Wellesley Crew Competes at 2010 NCAA National Championships
The Blue varsity eight took third place in their opening heat, advancing to grand qualifier. Wellesley (6:55.34) finished behind Ithaca College (6:48.63), who ran away with the heat, and St. Lawrence (6:55.19), who narrowly crossed the finish line before Wellesley. The Blue defeated the Bates second boat (7:05.47), as well as the second boat from St. Lawrence (7:13.67).
In the grand qualifier, the varsity eight took fifth place in a time of 7:08.94. The Blue finished behind Williams (7:01.19), Trinity (7:04.93), Puget Sound (7:04.95) and St. Lawrence (7:06.06), while besting William Smith (7:13.98). The fifth place finish qualified the team for the petite final on Saturday at 11:15am PST.
Wellesley's second varsity eight took fourth place in their heat, to advance to petite qualifier. The Blue (7:04.53) defeated the first varsity boat from Mary Washington (7:12.88) and the second boat from Puget Sound (7:21.47), while falling behind Bates (6:41.10), Williams' second boat (6:42.02) and Trinity (6:47.98).
In the petite qualifier, the Blue took fourth place out of seven boats. Wellesley finished in 7:18.31, just behind Bates (7:11.06), Ithaca (7:14.72) and Trinity (7:16.64), and ahead of Puget Sound (7:20.05), St. Lawrence (7:20.80) and Mary Washington (7:23.57). The 2V will now row in the third final on Saturday at 11:00am PST.
The first varsity boat was coxed by junior Hannah Woodruff (Londmeadow, MA) and was comprised of senior Kate Spelman (Scituate, MA), first-year Taylor Black (Harleysville, PA), senior Hannah Dornbusch (Madison, WI), junior Alena Gerlek (Anchorage, AK), first-year Caroline Dodge (Hanover, NH), junior Holly Jones (Duxbury, MA), junior Casey Sedlack (Eagle, ID), and first-year Patty Suquilanda (Greenwich, CT).
The second varsity was coxed by senior Gabriella Wakeman (Saratoga Springs, NY), and was made up of sophomore Shernaz Dossabhoy (Belmont, MA), first-year Kathryn Goffin (Falmouth, ME), junior Clara Wilder (Houston, TX), first-year Jessica Frey (Andover, MA), first-year Rachel Coogan (Somerset MA), first-year Ali Pierson (Baltimore, MD), first-year Jennifer Lamy (Chester, NH) and first-year Tess Ruderman (Brookline, MA).