ROW | Gaels Make Improvements Over a Two Day Race in Spokane

Saturday, March 30

Spokane, WA

All Day

Saint Mary's College of California

Gonzaga Dual

Photo by: SMC Athletics / Emily Smith

ROW | Gaels Make Improvements Over a Two Day Race in Spokane

3/30/2024 1:13:00 PM | Women's Rowing

SPOKANE, Wash. - The Saint Mary's Rowing team competed in the two day race at the Gonzaga Dual, making adjustments between races to see growth in a young team.

On Friday, the first varsity 8+ boat came in 27.77 behind Gonzaga's boat, came in third in the second varsity 8+ boat with a time of 7:13.24, and clocked in at 8:38.51 for the varsity 4+, 13.91 seconds behind Gonzaga's 6v boat.

After Friday's race, SMC made a couple adjustments for the Saturday races with Skye Kirsten as the coxswain, Hathaway Scarpine as the stroke, Carolyn Hucklel, Natalie Sanchez, Hanna Kugler, Katelyn Robertson, Kendall Brazeel, Maria Moreno, and Katie Ferbet as the bow. This boat came in 22.22 seconds beyond Gonzaga.

The second varsity 8+ boat has Madison Sciba as the coxswain, Alyssa Teague as the stroke, Faith Freligh, Ava Delucchi, Olivia Watson, Val Hill, Maggie Farritor, Lea Glafkides, and Naomi Seivold as the bow. The boat came in second out of four boats that competed. The Gaels finished with a time of 7:49.52, 19.79 seconds behind the Bulldogs main boat, 10.68 seconds in front of Gonzaga's 5v boat, and 39.58 seconds faster than the Bulldogs 6v boat.

The Gaels varsity 4+ boat held Mavis Read-Kinney as the coxswain, Madison Ciccolella as the stroke, Ilayda Ozbilgin, Alyssa Terry, Kaitlin Quezon as the bow. This boat came in with a time of 9:20.69.

After today's race, Head Coach Brian Ebke said, "We started off our Easter Break with lots of lessons learned racing Gonzaga in Spokane. Races were set up in a 2 day format with races on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, giving us a chance to make some improvements between races. All boats made significant improvements on Saturday, which was an exciting and positive way to end the weekend. We're making progress and it's fun to see growth from a young team. Gonzaga were gracious hosts and made a quick trip helpful and productive for us. Now, we are headed into a week of Spring break training, followed by a race with defending DII National Champions Humboldt in 2 weeks."

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