Crew Wins 3rd Straight Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta, Regains Men's Title

Friday, May 8

Schuylkill River - Philadelphia, Pa.

Drexel University

Dad Vail Regatta

Crew Wins 3rd Straight Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta, Regains Men's Title

5/9/2015 6:56:00 PM | Men's Rowing, Women's Rowing

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PHILADELPHIA - Drexel Crew won its third consecutive overall title and regained the men's points title at the 77^thannual Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta on Saturday, May 9 on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Pa.

Drexel became the first crew since Purdue (five in a row, 2000-2004) to win three consecutive overall team titles.

The Dragons medaled in six events. They won gold in the men's second varsity eight and the men's freshmen eight. Drexel took home a silver medal in the men's varsity four. The Dragons also won bronze in the women's varsity eight, men's varsity eight and the men's freshmen four. Drexel reclaimed the men's points title from Michigan after winning it in 2013.

Drexel's men's second varsity eight defended the boats gold medal in perhaps the best and closest race of the day. In the Lois Krall boat, the Dragons edged Temple by eight-tenths of a second - 5:45.747 to 5:45.829 - pulling ahead in the final 250 meters. Drexel posted a winning 6:15.002 in its heat to advance to the semifinals. The boat rowed to a sub-six 5:55.024, pacing Michigan by almost three seconds, to advance to the finals.

The men's freshmen eight took home the Dragons' first gold medal of the day, in the Joseph Greipp boat, winning with a sub-six time of 5:54.158. On Friday, they paced the competition in their heat with a 6:30.058 to advance to the semifinals where they won with a 6:02.454.

The men's varsity four won the silver medal in the LeBow College of Business boat with a time of 6:33.884, just two-tenths of a second behind Brock's winning 6:33.682. The boat advanced to the quarterfinals Friday, following a winning 6:55.712 time Friday in heat three. The boat finished second with a 7:11 in the quarterfinals to advance to the semifinals where it advanced to the finals with a second-place time of 6:36.194, edging third-place Brock by half a second.

Drexel's men's varsity eight won the bronze medal in the final Saturday in the Sandra Lee Sheller II boat with a blazing 5:45.696 time. FIT and Michigan finished one-two in an extremely tight race - 5:37.169 to 5:37.925. The Dragons won their semifinal, beating Virginia by three-tenths of a second with a 5:41.600. The boat won its heat by open water with a time of 6:04.922 in the Sandra Lee Sheller II boat to advance to the semifinals.

The women preceded the men, taking home a bronze medal of their own in the Marlene Buckley II boat with a final time of 6:43.674. UMass won with a 6:37.376. The Dragons won their heat with a 6:51.504 to advance to Saturday's semifinal where they won with a time of 6:37.576.

Drexel's freshmen four won the bronze medal, Drexel's first medal of the day, in a tight race with a 6:44.626. The boat finished less than three-tenths of a second off of Bowdoin's 6:44.382 The Dragons' four began competition winning its heat Friday with a 7:10.247 in the Oxholm boat. They advanced to Saturday's semifinal where they came in second with a 6:47.724 to move on.

Drexel's women's second varsity eight, in the Maria Papadakis boat, finished fourth overall in the final with a time of 6:49.876, just eight-tenths of a second off of third-place North Carolina. UMass won with a 6:40.401. The boat finished Drexel's long day in Friday's heats with a winning time of 7:21.171. The boat advanced to the semifinals where they finished second behind Bucknell with a time of 6:51.590 to move on.

The Dragons rowed singles for the first time this season as Taylor Brady finished sixth overall, improving on her heat time with a 8:49.407. She rowed to a second-place 9:25.131 to advance straight to Saturday's final.

Drexel's women's pair, in the Jeremy and Theresa MacDonald boat, moved on to Saturday with a second-place 8:20.680 in heats on Friday. They raced to an 8:12.151, falling just five seconds short of the final.

For the men, Drexel's George Twardyrowed to a second-place time of his own, 8:05.343, to advance to Saturday's semifinals where he finished fourth with a 7:41.899 but did not advance to the finals.

