ROW | Saint Mary’s Shows Strong Start at Sacramento State Invite

Saturday, March 12

Folsom, CA

8:30 am

Saint Mary's College of California

Sacramento State Invite

Photo by: SMC Athletics / Caitlin Luquet

ROW | Saint Mary’s Shows Strong Start at Sacramento State Invite

3/12/2022 2:26:00 PM | Women's Rowing

FOLSOM, Calif. — The spring semester officially began on Saturday morning for Saint Mary's Women's Rowing as the Gaels competed in the Sacramento State Invite. Saint Mary's posted solid times in their first official competition of the semester, including snagging a win over a West Coast Conference rival in the process.

The Gaels had three boats in the water on Saturday morning, and their varsity eight lineup stole the show. They posted a time of 7:30 on the dot, and were six seconds faster than Santa Clara's varsity eight, putting the Gaels in fourth place overall. What's more, they came just a few boat lengths away from Portland, who finished in second place with a 7:14.6.

Other times for SMC on Saturday including their second varsity eight lineup, which finished in third place behind Sacramento State and Portland (7:49.7 time overall) and their varsity four lineup, which finished their race in 9:16.7.

RESULTS
V4
1-OCC - 8:18.9
2-Sac - 8:21.7
3-OCC "B"-8:22.8
4-HSU-8:25.9
5-SCU-8:36.9
6-SMC-9:16.7
Excluded-UP

2V8
1-Sac - 7:09.5
2-UP-7:27.3
3-SMC-7:49.7

WV8
1-Sac-7:03.7
2-UP-7:14.6
3-HSU-7:20.4
4-SMC-7:30.0
5-SCU-7:36.1

LINEUPS
V8: Coxswain Camille Bischoff, 8 Katrina Heffernan, 7 Brooklyn Cassel, 6 Alyssa Teague, 5 Vivian Hsu, 4 Emma Scanlan, 3 Isabella Brakhage, 2 Katherine Ferbet, 1 Emily Ferbet

2V8: Coxswain Madison Sciba, 8 Fiona Smeltzer, 7 Courtney Cassell, 6 Madison Ciccolella, 5 Jessica Ponce, 4 Kendall Brazeel, 3 Kiki Koeppen, 2 Lindsay Abrams, 1 Maddison Potts

V4: Coxswain Capri Gavino 4 McKenzie Minto, 3 Katerina Benedikt, 2 Leah Ohms, 1 Macie Nelson

UP NEXT
The Gaels will remain in competition at Lake Natoma as they move on into the Hornet Invite on Saturday. Once again, Sacramento State will serve as the hosts, and this is a great opportunity for the Gaels to improve on their times, racing on the same lake in consecutive weekends.

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