PHILADELPHIA, Pa.- The Franklin & Marshall women's rowing team wrapped up the fall at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta on Saturday, competing in the Varsity 8+, Varsity 4+, Novice 8+ and Novice 4+ categories. Both the Novice 8+ and Novice 4+ crews earned Division III silver medals in their races.

Varsity 8+

F&M's Varsity 8+ crew included, from bow to stern, Ruth Donohue, Savanna Maness, Autumn Lingle, Kate Smith, Maria Darrup, Sarah Blum, Audrey Zawoiski, Louise Truong, and Macy Bush as coxswain. The Diplomats finished in 38th place out of 54 competing crews, beating fellow crews from fellow Mid-Atlantic Rowing Conference (MARC) teams including Washington College, Bryn Mawr, and Marietta.. With a time of 14:23.122, they were the sixth-fastest crew in the Division III category from 13 entries.

Varsity 4+

The Diplomats entered a pair of crews into the Varsity 4+ event. 

The first lineup consisted of, from bow to stern, Darrup, Maness, Zawoiski, Truong, and Bush as coxswain. They finished in 42nd place in a field of 64 entries, logging the eighth-best Division III time from a Division III class of 20 crews with a time of 15:37.638. They were also the second-fastest MARC crew from eight entered into the race.

F&M's second lineup featured, from bow to stern, Brigitte Chen, Claire Axelrod, Yvette Wang, Maya Beda, and Donahue as coxswain. The crew finished 58th with a time of 17:48.567.

Novice 8+

F&M's Novice 8+ crew included, from bow to stern, Kai La, Sunny Sun, Aurelia Tang, PJ Udy, Wardha Shahid, Fadila Nassir, Lehua Matsuoka, Stella Heng, and Claire Burdett as coxswain. The team finished in ninth place with a time of 19:21.871, placing second among Division III crews to claim the silver medal.

Novice 4+

The women's Novice 4+ line included, from bow to stern, Heng, Julia Kirner, Carolyn Quill, Elizabeth Ripperger, and Burdett as coxswain. The crew claimed sixth place from a field of 12 entries while they were the second-best Division III crew from the five entered into the race, finishing in 17:10.388 and earning the silver medal. 

From Coach Moemen Ibrahim '26

"The Head of the Schuylkill was a great way to conclude our fall season, bringing home some hardware on the novice side," said Coach Ibrahim. "It also served as a valuable benchmark to see where we stand as a program compared to other crews in our conference. We'll use that perspective as motivation to come back stronger in the spring."

Up Next

The rowing teams will return in the spring with the first of six events at the Skidmore Sprints on Saturday, April 3. A full preview will be released closer to the start of the spring season.