Orangewomen Defeat Central Florida, Miami and Navy

The Syracuse University women’s varsity eight beat Central Florida in a two-way race in the morning and then returned to the water in the afternoon to defeat Miami and Navy. The Orangewomen completed the 2,000-meter course on Indian Creek Lake in Miami, FL in 6:37.07, well ahead of Central Florida’s time of 6:59.22. SU improved its time in the afternoon competition, covering the distance in 6:31.00 in the afternoon race, ahead of Miami (6:49.33) and Navy (6:53.60).

Against Central Florida, the Varsity eight was directed by coxswain Heather DiLoreto (East Amherst, NY) and powered by Jillian Kott (McLean, VA), a 2000 All-American, Katie Modolo (St. Catherines, Ontario), a team co-captain, Alicea Kochis (Naugatuck, CT), Helen Tanger (Amstelveen, The Netherlands), Froukje Wegman (Haastrect, The Netherlands), Racheal Kirchhoff (Juneau, AK), Nicole Garafalo (Liverpool, NY) and Shannon Mercurio (Saranac Lake, NY) in seats eight through bow, respectively. For the race against Miami and Navy Meredith Kyle (Rochester, NY) rowed in the bow instead of Mercurio.

The junior varsity eight, which included coxswain Erin Gallagher (Upper Darby, PA), followed by Seana Miller (West Redding, CT), team co-captain Libby Graves (Holden, MA), Kyle, Lesley Wolf (Syracuse, NY), Odette Mitchell-Servilio (Park Ridge, NJ), Angelique Darling (Brockville, Ontario), Bonnie Chapman (Gainsville, FL) and Chris Getzler (Naperville, IL) in the bow, beat Central Florida, 6:55.25 to 7:16.32 and took second in the afternoon, with a time of 6:49.33. Navy (6:43.33) was first and Miami (7:03.88) was third.

The Orangewomen will return to competition on March 31 when they challenge Boston University and Texas in Boston, MA.


AGATE RESULTS
Syracuse vs. Central Florida
Varsity 8
1. Syarcuse 6:37.07
2. Central Florida  6:59.22

JV 8
1. Syracuse  6:55.25
2. Central Florida  7:16.32

Varsity 4
1. Syracuse 7:51.24
2. Navy  7:56.61

Novice 8
1. Syracuse  6:58.0
2. Central Florida  7:05.95

Novice 4
1. University of North Carolina  8:16.22
2. Syracuse  8:30.55
3. Miami  8:40.70

Syracuse vs. Miami and Navy
Varsity 8
1. Syracuse  6:31.00
2. Miami  6:49.33
3. Navy  6:53.60

JV 8
1. Navy  6:43.33
2. Syracuse  6:49.33
3. Miami  7:03.88

Varsity 4
1. Navy  7:55.45
2. Syarcuse  8:06.57

Novice 8
1. Syracuse  7:02.43
2. Navy  7:10.44
3. Miami  7:18.10

Novice 4
1. Navy  7:26.15
2. Syracuse  7:48.49

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Orangewomen Defeat Central Florida, Miami and Navy