Results

West Windsor, N.J. (June 1, 2014) – The Fordham University lightweight 4 saved its best for last, taking bronze at the 2014 Division I IRA National Championships today on Mercer Lake. It is the second straight year that the Fordham varsity lightweight four has earned bronze at the IRA National Championships.
 
Competition began on Saturday as the Rams were edged out in their heat by Stanford, placing second just 0.453 seconds behind the Cardinal, but well ahead of MIT.
 
The second place finish meant Fordham would have to row in the repêchage to qualify for the grand finals. And the Rams did just that, placing second in the repêchage behind Radcliffe. Fordham finished in front of Boston University, Princeton and MIT to advance to the finals.
 
In the finals, the Rams challenged Stanford for second place, with Wisconsin winning the race in 7:25.845, but the Rams placed 2.005 seconds behind the Cardinal (and less than five seconds behind Wisconsin) to earn the bronze medal.

The Fordham lightweight 4 was comprised of Alexandra McDonald (stroke), Courtney Cambria (3), Maura O'Donnell (2), Jenn Amoroso (bow) and Megan Feerick (coxswain).

"We have been competing in the IRA whenever possible since the 1990's and have amazingly won medals every time we have raced," said head coach Ted Bonanno. "It is a credit to our rowers that they have maintained this incredibly high standard for so many years. This year's crew was exceptional fighting hard in heats, reps and final. They were in the hunt for the gold right up to the last few strokes of the race keeping it close with Stanford and Wisconsin and open water ahead of Radcliffe, BU, and Princeton."