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April 12-13, 2003 Delaware Advances to Finals in Five Events CAMDEN, NJ -- The University of Delaware had five crews advance to the finals, led by a fourth place finish by the Junior Varsity Eights squad and two other sixth place finishes at the Knecht Cup Championships Sunday on the Cooper River. The Blue Hens rowed to a time of 7:27.3 to place fourth overall in the Junior Varsity Eights race and also placed sixth in the Lightweight Eights (7:26.6) and Novice Fours (8:49.6) to complete an outstanding team performance. No team standings were kept. Also for Delaware, the Varsity Eights placed 10th in with a time of 7:11.2 and the Novice Eights placed 12th with a time of 8:07.0. The Varsity Fours team placed sixth in its heat Saturday with a time of 8:56 and did not advance to Sunday's finals. The Junior Varsity Eights team was made up of Nicole Lombardi, Elizabeth Harris, Lisa Hardy, Jess Colpo, Alison Conway, Andrea Placke, Janice Brown, Laura McDonald, and Elizabeth McGarry. Wisconsin won the race in a time of 7:01.7 followed by Boston College (7:17.7), Massachusetts (7:23.2), Delaware (7:27.3), Villanova (7:33.1), and Connecticut (7:43.1). Delaware's Lightweight Eights team of Carolyn Serey, Denise Burke, Dana Lohr, Laura Muto, Emily McElwain, Stef Lazorick, Tory Yanakos, Lyra Sawzin, and Susan Carbine placed sixth with a time of 7:26.6. Princeton won the race in 6:58.3 followed by Radcliffe (6:58.7), Wisconsin (7:07.7), Central Florida (7:15.7), Villanova (7:18.3), and Delaware. In the Novice Fours, Delaware group of Jamie Hartnett, Jamie Schoeonwald, Jessica Kostick, Courtney Maggiulli, and Cathy Savarese was sixth in a time of 8:49.6 behind winner Johns Hopkins (8:32.6), Wichita State (8:37.0), Kansas (8:43.0), Tulsa (8:45.7), and Bryn Mawr (8:49.0). A total of 41 teams competed in the race. In the Varsity Eights, Delaware's team of Alli Garwood, Megan Batykefer, Elizabeth McInturff, Kylie Campbell, Betsy Ferry, Danah O'Connor, Lissa Kutz, Dawn Hussnatter, and Leanna Ferrand placed fourth in the Petite Final to earn 10th place overall in a time of 7:11.2. Rhode Island won the race in 7:00.4 to take seventh place. Buffalo was eighth in 7:04.1 followed by North Carolina (7:07.4), , Delaware, Wisconsin (7:12.6), and Temple (7:20.6). In the Novice Eights, the Blue Hen team of Sarah Mazurkevich, Jenna Darrenkamp, Leslie Forsyth, Katherine Reiner, Val Schuster, Cindy Dudzinski, Kate Sianni, Lane Kohl, and Becca Bauer placed sixth in the Petite Final to place 12th overall out of 39 teams with a time of 8:07.0. North Carolina won the race and placed seventh with a time of 7:31.8 followed by Connecticut (7:38.8), Indiana (7:41.5), Massachusetts (7:50.8), Boston College (7:59.8), and Delaware (8:07.0). Delaware's Varsity Fours team of Kat Campagnini, Nicole Ferrari, Jen Suminski, Maureen Gillen, and Liz Florin placed fifth in its heat with a time of 8:56 but did not advance. LaSalle won the heat in a time of 8:12. Delaware will return to action April 19 at the Murphy Cup in Philadelphia. |
