Women's Rowing Wins Head of the Schuylkill Regatta

Complete Results

Philadelphia, PA - The Fordham Rams entered 5 events at the 2015 Head of the Schuylkill Regatta and walked away with medals in three of them, including a gold medal in the Women's Championship 8+.
 
The Women's Championship 8+ entry was led by coxswain Jackie Ramos and included Maura O'Donnell, Erin Parker, Fiona Murtagh, Ashley Hawkesworth, Cynthia Luz, Jess LaJoie, Caroline Hamann and Kerry Egan. This is the same lineup that placed 5th at the Head of the Charles the week before. The Rams finished in a time of 14:34.29 over local favorites UPenn (14:43.56) and Drexel (14:56.14) who finished second and third respectively. There were a total of 19 entries in the event, including A-10 opponents Duquesne and Saint Joe's.
 
The Fordham Rams raced their Second and Third Varsity 8's in the Women's Club 8+. The "A" lineup was led by coxswain Rebecca Aviles included Kelly Leonard, Kristen Shuman, Kara Ramsey, Katie Dillon, Bridget Kayes, Leslie Fung, Holly O'Reilly and Kay Napoli. The "B" lineup was led by Nicollette Curran and included Emily Mohri, Ari Merkle, Dena Bussa, Danielle Kosman, Hana Kurihara, Sarah White, Liz Klotzbach and Bailey Barnett. Fordham A finished 3rd in a time of 15:22.06 behind UPenn A and UPenn B. Fordham B finished 23rd in a time of 16:17.51. There were a total of 47 entries in this event.
 
Coxswain Madison Flotteron drove the boat that placed 3rd in the Women's Novice 4+ in a time of 17:06.86. Racing in that lineup was Noelle Chaney, Carly Roncinske, Kennedy Abbott and Bridget Callaghan. UPenn won the event in a time of 16:18.95 followed by Temple in 17:05.72. There were 24 entries in this event.
 
In the Women's Championship 4, the Rams finished 40 out of 51 entries in a time of 18:57.37. The boat was led by coxswain Kira Forrester and included Anastasia Minhovits, Sam Cerqueira, Catherine Banach and Suzette Corona. 
 
A very enthusiastic Ted Bonanno exclaimed, "All our crews raced extremely well and are looking forward to continuing their success in our final fall regattas this coming weekend and throughout our spring season." While Senior Co-Captain Ashley Hawkesworth added, "After several weeks of extensive training it was a proud moment to see not only our hard work pay off but how much depth we have built in our program" "I'm excited to see us continue to grow over the next year."
 
The Rams will look to close out their season this weekend at the Fall Metropolitan Championships and the Princeton Chase.