Bucknell University
Augusta/Aiken Invitational
Bucknell Crew Wins Overall Crown at Augusta-Aiken Langley Pond Regatta
3/22/2001 7:00:00 AM | Women's Rowing
March 22, 2001
Aiken, S.C. - This past weekend the Bucknell crew team traveled down to Georgia to compete in the Augusta-Aiken Langley Pond Regatta on Saturday, March 17. On the strength of five first place finishes and one runner-up finish, the Bison rowers won the regatta's overall team points trophy.
Both of the Orange and Blue's Novice Women's eight seat boats managed to take first place points in their respective races. The Novice Women's A boat won its race with a time of 7:29.0, thirty seconds fastest than its nearest competitor. The rowers in the boat are sophomore Lisa Baranik (Patton, Pa./Cambria Heights), freshmen Karen Schuyler (Avondale, Pa./St. Marks), Rebecca Newman (Hope Valley, R.I./Chariho Regional), Maura Kroh (York, Pa./York Suburban), Margaret Coates (Stamford, Conn./King & Low Heywood), Lynn Hootman (Butler, Pa./Shady Side Academy), Laura McWilliams (Wellesley Hills, Mass./Wellesley), Kate Boschen (Media, Pa./Penncrest), and freshman coxswain Marissa Conlon (Minneapolis, Minn./Blake School).
The Novice Women's B boat took the gold with a solid time of 7:32.4, finishing ahead of boats from Tulane and Charleston. The rowers sitting in the boat on Saturday were sophomore Maggie Cook (Williamsport, Pa./Loyalsock Township), freshmen Amie Larson (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport), Angel Gabler (St. Mary's, Pa./Elk County Christian), Jill Harrington (Schenectady, N.Y./Niskayuna), Emily Smith (Chagrin Falls, Ohio/Chagrin Falls), Katie Barreira (Waban, Mass./Buckingham Browne & Nichols), Joan Wendler (Burlington, N.J./Burlington Twp.), Nicole Tomlin (Longport, N.J./Holy Spirit), and freshman coxswain Christina Meng (East Norwich, N.Y./St. Anthony).
The other two women's boats from Bucknell that finished first at the Regatta were the Varsity Women's Pair and the Varsity Women's Four boats. The Varsity Women's Pair rowed a strong race, beating out a boat from North Carolina State with a time of 8:44.7. Senior captain Jessica Smith (Apollo, Pa./Kiski Area) and classmate Stephanie Sturm (Aliquippa, Pa./Center) won the race for Bucknell in just their first Varsity Pair race of the 2001 spring season. Also raking in the first place points for the Bison was the foursome of Sturm, Smith, Newman and Boschen. Sitting in the coxswain's seat for the race was men's team member, Nikhil Menon (Mumbai, India/St. Joseph's).
The men's Varsity Lightweight Four boat was the only boat from the men's team to garner first place points for Bucknell. The Lightweight 4 boat defeated boats from Manhattan and Tenn.-Knoxville with a time of 7:27.6. Controlling the rhythm in the boat was freshman coxswain Justin Faden (Toms River, N.J./Toms River North) while junior Jeremy Urban (Woodbridge, Va./Woodbridge Senior), and sophomores Aaron Bates (Scarborough, Maine/Scarborough), Trevor Gibson (Rocky River, Ohio/Rocky River), and Brian Albert (Simsbury, Conn./Simsbury) rowed their way to victory "dock". Also scoring points for the Bison cause was the men's Varsity Heavyweight Four boat, which finished in second place, two seconds behind a boat from Dartmouth.
The Augusta-Aiken Langley Pond Regatta was the BU crew team's first outdoor regatta of the spring and winning will help propel the team into its next competition. Next on the docket for the Bison rowers is the Bucknell Spring Invitational, which is being held on Walker Lake, Saturday and Sunday, March 24-25.