Drexel's freshmen eight women posted a second-place 7:27.016 in the Marlene Buckley boat to advance to Saturday's semifinals. They rowed to a fourth-place 7:06.899 and fell short of the finals.

Continuing Friday success with the varsity fours was the women in the Sandra Lee Sheller boat as they advanced to the Saturday semifinal with a time of 7:50.197 in the heats. The boat finished third in its semifinal with a 7:45.061 and fell just short of the final.

The men's pair, in the Toby Wallace boat, finished with the fourth fastest time of all pairs, 7:08.999; however, all the top boats were in the heat, and Drexel's fourth place finish was not enough to advance. Drexel's men's pair won the gold medal in 2010, 2011 and 2013.

The Blue and Gold has now won 48 Dad Vail medals in its history, including 18 gold. The Dragons became the first back-to-back-to-back winner since Purdue won five years in a row from 2000-2004.

Drexel sent 13 boats into competition Friday, advancing 12 of them to Saturday semifinals and finals. The Dragons then advanced eight boats to finals before medaling in six of eight events.

On Friday, Drexel head coach Paul Savell was named the Matt Ledwidth Award winner for Dad Vail Coach of the Year (see release).

Drexel's women return to action next weekend on May 17 at the CAA Championships on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J. The men will take to the Mercer Lake waters on May 29-31 for the IRA National Championships.

For updates on Drexel Crew as the team continues on to CAAs and IRAs, follow onTwitterand Facebook.

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Results - Saturday, May 9 - Final

Overall Points
Drexel - 42
Delaware - 34
Bucknell - 33

Men's Points
Drexel - 30
Delaware - 25
Virginia - 17

Men's Second Varsity 8 - Ernie Bayer Trophy - GOLD
Drexel - 5:45.747
Temple - 5:45.829
Virginia - 5:51.918
Michigan - 5:53.047
Bucknell - 5:57.621
North Carolina - 6:08.373

Men's Freshmen 8 - Toby Wallace Bowl- GOLD
Drexel - 5:54.158
Delaware - 5:57.394
Purdue - 6:01.187
Bucknell - 6:01.187
Virginia - 6:01.500
Western Ontario - Excluded

Men's Varsity 4 - Thomas A. Curran Cup - SILVER
Brock - 6:33.682
Drexel - 6:33.884
Colgate - 6:37.080
Bowdoin - 6:38.100
Michigan State - 6:40.202
Middlebury - 6:40.380

Men's Varsity 8 - Richard O'Brien Trophy - BRONZE
Florida Tech - 5:37.169
Michigan - 5:37.925
Drexel - 5:45.696
Virginia - 5:47.657
Grand Valley - 5:49.400
Temple - 5:51.945

Women's Varsity 8 - Evelyn Bergman Trophy - BRONZE
UMass - 6:37.376
Bucknell - 6:41.099
Drexel - 6:43.674
Grand Valley - 6:45.341
Purdue - 6:50.192
Duquesne - 6:58.765

Men's Freshmen 4- Lindy Cup - BRONZE
Delaware - 6:42.824
Bowdoin - 6:44.382
Drexel - 6:44.626
Brock - 6:52:695
Virginia - 6:57.006
NY Maritime - 7:01.756

Women's Second Varsity 8 - Coleman D. Boylan Trophy - 4^th
UMass - 6:40.401
Bucknell - 6:46.687
North Carolina - 6:49.032
Drexel - 6:49.876
Saint Joseph's - 6:53.338
Delaware - 7:06.201

Women's Single - 6^th
Oklahoma City A - 8:01.713
Villanova - 8:08.273
Oklahoma City B - 8:15.185
UMass - 8:33.819
Carnegie Mellon - 8:47.358
Drexel - 8:49.407

Results - Saturday, May 9 - Semifinals

Men's Single
Top 2 to final
Trent - 7:21.551
Oklahoma City B - 7:25.276
Seattle - 7:31.005
Drexel - 7:41.899
Florida - 8:07.475
Virginia B - 8:27.364

Men's Freshmen 4
Top 2 to final
Bowdoin - 6:46.502
Drexel - 6:47.724
Michigan - 6:59.175
La Salle - 7:01.231
Penn State - 7:08.606
Purdue - 7:15.570

