Temple University Athletics
Sunday, May 15
Oak Ridge, TENN.
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2V8 Takes Bronze, Women's Rowing Finishes Fourth at AAC Championships
5.15.22 | Women's Rowing
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - The Temple women's rowing team earned a fourth-place finish at the AAC Championships Sunday morning, led by the 2V8 boat who took home bronze.
SMU claimed their second-straight conference title, sweeping all four events and earning 168 points. UCF finished as the runner-up for the second year in a row and totaled 144 points. Tulsa placed third with 104 points. Temple was fourth with 104 points as well, but the Golden Hurricane earned the tiebreaker by placement in the Varsity 8. Sacramento State was fifth with 76 points, while Old Dominion was sixth with 52 points.
Recapping the Day
> The Owls opened the day with a third-place finish in the 2V4 (8:18.049).
> Temple was fourth in the first scored race of the day, with the V4 boat finishing with a time of 8:04.234.
> The 2V8 boat claimed bronze with a time of 7:00.381, nearly 10 seconds ahead of the fourth-place boat.
> The Cherry and White finished fourth in the V8 (6:54.852) in the final race of the day.
Awards
> Three Owls earned All-Conference honors, with Nadia Bangura being named First-Team while Elaine Tierney and Gemma Wollenschlaeger were both named Second-Team.
Quotable: Head Coach Rebecca Grzybowski
> "I am immensely proud of this team and our collective performance - not just this weekend, but this entire year. To tie for third in points matches our best team finish to date at the AAC Championships, and is a testament to the vision, belief, leadership, and drive of these incredible women. We asked a lot, they gave a lot, and together we accomplished some awesome things this year. We also had a lot of fun along the way!"
> "I speak for everyone on the team when I say that we are proud of what we have accomplished and energized to keep pushing this program to new heights. Go Owls!"
SMU claimed their second-straight conference title, sweeping all four events and earning 168 points. UCF finished as the runner-up for the second year in a row and totaled 144 points. Tulsa placed third with 104 points. Temple was fourth with 104 points as well, but the Golden Hurricane earned the tiebreaker by placement in the Varsity 8. Sacramento State was fifth with 76 points, while Old Dominion was sixth with 52 points.
Recapping the Day
> The Owls opened the day with a third-place finish in the 2V4 (8:18.049).
> Temple was fourth in the first scored race of the day, with the V4 boat finishing with a time of 8:04.234.
> The 2V8 boat claimed bronze with a time of 7:00.381, nearly 10 seconds ahead of the fourth-place boat.
> The Cherry and White finished fourth in the V8 (6:54.852) in the final race of the day.
Awards
> Three Owls earned All-Conference honors, with Nadia Bangura being named First-Team while Elaine Tierney and Gemma Wollenschlaeger were both named Second-Team.
Quotable: Head Coach Rebecca Grzybowski
> "I am immensely proud of this team and our collective performance - not just this weekend, but this entire year. To tie for third in points matches our best team finish to date at the AAC Championships, and is a testament to the vision, belief, leadership, and drive of these incredible women. We asked a lot, they gave a lot, and together we accomplished some awesome things this year. We also had a lot of fun along the way!"
> "I speak for everyone on the team when I say that we are proud of what we have accomplished and energized to keep pushing this program to new heights. Go Owls!"
| Varsity Eight | Second Varsity Eight | Varsity Four | Second Varsity Four |
| Good Trouble | Alexa | Marguerite | Gratitude |
| C - Lauren Phongphachone | C - Lucy Keslar | C - Meghan Arters | C - Rebecca Mascione |
| 8 - Gemma Wollenschlaeger | 8 - Morgan Simpson | 4 - Lily Bielinski | 4 - Kadeynn McInnis |
| 7 - Rose Biddulph | 7 - Grace Dulin | 3 - Emma Berry | 3 - Carly Campion |
| 6 - Emma Spaeth | 6 - Giselle Kiriacos | 2 - Madelyn Fox | 2 - Aine Playdon |
| 5 - Maggie Page | 5 - Megan Llewellyn | B - Kendyll Petronick | B - Chloe McHugh-Freedenberg |
| 4 - Riley Hackett | 4 - Amarna Milne | ||
| 3 - Nadia Bangura | 3 - Maddie Hillis | ||
| 2 - Elaine Tierney | 2 - Riley Gorman | ||
| B - Niamh Kiely | B - Gabby DiMarco |
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