Crew Wins Four Gold Medals Saturday at the Murphy Cup Regatta

Saturday, March 26

Schuylkill River - Philadelphia, Pa.

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Crew Wins Four Gold Medals Saturday at the Murphy Cup Regatta

3/26/2016 4:58:00 PM | Men's Rowing, Women's Rowing

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PHILADELPHIA – Drexel Crew had a strong showing Saturday on the Schuylkill River at the 34th annual Murphy Cup Regatta, taking home four gold medals on the day.

The Dragons earned gold medals in the Temple University-hosted event from the men's varsity eight, the men's second varsity eight, the men's third varsity eight and the men's freshmen eight. Drexel's women's varsity four also medaled, winning the bronze.

In the Sandra Lee Sheller II boat, the men's varsity eight showed it was already in mid-season form, racing to a 5:47.04 to beat second-place Temple by nearly five seconds. The top boat was preceded by the second varsity eight in the Lois Krall boat, which also beat second-place Temple, this time by just over 2.5 seconds with a 5:54.09 in the grand final.

The men's third varsity eight went straight to the finals with only six boats in the field and blew away the competition by almost six seconds. In the Peggy Greenawalt boat, the Dragons raced to a 6:18.52 to grab the victory. Finally, in its first competition of the spring, the freshmen eight got off to a strong start by crossing the finish line with a gold-medal time of 6:14.40 in the Vince Vidas boat.

The Dragons also got a bronze medal from the women's varsity four. In the Sandra Lee Sheller boat, Drexel was outlasted by only two Navy boats in the finals. The Dragons kept pace with the second-place Navy B, finishing less than a second and a half behind.

Drexel advanced to the grand finals in three other events and one petite final as well. The men's freshmen four, in the Oxholm boat, finished fourth with a 7:35.08 as Delaware set the pace at 7:10.20. The women's second varsity eight, racing in the Maria Papadakis boat, finished sixth overall with a 7:07.13, while Navy won with a 6:57.45 time. Drexel's women's varsity eight, in the Marlene Buckley II boat, turned in a time of 6:58.51, good for sixth overall in its category. In the petite finals of the men's second varsity eight, the Drexel B racing in the Joseph Greipp boat finished second overall with a 6:17.75, behind just Wesleyan's 6:13.30.

The Dragons' schedule continues to ramp up following the Murphy Cup. The women will compete at the Philly Invite on April 2 then travel to Virginia for the Occoquan Sprints on April 3. Drexel's men will split, with some travelling to California for the San Diego Crew Classic on April 2-3 and others heading to Virginia along with the women for the Occoquan Sprints.

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Heats Results – Saturday, March 26
Women's Varsity 4 C
Saint Joseph's B – 7:57.27
UConn B – 8:01.88
Holy Cross – 8:02.80
Philadelphia – 8:16.31
Charleston – 8:24.88
Drexel C – 8:46.30

Women's Varsity 4 B
Navy B – 7:42.04
Rutgers A – 7:48.04
Villanova – 8:08.06
Drexel B – 8:15.80
Stockton – 9:05.63
Saint Joseph's C - scratch

Women's Varsity 4 A
Drexel A – 7:39.95
UConn A – 7:41.86
Rutgers B – 7:50.39
Saint Joseph's A – 7:56.57
Loyola B - scratch

Men's Varsity 4
Virginia B – 6:42.44
Colgate – 6:42.51
Fordham – 6:59.15
Loyola A – 7:05.30
Drexel – 7:11.07

Women's Freshmen 8
Delaware – 7:12.29
Saint Joseph's – 7:17.03
Drexel 7:27.33
Loyola – 7:55.28
Fordham – 8:10.47

Men's Freshmen 8
Drexel – 6:14.23
Delaware A – 6:22.85
Bates – 6:27.53
UNC B – 6:54.75
Penn State – 6:56.55

Women's Second Varsity 8
Navy A – 6:43.75
George Washington – 6:54.65
Drexel – 6:55.40
Delaware A – 6:59.41
Holy Cross – 7:09.09

Men's Second Varsity 8 B
Saint Joseph's – 6:11.23
UNC – 6:16.36
Drexel B – 6:25.01
Rhode Island – 6:32.29
Hamilton – 6:39.04

Men's Second Varsity 8 A
Drexel A – 6:05.55
Bates – 6:12.47
Delaware – 6:15.24
Penn State – 6:51.55

Men's Freshmen 4
Delaware – 7:05.27
Virginia – 7:11.93
Drexel – 7:28.15
UNC B – 7:37.20
Hamilton – 7:59.99
Penn State – 8:37.20

Women's Varsity 8
Drexel – 6:47.09
Saint Joseph's – 6:48.67
Delaware – 6:57.25
Villanova – 7:04.32
Loyola – 7:17.34

Men's Varsity 8
Drexel – 5:56.63
Boston College – 6:00.66
Saint Joseph's – 6:06.58
Rhode Island – 6:08.77
Lehigh – 6:27.31

Finals Results – Saturday, March 26
Women's Varsity 4 Final
Navy A – 7:38.60
Navy B – 7:49.23
Drexel A – 7:50.53
Temple A – 7:59.25
Colgate – 8:03.92
Saint Joseph's B – 8:41.35

Men's Freshmen 8 Final
Drexel – 6:14.40
Virginia – 6:19.72
Temple – 6:24.06
Bates – 6:24.81
Delaware A – 6:26.28
Colgate – 6:35.29

