Tar Heels Claim Class Of 2006 Cup In Stellar Day Of Racing

Saturday, April 28

Raleigh, N.C.

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North Carolina

Georgetown

UNC's varsity eight claimed the Class of 2006 Cup by beating Georgetown on Saturday.

April 28, 2018 | Women's Rowing

By: UNC Athletic Communications

RALEIGH, N.C. – The UNC rowing team won four of five races, celebrated its seniors and welcomed back alumnae during a sunny morning of competition Saturday at Lake Wheeler. "It was a fantastic day for Carolina rowing," UNC head coach Sarah Haney said. "We are ecstatic with how we performed as a team across the board and are so excited that we were able to race as many boats as we were able to today."

The Tar Heels raced a total of 10 boats over the five races. The varsity eight, second varsity eight and varsity four all were two-boat races, with Carolina and Georgetown going head-to-head and UNC winning comfortably.

The varsity eight finished in 6:40.40 and won by more than eight seconds. By virtue of winning that race, the Tar Heels regained the Class of 2006 Cup. It goes each year to the winner of the V8+ race between UNC and Georgetown, and the Hoyas won it last year.

The Carolina second varsity eight crossed in 6:46.89, ahead of GU's time of 7:13.95.

In the varsity four, UNC finished in 7:32.19 ahead of GU's 7:53.79.

The Tar Heels raced multiple boats in the other two races. In the third varsity eight, UNC took first place in 6:55.17. Duke, which competed only in the 3V8+, was more than six seconds back, in 7:01.34. Carolina's B and C boats took third and fourth, with times of 7:22.50 and 7:37.61, respectively.

The only race without a Tar Heel boat crossing first was the second varsity four, which Georgetown took in 7:46.28. UNC raced four boats, which finished in 7:54.71 (UNC A), 7:56.33 (UNC C), 8:00.86 (UNC D) and 8:15.56 (UNC B).

After racing was completed, the team's 12 seniors were honored by presentations from the junior class then celebrated with a cookout.

The program also marked its 20-year anniversary and welcomed back members of past teams. Haney was a member of the first UNC varsity team, in 1997-98, and she was joined on Saturday by several other alums from that squad who came back to cheer on the Tar Heels.

"It was really fun to see faces from days of old and see how much the program has grown and changed over the years," Haney said.

Saturday's action was UNC's only local race of the spring. It had been three weeks since the Tar Heels raced on April 6-7 in Sarasota, Fla., and now will be two more weeks until the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship May 13 in Clemson, S.C.

"It was great to see each boat perform and execute their race plan as we been working on since we left Florida," Haney said. "Now we'll focus on final exams then head off to ACCs. I feel really good about what each boat is doing and our progress towards our conference championship."

Results
Lake Wheeler in Raleigh, N.C.
April 28, 2018

Conditions: Calm to slight tailwind (3 mph) building throughout the morning
Varsity 8+
1. UNC 6:40.40
2. Georgetown 6:48.58

Second Varsity 8+
1. UNC 6:46.89
2. Georgetown 7:13.95

Third Varsity 8+
1. UNC A 6:55.17
2. Duke 7:01.34
3. UNC B 7:22.50
4. UNC C 7:37.61

Varsity 4+
1. UNC 7:32.19
2. Georgetown 7:53.79

Second Varsity 4+
1. Georgetown 7:46.28
2. UNC A 7:54.71
3. UNC C 7:56.33
4. UNC D 8:00.86
5. UNC B 8:15.56

UNC LINEUPS
Varsity eight: Kate Livermore (coxswain), Maria Marroquin, Margaret High, Abby Hudspeth, Paige Colpo, Kathryn Johnson, Kelly Williams, Hannah Fisher, Sally Stanley

Second varsity eight: Madeline Lavin (coxswain), Laura Naylor, Bridget Tarnowski, Sara Zetterberg, Lauren Ferner, Katie Bell, Elizabeth Farley, Mandi Biondi, Caleigh Sewell

Third varsity eight
UNC A: Ashley Lim (coxswain), Julianne Peters, Lily Brown, Katie McMahon, Maddie Omeltchenko, Muskan Chhina, Liz Finnessy, Sarah Velarde, Corinne Martin
UNC B: Amanda Sin (coxswain), Lydia Thompson, Emma Stroup, Hattie Doherty, Kate Hickert, Olivia Curran, Madelyn Krueger, Neeva Wernsman-Young, Samantha Kane
UNC C: Parker Norman (coxswain), Elizabeth Mitchell, Caroline Young, Caitlin Beakes, Nina Smoor, Francesca Fradianni, Kayla Bollenbecker, Zoe Rose, Ashton Brown

Varsity four
Adelaide Cooke (coxswain), Madelyn Krebs, Melanie Hussey, Morgan Donnelly , Jackie Kenny

Second varsity four
UNC A: Sofia Triana (coxswain), Lindsay Miller, Ellen Minaudo, Maureen Whittelsey, Sophia Rogers
UNC B: Sophia Perkins (coxswain), Lydia Thompson, Kate Hickert, Mackenzie Drake, Caitlin Beakes
UNC C: Sienna Zuco (coxswain), Caroline Young, Olivia Curran, Ashton Brown, Elizabeth Mitchell
UNC D: Samantha Hoelzer (coxswain), Nina Smoor, Hattie Doherty, Emma Stroup, Zoe Rose