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Hannah Hely rows during a practice during the 2021-22 season.
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Women's Rowing Excels at Head of the Fish

10/29/2023 11:27:00 AM

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — The Cornell women's rowing team excelled at the annual Head of the Fish Regatta on Saturday afternoon, garnering six top-five finishes out of the program's 10 entries.

The program's top two varsity eight programs registered third- and fifth-place finishes out of 19 entries. Cornell's 'B' entry finished in third place with a time of 12:04.06, finishing behind MIT (11:55.18) and Wesleyan (12.03.45), while the 'A' crew clocked a 12:12.40.

In the second varsity eight, Cornell finished in second and sixth places out of 23 entries. The Big Red's 'A' boat concluded with a time of 12:43.63, which was 24 seconds behind first-place finishing MIT (12:19.56). Cornell's other entry posted a time of 13:08.54.

Cornell's fleet of varsity fours all finished in succession between fifth and eighth places. The 'A' boat registered the best time of the quarter of Big Red crews finishing with a time of 14:18.65. Following the Big Red's top varsity four was the 'B' crew (14:25.19), the 'D' boat (14:41.72), and 'C' team (14:43.70).

Both of Cornell's novice teams placed first in the four and eight on Saturday. The novice four clocked a 13:59.82, which was over a minute and a half better than Gordon College (15:34.05), and the eight finished 41 seconds ahead of Hamilton (13:50.40) with its time of 13:09.08.

BOATINGS
Varsity Eight 'A': Emmy Tyrcha (coxswain), Isabella Capelli (stroke), Sophie MonroeMaren ChamberlandAlexis EngmanGrace SappingtonLindsay SmithGreta GilbertKatherine Young

Varsity Eight 'B': Katherine Davis (coxswain), Eleanor Bijeau (stroke), Kyra McCarrickMary GrayBritton StaplerHelena DarnallEllie VanHoutenEmma Leary

Second Varsity 'A': Hannah Woodhull (coxswain), Olivia Weeldreyer (stroke), Julia Van Der ZwanKate HahnenbergAnna DuffyAnna Paisley GrayHannah HelyGrace MichalowskiEmily Mayer

Second Varsity 'B': Amanda Mikulka (coxswain), Josie Moskovitz (stroke), Grace RaabMaggie HugginsIzzie RiccardiElizabeth RogersCaroline FabianoVictoria HansenAmanda Pardo

Novice 8: Sofia Lago (coxswain), Kyra McCarrick (stroke), Elise RueppelMaren ChamberlandMary GrayChloe DarcyAlexis EngmanIzzie RiccardiElizabeth Rogers

Varsity 4 'A': Katherine Davis (coxswain), Greta Gilbert (stroke), Lindsay SmithSophie MonroeGrace Sappington

Varsity 4 'B': Emmy Tyrcha (coxswain), Isabella Capelli (stroke), Katherine YoungHannah HelyHelena Darnall

Varsity 4 'C': Hannah Woodhull (coxswain), Emily Mayer (stroke), Kate HahnenbergGrace RaabGrace Michalowski

Varsity 4 'D': Amanda Mikulka (coxswain), Julia Van Der Zwan (stroke), Anna Paisley GrayAmanda PardoVictoria Hansen

Novice 4+: Allison Cao (coxswain), Sophie BarrElla FreimuthLiz BrantleyZoe Benitez

A LOOK UPSTREAM
Cornell will conclude its fall slate when it hosts Syracuse at the Cornell Rowing Center on Saturday, Nov. 4.
 
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