Women's Freshmen 8
Top 2 to final
Temple - 6:54.595
Delaware - 6:59.874
Bucknell - 7:00.345
Drexel - 7:06.899
Army - 7:19.686
Georgia Tech - 7:40.768

Men's Freshmen 8
Top 2 to final
Drexel - 6:02.454
Bucknell - 6:08.112
Pittsburgh - 6:11.156
Army - 6:13.752
Florida - 6:32.446
Mass-Lowell - 6:51.318

Women's Pair
Top 2 to final
St. Thomas - 8:05.787
Central Oklahoma - 8:07.833
Drexel - 8:12.151
Grand Valley - 8:16.240
Chicago - 8:22.826

Women's Second Varsity 8
Top 3 to final
Bucknell - 6:46.326
Drexel - 6:51.590
Delaware - 6:54.908
UConn - 6:55.568
Temple - 6:58.037
Fairfield - 7:11.609

Men's Second Varsity 8
Top 3 to final
Drexel - 5:55.024
Michigan - 5:57.824
North Carolina - 6:01.190
Grand Valley - 6:03.719
Purdue - 6:08.108
Army - 6:19.856

Women's Varsity 4
Top 2 to final
UMass - 7:27.395
Temple - 7:35.950
Drexel - 7:45.061
Duquesne - 7:49.010
Saint Joseph's - 7:51.075
Marist - 8:02.117

Men's Varsity 4
Top 3 to final
Colgate - 6:33.792
Drexel - 6:36.194
Brock - 6:36.638
Jacksonville - 6:41.794
Michigan - 6:43.272
Virginia - 6:46.190

Women's Varsity 8
Top 2 to final; Next 2 to petite final
Drexel - 6:37.576
Duquesne - 6:40.145
Colgate - 6:47.085
Saint Joseph's - 6:49.790
Middlebury - 6:52.134
North Carolina - 6:56.631

Men's Varsity 8
Top 2 to final; Next 2 to petite final
Drexel - 5:41.600
Virginia - 5:41.942
Delaware - 5:50.920
Villanova - 5:53.886
Purdue - 5:58.162
Saint Joseph's - 6:01.148

Results - Friday, May 8 - Heats

Men's Varsity 4 - Heat 3
Top 2 to quarterfinals
Drexel - 6:55.712
Ohio State - 7:00.141
Marquette - 7:05.792
La Salle - 7:35.132
North Carolina - 7:36.698

Women's Varsity 4 - Heat 7
Top 3 to semifinals
Drexel - 7:50.197
North Carolina - 7:52.348
Villanova - 7:56.161
NYU - 8:44.609
Marquette - 9:03.319

Men's Varsity Pair - Heat 6
Top 3 to semifinals
Lafayette - 7:02.625
Michigan - 7:05.190
UConn - 7:06.919
Drexel - 7:08.999
Stetson - 7:21.252
Duke - 7:25.678

Women's Varsity Pair - Heat 2
Top 3 to semifinals
UMass - 8:15.302
Drexel - 8:20.680
George Mason - 8:29.013
Virginia - 8:49.164

Men's Varsity 8 - Heat 3
Top 2 to semifinals; Next 2 to reps
Drexel - 6:04.922
George Mason - 6:08.691
Rochester IT - 6:11.122
Georgia Tech - 6:12.531
Ohio U - 7:07.932

Women's Varsity 8 - Heat 2
Top 2 to semifinals; Next 2 to reps
Drexel - 6:51.504
Fordham - 6:57.420
Orange Coast - 7:07.235
Amherst - 7:26.147
SUNY Geneseo - 8:09.331

Women's Single - Heat 2
Top 3 to finals
Oklahoma City - 8:48.653
Drexel - 9:24.131
Carnegie Mellon - 9:24.151
College of Charleston - 9:38.465
Bucknell - 10:11.716
St. John Fisher - 11:31.342

Men's Single - 12:21 a.m. - Heat 5
Top 3 to semifinals
Delaware - 8:01.323
Drexel - 8:05.343
Emory - 8:15.521
Chicago - 10:44.104

