WATERLOO, N.Y. – The RIT women's rowing team took part in Hobart and William Smith's Challenge on the Canal, Saturday.
Sophomore
Erin Getty gave the Tigers a win to start the day with a first-place finish in singles with a time of 23:46.9.
In the pairs, juniors
Jessica Hall and
Ellen Shepard rowed to a second-place finish with a time of 20:15.3. Seniors Jessica Olivieri and
Olivia Henry took eighth in the event (23:12.1).
The fours boat of first-years
Regan Green,
Abby Desser, sophomore
Ryan Schouten, senior Maddy Brunken, and fifth-year coxswain
Jolie Crunelle came in third place (21:34.1).
Jessica Hall,
Mikaela Simpkinson,
Clara LaChance,
Sarah Polek,
Ellen Shepard,
Erin Getty,
Arden Conybear,
Mia Leone, and coxswain
Claire Schwenke placed first in the 8+ race with a time of 17:32.1, beating out William Smith's A boat (17:36.8) by less than five seconds.
Maddy Bronson, Sohpia Gorton, Jessica Olivieri,
Olivia Henry,
Anna DeJohn,
Lexi Borzelleri,
Lumi Priester,
Carly Beninati, and coxswain
Natalie Anderson placed fourth in the race, crossing the finish line in 19:41.7.
WHAT'S NEXT
RIT will square off with Rochester in two weeks in the Boat Race on the Genesee River on Saturday, Nov. 9.
