Dragons Race to Top Three Finishes Saturday at Navy Day Regatta

Saturday, October 11

Schuylkill River - Philadelphia, Pa.

Drexel University

Navy Day Regatta

Photo by: Greg Carroccio

Dragons Race to Top Three Finishes Saturday at Navy Day Regatta

10/11/2014 5:17:00 PM | Men's Rowing, Women's Rowing

PHILADELPHIA – Drexel Crew returned home to Philadelphia for its first race of the season on the Schuylkill River on Saturday when they competed at the Navy Day Regatta. The Dragons' women's first and second varsity eights each recorded top three finishes.

The men's freshmen eight "A" and "B" boats began the Dragons' day with the "A" finishing in fourth with a time of 13:29.98 in the Vince Vidas boat. The men's "B" boat finished close behind in fifth with a time of 13:39.56 in the Peggy Greenwalt boat. Penn won with a time of 12:54.54.

Drexel's women's freshmen eight followed the men's racing, finishing seventh with a time of 17:12.85 in the John Daskalakis boat. Penn won with a time of 15:22.76.

The men's second varsity eight "A" and "B" boats took to the water in the Joseph Greipp and Annette Pennoni boats, respectively. The "A" finished fifth, crossing the finish line in 13:20.53, while the "B" came in tenth at the 13:52.56 mark. Penn "A" took the win with a 12:39.05 time.

The women's second varsity eight followed with the "A" in the Maria Papadakis boat finishing in second place with a time of 15:16.98 for the Dragons' best finish of the day. Drexel's "B" boat was in the Marlene Buckley boat and finished with a time of 16:56.33. Navy paced the competition with a 14:52.38 time.

Drexel's varsity eights concluded the team's day with the men racing first. The men's "A" raced in the new Sandra Lee Sheller II for the first time, finishing fourth with a time of 12:28.87, while the "B" raced in the Lois Krall boat to a 12:48.15 time for eighth. Penn narrowly edged Navy by less than one-hundredth of a second for first with a time of 12:11.81.

The women's varsity eight finished out the day's racing, finishing in third with a time of 14:20.33 in the Marlene Buckley II boat. Navy took the top spot with a 14:03.30 time.

At the Navy Day Regatta, Drexel debuted its newest boat, the Sandra Lee Sheller II, which was used by the men's varsity eight "A."

Drexel Crew returns to action on Saturday, Oct. 18 for the 50th racing of the historic Head of the Charles Regatta on the Charles River in Boston, Mass.

For updates, follow Drexel Crew and Drexel Dragons on Twitter.

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Results

Men's Freshmen 8 (28 boats total)
Penn – 12:54.54
Navy – 13:09.01
Penn – 13:21.14
Drexel "A" – 13:29.98
Drexel "B" - 13:39.56
Saint Joseph's – 13:48.23

Women's Freshmen 8 (11 boats total)
Penn – 15:22.76
Saint Joseph's – 15:54.17
Navy – 16:45.26
Army – 16:48.95
Penn State – 17:05.24
Philadelphia – 17:11.38
Drexel – 17:12.85

Men's Second Varsity 8 (13 boats total)
Penn "A" – 12:39.05
Navy "A" – 12:40.77
Navy "B" – 12:57.92
Penn "B" – 13:12.18
Drexel "A" – 13:20.53
Delaware – 13:20.71
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10th – Drexel "B" – 13:52.56

Women's Second Varsity 8 (14 boats total)
Navy "B" - 14:52.38
Drexel "A" – 15:16.98
Saint Joseph's "A" – 15:19.00
Delaware "A" – 15:29.65
Delaware "B" – 15:52.58
Penn – 15:53.67
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12th – Drexel "B" – 16:56.33

Men's Varsity 8 (27 boats total)
Penn "A" – 12:11.81
Navy – 12:11.81
Syracuse "A" – 12:25.92
Drexel "A" – 12:28.87
University – 12:43.63
Syracuse "B" – 12:45.17
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8th – Drexel "B" – 12:48.15

