Wellesley Crew Finishes Sixth in Grand Final of Varsity Eight Race at New England Rowing Championships

WORCESTER, Mass. – Wellesley College crew competed in the New England Rowing Championships at Lake Quinsigamond on Saturday. The team made the Grand Final in the Varsity Eight (V8+) event, and the Petite Final in the Second and Third Varsity Eight races.

Wellesley finished with a time of 7:09.632 to grab sixth in the Grand Final of the V8+ race. The team finished second in its heat in the opening round of the V8+ event to qualify for the afternoon's Grand Final. Blue crew had an opening round time of 6:59.745, barely over a second behind winning Trinity.

In the Second Varsity Eight (2V8+) event, Blue Crew placed third out of six in the Petite Final with a time of 7:16.005. Earlier on, Wellesley had a time of 7:22.161 in the opening heat and finished third to claim a spot in the Petite Final.

Blue Crew topped the competition in the Petite Final, defeating five other teams with a time of 7:26.958. The 3V8+ finished third out of five in the opening heat of the Third Varsity Eight (3V8+) event with a time of 7:29.942 and qualified for the afternoon's Petite Final.

The Fourth Varsity Eight (4V8+) boat took fifth in its race, finishing ahead of Trinity and Connecticut College with a time of 7:48.631.

Next up, the Blue race at the National Invitational Rowing Championships, also held at Lake Quinsigamond.

Wellesley Lineups (5/4/24):

V8+: C - Colette Kennedy; 8 - LiLi Finch; 7 - Bella Cooper; 6 - Anya Hanitchak; 5 - Kaitlyn Severin; 4 - Katherine Moeser; 3 - Lilly Schaeffer; 2 - Sage Gilbert-Diamond; 1 - Kaylee Liu

2V8+: C - Rachel Shrives; 8 - Lucy Weil; 7 - Hannah Bates; 6 - Frances Dickinson; 5 - Penny Yost; 4 - Bronnie Bailey; 3 - Katie Welsh; 2 - Natalie McGee; 1 - Bryn Flanigan

3V8+: C - Claire Johnson; 8 - Grace Kessler; 7 - Aliki Hollister; 6 - Rachel Hu; 5 - Caroline Witty; 4 - Isabelle Whetsel; 3 - Marina West; 2 - Jude Mohammad; 1 - Caroline Hester

4V8+: C - Mia Saracino; 8 - Britany Hansten; 7 - Derin Timucin; 6 - Samantha Manoloff; 5 - Temitope Ibironke; 4 - Tianyi Shen; 3 - Nell Stevens; 2 - Shelley Zheng; 1 - Meg Behe