SARASOTA, Fla. – Dartmouth women's rowing had a successful trip to Florida for the two-day Big Ten Invitational, racing each of its four boats three times throughout the weekend.
Friday AM
A second-place finish in the second flight of the 2V4 started the weekend off on a strong note. Coxed by
Sonya Danchak and stroked by
Morgan Kendall, the Big Green completed the course in 7:56.08, less than four seconds behind winning Indiana and two seconds ahead of Michigan State.
Dartmouth was fourth in flight two of the V8 (6:47.99), finishing a few seconds behind Michigan State in third but ahead of three of the teams in the first flight. The Green placed third in the 2V8 flight two (6:54.48), leaving less than three seconds between them and MSU in fourth. In the last race of the morning session, Dartmouth came in second place in the V4 second flight (7:51.96), finishing just four seconds behind Indiana.
Friday PM
A few hours later, the Big Green were back for more. The 2V4 was fourth (8:10.13), as was the V8 (6:51.45) that raced soon after.
Dartmouth's 2V8, coxed by
Aarushi Jain and stroked by
Jenna Martin, saw half a second improvement from the morning and finished third in 6:53.77, coming in eight seconds ahead of Minnesota. The V4 dropped 14 seconds to come in second in its flight (7:37.58), beating Washington State by two ticks.
Saturday AM
Every Dartmouth boat saw improvement in the final session, with the morning being highlighted by a first-place finish in the 2V8. The boat crossed the line with a time of 6:43.42, edging Iowa by less than a second.
The Big Green were third in the 2V4 (7:33.64), while the V8 came fourth in 6:43.34, finishing five seconds after Michigan State. The V4 was the last race of the day, and Dartmouth came in second place (7:30.85), coming in a second after Iowa.
The Green will be back in action next weekend against Cornell and Brown.
V8
McInerney (C), McGuire (8), Nelson (7), Hochberg (6), Smith (5), Handy (4), Thibault (3), Dundas (2), Lynch (1)
2V8
Jain (C), Martin (8), Duckworth (7), Plass (6), Paisley (5), Bates (4), Koros (3), Cronin (2), Leversedge (1)
V4
Chin (C), Grussing (4), Glasgow (3), Tellander (2), Figura (1)
2V4
Danchak (C), Kendall (4), Hahn (3), Troost (2), Stamatoyannopoulos (1)