University of Connecticut Athletics
Rowing Has Successful Weekend At Knecht Cup
4/13/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Rowing
CAMDEN, N.J. (April 13, 2008) – The University of Connecticut women’s rowing wrapped up a successful weekend at the Knecht Cup on Sunday as the varsity eight and novice eight both finished fifth in the grand final and the second varsity eight finished third in the petite final.
The varsity eight was fifth in the entire event of the 24 boats that entered. UConn checked in at 6:54.3 in the final while Bucknell won in 6:35.2, followed by Buffalo in 6:44.0, Rhode Island in 6:47.4, Wisconsin in 6:48.4, UConn and Massachuetts in 6:56.6.
The UConn varsity eight consisted of Katie Beasley (Centerville, Mass.), junior Kathy Les (South Windsor, Conn.), senior Olga Solovyova (New London, Conn.), freshman Gretchen Stern (Rexford, N.Y.), sophomore Sarah Willhoft (Manchester, Conn.), senior Monica Parker (Glastonbury, Conn.), sophomore Katie Rauscher (Manchester, Conn.), sophomore Rebecca Likar (East Lyme, Conn.) and junior Heather Gates (Monmouth Beach, N.J.).
The fifth place by the Husky novice eight meant that it also fifth among the 24 entered boats. North Carolina was first in the final in 7:05.5, followed by Rhode Island in 7:12.4, Massachusetts in 7:13.5, Boston College in 7:20.7, UConn in 7:23.0 and Drexel in 7:39.0.
That boat consisted of sophomore Katelyn Donovan (Sherman, Conn.), freshman Julie Tibbetts (East Lyme, Conn.), freshman Efmorfia Efthimiou (Stonington, Conn.), freshman Kim Weber (Ridgefield, Conn.), sophomore Margaret Hoagland (Chaplin, Conn.), sophomore Lizzie Littlewood (Mystic, Conn.), freshman Amanda Cote (Wakefield, R.I.), freshman Brittany Weiss (New Milford, Conn.) and freshman Robin Calhoun (Evanston, Ill.).
The UConn second varsity eight was third in the petite final in 7:14.2. The race was won by Holy Cross in 7:07.7 followed by Fordham in 7:11.0, UConn, Marist in 7:19.1, Colgate in 7:25.2 and Rochester in 7:30.6.
That boat was freshman Mollie Riester (Buffalo, N.Y.), senior Allyson Zoppa (East Hartford, Conn.), sophomore Kristen Beasley (Centerville, Mass.), freshman Audrey Squire (Kinnelon, N.J.), sophomore Jennifer Reynolds (South Hero, Vt.), senior Maddie Bey (South Windsor, Conn.), sophomore Lizzie Dargie (Waterford, Conn.), sophomore Mikey Sevick (Simsbury, Conn.) and junior Stephanie Bryant (Natick, Mass.).
UConn returns to action on Saturday when it travels to Buffalo to take on the University at Buffalo, Colgate and Eastern Michigan.
