#7 Women's Crew Wins Third Consecutive Eastern Sprints

Sunday, May 5

Worcester, Mass.

9 a.m.

Brown University

Eastern Sprints

Photo by: Brown Athletics

#7 Women's Crew Wins Third Consecutive Eastern Sprints

5/5/2024 5:22:00 PM | Women's Crew

Complete Results

WORCESTER, Mass. – The seventh-ranked Brown Bears took five Grand Final wins for the third straight year at the 49th Eastern Sprints at Lake Quinsigamond on Sunday.

Brown won the team points trophy for the 13th time since 1990 and the Varsity 8 title for the 11th time since 1988.

"The chance to race six lanes across against tough competition is always a valuable experience," said head coach John Murphy. "We were pleased with the results today and we look forward to getting back to work to prepare for the Ivy Championship."

All five Brown crews won its respective morning heat to advance to the afternoon Grand Finals. Brown's Varsity 8, 2V8, 3V8, A4, and B4 shells posted times at least 10 seconds faster than the second-place finisher in all five heats.

Brown's C4 and D4 crews took third and fourth, respectively, in the C4 Grand Final to kickstart the afternoon. Both Bruno crews finished behind a pair of Rutgers shells with respective times of 8:11.777 and 8:16.223.

Brown's third varsity 8 crew, stroked by Ava Honerkamp, beat out Rutgers and Northeastern to finish first in the Grand Final. Brown's time of 7:19.287 put the Bears across the line ahead of the Scarlet Knights (7:34.896) and Huskies (7:37.288) with Columbia, Boston University, and Michigan State rounding out the final.

The B4 shell gave Brown its second Grand Final victory of the day after crossing the line in 7:54.983 to take a 13.7-second win over second-place Rutgers (8:08.783). Caitlyn Roddy coxed the Brown shell to a wire-to-wire win over the field, beating the Scarlet Knights and third-place Columbia (8:16.692).

The B4 time would have placed third in the A4 Grand Final.

The Bruno A4 crew captured another win with a time of 7:36.558 to edge out Rutgers (7:42.637) and Columbia (7:57.937).

Brown's Second Varsity 8 jumped to an early lead over Rutgers and expanded the lead throughout the race, crossing the line in 6:47.131 with open water over the Scarlet Knights (6:56.340) and Columbia (7:08.753).

Brown's 2V8 time would have placed second in the Varsity 8 Grand Final.

The Brown Varsity 8 finished the day with the team's fifth Grand Final victory, crossing the line in 6:42.697 for an open-water win over Rutgers (6:48.257).

The Bears compete in the Ivy League Championships on Saturday, May 18 and Sunday, May 19 in Pennsauken, New Jersey. The Ivy League has six teams ranked in the top-20 per the Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll: #3 Princeton, #6 Yale, #7 Brown, #11 Penn, #19 Columbia, and #20 Harvard.

RESULTS AND BOATINGS
Varsity 8
Morning Heat
Brown – 6:43.742
Boston U. – 6:58.764
George Washington – 7:03.262
UMass – 7:09.170
Temple – 7:12.270

Grand Final
Brown – 6:42.697
Rutgers – 6:48.257
Columbia – 6:57.928
Northeastern – 7:02.588
Boston U. – 7:03.118
Dartmouth – 7:11.069

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
Morning Heat
Brown – 6:57.649
Dartmouth – 7:15.722
Rhode Island – 7:21.718
Boston College – 7:28.072
Temple – 7:40.817

Grand Final
Brown – 6:47.131
Rutgers – 6:56.340
Columbia – 7:08.753
Dartmouth – 7:13.543
Michigan St. – 7:14.869
Boston U. – 7:19.839

B: Ashley Giannetti
2: Jessica McGrady
3: Tessa Tomkinson
4: Ava Rothmeyer
5: Riley Cooper
6: Olivia Vavasour
7: Jessica Hooper
S: Isla Wilding
C: Kayden Obsitnik

3V8
Morning Heat
Brown – 7:11.714
Columbia – 7:23.445
Michigan St. – 7:25.675
Boston College – 7:29.971
Dartmouth – 7:36.665
Rhode Island – 7:51.720
Temple – 7:54.516

Grand Final
Brown – 7:19.287
Rutgers – 7:34.896
Northeastern – 7:37.288
Columbia – 7:42.474
Boston U. – 7:48.690
Michigan St. – 7:59.366

B: Eugenia Rodriguez-Vazquez
2: Nicole Urquiaga
3: Elizabeth Polydefkis
4: Alessandra Tuttle
5: Ellie Graham
6: Charlotte Moody
7: Aleah Davidsen
S: Ava Honerkamp
C: Phoebe Dragseth

A4
Morning Heat
Brown – 7:35.472
Dartmouth – 7:56.032
UMass – 7:57.736
Drexel – 8:05.680
Boston College – 8:15.777

Grand Final
Brown – 7:36.558
Rutgers – 7:42.637
Columbia – 7:57.937
Boston U. – 8:05.821
Northeastern – 8:11.804
Dartmouth – 8:25.401

B: Lizzie Hedeman
2: Matilda Damon
3: Audrey Roche
S: Annie Herring
C: Summer Balla-Kellett

B4
Morning Heat
Brown – 7:42.415
Boston U. – 8:07.237
George Washington – 8:12.403
Michigan St. – 8:17.817
Temple – 8:34.965

Grand Final
Brown – 7:54.983
Rutgers – 8:08.783
Columbia – 8:16.692
Dartmouth – 8:22.388
Northeastern – 8:22.758
Boston U. – 8:26.884

B: Orla Fitzgerald
2: Isabel Wilkowski
3: Francesca (Kiki) Fraim
4: Ellie Knight
C: Caitlyn Roddy

C4
B: Calissa Snyder Cox
2: Ella Bogue
3: Annabelle Harbold
S: Ava Lewis
C: Fiona Daly

D4
B: Lila Nottage
2: Sofia Barna
3: Charlotte Derway
S: Olivia Tingley-Kelley
C: Brooke Halvorsen

Grand Final
Rutgers D4 – 7:54.052
Rutgers C4 – 8:08.743
Brown C4 – 8:11.777
Brown D4 – 8:16.223
Michigan St. – 8:34.233
Columbia – 8:34.328
Boston College – 9:00.607

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