Temple University Athletics
Temple University
AAC Championship
Rowing Takes Fifth at AAC Championships
5.16.21 | Women's Rowing
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — The Temple rowing team finished fifth at the 2021 American Athletic Conference Championships on Sunday morning. The Owls grabbed a bronze medal at the event, which closes out the season for the Cherry & White.
Recapping the Day
> Temple opened racing with a solid performance in the second varsity four race, earning a bronze medal. The Owls' time of 7:50.737 was nearly 25 seconds from fourth-place Tulsa and just behind SMU, and UCF.
> Temple's varsity four boat raced next, but ultimately finished in fifth place. The Owls' finished with a time of 7:51.432.
> The second varsity race put up a good fight, placing fifth overall. Temple clocked in at 7:00.568, just over a second out of fourth place.
> The Owls' varsity eight ended the morning with a fifth place finish. Temple finished with a final time of 6:56.152.
Awards
> Following the event, both of Temple's eight strokes took home AAC All-Conference honors. Meg Cook was named to the first team, while Claire Savage picked up a second team honor.
Quotable: Head Coach Rebecca Grzybowski
> "Finishing fifth is not where we want to be, that's the reality of the situation. Obviously there were a lot of extra factors this year. Some of them brought out some really good things, but some of them were challenges that we weren't able to overcome at the end of the year when you need to be going at top speed."
> "The bottom line is that we're still not where we need to be speed wise. We all have a lot of work that we need to do. But we have a really hungry class of returners and we have a really great incoming class."
> "Being able to really confront where we are and then have a clear path moving forward is going to be critical for the next season. A little bit disappointing, but overall really proud how everyone pushed through the entire year."
Lineups
| Varsity Eight | Second Varsity Eight | Varsity Four | Second Varsity Four |
| The Alexa | Good Trouble | The Gratitude | C - Lauren Phongphachone |
| C - Meghan Arters | C - Aarohi Patel | C - Lucy Keslar | S - DaeAijah Covert |
| S - Megan Cook | S - Claire Savage | S - Lily Bielinski | 3 - Megan Llewellyn |
| 7 - Rose Biddulph | 7 - Rylie Hager | 3 - Emma Kate Powell | 2 - Riley Gorman |
| 6 - Emma Spaeth | 6 - Riley Hackett | 2 - Morgan Simpson | B - Carly Campion |
| 5 - Christina Hostetter | 5 - Chloe Borgesi | B - Reilly Bonner | |
| 4 - Maggie Page | 4 - Gabby DiMarco | ||
| 3 - Liz Kogan | 3 - Kendyll Petronick | ||
| 2 - Elaine Tierney | 2 - Giselle Kiriacos | ||
| B - Kerianne McGee | B - Alida Hiemstra | ||
Players Mentioned
