Small Boats Strong for Women’s Rowing at Princeton

Sunday, October 27

Princeton, N.J.

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Syracuse University

Princeton Chase

Small Boats Strong for Women’s Rowing at Princeton

10/27/2013 11:14:00 PM | Women's Rowing

Complete Results

PRINCETON, N.J. - Syracuse women's rowing posted the top five times among women's small boats, highlighting a strong day for the Orange at the Princeton Chase in Princeton, N.J. on Sunday. Syracuse's varsity eight finished in eighth place.

Head coach Justin Moore's team had a total of 12 boats in action on a busy day on Princeton's head course. The V8 "A" crew of Katherine Isaza (cox), Maggie McCrudden (stroke), Ailish Tinney (7), Georgia Hamilton (6), Rebecca Soja (5), Miranda Williams (4), Chelsea Frawley (3), Holly Johnston (2) and Amy Ludovici (bow) started the day by finishing eighth out of 52 boats in a time of 15:08.346. The Orange's "B" crew, coxed by Gillian Carlucci, finished 21^st in 15:35.651.

Virginia (14:34.417) won the V8 with Yale (14:45.063) and Princeton (14:50.893) finishing second and third, respectively.

In the small boats' racing, which featured 58 total crews between the men and women, Syracuse's double sculls "C" boat of Madison Leitch and Rose Aschebrock was the top finishing women's boat in 17:56.351. They were closely followed by the "A" double sculls crew of McCrudden and Johnston in 18:04.162.

SU's "A" pair of Ludovici and Williams had the third-best women's small boat time of 18:24.843, while the "B" double sculls boat of Tosca Wilson and Caroline Habjan and Yasmine Hemida was fourth-best in 18:26.662 and the "B" pair of Hamilton and Frawley was fifth-fastest in 18:31.851.

Soja had the best women's single sculls time, coming in in 18:53.189.

While the Orange's top crews were at Princeton, SU's third and fourth eights were in action at the Head of the Fish in Saratoga Springs on Saturday. In the JV8+, SU's crew, coxed by Alyssa Vasiliou, placed sixth out of 12 boats in 14:57. In the novice 8+, SU's crew coxed by Olivia Mennilo was ninth out of 28 boats in 15:43.

The Orange will be back in New Jersey next weekend for the inaugural Collegiate Small Boat Sprint Championship in Mercer, N.J.

Princeton Chase Lineups
V8A
Cox – Katherine Isaza
Stroke – Maggie McCrudden
7 – Ailish Tinney
6 – Georgia Hamilton
5 – Rebecca Soja
4 – Miranda Williams
3 – Chelsea Frawley
2 – Holly Johnston
Bow – Amy Ludovici

V8B
Cox – Gillian Carlucci
Stroke – Sienna DeSantis
7 – Rose Aschebrock
6 – Caroline Habjan
5 – Yasmine Hemida
4 – Harriet Taylor
3 – Eliza Frank
2 – Amy Ludovici
Bow – Madison Leitch

2-A – Amy Ludovici, Miranda Williams
2-B – Georgia Hamilton, Chelsea Frawley
2-C - Ailish Tinney, Sienna DeSantis

2XA – Holly Johnston, Maggie McCrudden
2XB – Caroline Habjan, Yasmine Hemida
2XC – Madison Leitch, Rose Aschebrock

1XA – Rebecca Soja
1XB – Eliza Frank
1XC – Harriet Taylor
1XD – Alex Zadravec

Head of the Fish Lineups
JV8+
cox: Alyssa Vasiliou
Kelsey Thornton
Kelsey Adams
Mariam Ward
Charlotte Balogh
Shannon Walsh
Victoria Lawrence
Anastasia Livesay
Bridget Boubon

Novice 8+
cox: Olivia Mennillo
Anastasia Livesay
Victoria Lawrence
Maddie Tormey
Paula Hughes
Shannon Walsh
Julia Whttley
Isabella Lynch
Meghan MacDonald