ITHACA, N.Y. —The Bombers hosted a regatta featuring the University of Rochester and RIT Saturday. The Bombers earned open-water wins in the varsity 8 and the second varsity 8.

 

The varsity 8 (2-1) crossed the line with a winning time of 7:15.3, more than 13 seconds faster than Rochester (7:28.6). The second varsity 8 (7:28.7) also defeated Rochester (7:37.5) by a comfortable margin.

 

      The varsity 8 was made up of senior coxswain Steffanie McKay (Langley/Great Falls, Va.), junior stroke 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.), junior fourth seat Alex Chesney (Hancock Central/Hancock, Mich.), freshman third seat Amy Gefell (Greece Arcadia/Rochester), senior second seat Kristin Morris (Bow/Bow, N.H.) and senior bow 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 stroke Alden Hall (Stratford Academy/Macon, Ga.), sophomore seventh seat Julie Potter (Arlington/Poughkeepsie), senior sixth seat Kady Wysocki (Greenport/Orient), sophomore fifth seat Kathryn Irwin (Annapolis/Annapolis, Md.), sophomore fourth seat Stephanie Levesque (St. Paul Catholic/Bristol, Conn.), junior third seat Diana Glicini (Dallas/Dallas, Pa.), sophomore second seat Erica Gordon (Irvington/Irvington) and sophomore bow Aliyah Emas (Northeast/Philadelphia, Pa.).

 

      The third varsity 8 was made up of sophomore coxswain Kaitlin Ahl (Shaker/Latham), junior stroke Sarah Veninsky (Marathon/Richford), freshman seventh seat Meagan McAllister (Kadena [Okinawa, Japan]/Fairfax Station, Va.), sophomore sixth seat Chelsea Phillips (Suffield/West Suffield, Conn.), junior fifth seat Anthea Barnett (John S. Davidson Fine Arts/Augusta, Ga.), senior fourth seat Sara Cleary (Upper Dublin/Ambler, Pa.), freshman third seat Allison Creland (Brighton/Rochester), 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), stroke Kerin Murphy (Nashoba/Lancaster, Mass.), seventh seat Becky Webster, sixth seat Kristi Helm (Ewing/Ewing, N.J.), fifth seat Lisa Russell (Lyme-Old Lyme/Old Lyme, Conn.), fourth seat Victoria Samborski (Frontier/Hamburg), third seat Kristen Essex (Joel Barlow/Redding, Conn.), second seat McAllister and bow Jacqueline Harpham (Downington West/Downington, Pa.),

 

      The second novice 8 was an all-freshman boat made up of coxswain Chrissie Devalle (Cleveland Heights/Cleveland Heights, Ohio), stroke Liz Graham (Cortland/Dryden), seventh seat Michelle Rhodes (Dryden/Dryden), sixth seat Ruthie Goff (Chatfield Senior/Littleton, Colo.) fifth seat Desirae Huizinga (Candor/Candor), fourth seat Lindsay Mott (Los Altos/Los Altos, Calif.) third seat Alyssa Van Auken (Northampton Area/Northampton, Pa.), second seat Kasey Stevenson and bow Drea Kasianchuk (Kennett/Conway, N.H.).

 

2. Rochester, 7:28.6

 

1. ITHACA, 7:28.7
2. Rochester, 7:37.5

Third Varsity 8

1. RIT, 7:42.0

2. ITHACA, 7:45.0

 

1. Rochester, 8:29.5

2. ITHACA "A" - 9:02.1

3. ITHACA "B" - 9:13.3

1. Rochester, 7:44.7

2. ITHACA, 7:49.1

 

Second Freshman/Novice 8
1. RIT, 8:06.2
2. Rochester, 8:19.4

3. ITHACA, 8:39.9