Men's Third Varsity 8 Final
Drexel – 6:18.52
Wesleyan – 6:24.17
Saint Joseph's – 6:28.69
Temple – 6:40.90
Rhode Island – 6:51.95
Bates - scratch

Women's Second Varsity 8 Grand Final
Navy A – 6:47.45
Temple – 6:57.25
Saint Joseph's – 7:00.90
Fordham – 7:02. 64
George Washington – 7:02.75
Drexel – 7:07.13

Men's Second Varsity 8 Petite Final
Wesleyan – 6:13.30
Drexel B – 6:17.75
Boston College – 6:20.76
Delaware – 6:22.75
Rhode Island – 6:31.31
Penn State – 6:48.59

Men's Second Varsity 8 Grand Final
Drexel A – 5:54.09
Temple – 5:56.71
Virginia – 6:02.97
Saint Joseph's – 6:11.02
Bates – 6:12.57
UNC – 6:24.89

Men's Freshmen 4 Final
Delaware – 7:10.20
Virginia – 7:22.38
Lehigh – 7:22.64
Drexel – 7:35.08
Villanova – 7:35.27
Loyola – 8:21.63

Women's Varsity 8 Grand Final
Fordham – 6:43.92
Rutgers – 6:46.10
Bates – 6:50.08
Temple – 6:51.01
Navy – 6:51.03
Drexel – 6:58.51

Men's Varsity 8 Grand Final
Drexel – 5:47.04
Temple – 5:52.50
Virginia – 5:55.66
Delaware – 6:02.00
Boston College – 6:07.61
Wesleyan

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Men's Varsity 8
Boat – Sandra Lee Sheller II
Cox – Christopher Henderson
Stroke – Mikulas Sum
7 – Justin Best
6 – Daniel Dollin
5 – Ivo Krakic
4 – Daniel Palombo
3 – Nicholas Capaldi
2 – Dario Vracevic
Bow – Joseph Masgai

Women's Varsity 8
Boat – Marlene Buckley II
Cox – Nupur Parikh
Stroke – Kendall Wenzke
7 – Paige Propp
6 – Catherine Haas
5 – Christina Alleva
4 – Erin Archibald
3 – Meghan Knecht
2 – Amanda Reale
Bow – Emily Gartland

Men's Second Varsity 8 A
Boat – Joseph Greipp
Cox – Brett Barry
Stroke – Keegan Shannon
7 – Xavier Stanish
6 – Kyle Hershman
5 – Dave Hanrahan
4 – William Cartwright
3 – Yunus Bora Yenen
2 – J.P. Clark
Bow – George Twardy

Men's Second Varsity 8 B
Boat – Annette Pennoni
Cox – Malcolm Newman
Stroke – Tom Foulds
7 – Niles Arner
6 – Marko Durica
5 – Ryan Rimmele
4 – Ryan Gasparini
3 – Justin Terek
2 – Adam Wisniowski
Bow – Nick Herceg

Women's Second Varsity 8
Boat – Maria Papadakis
Cox – Sarah Messenger
Stroke – Christine Wojciechowicz
7 – Elisabeth Wagner
6 – Taylor Brady
5 – Marina Forster
4 – Natalie Alleva
3 – Anna Savage
2 – Stephanie Horn
Bow – Stephanie Thomas

Men's Third Varsity 8
Boat – Peggy Greenawalt
Cox – Tyler Lee
Stroke – Brian Tindall
7 – Nico Arechabala
6 – Zachary Seither
5 – Braedon Jelinek
4 – Aengus Walker
3 – Louis Masis
2 – James Schwab
Bow – Connor Brok

Women's Freshmen 8
Boat – Marlene Buckley
Cox – Maggie Collington
Stroke – Bella Orcutt
7 – Abby Pierson
6 – Kassidy Ferrie
5 – Maggie Johnson
4 – Mairen Hilary
3 – Wiktoria Gocal
2 – Sofia Ryan
Bow – Summer Sutton

Men's Freshmen 8
Boat – Vince Vidas
Cox – Andrea Abanto
Stroke – Tim Kutchner
7 – Ben Lee
6 – Doug Davis
5 – Nick DiVito
4 – Bryce Rosicky
3 – Robert Heister
2 – Nick Webb
Bow – Greg Adams

Women's Varsity 4 A
Boat – Sandra Lee Sheller
Cox – Abigail Colasacco
Stroke – Kayley Slicer
3 – Emma Compton
2 – Nora Wurmbach
Bow – Molly Dudrear

Women' Varsity 4 B
Boat – Dawn Byers
Cox – Hayley Roth
Stroke – Aubrie Lincks
3 – Madison Vermeulen
2 – Lauren Hultgren
Bow – Rachel Frank

Women's Varsity 4 C
Boat – Oxholm
Cox – Katie Cummings
Stroke – Kate Edwards
3 – Jennifer McManus
2 – Amber Richardson
Bow – Samantha Dorman

Men's Varsity 4
Boat – LeBow College of Business
Cox – Charlie Bavisotto
Stroke – Matthew Mohnack
3 – Josh Marcacci
2 – Jack Grimm
Bow – Dillon Boyle

Men's Freshmen 4
Boat – Oxholm
Cox – Ian Berwick
Stroke – Connor Brok
3 – Joseph Lipinski
2 – Jacob Zeitzew
Bow – Josh Thompson