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IRA National Championships
Bucknell Women's Rowing Posts Best-Ever Finish at IRA Championship Regatta
6/3/2006 8:00:00 AM | Women's Rowing
June 3, 2006
CHERRY HILL, N.J. - After finishing second in Friday's heat to automatically advance to Saturday's Grand Final, the Bucknell women's rowing varsity lightweight eight boat posted its best-ever showing at the IRA Championship Regatta with a sixth-place showing in the Grand Final. The Bison timed in at 7 minutes, 1.02 seconds.
Bucknell's boat, which completed Friday's 2,000-meter race on the Cooper River nearly 20 seconds faster, was comprised of coxswain-Jeweliet Yost, stroke-Caitlin Doolin, 7-Whittney Henry, 6-Jessica Glenn, 5-Laura Roberts, 4-Gillian Carter, 3-Erin Henry, 2-Alexis Will and bow-Amy VanNostrand. Nearly all of Saturday's times were slower than Friday's performances.
Wisconsin won the Grand Final in 6:46.51, while Georgetown claimed runner-up honors in 6:50.12. Radcliffe (6:54.25), Princeton (6:57.08), Central Florida (6:58.58) and Bucknell rounded out the six-boat field.
The Bison previously had only finished as high as ninth (in 2004) at IRAs.
The varsity lightweight eight is the only women's event held at the IRA Championship Regatta. For complete results visit: http://www.qra.org/results/ira.html.
Grand Final
1. Wisconsin - 6:46.51
2. Georgetown - 6:50.12
3. Radcliffe - 6:54.25
4. Princeton - 6:57.08
5. Central Florida - 6:58.58
6. Bucknell - 7:01.02
