Women's Rowing Wins Sixth Straight Kelly Cup Saturday Morning

Saturday, April 22

Schuylkill River - Philadelphia, Pa.

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Drexel University

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Women's Rowing Wins Sixth Straight Kelly Cup Saturday Morning

4/22/2017 3:02:00 PM | Men's Rowing, Women's Rowing

PHILADELPHIA – The Drexel women's rowing team won its sixth straight Kelly Cup for the city championship Saturday morning on the Schuylkill River in the event hosted by Saint Joseph's. Drexel won five races on the morning. The Dragons' top men's boat finished second to Saint Joseph's for the Bergen Cup.

Drexel's top women's boat took the Kelly Cup for the eighth time in nine years with a time of 6:34.03 to outpace Temple by nearly six seconds in the Cara Fry boat. The Dragons' women's second varsity eight, racing in the Marlene Buckley II boat, also rowed to victory, with a time of 6:40.05. Racing to a winning time of 7:14.21 was the Drexel women's varsity four in the S brand new Diane Corle boat.

On the men's side, the freshmen eight put in a sub-six race with a time of 5:52.6 in the Joseph Greipp boat to beat Temple by nearly 3.5 seconds. The men's third varsity eight, racing in the Lois Krall shell, also went sub-six, racing to a time of 5:56.9 to beat second-place Saint Joseph's by nearly eight seconds. Drexel's varsity eight, racing in the new Lois Krall II boat, was edged by the host Hawks by two-tenths of a second to be denied the Bergen Cup for the first time in eight years. The Dragons' two-V finished third with a time of 5:51.2 in the Sandra Lee Sheller II boat seven-tenths of a second behind second-place Temple and three seconds behind winner Saint Joseph's.

Following the morning's racing, the Drexel Rowing program officially dedicated the Cara Fry, the Lois Krall II, the Bella Santorum and the Diane Corle shells at a ceremony at the Bachelor's Barge Club on Boathouse Row. Click here for more.

The Dragons return to the water next weekend when the women row at Eastern Sprints on Saturday on Lake Quinsigamond while the come race a dual against Columbia's lightweight at Overpeck Park on Sunday.

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Women's Varsity 8 – Kelly Cup Champions
Drexel – 6:34.03
Temple – 6:40.01
Villanova – 6:41.15
Saint Joseph's – 6:45.58
Philly U – 6:59.87
La Salle – 7:19.31

Women's Second Varsity 8 – GOLD
Drexel – 6:40.05
Temple – 6:45.97
Saint Joseph's – 6:49.06
Drexel B – 6:56.65
Villanova – 6:57.63

Women's Varsity 4 – GOLD
Drexel – 7:14.21
Temple – 7:20.16
Saint Joseph's – 7:25.16
Villanova – 7:49.42
Philly U – 7:52.84
La Salle - 8:31.32

Men's Freshmen 8 – GOLD
Drexel – 5:52.6
Temple – 5:56.0
Saint Joseph's – 6:10.9

Men's Third Varsity 8 – GOLD
Drexel – 5:56.9
Saint Joseph's – 6:04.15
Temple – 6:08.71

Men's Varsity 8 – Bergen Cup – Second
Saint Joseph's – 5:39.9
Drexel – 5:40.1
Temple – 5:45.3
Villanova – 6:13.0
La Salle – 6:23.3

Women's Freshmen 8 – Third
Saint Joseph's – 6:58.39
Temple – 7:02.05
Drexel – 7:12.30
Villanova – 7:40.25

Men's Second Varsity 8 – Third
Saint Joseph's – 5:48.2
Temple – 5:50.5
Drexel – 5:51.2
Villanova – 6:36.6

Men's Varsity 4 – Third
Temple A – 6:33.7
Villanova – 6:42.5
Drexel – 6:45.6
Drexel B – 7:13.2

Men's Freshmen 4 – DQed
Temple – 6:50.8
Saint Joseph's – 6:54.8
Villanova – 6:59.9
La Salle – 7:07.2
Drexel – DQ

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Men's Varsity 8
Boat – Lois Krall II
Cox – Brett Barry
Stroke – Ryan Gasparini
7 – Ben Lee
6 – Tom Foulds
5 – Ivo Krakic
4 – Justin Best
3 – Joseph Masgai
2 – Bryce Rosicky
Bow – George Twardy

Women's Varsity 8
Boat – Cara Fry
Cox – Nupur Parikh
Stroke – Kendall Wenzke
7 – Paige Propp
6 – Kylie Magee
5 – Marina Forster
4 – Catherine Haas
3 – Natalie Alleva
2 – Amanda Reale
Bow – Meghan Knecht

Men's Second Varsity 8
Boat – Sandra Lee Sheller II
Cox – Malcolm Newman
Stroke – Zachary Seither
7 – Justin Terek
6 – Niles Arner
5 – Doug Davis
4 – Dario Vracevic
3 – Yunus Bora Yenen
2 – J.P. Clark
Bow – Jim Purtill

Women's Second Varsity 8 A
Boat – Marlene Buckley II
Cox – Abigail Colasacco
Stroke – Stephanie Horn
7 – Lauren Sand
6 – Erin Archibald
5 – Margarita Amihava
4 – Fiona Mauer
3 – Anna Savage
2 – Kayley Slicer
Bow – Mackenzie Dorsett

Men's Third Varsity 8
Boat – Lois Krall
Cox – Tyler Lee
Stroke – Keegan Shannon
7 – Jim Howley
6 – Jack Grimm
5 – Andrew Tengdin
4 – William Cartwright
3 – Kyle Hershman
2 – Ryan Rimmele
Bow – Nick Herceg

Women's Second Varsity 8 B
Boat – Maria Papadakis
Cox – Maggie Collington
Stroke – Abby Pierson
7 – Molly Dudrear
6 – Nora Wurmbach
5 – Maggie Johnson
4 – Jennifer McManus
3 – Jessika Coleman
2 – Mairen Hilary
Bow – Rachel Frank

Men's Freshmen 8
Boat – Joseph Greipp
Cox – Hunter Reed
Stroke – Colin Stewart
7 – Drew Senour
6 – Leon Bulic
5 – Joseph Konieczny
4 – Garrison Bentz
3 – Spencer Kuhl
2 – Anthony Williams
Bow – Keegan MacMaster

Women's Freshmen 8
Boat – Marlene Buckley
Cox – Olivia Schuler
Stroke – Kalli Reganato
7 – Sarah Wanner
6 – Kristen Shema
5 – Jean Gleason
4 – Madeline Mac Donnell
3 – Sadie Lowell
2 – Maria Zhdankina
Bow – Lillian Coogan

Men's Varsity 4 A
Boat – Bella Santorum
Cox – Charlie Bavisotto
Stroke – Brian Tindall
3 – Louis Masi
2 – Nick DiVito
Bow – Dimitrije Regodic

Women's Varsity 4
Boat – Diane Corle
Cox – Hayley Roth
Stroke – Christine Wojciechowicz
3 – Emma Compton
2 – Julianna Hunt
Bow – Sofia Ryan

Men's Varsity 4 B
Boat – LeBow College of Business
Cox – Danika Meldrum
Stroke – Adam Wisniowski
3 – Braedon Jelinek
2 – Jason Rodman
Bow – Greg Adams

Men's Freshmen 4
Boat – Sandra Lee Sheller
Cox – Thomas Kish
Stroke – Jason Bowker
3 – David Drew
2 – Sebastian Gruhn
Bow – Marko Crljen