ROW | Gaels Nearly Take One at Creighton Invite

Saturday, April 2

Omaha, NE

7:00 am

Saint Mary's College of California

Creighton Invite

Photo by: SMC Athletics / Caitlin Luquet

ROW | Gaels Nearly Take One at Creighton Invite

4/2/2022 4:43:00 PM | Women's Rowing

OMAHA, Neb. — Saint Mary's Rowing ventured out to the great state of Nebraska for the Creighton Invite on Saturday. The Gaels raced in a similar format to what they did two weeks ago at the Hornet Invite, with races in the morning and in the afternoon. Much like two weeks back, the Gaels were able to make-up ground in the second set of races and nearly took one away from Drake in the first varsity eight run of the afternoon session.

The first set of races began at 9:00 am local time (7:00 am PT) and the Gaels put up a competitive time of 7:18.6 in the first varsity eight race, while Creighton was extremely fast with a 6:54 flat. That gap was closed in the that same boats afternoon run against Drake, when the Gaels lost by a mere three seconds to the Drake boat. It came down to the last few meters of the race, but the Gaels time of 7:26.8 was impressive for their second run of the day.

The second varsity eight boat posted consistent times that featured very little drop-off: they went 8:02.3 in the morning race against Creighton, and then an 8:05 on the dot against Drake in the afternoon. Their varsity four boat improved from the morning race to the afternoon one, finishing the day with a 9:43.8 in the afternoon heat.

MORNING RESULTS
V8
Creighton – 6:54.0
SMC – 7:18.6

2V8
Creighton – 7:25.7
SMC – 8:02.3

V4
Creighton – 8:23.8
SMC – 9:49.9

AFTERNOON RESULTS
V8
Drake – 7:23.1
SMC – 7:26.8

2V8
Drake – 7:44.6
SMC – 8:05.0

V4
Creighton – 9:02.8
Drake – 9:22.3
SMC – 9:43.8

LINEUPS
V8: Coxswain Camille Bischoff, 8 Katrina Heffernan, 7 Katherine Ferbet, 6 Emily Ferbet, 5 Fiona Smeltzer, 4 Emma Scanlan, 3 Madison Ciccolella, 2 Isabella Brakhage, 1 Brooklyn Cassel

2V8: Coxswain Madison Sciba, 8 Jessica Ponce, 7 Kendall Brazeel, 6 Mckenzie Minto, 5 Katerina Benedikt, 4 Courtney Cassel, 3 Kiki Koeppen, 2 Macie Nelson, 1 Maddison Potts

V4: Coxswain Capri Gavino, 4 Adelyn Phillips, 3 Leah Ohms, 2 Haley Boken, 1 Kaitlin Quezon

UP NEXT
Saint Mary's will have another week off before they head out of state for the second time this month. The Gaels will travel north to race at the University of Portland on Saturday, April 16. That race will be their final race before the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association (WIRA) Championship on the weekend of April 30.

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