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Ithaca 1V at the Cornell Fall Autumn Classic

Women’s Rowing & Sculling Competes in the Cornell Autumn Classic

11/5/2024 11:33:00 AM

ITHACA, N.Y. - Last weekend the Ithaca College women's rowing program and scullers were in action facing the wind and some out-sized opponents at Cornell's Autumn Classic. Cornell hosted Ithaca and NCAA Division I ACC frontrunner Syracuse for a 2 x 3500m head race on the Cayuga Inlet. Times for each piece were taken individually but also added together for a combined time to compare between crews. 
 
While the intended format involved racing 4+s, then 8+s, trouble with the Syracuse tow vehicle led to some decisions to start later (when the water tends to be rougher) and limit the competition to 8+s in the interest of speed. Despite the inconvenience, the delays gave perfect practice for handling the unpredictability that can occur in the spring championship season.
 
Knowing the strength of our opponents, Ithaca boated up a top V8+ crew, but then split the remaining squad into two potentially "even" boats containing a mix of varsity and walk-on novice rowers. Crews returned to the dock between rounds of racing to make minor changes so that every rower had a chance to compete. All the Bomber lineups focused on internal assessment and improvement. After evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of their first pieces our Bombers were happy to report more aggressive, clean pieces in the second round. 
 
In the end, the IV lineup of coxswain Caroline Hoskins, Lily Babcock, Emma Hammel, Maggie Farber, Zoe Paradis Stern, Ashley Bailey, Beth Roberts, Anna Capodilupo and Samantha Gallagher were able to post a combined time of 27:57.9 over the two pieces. While that wasn't enough to challenge any Syracuse entry, it did put them ahead of the 3V, 4V and 5V entries from Cornell. The other lineups proved good competition for each other and gave our novices valuable race experience to carry into the next phase of training. 
 
Our varsity squad is now transitioning to land training for the winter, but the Novice squad will enjoy the water for one more week. They will conclude racing at the Bucknell Novice Invitational slated for 11 a.m. in Lewisburg, Pa. on the Susquehanna River.