PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The Old Dominion Rowing team competed in the Navy Day Regatta on Sunday. The Monarchs competed in six different events throughout the day.
The first event ODU competed in was the Women's Open 2 final. Lucy Brennan and Sydnee Blackburn took second place out of five teams in the event.
The next event that ODU competed in was the women's collegiate 4+, Old Dominion raced two boats in the event. The division a team featured Isabella Peycelon as the coxswain and her crew of Haven HabHab, Bekah Kimman, Emma Spinelli and Lucy Baumann took fourth place out of 36 boats. The division b team had Libby Guindon as the coxswain and her crew was Jinjoo Noh, Gillian Battersby, Sophia Bespalova and Afton Stahl placed 21st out of 36 teams.
Old Dominion would compete in the Frosh/ Novice 8+ and would only feature one boat. Savannah Hartlove was the coxswain, and her crew was Lillian Copeland, Helen Schuette, Nicole Knight, Kendall Freeman, Olivia Kruse, Sydney Metzger, Catherine Wilson and Nikki DiBacco placed fourth out of seven teams.
The next event was the women's collegiate JV final, ODU raced one boat and finished eighth out of 11 teams. The team featured Ellie Gortz as the coxswain and the crew was Lillian Bumann, Haven Habhab, Jinjoo Noh, Gillian Battersby, Bekah Kimman, Emma Spinelli, McKenzie Scherra and Afton Stahl.
The Monarchs raced one boat in the women's collegiate 8+ final. The team featured Libby Guindon as the coxswain and the crew of Sophia Bespalova, Maddie Enns, Lucy Brennan, Kinley Zink, Jay Weber, Sydnee Blackburn, Elizabeth Bosco and Nikki DiBacco teamed up for an eighth place finish out of 26 teams.
The final event that ODU competed in was the Collegiate Frosh/ Novice 4+ final and would feature two boats. The division a team had Savannah Hartlove as the coxswain and her crew was Nicole Knight, Kendall Freeman, Helen Schuette and Lillian Copeland. The division A team took second place out of five teams. The division b team placed fifth and featured Isis Morgan as the coxswain and the crew was Callie Crook, Sophie Sherman, Alexis Durand and Catherine Wilson.
"Today, we had a mixed day of racing. We struggled earlier in the day with steering and maintaining an aggressive rhythm in the body of the race. The Varsity 8+ definitely made some steps forward with a 9th place finish this year (last year was 16th) and beating Temple for the first time," said head coach Brian Conley.
"I think we improved on some areas from last week and still have some work to do if we want to be at the medal stand at the American Conference Championship in May. We will focus on cleaning up some of the technical aspects and racing cadences this week for the group that will race at Head of the Charles this coming weekend. I'm excited to keep seeing this team improve as they've been doing."
Old Dominion is back in action Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 21-22 at the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, Massachusetts.
ODU Rowing Competes In Navy Day Regatta
