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Murphy Cup
April 21, 2001 at Philadelphia, PA

SIRA Championships
April 22, 2001 at Oak Ridge, TN

 

OAK RIDGE, TN &endash; The University of Delaware women’s rowing team posted three top six finishes at the Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships Sunday afternoon.

The Blue Hen Varsity Heavyweight Eights and Novice Heavyweight Eights each placed fourth in their events while the Junior Varsity Lightweight Eights, rowing in the junior varsity event, placed sixth overall.

The Varsity Heavyweight Eights team of Sarah Rusk, Jess Colpo, Lauren Heller, Betsy Ferry, Jen Suminski, Lissa Kutz, Karen Hommer, Gayle Dornan, and Amanda Duley raced to a time of 7:16.4 to place fourth in the petite final and 10th overall out of 30 teams. North Carolina won the petite final in (7:10.0) followed by Cincinnati (7:12.6), and Central Florida (7:12.89).

The Novice Heavyweight Eights team of Alli Garwood, Laura Muto, Kylie Campbell, Elizabeth Harris, Alison Conway, Elizabeth McInturff, Dawn Hussnatter, Leanna Ferrand, and Erin Quimby placed fourth out of 30 teams with a time of 7:21.5 behind North Carolina (7:11.7), Duke (7:16.8), and Clemson (7:19.8).

The Delaware Junior Varsity Lightweight Eights squad of Dana Hammond, Lisa Hardy, Jen Buckley, Susan Krause, Gail Orem, Denise Burke, Tory Yanakos, Whitney McCormick, and Fay Schmid placed sixth out of 12 teams in a time of 7:24.1 behind Clemson (7:02.8), Tennessee, North Carolina, Coastal Carolina, and Cincinnati.

Delaware also competed at the Murphy Cup Regatta Saturday on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. In that meet, the Hens won the Novice Fours in a time of 8:01 while the Varsity Heavyweight Eights placed fifth in their heat (7:29) but did not make the finals. The Delaware Novice Heavyweight Eights placed sixth in its heat but did not make the finals.

The Hens’ Novice Fours team consisted of Kat Ahern, Erin O’Leary, Erinn Batykefer, Janice Brown, and Kate McCullough.

 

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