Men's Freshmen 4 - Heat 1
Top 2 to semifinals
Drexel - 7:10.247
Trent - 7:28.908
MSOE - 7:30.642
Emory - 7:33.008
Stony Brook - 8:37.135

Men's Freshmen 8 - Heat 1
Top 3 to semifinals
Drexel - 6:30.058
Marietta - 6:40.913
DePaul - 6:46.673
Georgia Tech - 6:48.484
Buffalo - 7:28.502

Women's Freshmen 8 - Heat 4
Top 3 to semifinals
Grand Valley - 7:18.621
Drexel - 7:27.016
SUNY Geneseo - 7:46.142
Stetson - 8:13.036
Fordham - 8:18.485
Scranton - 8:41.515

Men's Second Varsity Eight - Heat 1
Top 4 to semifinals
Drexel - 6:15.002
Bucknell - 6:19.560
Grand Valley - 6:23.673
Delaware - 6:26.322
Rochester IT - 6:31.371
George Mason - 6:45.095

Women's Second Varsity Eight - Heat 2
Top 2 to semifinals
Drexel - 7:21.171
North Carolina - 7:30.036
Delaware - 7:32.762
Fordham - 7:38.396
Lehigh - 7:46.036
Marist - 7:53.485

Men's Varsity 4 - Quarterfinals
Top 3 advance to semifinals
Michigan State - 7:07.063
Drexel - 7:11.040
Bowdoin - 7:15.025
Franklin & Marshall - 7:20.516
Coast Guard - 7:21.796
Endicott - 8:13.882

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Men's Varsity 8
Boat - Sandra Lee Sheller II
Coxswain -Christopher Henderson
Stroke -Daniel Dollin
7 -Ivo Krakic
6 -Marko Durica
5 -Nicholas Capaldi
4 -Michael DiLucca
3 -Ryan Mallgrave
2 -Daniel Palombo
Bow -Joseph Masgai

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

Men's Second Varsity 8
Boat - Lois Krall
Coxswain -Victoria Kenion
Stroke -Keegan Shannon
7 -Xavier Stanish
6 -Mikulas Sum
5 -Dave Hanrahan
4 -Ian Luetzow
3 -Cameron Staines
2 -Grigorios Papadourakis
Bow -Brian McCabe

Women's Second Varsity 8
Boat - Maria Papadakis
Coxswain -Sarah Messenger
Stroke -Sierra Baca
7 -Lauren Sand
6 -Olivia Babiec
5 -Erin Archibald
4 -Elisabeth Wagner
3 -Meghan Knecht
2 -Tori King
Bow -Julie McGlynn

Men's Freshmen 8
Boat - Joseph Greipp
Coxswain -Malcolm Newman
Stroke -Gregory Waxman
7 -Justin Terek
6 -J.P. Clark
5 -Dan Motz
4 -Ryan Rimmele
3 -Braedon Jelinek
2 -Niles Arner
Bow -Zachary Hartman

Women's Freshmen 8
Boat - Marlene Buckley
Coxswain -Hayley Roth
Stroke -Christine Wojciechowicz
7 -Aubrie Lincks
6 -Nora Wurmbach
5 -Cara Lanci
4 - Kayley Slicer
3 -Samantha Dorman
2 -Dana Herbine
Bow -Lauren Hultgren

Men's Varsity 4
Boat - LeBow College of Business
Coxswain -Brett Barry
Stroke -Dean Hill
3 -Jim Howley
2 -William Cartwright
Bow -Casimir Czworkowski

Women's Varsity 4
Boat - Sandra Lee Sheller
Coxswain -Nupur Parikh
Stroke -Barbara McKenna
3 -Christina Alleva
2 -Emily Doris
Bow -Emma Compton

Men's Freshmen 4
Boat - Oxholm
Coxswain -Charlie Bavisotto
Stroke -Zachary Seither
3 -Kyle Hershman
2 -Julien Mahler
Bow -Stephen Robbins

Men's Pair
Boat - Toby Wallace
2 -Tom Foulds
1 -Louis Masi

Women's Pair
Boat - Jeremy & Theresa MacDonald
2 -Jenna O'Toole
1 -Hannah Devlin

Men's Single
George Twardy

Women's Single
Taylor Brady