Women's Rowing | 10/9/2011 2:48:00 PM
GENEVA, NY - The Tiger Oarswomen picked-up steam in their second race of the fall season at the Hobart William Smith Canal Challenge on Saturday, October 8. The varsity eight and second eight both earned solid, third-place finishes in their events.
Seated in the varsity eight was coxswain #
Wendy Gutcher (Fairfax Station, VA/South County)#, followed by stroke seat, #
Kristin Roberts (Skaneateles, NY/Skaneateles)#, seven seat, #
Reba Conway (Grand Island/Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart)#, six seat, #
Sabine Loebner (Leisning, Germany/Lessing-Gymnasium Doebeln)#, five seat Devin Musa, four seat #
Morgan Mowins (Fayetteville, NY/Fayetteville-Manlius )#, three seat, #
Kelsey Rainie (Concord, NH/Concord)#, two seat #
Nicole Conway (Canandaigua, NY/Canandaigua Academy)#, and bow seat
Anne Wapshare (Blasdell, NY/Immaculata Academy).
The varsity boat finished in a time of 18:07, five seconds off of second place finisher, Marietta College. William Smith finished first, followed by Marietta, RIT, Ithaca A, Ithaca B, and Geneseo.
Seated in the second eight was coxswain #
Eileen Kobal (Erie, PA/Fairview)#, followed by stroke seat #
Allison Doster (Lafayette, NY/Lafayatte)#, seven seat #
Shelby Mancuso (Torrington, CT/Torrington)#, six seat, #
Sam Deakin (Clarence, NY/Clarence)#, five seat #
Brooke Van-Derpoel (Frederick, MD/Governor Thomas Johnson)#, four seat, #
Sarah Crosby (Upton, MA/Nipmuc Regional)#, three seat, #
Alex Kilgore (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster)#, two seat #
Katie Bonfiglio (Bedford, NH/Bedford)#, and bow seat, #
Sarah Hadley (Monument, CO/Lewis Palmer)#.
The second eight finished in a time of 19:31. Order of finish was William Smith, Marietta, RIT, William Smith B, Ithaca, and Geneseo.
Head Coach,
Jim Bodenstedt was excited about the women's performance.
“We raced hard today against a top, Liberty League contender, William Smith, and our other New York State competitors," said Bodenstedt. Right now, RIT Women's Crew is the locomotive heard in the distance. Every race weekend we strive to be heard and get those railroad ties rumbling. Ears are to the rails. Our goal is to build up speed. We're on track!”
This week the Tiger Oarswomen will be preparing for our local Head of the Genesee Regatta, Saturday, October, 15.
