Women’s Rowing Wins 13th Lela H. Kerr Cup; Medals in All Five Events

Saturday, April 20

Schuylkill River - Philadelphia, Pa.

All Day

Drexel University

Kerr Cup Regatta

Women’s Rowing Wins 13th Lela H. Kerr Cup; Medals in All Five Events

4/20/2019 7:53:00 PM | Women's Rowing

FULL RESULTS

PHILADELPHIA – At the 53rd annual Kerr Cup Regatta, the Drexel University women's rowing team took home the Lela H. Kerr Cup for the seventh time in 10 years with a varsity eight win on Saturday afternoon on the Schuylkill River. On the day, the women grabbed medals in all five of their finals events with two golds and three silvers.

The regatta, which is hosted in conjunction with Drexel Alumni, is named in honor of Dr. Thomas Kerr, the founding coach of Drexel Rowing and former team physician.

RECAPS: WOMEN | MEN

ON THE DAY
The varsity eight, racing in the Alleva XVII with coxswain Maggie Collington, won an eight-second victory over Temple for the Kerr Cup victory. The Dragons crossed at 6:37.90 with the Owls following up at 6:45.87. Jefferson took third with a time of 6:54.87.

The second varsity eight, in the Cara Fry with coxswain Natalie Cleri, also took home a gold medal with a time of 7:00.97 ahead of Temple (7:06.93) and Villanova (7:23.61).

All three fours earned silver medals on the day. The varsity four (7:58.20) narrowly lost out to Lafayette (7:58.20). The varsity four B (8:21.41) took second place behind Temple (7:59.73. The freshman four (8:12.61) finished behind winner Lafayette (8:00.91).

NEXT UP
The Dragons will return to the Schuylkill River next Saturday, April 27 to compete at the Bergen and Kelly Cups, the unofficial city championships hosted by Saint Joseph's.

HISTORY & ORGINS
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. Lela Kerr, Dr. Kerr's wife, passed away in January 2018 at the age of 99.

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.

Past Winners / Lela H. Kerr Cup

1988 - George Mason	1999 - Villanova	2010 - Drexel
1989 - Temple	2000 - Saint Joseph's	2011 - Drexel
1990 - No Records Found	2001 - Delaware	2012- Drexel
1991 - No Records Found	2002 - Drexel	2013 - Washington College
1992 - Temple	2003 - Drexel	2014 - Drexel
1993 - Temple	2004 - Drexel	2015 - Drexel
1994 - No Records Found	2005 - Drexel	2016 - Temple
1995 - No Records Found	2006 - Delaware	2017 - Drexel
1996 - Drexel	2007 - Drexel	2018 - Rhode Island
1997 - Villanova	2008 - George Mason	2019 - Drexel
1998 - Villanova	2009 - Buffalo

FINALS
Women's Varsity 8 / Final / GOLD
1 / Drexel / 6:37.90
2 / Temple / 6:45.87
3 / Jefferson / 6:54.19
4 / Villanova / 6:55.16
5 / Colgate / 7:10.83
6 / La Salle / 7:40.34

Women's Second Varsity 8 / Final / GOLD
1 / Drexel / 7:00.97
2 / Temple / 7:06.93
3 / Villanova / 7:23.61
4 / Colgate / 7:53.30
5 / George Mason / 8:11.30
6 / La Salle / 8:15.48

Women's Varsity 4 / Final / SILVER
1 / Lafayette / 7:58.20
2 / Drexel / 8:00.17
3 / Temple / 8:06.14
4 / Villanova / 8:27.51
5 / Loyola / 8:34.89
6 / West Point / 8:45.48

Women's Varsity 4B / Final / SILVER
1 / Temple / 7:59.73
2 / Drexel / 8:21.41
3 / Villanova / 8:50.92
4 / Carnegie Mellon / 9:13.06

Women's Freshman 4 / Final / SILVER
1 / Lafayette / 8:00.91
2 / Drexel / 8:12.62
3 / US Merchant Marine Academy / 8:39.35
4 / Loyola / 8:59.53
5 / West Point / 9:11.12
6 / Jefferson / 10:04.17

HEATS
Women's Varsity 8 / Heat 1
Top 2 to Final / 3 & 4 to Petite Final
1 / Drexel / 6:54.20
2 / Jefferson / 7:02.75
3 / Villanova / 7:07.68
4 / Canisius / 7:10.32
5 / Loyola / 7:38.27

Women's Second Varsity 8 / Heat 1
Top 3 to Final
1 / Drexel / 7:08.30
2 / George Mason / 7:34.79
3 / Colgate / 7:37.11
4 / Canisius / 7:45.13

Women's Varsity 4 / Heat 1
Top 2 to Final
1 / Drexel / 7:48.48
2 / Villanova / 8:03.06
3 / West Point / 8:09.88
4 / Loyola A / 8:20.43
5 / George Mason / 8:52.49
6 / Colgate / 9:26.95

Women's Freshman 4 / Heat 2
Top 2 to Final
1 / Lafayette A / 7:42.85
2 / Drexel / 7:53.87
3 / Temple / 8:13.24
4 / NY Maritime / 11:22.27
- / Johnson & Wales / scratch

LINEUPS
Women's Varsity 8
Boat / Alleva XVII
Coxswain / Maggie Collington
Stroke / Isabella D'Angelo
7 / Julianna Hunt
6 / Kylie Magee
5 / Anna Savage
4 / Alexandra Natale
3 / Margarita Amihava
2 / Fiona Mauer
Bow / Amanda Reale

Women's Second Varsity 8
Boat / Cara Fry
Coxswain / Natalie Cleri
Stroke / Stephanie Horn
7 / Natalie Alleva
6 / Hayley McKeever
5 / Maggie Johnson
4 / Makayla Wenzke
3 / Mackenzie Dorsett
2 / Sofia Ryan
Bow / Jeannie McGill

Women's Varsity 4
Boat / Diane Corle
Coxswain / Danika Meldrum
Stroke / Anna Kretzer
3 / Kirby Droogan
2 / Lexie Hain
Bow / Morgan Van Dexter

Women's Varsity 4 B
Boat / Sandra Sheller
Coxswain / Emma Powers
Stroke / Abby Citta
3 / Erica Watson
2 / Jean Gleason
Bow / Grace Loughlin

Women's Freshman 4
Boat / Diane Corle
Coxswain / Lindsay Alshouse
Stroke / Addison Devine
3 / Leonie Meyaart
2 / Chloe Tramontano
Bow / Genevieve Rowlands