WORCESTER, Mass. – The Wesleyan women's crew team turned in a great performance to close out the fall portion of the schedule at the Wormtown Chase on Saturday morning from Lake Quinsigamond.
Wesleyan's Varsity 8 finished in second place overall out of 19 boats in the field, finishing runner-up to Holy Cross while the Cardinals beat Wellesley's V8, which was coming off a runner-up finish at the Head of the Charles last weekend. The Cardinals' V8 clocked in at 16:49 on Saturday, finishing just 3.1 seconds behind Holy Cross and more than 12 seconds faster than Wellesley.
The Cardinals' 2
nd Varsity 8 boat showed well, finishing as the fastest Div. III 2V8 boat in the competition and good enough for eighth place overall. The Cardinals finished with a time of 17:49.5 which bested Wellesley's 2V8 by nearly 15 seconds while the WPI and Conn. College 2V8 boats finished well behind Wesleyan's 2V8.
Rounding out the day was the Wesleyan 3
rd Varsity 8, which closed out the day with another finish as the fastest Div. III 3V8 in the field. The Cardinals clocked in at 18:38 to finish in 12
th place overall and ahead of Wellesley and Conn., finishing only behind Fairfield's in the 3V8 category.
The Cardinals return to action for the spring season in late March.
Boat Lineups
Varsity 8 -
Aria Trotta '27 (coxswain),
Taryn Myers '29,
Sydney Romer '28,
Eliza Kane '29,
Hailey Hutchison '27,
Ruby Roberts '27,
Julia Lissack '27,
Fiona Powell '30, and
Regan Anderson '28
2
nd Varsity 8 –
Dana Hennings '27 (coxswain),
Margot Klug '29,
Victoria Pereira '27,
Sam Sheahan '28,
Isabel Meyer '30,
Annie McDaniel '28,
Olivia Pearce '30,
Lily Rampe '30,
Iris Donovan '30
3
rd Varsity 8 –
Morgan Conn '28 (coxswain),
Emmeline Zuba '30,
Bea Boniface '29, Nora Prasad '30,
Alex Fairchild '27,
Amber Bretz '27,
Keira Walsh '28,
Marin Theis '27,
Assana Bowen-Woods '28
