Old Dominion Rowing Set To Compete In Loyola Maryland Tri-Race

NORFOLK, Va. – Old Dominion Rowing is back on the road on Saturday, April 15 when they will compete in a tri-race at Loyola Maryland. The tri-race will feature Old Dominion, Lehigh, and Loyola Maryland. 
 
ODU will race four boats for the day: two varsity 8 boats, a varsity 4 and a novice 4. 
 
The first varsity 8 boat will feature Ilianna Romanzo as the coxswain and her crew will follow as Sofia Bespalova, Kinley Zink, Lucy Brennan, Annemarie Hoff, Jay Weber, Maddie Enns, Lily Baumann and Sydnee Blackburn.
 
The second varsity 8 boat will have Bella Peycelon as the coxswain and the rest of the crew as follows Jenna Protacio,Mary Rust, Haven Habhab, Marie Ahern, Izzy Bravo, Bekah Kimman, Lauren Norris and Emma Spinelli.
 
The varsity 4 will feature Ainsley Diesi, Afton Stahl, Gillian Battersby, Kelly Bailey and the coxswain is Libby Guidon.
 
The Novice 4 boat racing will feature Ainsley Diesi, Afton Stahl, Gillian Battersby, Mackenzie Scherra and the coxswain is Ellie Gortz.
 
"This weekend we are back to racing in a smaller setting than the last two weeks.  Traveling this weekend up to Baltimore to race the Greyhounds and the Mountain Hawks. This makes the day for the athletes a little shorter which helps as they near final exams.  The competitive side of it is in a smaller setting with only one or two teams it really forces crews to rise up and fight for the win," said head coach Brian Conley. "I'm really familiar with the speed of both Loyola and Lehigh and this will be a fun set of races to watch.  Our goal is to stay internal and make the boat go as fast as we have seen in practice and maybe raise the bar 1% more."