Carolina Boats Earn Five Top-10 Finishes At Head of the Hooch

Saturday, November 3

Chattanooga, Tenn.

North Carolina

Head of the Hooch

(Photo courtesy of Stephanie Melgard)

November 3, 2018 | Women's Rowing

Complete Results

By: UNC Athletic Communications

Five North Carolina boats earned top-10 finishes Saturday as the Tar Heel rowing team competed at the Head of the Hooch Regatta in Chattanooga, Tenn. UNC raced in five 8+s and four 4+s over a 5,000-meter course on the Tennessee River as part of one of the world's largest regattas.

In the Championship 8+ race, UNC boats were fifth (V8 in 15:21.402), seventh (2V8 in 15:36.900) and 15^th (3V8 in 16:10.383).

In the College & Club Novice 8+, UNC took fourth (N8 16:25.016) and ninth (2N8 17:13.450)

In the Championship 4+, UNC was fourth (A 16:37.721), 11^th (B 17:09.244), 13^th (C 17:15.266) and 16^th (D 17:37.163).

"I was really proud of how our team performed today," UNC coach Sarah Haney said. "We were able to take the experience from last weekend and make our races better today. We had a solid performance across the board with five top-10 finishes.

"The conditions were great – not much wind, but a strong tail current. Rowing with a strong current is different than on a lake and I also thought we made positive changes to adapt to the current."

The Tar Heels added another outstanding finish on Sunday, when Abby Hudspeth raced in the Championship 1x. She finished seventh overall in her first time racing in a single. Due to fog and incoming wind, tthe course was shortened to 2100m.
Next up for the Tar Heels is the final race of the fall, the Rivanna Romp on Nov. 11 in Charlottesville, Va.

UNC Lineups

V8:
Racing for Carolina were junior coxswain Sofia Triana, senior Maria Marroquin, senior Elizabeth Farley, junior Melanie Hussey, senior Paige Colpo, junior Bridget Tarnowski, sophomore Lauren Ferner, junior Abby Hudspeth and junior Sally Stanley.

2V8:
Adelaide Cooke (coxswain), Julianne Peters, Margaret High, Laura Naylor, Kelly Williams, Hannah Fisher, Lindsay Miller, Sara Zetterberg, Caleigh Sewell

3V8:
Madeline Lavin (coxswain), Lydia Thompson, Maureen Whittelsey, Mackenzie Drake, Elizabeth Mitchell, Alex Davis, Liz Finnessy, Katie McMahon, Kate Pierce

N8:
Lara King (coxswain), Mia Kosarek, Amelia Locklear, Katie Characklis, Maddie Smith, Sarah Cate Niles, Amanda Perez, Alessandra De Vito, Charlotte Melgard

2N8:
Chloe Todd (coxswain), Juliana Micchia, Jett Primm, Alexis Levister, Amanda Gustafson, Rachel Boulter, Lyndsay Chester, Sydney Tumey, Ali Worland

V4:
A: Kate Livermore (coxswain), Laura Naylor, Kelly Williams, Melanie Hussey, Sally Stanley

B: Ashley Lim (coxswain), Katie McMahon, Elizabeth Farley, Hannah Fisher, Caleigh Sewell

C: Sofia Triana (coxswain), Julianne Peters, Paige Colpo, Bridget Tarnowski, Margaret High

D:Lara King (coxswain), Charlotte Melgard, Alessandra De Vito, Amanda Perez, Sarah Cate Niles