Women's Rowing | 10/30/2016 8:56:00 PM
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – For the second consecutive year, RIT women's crew earned silver in the varsity 8 as the Tigers finished second overall at the Head of the Fish on Saturday.
The Tigers chased down their competition against the clock on the 3,200-meter course, placing second out of 20 crews. Coxswain
Francesca Scumaci (Fairport, NY/Fairport),
Amy Guthrie (Essex Junction, VT/Essex),
Colleen Albert (Burlington, CT/Lewis S. Mills),
Taylor Blackwell (Pittsford, NY/Pittsford Sutherland),
Lauren Asselmeyer (Poughquag, NY/Arlington),
Colleen Ryan (Pittsford, NY/Pittsford Sutherland),
Claire Thomas (Pittsford, NY/Pittsford Sutherland),
Emma Will (Squantum, MA/Woodward School for Girls) and
Tiffany Cao (Buffalo, NY/Hutchinson Central Technical) stopped the clock at 12:50.8. Wesleyan claimed first with a time of 12:33.4.
RIT finished sixth out of 18 boats in the second varsity 8 with a time of 13:59.6. The Tigers' lineup featured coxswain
Kysa Willemsen (Sarnia, Ontario/St. Christopher),
Amelia Rothfuss (Wolcott, NY/North-Rose Wolcott),
Mickyla Schnupp (Fairport, NY/Fairport), Caly Evans,
Danielia Reeves (Montego Bay, Jamaica/Hillel Academy),
Casey Mazza (Grosse Pointe, MI/University Liggett School),
Delanie Kneeland (Windham, NH/Windham),
Debbie Kunz (Owego, NY/Owego) and
Emma Kohler (Manlius, NY/Fayetteville-Manlius). Wesleyan finished first in a time of 13:13.8.
RIT's novice eights also executed strong performances in a field of 31 crews. The novice 8 of coxswain
Ashley Osborne (Winchester, MA/Winchester),
Chiara Young (Sherman, NY/Panama),
Olivia Sanders (Ashburn, VA/Stone Bridge),
Clarissa Brown (Fairport, NY/Fairport),
Svea Elisha (),
Regina Chartier (),
Melissa Gould (Harleysville, PA/Souderton), Jacqueline Corson and
Brook Fitzpatrick () finished in a time of 13:08.1, placing them 11th overall. Tufts claimed first in a time of 12:14.8. The second novice 8 of coxswain
Julia O'Halloran (),
Jordan Melita (North Chili, NY/Churchville Chili), Sarah Ehrhart,
Rachel Schwall (),
Elizabeth Kuhlman (Needham, MA/Needham), Adrielle Watkins, Tia Weiss, Lea MacKnight and Varada Krishnadas finished 26th overall with a time of 14:44.3.
Co-captains Blackwell and Guthrie were excited with the day's results. "Despite a stressful start, our boats were able to trust our training and row the race that we prepared for. We felt that we made gains this season and hope to continue this momentum into the spring."
Saturday's race concludes an impressive fall campaign for RIT women's crew, which featured winning the Kate Louise Cup at the Head of the Genesee Regatta, a fifth place finish at the Head of the Charles Regatta and second at the Head of the Fish. RIT returns to competition on April 1, 2017 when the Tigers race the University of Rochester on the Genesee River. The complete spring schedule can be found
here.
