Rowing's 1V4+ Earns First Win of Spring Season

Saturday, March 27

Charlottesville, Va.

Noon

North Carolina

UCF

March 27, 2021 | Women's Rowing

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Highlighted by the 1V4+ earning its first win of the season, Carolina took on UCF for its second race of the season on Saturday afternoon at Virginia's South Fork Rivanna River Reservoir in Charlottesville, Va.

"We're grateful for Virginia to host and allow us to come for a quick trip to race UCF today," interim co-head coach Emilie Gross said. "We are working on building a championship program and we took steps as a team today in that process. Congrats to the 1V4 for grinding out a great win. We've got to continue to be scrappy to raise our bar."

Carolina's 1V4 picked up the Tar Heels first win of the season while UCF clinched the remaining races on Saturday afternoon.

"We had a beautiful day for racing with warm weather and relatively flat water," interim co-head coach Thomas Revelle said. "We really appreciated UVA inviting us up to their event. We had some mixed success. The highlight of the day was our 1V4 winning against UCF. Our 2V8 and 2V4 followed closely behind in their respective races. The 2V8 had a great week of training with huge gains to prepare for this weekend and it showed on the course today. The 2V4 clicked heading into this weekend so I'm glad to see them go out and execute on the course. Across the board, each boat pushed themselves and continued to learn more about racing. We're still motivated to keep working hard and grinding and getting better. We have a few weeks to build for our next races."

Beginning the day with the 3V8, sophomore coxswain Claire Traylor led senior Lily Brown, senior Juliana Micchia, freshman Becca Lewis, sophomore Tianna Van Cura, sophomore Hannah Davis, sophomore Julia Downes, freshman Molly Hilemn and senior Marion Miller to finish in 7:46.0.

Freshman coxswain Isabelle McGimsey paced freshman Gigi Maroney, sophomore Kate Burgess, sophomore Nicole Van Liew and freshman Claire Melgard to a 8:10.9 finish in the 2V4.

In Carolina's winning 1V4, junior coxswain Lara King guided sophomore Taylor Gregitis, junior Amelia Locklear, sophomore Jessica Judge and sophomore Jackie Wilhelm down the course in 7:46.5.

Freshman coxswain Lauren Walsh paced sophomore Zoe Rose, freshman Caroline Lammersen, junior Sarah Catherine Niles, senior Lauren Ferner, senior Sarah Velarde, sophomore Chloe Hyde, senior Neeva Wernsman Young and junior Sydney Tumey to a 7:21.5 finish in the 2V8.

Senior coxswain Ashley Lim guided junior Alessandra De Vito, senior Katie McMahon, junior Alexis Levister, junior Amanda Perez, senior Olivia Curran, senior Lindsay Miller, sophomore Ranait Fitzgerald and senior Hannah Fisher in the 1V8 down the course in 7:20.8.

Up next, the Tar Heels return to Clemson, S.C. to face Oklahoma and host, Clemson on April 17.

Results:
1V8+
1. UCF 6:55.3
2. North Carolina 7:20.8

2V8+
1. UCF 7:16.4
2. North Carolina 7:21.5

1V4+
1. North Carolina 7:49.6
2. UCF 7:55.3

2V4+
1. UCF 8:05.7
2. North Carolina 8:10.9

3V8+
1. UCF 7:27.0
2. North Carolina 7:46.0

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