CAMDEN, N.J. – The Wisconsin women's lightweight rowing team continued to make strides as it finished out the Knecht Cup, its final regatta before its conference championships, the Eastern Sprints. Five Badger boats raced on Sunday across three competitions, with two racing in grand finals.
In the lightweight eight event, Wisconsin A raced in the grand final, and Wisconsin B raced in the petite final. Wisconsin A finished in fifth place with a time of 6:51.48 in the grand final, while Wisconsin B finished in fourth place with a time of 7:13.61 in the petite final.
With a similar situation In the lightweight four event, Wisconsin's "A" boat raced in the grand final, while the Wisconsin "B" boat raced in the petite final. Wisconsin A finished in sixth place in the grand final with a time of 7:43.62, and Wisconsin B finished in third place in the petite final with a time of 7:56.64.
The final race of the day for Wisconsin was the petite final in the varsity eight event. The Badgers finished in fifth place in the race with a time of 6:55.08.
Up next, Wisconsin will have some time off to fine-tune their craft before they take on the Eastern Sprints on May 5 in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Straight from the river
Head coach Dusty Mattison
On the weekend:
"This weekend at Knecht Cup we had great weather and really fair conditions, so that was a great opportunity for us to see where we are at compared to the other IRA crews. Each time we raced down the course, afterwards we were able to talk about what went well and what we needed to work on and then go back out again and execute. We are finding things that we need to keep working on, especially now that we will have some time on Lake Mendota, and that's exciting. We feel that we are in a good spot and where we expected to be. Our speed is probably similar to Georgetown and Radcliffe right now so that is good. That's give us motivation heading into Eastern Sprints in a couple weeks, and now we just have to keep refining and finding a race plan and a rhythm that works for us for the rest of the season."
Knecht Cup
April 14, 2019
Camden, N.J.
2000 meters
Women's Lightweight Eight
Grand Final
1. Stanford, 6:32.75; 2. Princeton A, 6:37.16; 3. Boston University A, 6:41.19; 4. Harvard-Radcliffe, 6:45.23;
5. Wisconsin A, 6:51.48; 6. Georgetown, 6:55.53 UW Lineup – Coxswain
Eden Rane,
Grace D'Souza,
Marilyn Garberg,
Sophia Krivoruchko,
Monica Rodriguez,
Julia Johnson,
Rachel Illgen,
Payton James,
Brianna Ohm
Petite Final
1. Boston University B, 7:00.57; 2. MIT A, 7:04.76; 3. Boston University C, 7:09.20;
4. Wisconsin B, 7:13.61; 5. MIT B, 7:33.36; 6. Princeton B, 7:40.78
UW Lineup – Coxswain
Mya Lebakken,
Tori Kost,
Kate Concannon,
Delaney Toepel,
Lindsey Jiron,
Tessa Cockerill,
Sarah Stacks,
Sydney Novak,
Ellen Pflaster
Women's Lightweight Four
Grand Final
1. Princeton A, 7:34.39; 2. Boston University A, 7:34.41; 3. Stanford, 7:37.11; 4. Harvard-Radcliffe A, 7:41.45; 5. Georgetown, 7:42.02;
6. Wisconsin A, 7:43.62
UW Lineup – Coxswain
Mya Lebakken,
Tori Kost,
Kate Concannon,
Delaney Toepel,
Sarah Stacks
Petite Final
1. Boston University B, 7:54.30; 2. Harvard-Radcliffe B, 7:56.06;
3. Wisconsin B, 7:56.64; 4. Princeton B, 8:02.95; 5. Harvard-Radcliffe C, 8:13.99; 6. Princeton C, 8:18.50
UW Lineup – Coxswain
Ellie Mallek,
Lindsey Jiron,
Sydney Novak,
Ellen Pflaster,
Tessa Cockerill
Women's Varsity Eight
Petite Final
1. Ithaca, 6:48.70; 2. Boston College, 6:48.87; 3. Connecticut, 6:49.07; 4. Georgetown LWT, 6:51.83;
5. Wisconsin LWT, 6:55.08; 6. UMass, 6:58.75
UW Lineup - UW Lineup – Coxswain
Eden Rane,
Grace D'Souza,
Marilyn Garberg,
Sophia Krivoruchko,
Monica Rodriguez,
Julia Johnson,
Rachel Illgen,
Payton James,
Brianna Ohm