Women's Varsity 8 (16 boats total)
Navy – 14:03.30
Penn "A" – 14:08.50
Drexel – 14:20.33
Penn "B" – 14:35.15
Delaware – 14:50.34
Saint Joseph's – 14:54.64

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Men's Varsity 8 "A"
Boat – Sandra Lee Sheller II
Coxswain – Victoria Kenion
Stroke – Daniel Palombo
7 – Ivo Krakic
6 – Marko Durica
5 – Nicholas Capaldi
4 – Ian Luetzow
3 – Joseph Masgai
2 – Michael DiLucca
Bow – Brian McCabe

Women's Varsity 8
Boat – Marlene Buckley II
Coxswain – Catherine Hamilton
Stroke – Amanda Kleuser
7 – Elise Levito
6 – Sierra Baca
5 – Marina Forster
4 – Kendall Wenzke
3 – Paige Propp
2 – Jayme Batcher
Bow – Bridget Pfeifer

Men's Varsity 8 "B"
Boat – Lois Krall
Coxswain – Christopher Henderson
Stroke – Dean Hill
7 – Xavier Stanish
6 – John Deibler
5 – Daniel Dollin
4 – Mikulas Sum
3 – Ryan Mallgrave
2 – Grigorios Papadourakis
Bow – Dave Hanrahan

Women's Second Varsity 8 "A"
Boat – Maria Papadakis
Coxswain – Sarah Messenger
Stroke – Olivia Babiec
7 – Barbara McKenna
6 – Erin Archibald
5 – Lauren Sand
4 – Catherine Haas
3 – Elisabeth Wagner
2 – Taylor Brady
Bow – Julie McGlynn

Men's Second Varsity 8 "A"
Boat – Joseph Greipp
Coxswain – Brett Barry
Stroke – Adam Wisniowski
7 – George Twardy
6 – Tom Foulds
5 – Casimir Czworkowski
4 – James Byrne
3 – James Purtill
2 – William Cartwright
Bow – Jim Howley

Women's Second Varsity 8 "B"
Boat – Marlene Buckley
Coxswain – Nupur Parikh
Stroke – Hannah Devlin
7 – Eugenia Chalbaud Santeliz
6 – Emma Compton
5 – Christina Alleva
4 – Crystal Xu
3 – Anna Mohammad
2 – Madison Young
Bow – Molly Dudrear

Men's Second Varsity 8 "B"
Boat – Annette Pennoni
Coxswain – Samantha Iula
Stroke – Keegan Shannon
7 – Louis Masi
6 – Brian Tindall
5 – Cameron Staines
4 – Aengus Walker
3 – Nick Herceg
2 – Ethan McCulla
Bow – Andrew Weinstein

Men's Freshmen 8 "A"
Boat – Vince Vidas
Coxswain – Malcolm Newman
Stroke – Ryan Gasparini
7 – Justin Terek
6 – Zachary Seither
5 – Braedon Jelinek
4 – Gregory Waxman
3 – Kyle Hershman
2 – J.P. Clark
Bow – Zachary Hartman

Women's Freshmen 8
Boat – John Daskalakis
Coxswain – Isabella Mauro
Stroke – Christine Wojciechowicz
7 – Kayley Slicer
6 – Nora Wurmbach
5 – Aubrie Lincks
4 – Nicollete LaRosa
3 – Lisa Borodyanskaya
2 – Samantha Dorman
Bow – Lauren Hultgren

Men's Freshmen 8 "B"
Boat – Peggy Greenwalt
Coxswain – Charles Bavisotto
Stroke – Julien Mahler
7 – Stephen Robbins
6 – Niles Arner
5 – Ryan Rimmele
4 – John Grimm
3 – Robert Heister
2 – Joseph McCarrie
Bow – Justin Coney