646
Boston College – 6:45.070
MIT – 6:50.202
UConn – 6:51.154
Holy Cross – 7:03.722

Second Varsity 8 – Petite Final – Ninth overall
Boston College – 6:59.218
Tennessee – 7:00.658
Drexel – 7:03.310
UConn – 7:14.593
Boston – 7:16.997
MIT – 7:24.269
Holy Cross – 7:47.965

Third Varsity 8 – Petite Final – Eighth overall
Temple – 7:24.876
Drexel – 7:34.521

Varsity 8 – Heat 1
Dartmouth – 6:29.798
Columbia – 6:32.002
Drexel – 6:47.945
MIT – 6:57.864
Holy Cross – 7:11.814

Second Varsity 8 – Heat 3
Northeastern – 6:45.013
Rutgers – 6:46.957
Drexel – 6:51.885
UConn – 7:06.774

Third Varsity 8 – Heat 1
Dartmouth – 6:57.249
Northeastern – 7:02.509
Boston College – 7:15.549
Drexel – 7:17.999

Varsity 4 – Heat 1
Harvard – 7:25.398
Drexel – 7:29.610
Columbia – 7:35.126
Holy Cross – 8:02.892
Boston – 8:14.563

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Lineups – Sunday, April 29
Women's Varsity 8
Boat – Alleva XVII
Coxswain – Maggie Collington
Stroke – Natalie Alleva
7 – Paige Propp
6 – Kylie Magee
5 – Anna Savage
4 – Isabella D'Angelo
3 – Amanda Reale
2 – Catherine Haas
Bow – Meghan Knecht

Women's Second Varsity 8
Boat – Cara Fry
Coxswain – Hayley Roth
Stroke – Stephanie Horn
7 – Jeannie McGill
6 – Fiona Mauer
5 – Margarita Amihava
4 – Sofia Ryan
3 – Julianna Hunt
2 – Jennifer White
Bow – Mackenzie Dorsett

Women's Varsity 4
Boat – Diane Corle
Coxswain – Danika Meldrum
Stroke – Christine Wojciechowicz
3 – Bailey Price
2 – Kayley Slicer
Bow – Rachel Frank

Women's Third Varsity 8
Boat – Marlene Buckley II
Coxswain – Ciara O'Brien
Stroke – Makayla Wenzke
7 – Maggie Johnson
6 – Kristen Shema
5 – Erin Archibald
4 – Jennifer McManus
3 – Kate Edwards
2 – Mairen Hilary
Bow – Shannon Boyle