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ECAC Metro Championships
May 9, 2004

Blue Hens Advance Three to Finals in Season Finale

WORCESTER, MA -- The University of Delaware women's rowing team closed out its season Sunday by advancing three boats to the finals with a fourth place finish in the Second Novice Eights leading the way at the Eastern College Athletic Conference Metro Regatta at Lake Quinisigmond.

Delaware teams placed fourth in the Second Novice Eights, fifth in the Novice Eights, fifth in the Second Varsity Eights, seventh in the Varsity Fours, and eighth in the Varsity Eights. The University of Massachusetts was the meet's top team as the Minutemen won the Novice Eights, Second Varsity Eights, and Varsity Eights while New Hampshire captured the Second Novice Eights and Marist was the winner in the Varsity Fours. There were no team standings.

The Blue Hens enjoyed their best finish in the Second Novice Eights as the team of Kenna Plangemann Jenn Boutin, Lynn Hamski, Katie Broullire, Stacey Walczak, Laura Belfi, Lindsey Wood, Christina Stanley, and Brie Sheppard raced to a time of 8:15.55. New Hampshire won the race in 7:50.0 followed by Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Delaware.

Placing fifth for Delaware was the Novice Eights team of Alison Harrington, Rachel Thomas, Nicky Bradley, Elizabeth Martin, Lisa Karwoski, Betsy Seeger, Laura Beaufort, Maria Bellumori, and Nikki Jackowsky in a time of 7:23.15 and the Second Varsity Eights team of Nicole Lombardi, Lyra Sawzin, Emily McElwain, Elizabeth Harris, Melanie Turner, Janice Brown, Dawn'yel Boucek, Jenn Boutin, and Jess Kostick in a time of 7:28.26.

Also for the Hens, the Varsity Fours team of Jill Goldman, Jamie Schoenewald, Susan Carbine, Stephanie Miller, and Cathy Savarese won the Petite Final and was seventh overall with a time of 8:52.15 while the Varsity Eights team of Carolyn Serey, Maureen Gillen, Elizabeth McGarry, Leanna Ferrand, Elizabeth McInturff, Andrea Placke, Dawn Hussnatter, Laura McDonald, and Lane Kohl was second in the Petite Final and eight overall with a time of 7:01.20.

AGATE:

Varsity Fours: 1. Marist, 7:56.90; 2. Villanova, 8:07.30; 3. Colgate, 8:13.59; 4. Buffalo, 8:19.82; 5. Massachusetts, 8:24.39; 6. Rhode Island, 8:24.96; 7. Delaware (Goldman, Schoenewald, Carbine, Miller, Savarese), 8:52.15; 8. West Virginia, 9:13.54.

Second Novice Eights: 1. New Hampshire, 7:50.0; 2. Massachusetts, 7:59.8; 3. Rhode Island, 8:02.78; 4. Delaware (Plangemann, Lynn Hamski, Broullire, Walczak, Belfi, Wood, Stanley, Sheppard), 8:15.55.

Novice Eights: 1. Massachusetts, 7:14.52; 2. Marist, 7:17.42; 3. Rhode Island, 7:18.58; 4. New Hampshire, 7:22.32; 5. Delaware (Harrington, Thomas, Bradley, Martin, Karwoski, Seeger, Beaufort, Bellumori, Jackowsky), 7:23.15; 6. Buffalo, 7:27.55; 6. Villanova, 7:39.21; 8. Colgate, 8:04.58.

Second Varsity Eights: 1. Massachusetts, 7:14.14; 2. Rhode Island, 7:15.31; 3. Colgate, 7:16.74; 4. Buffalo, 7:26.98; 5. Delaware (Sawzin, McElwain, Harris, Turner, Brown, Boucek, Boutin, Kostick), 7:28.26; 6. New Hampshire, 7:33.93; 7. West Virginia, 7:38.26; 8. Villanova, 8:03.62.

Varsity Eights: 1. Massachusetts, 6:38.51; 2. Villanova, 6:51.32; 3. Colgate, 6:53.98; 4. Rhode Island, 6:54.14; 5. Buffalo, 6:57.67; 6. West Virginia, 6:59.07; 7. New Hampshire, 7:00.80; 8. Delaware (Serey, Gillen, McGarry, Ferrand, McInturff, Placke, Hussnatter, McDonald, Kohl), 7:01.20; 9. Marist, 7:03.42. 

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