WORCESTER, Mass. – What a way to finish the fall season for the Wesleyan women's crew team who saw the varsity 8 place first while the 2V8, 3V8, and Novice 4 boats all had strong showings at the Wormtown Chase Regatta on Saturday from Lake Quinsigamond.

• RESULTS

Coming off a runner-up showing at the Head of the Charles on Sunday, the Cardinals' varsity 8 put in a dominant performance, placing first out of 18 boats while crossing the line nearly 20 seconds faster than the runner-up Holy Cross. Wesleyan's top boat finished in 16:55.702 which was well ahead of the Crusaders, who compete at the NCAA Division I level, who finished in 17:14.939.
 
The strong day continued for the Cardinals who saw the 2V8 finish with the sixth-best time on the day at 17:40.223. Out of the six 2V8 boats competing on the day, Wesleyan's placed second in that group, trailing on Holy Cross and finishing more than 36 seconds faster than the third-best 2V8 (WPI).
 
Wesleyan's 3V8 came through with the fastest time out of the four 3V8 boats in the competition. The Cardinals' third varsity boat landed in 12^th place overall with a time of 18:43.098, holding off Coast Guard's 3V8 who finished just under two seconds behind Wesleyan.
 
Rounding out the day in the Novice 4 race, a group of first-time racers put together a second place finish out of five boats, crossing the line in 24:30.545, finishing runner-up to Conn. College and ahead of Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts Maritime.
 
The two-time defending NCAA runner-up head into the spring semester with plenty of momentum following three strong showings this fall.
 
Competing for Wesleyan on the day:
Varsity 8 – Ava Olson '25 (coxswain), Alex Stanislaw '25, Em Moran '26, Nora Printy '26, Hailey Hutchison '27, Ruby Roberts '27, Clara Preisig '25, Zoey McCarthy '28, and Sydney Romer '28
2^nd Varsity 8 – Aria Trotta '27 (coxswain), Alex Kuo '26, Peyton Fern '25, Greta Armbrust '25, Annabelle Miller '25, Julia Lissack '27, Rebecca Schechter '26, Aleah Hurwitz '25, and Sophie Braver '27
3^rd Varsity 8 – Dana Hennings '27 (coxswain), Kiki Nebolsine '28, Grace Donfield '26, Sylvia Jenkins '28, Stella Tollis '27, Rebecca Lupkas '28, Kaitlin Browne '28, Anna Sewell '27, and Marin Theis '27
Novice 4 – Morgan Conn '28 (coxswain), Annie McDaniel '28, Cecilia Ascher '28, Kira Tilton '28, and Alex Fairchild '28