United States Coast Guard Academy - Department of Athletics

WORCESTER, MASS.--(5/4/08)--Coast Guard posted solid times and good performances at the New England Rowing Championships held Saturday and New England Fours Championship held Sunday. The races were held under cloudy skies on Lake Quinsigamond.

The Women’s Novice 8 started off the racing in a fast heat and placed fourth to qualify for the petite finals. In the afternoon, the Bears fought hard through the 2000m course but couldn’t match the speed of Holy Cross and Trinity and finished 3rd in the race and 9th overall. The Novice 8 consisting of Allison Murray (Fr), MaryKate Netrour (Fr), Amy Harrison(Fr), Amanda Cousart (Fr), Gina Guiterrez (Fr), Sara Barrs (Fr), Mia Reizun (Fr), Jenifer Lopez (Fr), and Amy Tow (Fr) will prepare for a rematch this weekend at the ECAC National Invitational.

The Women’s Varsity 8 (4th CRCA/NCAA Division III national poll), posted a solid performance in the heats besting Bates (3rd CRCA/NCAA Division III national poll) and qualifying for the afternoon’s Grand Final. In the Grand Final, a race that featured the top four Division III teams in the nation along with two Division I teams the Bears had some trouble off the start and never quite got their footing, finishing 6th overall. The Bears look to some exciting racing next weekend at the ECAC National Invitational where the top 10 Division III Schools in the country will go head to head. The Varsity 8 consisted of Tenley Barna (Sr), Adriana Knies (Sr), Maggie Ward (Jr), Emily Holt (Sr), Lauren Milici (Jr), Kate Dacimo (Fr), Sarah Jane Otey (Fr), Sarah Southard (Sr), and Rory Keegan (Jr).

PITTSFIELD, MASS.--(4/26/08)--The Coast Guard Academy women's rowing team (ranked #4 in the CRCA/NCAA Division III national poll) went into this weekend ready for a showdown with some of the the top ranked DIII programs in the country including #2 Williams College, #3 Bates College, #6 Ithaca College, and DI Marist. The Bears came away with solid performances in preparation for next weekend's New England Championships.

The day started under cloudy skies, showers and extremely variable wind conditions, with varsity eights using a heat/finals format racing, with the heat winners and next fastest overall time advancing to the Grand Final. The Bears drew the first heat racing against Williams in a 2-boat heat. The Bears raced solidly against the defending national champions and finished in a time of 7:20.5; 7.5 seconds behind Williams. With the wind conditons ever-changing, the second heated posted a Bates, Ithaca and Marist finishing order and with times over ten seconds faster than heat one; so the Bears were relegated to the Petite Finals, never getting the opportunity to square off against Bates or Ithaca, where they won easily over DI Marist by a 17 second margin. Williams went on to win the Grand Final, beating Bates by just over 5 seconds and Ithaca by 14 seconds.

The Bears Varsity 8 won the NEWMAC Championship for the 2nd straight season.

WORCESTER, MASS.--(4/19/08)--The US Coast Guard Academy women's varsity eight (ranked #3 in the CRCA/NCAA Division III weekly regional poll) defeated #9 Mt. Holyoke, Smith College (#10), Wellesley, WPI, and Clark on Saturday at the 2008 NEWMAC Championships in Worcester, MA to win their second straight NEWMAC championship.

Seniors Adriana Knies and Sarah Southard were named to the varsity All-conference team while freshman Sarah Jane Otey was named to the Novice All-conference team.

The Bears varsity eight finished just over five seconds ahead of Mt. Holyoke in a time of 6:52.07. The Bears pushed out to a four seat advantage through the first 500m of the race and as the crews passed through the halfway, or 1000 meter mark, the Bears continued to extend their lead to just over a length.

Women's Crew - #3 Bears beat #11 Colby

LOWELL, MASS.-(4/12/08)--In fast conditions on the Merrimack River, the US Coast Guard Academy women's varsity eight (ranked #3 in the CRCA/NCAA Division III weekly national polls) defeated #11 Colby College. The Bears varsity eight lead wire-to-wire and finished just over 17 seconds ahead of Colby in a time of 5:48.99. The top eight moved well off of the line and continued to build it's lead throughout the course of the race.

The CGA Women's Crew Varsity 4+ A entry, comprised of rowers from the Bear's second varsity eight lead off the day of racing with a solid win over traditional fours schools including Franklin Pierce, UMass-Lowell, Massachusetts Maritime Academy as well as a CGA B entry in a time of 7:01.56, 8 seconds ahead of the field.

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