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April 12, 2003
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The University of Virginia’s women’s rowing team’s first novice eight and second novice eight crews won both of their races on Saturday (April 12) to highlight the Cavaliers’ performance at the ACC/Big Ten Double Dual Regatta at Griggs Reservoir.
UVa’s first novice eight and second novice eight crews defeated crews from Michigan and Ohio State. Virginia’s first varsity eight, second varsity eight, first varsity four and second varsity four crews lost races to both Michigan and Ohio State.
Virginia competed against Michigan in the morning and against Ohio State in the afternoon.
In the morning competition with Michigan, the Cavaliers’ first novice eight finished with a time of 6:47.1 and Michigan had a time of 7:02.7. UVa’s first novice eight had a time of 6:42.0 and Ohio State finished in 6:53.2 in the afternoon competition. Karen Richardson was the coxswain for Virginia’s first novice eight crew against Michigan and Kristina Caudle was the coxswain against Ohio State. The rest of the crew was comprised of Katie Verhey, Christina Berry, Kim Maxfield, Lauren Cruickshank, Alissa Rubin, Carrie Hatter, Catherine Thrasher and Lexie Zaborowski.
Virginia’s second novice eight won both morning and afternoon competitions against Michigan and Ohio State. In the morning, the Cavaliers finished with a time of 7:05.9 followed by Ohio State (7:13.7) and Michigan (7:21.4). In the afternoon, UVa had a time of 7:05.3 followed by Ohio State (7:10.7) and Michigan (7:28.4). Virginia’s second novice eight crew was made up of coxswain Ashley Zapf, Bridget Barry, Anna Capetanakis, Mary Copland, Monica Martinez, Lauren Frick, Emily Domenech, Christina Offutt and Holly Gurgle.
Michigan’s first varsity eight finished with a time of 6:21.7 and Virginia had a time of 6:26.8. The Cavaliers lost a close race to Ohio State with the Buckeyes finishing in 6:17.5 and Virginia in 6:18.6. UVa’s first varsity eight crew was comprised of coxswain Betty Shumaker, Genevieve Cauchon-Voyer, Beth Clark, Claudia Durkin, Molly Baker, Lindsay Shoop, Jen Reck, Julie McQueen and Carolyn McMillan.
UVa’s second varsity eight lost two very close races. Michigan had a time of 6:31.3 to edge Virginia (6:31.5). Ohio State finished with a time of 6:30.0 and the Cavaliers had a time of 6:31.0. UVa’s second varsity eight crew was made up of coxswain Danielle Sewell, Crystal MacLeod, Mary Dobmeier, Kelley Jesnig, Margaret Matia, Amanda Kennedy, Katie Yrazabal, Jessie Haury and Andrea Czarkowski.
In the first varsity four, Michigan had a time of 7:20.2 to defeat UVa (7:24.6) and Ohio State finished with a time of 7:18.0 and Virginia had a time of 7:22.6. Virginia’s first varsity four crew was comprised of coxswain Launa Forehand, Julie Creighton, Kelley Dougherty, Jenn Furstenau and Callie Spencer.
The Cavaliers’ second varsity four lost a close race to Michigan. Michigan had a time of 7:32.4 and UVa finished in 7:33.9. Ohio State’s second varsity four finished in a time of 7:26.8 and Virginia had a time of 7:34.2.
“Our novice crews did a great job all day in winning their races,” UVa head coach Kevin Sauer said. “In the morning against Michigan, the racing was really good. The second varsity eight race was a barn-burner all the way down the course and was a photo finish with Michigan winning by a foot or so. In the first varsity eight, the boats were pretty even the first 700-800 meters before Michigan pulled away at the end to win. Michigan rowed a great race. Our first varsity four crew led early before Michigan came back to win and the second varsity four race was another barn-burner with Michigan winning at the end.
“After very tough racing in the morning against a highly-ranked opponent, we fell behind early in both the first varsity eight and the second varsity eight races against Ohio State. Ohio State got out to significant leads in both races, but our crews rowed back into both races and just ran out of room.
“We come away from today’s competition with our heads up and knowing we rowed hard. We’re disappointed at the results, but not disappointed with the effort. We know what we have to work on.”
The Virginia women’s rowing team returns to action on April 19 in the Atlantic Coast Conference Rowing Championships. UVa will host the ACC Championships at Lake Monticello.