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Women's Rowing Finishes Second at A-10 Championship
5/14/2022 1:24:00 PM | Women's Rowing
2V8 wins gold medal, Buff & Blue set program record for points
PENNSAUKEN, N.J. -Â Buoyed by a gold-medal performance from the Second Varsity 8, GW women's rowing earned its third straight second-place finish at the Atlantic 10 Championship held Saturday on the Cooper River.
GW finished the day with a new program-record 50 points, surpassing the previous record of 48 points set in 2019. The Buff & Blue also medaled in each of the scoring events for the fifth straight championship.
By virtue of its wins in the Varsity 8 and Varsity 4, Rhode Island earned its fourth consecutive A-10 Championship with 52 points. GW placed second ahead of Massachusetts (37), Fordham (34), Saint Joseph's (33), Dayton (24), Duquesne (19), La Salle (13) and George Mason (5).
The day's highlight came via the Second Varsity 8, which earned GW's first gold medal in a scoring event in nine years. After posting the fastest time in the prelims (7:13.149), the Buff & Blue ran away with the Grand Final in a time of 7:08.342, topping Rhode Island by nearly nine seconds.
GW last earned a gold medal in a scoring event via the Varisty 8 in 2013, while the 2V8 finished first for just the second time ever, with the other time coming in 2005. The win was GW's sixth gold medal in the conference championship.
The V4 opened the competition with a second-place finish in its prelim before earning the silver medal in the Grand Final behind Rhode Island. GW improved its time from 8:30.467 in the morning heat to 8:18.890 in the final.
The V8 also earned a silver medal after finishing 2.610 seconds behind Rhode Island in the Grand Final with a time of 7:02.643. GW had previously finished second to the Rams as well in the morning heat with a time of 7:13.390.
In non-scoring competition, the Varsity 4B finished in second place with a time of 8:34.799, just over four seconds behind Rhode Island. Both marks surpassed the previous A-10 record mark of 8:41.16 set by Massachusetts in 2013.
Following the competition, Ananda Rae Smith and Emma Alitz were named First Team All-Conference and Lauren Bolton and Elizabeth Rowland earned second team honors.
RESULTS
V4 | Heat 1
Rhode Island - 8:22.304
GW finished the day with a new program-record 50 points, surpassing the previous record of 48 points set in 2019. The Buff & Blue also medaled in each of the scoring events for the fifth straight championship.
By virtue of its wins in the Varsity 8 and Varsity 4, Rhode Island earned its fourth consecutive A-10 Championship with 52 points. GW placed second ahead of Massachusetts (37), Fordham (34), Saint Joseph's (33), Dayton (24), Duquesne (19), La Salle (13) and George Mason (5).
The day's highlight came via the Second Varsity 8, which earned GW's first gold medal in a scoring event in nine years. After posting the fastest time in the prelims (7:13.149), the Buff & Blue ran away with the Grand Final in a time of 7:08.342, topping Rhode Island by nearly nine seconds.
GW last earned a gold medal in a scoring event via the Varisty 8 in 2013, while the 2V8 finished first for just the second time ever, with the other time coming in 2005. The win was GW's sixth gold medal in the conference championship.
The V4 opened the competition with a second-place finish in its prelim before earning the silver medal in the Grand Final behind Rhode Island. GW improved its time from 8:30.467 in the morning heat to 8:18.890 in the final.
The V8 also earned a silver medal after finishing 2.610 seconds behind Rhode Island in the Grand Final with a time of 7:02.643. GW had previously finished second to the Rams as well in the morning heat with a time of 7:13.390.
In non-scoring competition, the Varsity 4B finished in second place with a time of 8:34.799, just over four seconds behind Rhode Island. Both marks surpassed the previous A-10 record mark of 8:41.16 set by Massachusetts in 2013.
Following the competition, Ananda Rae Smith and Emma Alitz were named First Team All-Conference and Lauren Bolton and Elizabeth Rowland earned second team honors.
RESULTS
V4 | Heat 1
Rhode Island - 8:22.304
GW - 8:30.457 (8.163 margin)
Fordham - 8:41.159
2V8 | Heat 2
GW - 7:13.149
2V8 | Heat 2
GW - 7:13.149
Duquesne - 7:28.692 (15.543 margin)
Saint Joseph's - 7:35.892
Dayton - 7:44.082
V8 | Heat 2
Rhode Island - 7:09.660
V8 | Heat 2
Rhode Island - 7:09.660
GW - 7:13.390 (3.730 margin)
Saint Joseph's - 7:24.400
La Salle - 7:33.640
V4B | Grand Final (non-scoring)
V4B | Grand Final (non-scoring)
1. Rhode Island - 8:30.229
2. GW - 8:34.799 (4.570 margin)
3. Massachusetts - 8:45.282
4. Dayton - 8:58.752
5. Saint Joseph's - 8:59.507
6. Duquesne - 9:07.747
7. Fordham - 9:08.209Â
V4 | Grand Final
1. Rhode Island - 8:14.531
V4 | Grand Final
1. Rhode Island - 8:14.531
2. GW - 8:18.890 (4.359 margin)
3. Saint Joseph's - 8:28.735
4. Massachusetts - 8:38.541
5. Duquesne - 8:51.763
2V8 | Grand Final
1. GW - 7:08.342
2V8 | Grand Final
1. GW - 7:08.342
2. Rhode Island - 7:17.140 (8.798 margin)
3. Saint Joseph's - 7:19.022
4. Fordham - 7:22.748
5. Massachusetts - 7:30.655
6. Duquesne - 7:32.553
V8 | Grand Final
1. Rhode Island - 7:00.033
V8 | Grand Final
1. Rhode Island - 7:00.033
2. GW - 7:02.643 (2.610 margin)
3. Massachusetts - 7:07.773
4. Fordham - 7:17.883
5. Dayton - 7:19.796
6. Saint Joseph's - 7:20.361
Players Mentioned
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