PHILADELPHIA, Pa.- The Franklin & Marshall women's rowing team competed in their final regatta of the fall in Saturday's Head of the Schuylkill, racing multiple events.
F&M entered a pair of Varsity 8+ crews in the Women's Club Championship event. The A lineup, from bow to stern, featured
Ruth Donohue,
Savanna Maness,
Sarah Blum,
Iman Hasnani,
Skyler Houghton,
Louise Truong,
Maria Darrup,
Audrey Zawoiski, and
Macy Bush as the coxswain.
From bow to stern, the B lineup included
Amy Ni,
Trang Ho,
Claire Axelrod,
Maya Beda,
Autumn Lingle,
Kate Smith,
Hazel Abello,
Lucy Connolly, and
Lauren Caltrider as the coxswain.
The A lineup finished in 15:11.585, while the B lineup completed the race in 17:29.062.
Franklin & Marshall also entered two Varsity 4+ lineups into the regatta. The A lineup featured, from bow to stern, Houghton, Truong, Darrup, Zawoiski, and Bush as the coxswain. From bow to stern, the B lineup included Hasnani, Maness, Blum, Connolly, and Caltraider as the coxswain.
The A lineup earned 30th from 56 competing crews and the fourth-best Division III crew, logging a time of 15:32.028, while the B Lineup was 53rd with a time of 17:20.122.
The Diplomats' also raced a Freshman/ Novice 8+ crew, which included, from bow to stern, Ni, Ho, Axelrod, Beda, Lingle, Smith, Abello, Donohue, and Caltrider as the coxswain. The crew experienced a failure with steering during the race, but still finished the event in 18:11.190
"A big goal for this regatta was to get people racing multiple times to gain experience and develop as rowers and competitors heading into the winter training," said Head Coach
Bob Brady. "Everyone was able to compete twice, putting their best effort forward on the Schuylkill River, which helps set a good tone as we head indoors."