Temple University Athletics

Women’s Rowing to Take Part in 87th Annual Dad Vail Regatta
5.7.26 | Women's Rowing
CHERRY HILL, N.J. – Temple women's rowing is set to compete in the 87th annual Dad Vail Regatta beginning on Friday, May 8. The Dad Vails will begin on Friday the 8th and run through Saturday, May 9th on the Cooper River in New Jersey. Racing begins Friday morning with the time trials, with the semifinal round taking place in the afternoon leading into Championship Saturday.
Temple will be coming into this weekend after taking home some hardware at last season's Dad Vails. The second varsity eight took silver in last year's grand final. Temple finished in a time of 7:19.93, almost 20 seconds faster than the third-place boat. The third varsity eight also took home a medal, this being a bronze. The Owls finished in 6:58.73 behind Drexel and Georgetown. Both boats that medaled were coxswained by current Owls in Cassidy Burns and Sofia Henningsen who are looking for repeat performances.
Temple will be launching five boats over the two-day event. The competition for each of those boats are below:
Varsity 8
Saturday's schedule can be shown below:
Lineups for both days can be shown below:
Up Next
Temple will next compete in the first ever Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championships. The Owls will travel to Ypsilanti, Mich. on Saturday, May 16 for the first ever women's rowing championships in the MAC. Temple along with Delaware, Eastern Michigan, High Point, UMass, and Toledo will compete in the championships hosted by EMU. Full lineups and schedules will be released later next week.
Temple will be coming into this weekend after taking home some hardware at last season's Dad Vails. The second varsity eight took silver in last year's grand final. Temple finished in a time of 7:19.93, almost 20 seconds faster than the third-place boat. The third varsity eight also took home a medal, this being a bronze. The Owls finished in 6:58.73 behind Drexel and Georgetown. Both boats that medaled were coxswained by current Owls in Cassidy Burns and Sofia Henningsen who are looking for repeat performances.
Temple will be launching five boats over the two-day event. The competition for each of those boats are below:
Varsity 8
- Albany, Drexel, Fordham, Georgetown, Iona, La Salle, MIT Lights, Merrimack, Monmouth, Queens University, Saint Joseph's, Western Ontario
- Albany, Drexel, Fordham, Georgetown, Iona, La Salle, Merrimack, Monmouth, Saint Joseph's
- Albany, Drexel, Fordham, Georgetown, Iona, La Salle, MIT Lights, Merrimack, Monmouth, Queens University, Saint Joseph's, Western Ontario
- Albany, Carnegie Mellon, FIT, Georgetown, MIT Lights, Mercyhurst, Monmouth, Robert Morris A & B
- Drexel, Georgetown, Monmouth
| Varsity 8 | 2nd Varsity 8 | Varsity 4 | 2nd Varsity 4 | 3rd Varsity 8 |
| Time Trial: 11:35 am | Time Trial: 10:25 am Semi-Final: 3:15 / 3:20 pm |
Time Trial: 11:20 am Semi-Final: 3:55 / 4:00 pm |
Time Trial: 9:50 am Semi-Final: 2:45 / 2:50 pm |
Time Trial: 10:05 am |
Saturday's schedule can be shown below:
| Varsity 8 | 2nd Varsity 8 | Varsity 4 | 2nd Varsity 4 | 3rd Varsity 8 |
| Semi-Final: 10:00 / 10:06 am PF: 5:02 PM GF: 5:08 PM |
PF: 9:12 AM GF: 2:50 PM |
PF: 9:36 AM GF: 4:00 PM |
PF: 8:54 AM GF: 1:50 PM |
GF: 2:10 PM |
Lineups for both days can be shown below:
Up Next
Temple will next compete in the first ever Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championships. The Owls will travel to Ypsilanti, Mich. on Saturday, May 16 for the first ever women's rowing championships in the MAC. Temple along with Delaware, Eastern Michigan, High Point, UMass, and Toledo will compete in the championships hosted by EMU. Full lineups and schedules will be released later next week.
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