Rowers Take Home Three Medals at the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Championship
May 5, 2008
In the closest race of the afternoon, the Varsity 4+ boat finished in 10 seconds place behind Sacred Heart and four seconds behind Maryland. Head coach Joe Setting was impressed with the time of 9:33.2 considering one of the rowers suffered an injury in the first part of the race.
Winning their heat by over seven seconds, the Novice 4+ boat qualified them for the grand final after they had the best time of all 10 boats in the heats, crossing in 8:56.2. The Dukes' domination continued in the grand final, as DU easily took gold, winning by over 20 seconds ahead of
The Lightweight 8+ crew took silver with a time of 8:09.7. However, the Dukes time was slowed by an impeding Fordham boat that clashed oars causing the Rams to be penalized 3 seconds. The second place finish was four seconds behind Virginia Tech - just three weeks ago, VT crossed 16 seconds ahead of DU at the Knecht Cup.
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Coach Setting and the rowers will be at the Dad Vail Regatta May 9-10. The varsity 4+ will begin the regatta facing teams such as Lehigh, Emory, and Massachusetts-Lowell. The novice 4+ will face experience teams from Bucknell and
Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Championship Results
Varsity 4+
1. Sacred Heart 9:23.4
2. Maryland 9:29.08
3. Duquesne 9:33.2
4. Penn State 9:37.7
5. Robert Morris DNS
Novice 4+ Grand Final Novice 4+ Heat #2 Lightweight 8+
1. Duquesne 9:04.9
2. Rutgers 9:24.93
3. American 9:42.3
4. Fordham 9:54.6
5. Penn State 10:01.2
6. St. John's College 10:28.7
1. Duquesne 8:56.2
2. Rutgers 9:03.9
3. American 09:17.7
4. Sacred Heart 9:29.2
5. Virginia Commonwealth 10:53.5
1. Virginia Tech 8:05.9
2. Duquesne 8:09.7
3. Fordham 8:08.04 +:03.0 Obstruction 8:11.04
4. Mary Washington 8:23.2
5. Penn State 9:01.1
6. Sacred Heart 09:33.4
