Women's Rowing Sends Five to Semis at Dad Vails

Friday, May 8

Schuylkill River

Temple University

Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta

Temple had a fantastic day one at the Dad Vail Regatta

Women's Rowing Sends Five to Semis at Dad Vails

5.8.15 | Women's Rowing

PHILADELPHIA -- The Temple women's rowing team had a fantastic first day of competition, racing at the 77th-anual Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta. The Owls raced in six events on the Schuylkill River, advancing to the semifinals in five categories.

Kicking off the racing, Temple's varsity four notched a four-second victory in its heat, topping Delaware, Carnegie Mellon, Fairfield, and Purdue to advance to the finals. The Owls' recorded a time of 7:43.845 in the heat.

In varsity eight racing, the Owls' top boat advanced to the semifinals with a second place finish in their heat. Temple clocked in at 7:03.258, out-lasting Middlebury, Fairfield, and conference-foe Cincinnati, and were behind only Purdue.

The novice four also finished second in their heat to earn a spot in the finals. Temple's crew finished in 8:26.925, defeating Colgate, UMass-Lowell, Toledo, and Stony Brook, finishing behind only Clemson.

Temple's novice eight continued its fast spring, winning its heat by nearly 11 seconds. The Owls crossed the finish line in 7:09.698, topping Duquesne, Saint Joseph's, American, and Loyola Maryland, and advancing to the semis.

In second varsity eight racing, the Owls notched a second-place finish in its heat to earn a spot in the semis. Temple clocked in at 7:35.479, defeating Duquesne, Fairfield, Colgate, and Ohio State.

The Owls' pair of Brianne Wokciechowski and Nicole Stark had a solid race in their heat. The duo took fourth place with a time of 8:36.495, out-pacing Philadelphia University, but not advancing to the semifinals.

Temple's five advancing entries will compete for a spot in the finals, racing in the morning's semifinals. Action kicks off at 7:00, and live results can be found at: http://results.regattatiming.com/backoffice/webpages/staticRaceResults.jsp?raceId=385.

WPVI-6abc will provide coverage of the championship races on Saturday. The finals will be televised from 1-5 pm in the Philadelphia region and live streamed on 6abc.com and worldwide on ESPN3.

Results

Racing Lineups

Varsity Eight	2nd Varsity Eight	Novice Eight
cox - Kelsey Franks 8 - Lily Papaleo 7 - Emily Opperman 6 - Emilie Mehler 5 - Jenna Bahel 4 - Moira Meekes 3 - Callie Diguardia 2 - Annie Buckley 1 - Emily Leyland	cox - Erin Matz 8 - Lea Millio 7 - Kaitlin Grisanti 6 - Olivia Stifel 5 - Charlotte Forman 4 - Grace Kroner 3 - Danielle White 2 - Kayla Dorney 1 - Gina Inverso	cox - Victoria Verrekia 8 - Amanda Wolfgang 7 - Janie Augustyn 6 - Amber Dutcher 5 - Rachel Phillips 4 - Sierra Derti 3 - Megan Gleason 2 - Julie Blackmon 1 - Sarah Scanlin

Varsity Four	2nd Varsity Four	Pair
C - Eleanor Oken 4 - Kathy Bostion 3 - Samantha Sederstrand 2 - Layla Moran 1 - Aimee Meissner	C - Brittany Fowler 4 - Casey Alameno 3 - Kelly McGee 2 - Lisa Kennedy 1 - Carolyn Brooks	Stroke - Brianne Wojciechowski Bow - Nicole Stark