#7 Women's Crew Has Strong Start at Ivy Championship

Saturday, May 18

Pennsauken, N.J.

4 p.m.

Brown University

Ivy League Championship - Day 1

Photo by: The Ivy League

#7 Women's Crew Has Strong Start at Ivy Championship

5/18/2024 7:16:00 PM | Women's Crew

Complete Results

PENNSAUKEN, N.J. – The seventh-ranked Brown Bears had a strong start at the 2024 Ivy League Championships on the Cooper River as all four crews advanced to tomorrow's Grand Finals.

Brown's Varsity 8 and B4 shells won their respective heats while the Second Varsity 8 and A4 crews both finished second. The top three finishers in each heat qualified for tomorrow's Grand Finals.

The B4 kicked off the day of competition with a 2.9-second victory over Yale to win the second heat and earn a spot in tomorrow's Grand Final. The Bears posted a time of 7:29.869 to edge out the Bulldogs (7:32.822) while Penn took third with a time of 7:36.245.

The B4 crew, stroked by Francesca (Kiki) Fraim, will race at 8:20 a.m. tomorrow against Yale, Penn, Princeton, Harvard, and Columbia.

Brown's Varsity 8 held off Yale and Dartmouth for a wire-to-wire heat victory to advance to tomorrow's Grand Final. Molly Lundberg coxed the shell to a time of 6:27.669 to finish ahead of Yale (6:31.617) and Dartmouth (6:40.609).

The Bears will race in tomorrow's Grand Final at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow against Yale, Dartmouth, Princeton, Penn, and Columbia.

Princeton pulled away from Brown in the back half of the 2V8 heat to take first with a time of 6:36.014. Brown crossed the line second with a time of 6:38.478 to reach tomorrow's Grand Final along with Columbia (6:53.024).

Brown races tomorrow at 9:10 a.m. against Princeton, Columbia, Yale, Penn, and Harvard.

Brown and Yale raced tightly throughout the A4 race with the Bulldogs pulling ahead slightly and crossing the line first with a time of 7:14.585. The Bears took second with a time of 7:17.582 and Harvard finished third with a time of 7:39.724.

Brown races tomorrow at 8:50 a.m. tomorrow morning against Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, and Penn

Brown closes out the Ivy Championships tomorrow morning in Pennsauken, beginning with the C4 Grand Final at 8 a.m.

Results and Boatings
Varsity 8
Brown – 6:27.669
Yale – 6:31.617
Dartmouth – 6:40.609
Harvard – 6:47.540

B: Eliza Atwood
2: Dahlia Levine
3: Caroline Schmitz
4: Bisbee Scott
5: Emily Jaudon
6: Mary Claire Warren
7: Nadia Vondeling
S: Hannah Hickson
C: Molly Lundberg

Second Varsity 8
Princeton – 6:36.014
Brown – 638.478
Columbia – 6:53.024
Dartmouth – 6:58.746

B: Lizzie Hedeman
2: Jessica McGrady
3: Riley Cooper
4: Matilda Damon
5: Audrey Roche
6: Olivia Vavasour
7: Ashley Giannetti
S: Isla Wilding
C: Kayden Obsitnik

A4
Yale – 7:14.585
Brown – 7:17.582
Harvard – 7:39.724
Dartmouth – 7:56.829

B: Ellie Knight
2: Ava Rothmeyer
3: Jessica Hooper
S: Annie Herring
C: Summer Balla-Kellett

B4
Brown – 7:29.869
Yale – 7:32.822
Penn – 7:36.245
Dartmouth – 8:21.765

B: Tessa Tomkinson
2: Orla Fitzgerald
3: Isabel Wilkowski
S: Francesca (Kiki) Fraim
C: Caitlyn Roddy

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