Rowing Competes at Kerr Cup

Complete Results
 
Philadelphia, Pa. – The Fordham women's rowing squad traveled south on Saturday to compete in the Kerr Cup on the Schuylkill River where the varsity 8 took third.
 
The Fordham varsity 8 boat of Ashleigh Aitchison, Ashley Hawkesworth, Fiona Murtagh, Kristen Shuman, Maura O'Donnell, Nicole Arrato, Caroline Hamann, and Kerry Egan, with Jackie Ramos at coxswain, took second in its heat in 6:47.75, just behind Drexel but in front of Lehigh, Rochester, Fairfield and La Salle, to move on to the final.
 
In the final, the Rams took third in 7:08.61, just 0.49 seconds behind Temple for second in a race won by Drexel. The Rams finished well ahead of Washington College, Villanova and Lehigh.
 
Fordham also raced a second varsity 8 and a varsity 4 at the regatta.
 
The Fordham varsity 4 of Dena Bussa, Brynn Fiacchi, Caroline Sneider, and Catherine Napoli, with Caitlin Sershon at coxswain, won its heat in a time of 8:03.26 to advance to the final. The Rams beat Marist, Temple B, Fairfield and NYU in the heat.
 
In the varsity 4 finals, the Rams placed fifth
 
The Fordham second varsity 8 of Kelly Leonard, Katie Dillon, Jessica Kammen, Ari Merkle, Jessica LaJoie, Leslie Fung, Sam Cerquiera, and Dena Bussa, with Sershon at coxswain, took third in the finals in 7:14.66, behind Drexel and Lehigh but in front of Temple, Fairfield and Marist.

The Rams return to action on Saturday, May 2, as they compete in the 2015 Atlantic 10 Championships on the Cooper River in Pennsauken, N.J.