Wisconsin lightweight women set up for Sunday national championship races

Saturday, June 4

West Windsor, N.J.

7 a.m.

Wisconsin Badgers

IRA National Championships

Wisconsin lightweight women set up for Sunday national championship races

June 04, 2022 | Lightweight Rowing

Badgers advance in double sculls, earn lanes for eights and fours

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WEST WINDSOR, N.J. – The five-time national champion Wisconsin women's lightweight rowing program opened its 2022 national championships with each of its boats getting on the water Saturday on Mercer Lake.

The lightweight double sculls were the only ones racing with something on the line, needing a top-three finish in its heat, and the Badgers took second to reach Sunday's Grand Final.

In the eight and four, boats only raced for lane assignments for Sunday's title races.

Straight from the Lake
Lightweight Coach Hodge Habibovic
"Today was a chance for our athletes to get a good piece down the course in a low pressure environment as the eight and four events had a 'race for lanes' heat. The double had a great race as they needed to go top 3 to progress through the Grand Final and they stepped up to the challenge. We have a few things we think we can really improve on as we head into the Grand Finals tomorrow so we are excited for the chance to line up again and go for a national championship title."

2022 IRA National Championships
June 4, 2022
Mercer Lake
West Windsor, N.J.
2000 meters

Lightweight Eight (Race for lanes for Sunday Grand Final)
1. Princeton, 6:42.030; 2. Georgetown, 6:43.460; 3. Stanford, 6:45.000; 4. Boston University, 6:46.994; 5. Radcliffe, 6:50.254; 6. Wisconsin, 6:57.928

UW Lineup – Coxswain Claire Willett, Alicia Le Bars, Falcon Jaacks, Rianne Wagner, Victoria Moda, Tessa Cockerill, Aubrey Trimbach, Darby Loveless, Eveline Enthoven

Lightweight Four (Race for lanes for Sunday Grand Final)
1. Radcliffe, 7:32.455; 2. Princeton, 7:37.819; 3. Boston University, 7:39.943; 4. Stanford, 7:41.179; 5. MIT, 7:48.841; 6. Wisconsin, 8:01.563; 7. Georgetown, 8:22.767

UW Lineup – Coxswain Emma Collins, Helena Ikenberry, Olivia Foli, Morgan Gallagher, Camila Darvin

Lightweight Double Sculls (Top three to Sunday Grand Final)
1. Princeton, 7:41.858; 2. Wisconsin, 8:00.226; 3. MIT, 8:00.226; 4. Georgetown, 8:07.178

UW Lineup – Grace DeNunzio, Sophia Stingl

SUNDAY SCHEDULE
Lightweight Double Sculls Grand and Petite Finals (7:10 a.m. CT)
Lightweight Four Grand Final (7:20 a.m. CT)
Lightweight Eight Grand Final (9:10 a.m. CT)