Women's Rowing Wins Fall Metropolitan Championships

Complete Results

New Rochelle - Women's Rowing competed at the Fall Metropolitan Championships at the Orchard Beach Lagoon on Saturday and came away with a pair of wins, taking gold in the Novice Women's 4A Event and the Women's Varsity 8, to earn the team title. Competing schools included Stevens, Iona, Fairfield, Manhattan and Stony Brook.
 
The Rams entered three Varsity Women's 8's in the event and finished first, third and fourth out of 6 entries. Fordham A was led by coxswain Jackie Ramos and consisted of Ashley Hawkesworth, Fiona Murtagh, Kerry Egan, Jess Kammen, Kara Ramsey, Cynthia Luz, Bridget Callaghan and Caroline Hamann. Fordham B was led by coxswain Madison Flotteron and included Kelly Leonard, Kristen Shuman, Ari Merkle, Katie Dillon, Bridget Kayes, Kat Napoli, Kennedy Abbott and Bailey Barnett. Fordham C was led by coxswain Nicollette Curran and included Noelle Chaney, Caroline Roncinske, Dena Bussa, Danielle Kosman, Sam Cerquiera, Hana Kurihara, Sarah White and Liz Klotzbach.
 
Placing first in the Women's Novice 4A, the Rams lineup included coxswain Madison Flotteron, Cynthia Luz, Danielle Kosman, Bridget Kayes and Sarah White. The Rams also entered the Women's Novice 4B event with the freshman walk on and placed first in the event.
 
Fordham also raced a Women's Varsity 4 with coxswain Kira Forrester, Noelle Chaney, Hana Kurihara, Catherine Banach and Suzette Corona. This entry placed third in the event behind Fairfield and Iona.
 
These results were achieved despite not having four of Fordham's top rowers who were not racing because they were set to compete at the Princeton Chase the following day. 
 
Fordham's final race of the 2015 racing season will be the Princeton Chase on Sunday November 1st in Princeton, N.J.