Rowing Opens Spring Season on Saturday

The Canisius women's rowing team opened its spring schedule in Rome, N.Y. on Saturday afternoon as the Golden Griffins squared off against four other schools — Colgate, Lehigh, MAAC foe Marist and fellow Buffalo school, D'Youville.

Canisius sent three shells to the event — a pair of varsity eights and a varsity four.

In the morning session, the pair of varsity eights were edged by its MAAC rival. The top varsity erg finished in 7:13.25, 11.08 seconds behind Marist. The second varsity eight clocked a time of 7:38.5, 16.30 seconds behind the Red Foxes.

The lone varsity four shell finished its morning heat with a time of 8:56.93. Marist finished the heat first with a time of 8:14.74.

Canisius' first varsity eight finished second to Colgate in the Petite Final (7:23.02). The second varsity eight was edged by Lehigh (7:47.6).

In the varsity four petite final, Canisius finished third (9:08.9), trailing D'Youville (8:39.8) and Colgate (8:46.8).

Head Coach Kerri Brace's Comments
"It was great to finally get out and race today. With such a young team, it was exciting to see them transfer all their winter training work onto the racecourse. We learned a lot about where we are starting from and what we have to do to get faster in the coming weeks."

Varsity Eight
Cox – Ava Horgan
Stroke – Isabella Bruno
7 – Teagan Johnston
6 – Destiny Severn
5 – Olivia Merolle
4 – Lucy Winkelmann
3 – Hannah Kenefick
2 – Brynn Krolikowski
Bow – Emma Maturo

Second Varsity Eight
Cox – Morgan Marsallo
Stroke – Eliza Hanson
7 – Jaime Bennett
6 – Cece Reiser
5 – Skylar Vles
4 – Brianna Sorrentino
3 – Isabella Rennoldson
2 – Brianna Shaw
Bow – Maddie Nowicki

Varsity Four
Cox – Macey Schneider
Stroke – Gabrielle Guzinski
3 – Ella Väätänen
2 – Emily Haskins
Bow – Siobhan Dougherty

Up Next
Canisius will return to the water next Saturday (April 23) when it participates in the New York State Collegiate Championships in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The first event is scheduled for 8 a.m.

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Players Mentioned

Jaime Bennett: Rower; 5' 5"; Sophomore

Siobhan Dougherty: Rower; 5' 4"; Sophomore

Ava Horgan: Coxswain; 5' 3"; Sophomore

Brynn Krolikowski: Rower; 5' 7"; Junior

Olivia Merolle: Rower; 5' 8"; Freshman

Destiny Severn: Rower; 5' 10"; Freshman

Eliza Hanson: Rower; 5' 7"; Freshman

Lucy Winkelmann: Rower; 5' 9"; Freshman

Emily Haskins: Rower; 5' 1"; Freshman

Gabrielle Guzinski: Rower; 5' 6"; Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Jaime Bennett
: 5' 5"; Sophomore
: Rower

Siobhan Dougherty
: 5' 4"; Sophomore
: Rower

Ava Horgan
: 5' 3"; Sophomore
: Coxswain

Brynn Krolikowski
: 5' 7"; Junior
: Rower

Olivia Merolle
: 5' 8"; Freshman
: Rower

Destiny Severn
: 5' 10"; Freshman
: Rower

Eliza Hanson
: 5' 7"; Freshman
: Rower

Lucy Winkelmann
: 5' 9"; Freshman
: Rower

Emily Haskins
: 5' 1"; Freshman
: Rower

Gabrielle Guzinski
: 5' 6"; Sophomore
: Rower