ITHACA, N.Y. — The Bombers opened their season Saturday, hosting a regatta that featured boats from William Smith, Trinity (Conn.), Marist and Massachusetts .

 

The varsity 8, ranked fifth nationally, took second in the grand final, losing only to top-ranked Trinity. The Bombers beat 10th-ranked William Smith during the morning heats.

 

Ithaca won both the second varsity 8 grand final and the second freshman/novice 8 race. The Bombers won the petite final in the freshman/novice 8 competition.

 

The varsity 8 was made up of senior coxswain Steffanie McKay (Langley/Great Falls, Va.), junior eighth seat Katie O’Driscoll (Quincy/Cohasset, Mass.), junior seventh seat Danielle Llopiz (Mast Academy/Miami, Fla.), junior sixth seat Kelsey Schaeffer (Ithaca/Ithaca), freshman fifth seat Lauren LaPointe (Lowell/Lowell, Mass.), sophomore fourth seat Stephanie Levesque (St. Paul Catholic/Bristol, Conn.), freshman third seat Amy Gefell (Greece Arcadia/Rochester), senior second seat Kristin Morris (Bow/Bow, N.H.) and senior first seat Candace Eastman (Oneonta/Oneonta).

 

The second varsity 8 was made up senior coxswain Nicole Valentino (Academy of the Holy Angels/Wood Ridge, N.J.), junior eighth seat Alden Hall (Stratford Academy/Macon, Ga.), sophomore seventh seat Julie Potter (Arlington/Poughkeepsie), junior sixth seat Sarah Veninsky (Marathon/Richford), sophomore fifth seat Kathryn Irwin (Annapolis/Annapolis, Md.), junior fourth seat Alex Chesney (Hancock Central/Hancock, Mich.), junior third seat Diana Glicini (Dallas/Dallas, Pa.), sophomore second seat Erica Gordon (Irvington/Irvington) and sophomore first set Aliyah Emas (Northeast/Philadelphia, Pa.).

 

The third varsity 8 was made up of sophomore coxswain Kaitlin Ahl (Shaker/Latham), senior eighth set Kady Wysocki (Greenport/Orient), junior seventh seat Anthea Barnett (John S. Davidson Fine Arts/Augusta, Ga.), sophomore sixth seat Chelsea Phillips (Suffield/West Suffield, Conn.), sophomore fifth seat Allison Creland (Brighton/Rochester), senior fourth seat Sara Cleary (Upper Dublin/Ambler, Pa.), freshman third seat Meagan McAllister (Kadena [Okinawa, Japan]/Fairfax Station, Va.), junior second seat Maggie Fisk (Gallia Academy/Rio Grande, Ohio) and sophomore first seat Vivian Fu (Washington Irving/Brooklyn).

 

      The novice 8 was an all-freshman boat made up of coxswain Meghan McGrattan (Dryden/Dryden), eight seat Kerin Murphy (Nashoba/Lancaster, Mass.), seventh seat Becky Webster, sixth seat Marissa Speno (Clinton Senior/Clinton), freshman Lisa Russell (Lyme-Old Lyme/Old Lyme, Conn.), fourth seat Victoria Samborski (Frontier/Hamburg), third seat Kristen Essex (Joel Barlow/Redding, Conn.), second seat Ruthie Goff (Chatfield Senior/Littleton, Colo.) and McAllister.

 

      The second novice 8 was made up of freshman coxswain Chrissie Devalle (Cleveland Heights/Cleveland Heights, Ohio), freshman eight seat Liz Graham (Cortland/Dryden), freshman seventh seat Jacqueline Harpham (Downington West/Downington, Pa.), freshman sixth seat Kristi Helm (Ewing/Ewing, N.J.), sophomore fifth seat Skyler Babcock (Richfield Springs/Richfield Springs), freshman fourth seat Michelle Rhodes (Dryden/Dryden), freshman third seat Desirae Huizinga (Candor/Candor), freshman second seat Drea Kasianchuk (Kennett/Conway, N.H.) and freshman first seat Alyssa Van Auken (Northampton Area/Northampton, Pa.).

 

1. Trinity, 7:41.7

1. William Smith, 7:55.0

2. Marist, 8:04.6

 

2. William Smith, 7:57.8

Heat #2
1. Trinity, 7:36.8

2. 7:58.6

 

1. ITHACA, 8:09.3
2. Marist, 8:35.2

Petite Final

1. Trinity, 8:14.6

2. William Smith, 8:37.5

Heat #1
1. ITHACA, 7:56.6
2. Trinity, 8:03.4

Heat #2
1. Marist, 8:12.9
2. William Smith, 8:16.4

1. Marist, 8:34.8
2. Trinity, 9:34.2

Heat #1
1. Marist, 8:39.2
2. ITHACA, 8:41.1

Heat #2
Trinity, 8:57.1
William Smith, 9:05.2

 

Second Freshman/Novice 8
1. ITHACA third varsity, 8:53.9
2. Trinity, 9:11.0