UMW Rowers Compete at MARC Championships
The University of Mary Washington men's and women's rowing teams
competed at the Mid Atlantic Rowing Conference championships on
Saturday. The men finished fourth among four teams while the women
took sixth among seven schools.
Women's Varsity 8
Coxswain Caitlin McCafferty, Stroke Athena Golden, 7 Liz Howard, 6
Eva Campbell, 5 Ria Firth, 4 Laura Page, 3 Lauren Gilmore, 2 Elisa
Delle Fratte, Bow Clara Coward
Heat #2 Results
UMW finished 3rd in 7:37.7 with a strong tailwind to
qualify for the final.
Final
UMW finished 6th in 7:57.6 with no wind.
There were 7 novice walk-ons in the varsity event and rowed really
well. With time and more experienced, they are well positioned to
do well in the future.
Men's Varsity 4+
Coxswain Diana Pistochini, Stroke Wes Host, 3 Alex Erskine, 2
James Hutcheson, Bow Kyle Allen.
The men's varsity 4+ had their best race of the year but missed
qualifying for the final by 1.4 seconds. This is a very good result
especially considering that 3 of the 5 athletes are novices in the
current positions in the crew. With time, they will be qualifying
and doing well in finals.
Women's Novice 4+
Coxswain Mary Meola, Stroke Kimmy Slater, 3 Katie Douthitt, 2
Tesia Zogran-Werness, Bow Ali Webb.
Heat #2 Results
The novice 4+ had their best row of the year finishing
4th of 4 in a time of 8:50.1 with a tailwind in the heat
but qualified for the final by means of their fast time in the
heat.
In the final, the crew improved on their performance finishing
4th out of six in 9:13.7 without wind, beating two crews
from the heat #1.
They finished the season with their best performance.
Women's Novice 8
Coxswain Caitlin McCafferty, Stroke Athena Golden, 7 Liz Howard, 6
Elisa Delle Fratte, 5 Ria Firth, 4 Aidan Coleman, 3 Lauren Gilmore,
2 Kimmy Slater, Bow Clara Coward
In a final only event, the novice 8 event was won by Division 1
school Bucknell , with UMW 2nd in a time of 7:58.6.
UMW started the race extremely well 45 seconds in front of
Scranton and 1:06 minutes in front of St. Mary's.
It was also their best race of the year.
The teams look forward to competing in the Mid Atlantic Collegiate
Championship May 6th and at the Dad Vail Regatta May
11-12.
