SHELTON, Conn. – The Fairfield University women's rowing team capped its fall season with several strong performances at the Heart of the Housatonic, highlighted by second-place runs by the varsity 8 and the novice 8.
The varsity 8 started the day with Fairfield's crew completing the distance in 17:39, which was just nine seconds off Sacred Heart's first-place time. The boat consisted of
Arianna Welton,
Shawn O'Brien,
Miranda Schmidt, Molly Squire,
Sophia Savage,
Zuzanna Janusz,
Audrey DiMarino,
Catherine Morrissey, and coxswain Lexi Tomlinson.
The second varsity 8 secured 11th in the race based on its finish of 18:31 behind the efforts of
Cate Quinones, Julie Pedrazzi,
Victoria Conrad,
Megan Rourke,
Emma Szachta,
Sarah Wendling,
Sophia Malina,
Grace McDonough, and coxswain
Alisa Tsavaris. The third varsity 8 crossed the line in 20:06 which ranked 19th with
Katherine Schelleng,
Cailey Chechitelli,
Alyssa Colombrita, Alex Harrington,
Raquel DeLeo,
Taylor Brennan,
Ainsley Hoekzema,
Ava Bistoff, and coxswain Grace Tyska.
The Stags also gained another runner-up placement by the novice 8, coming home with a time of 20:57 which trailed only UConn (19:47) in the standings. Fairfield was represented by Zoey Ames,, Milly Olch, Isabela Arteaga, Sadie Eppinger, Sasha Atencio, Jill Newman, Nora O'Connell, Molly Cleary, and coxswain
Emma Sieger.
The varsity 4 rounded out the afternoon for the Stags, taking the 10
th slot among the final times, crossing the line in 19:47.9.
Lauren Hoppe,
Grace Polatsek, Cackie Martin, Caity Gregitis, and coxswain
Marianna Kalin.
The Stags finished up with Fall season with today's competition at the Heart of the Housatonic, the team's fifth event of the campaign.
