UNC Closes Out Cardinal Invite With Successful Morning

Sunday, March 17

Oak Ridge, Tenn.

North Carolina

Cardinal Invitational

Carolina swept the fours on Sunday's racing at the Cardinal Invitational.

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

March 17, 2024 | Women's Rowing

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – North Carolina closed out its first weekend of rowing in the 2024 spring season with four first-place finishes at the Cardinal Invitational Sunday morning. Competing at Melton Lake, Carolina's first, second and third varsity fours and the second varsity eight all took wins, while the varsity eight placed second and the third varsity eight placed third.

"It was a great chance to finally get to line up against some other teams this weekend," UNC coach Erin Neppel said. "Every one of our crews learned a lot about racing and had some solid opportunities to be side-by-side all the way down the course, which was fun for us.

"Congrats to our 2V8, V4, 2V4 and 3V4 on their wins today – we'll rest up tomorrow and get right back to it Tuesday morning. A lot more to do this season."

Sunday morning's action followed a successful Saturday in which the Tar Heels picked up a win in the varsity four and earned five second-place finishes on the first day of spring racing. The varsity four – junior coxswain Cara Cunningham, freshmen Lucy Rush and Kenzie Gartland, and sophomores Sydney Tuck and Anna Lily Laborde – beat Alabama, Wisconsin and San Diego to take first with a time of 7:34.341 and provide the day's highlight. That boat also turned in a second-place finish in the morning session with a win over Clemson.

The Tar Heels now get two weeks of work before competing again. Next up is a trip south for the Sunshine State Invitational on March 29 and 30 in Sarasota, Fla.

Cardinal Invitational
UNC's Sunday Results:
3V4
1. UNC 7:49.507; 2. Louisville 8:11.085
V8
1. Louisville 6:38.632; 2. UNC 6:40.383; 3. USD 6:41.790
1V4
1. UNC 7:27.812; 2. Louisville 7:32.312; 3. USD 7:39.917
2V8
1. UNC 6:43.878; 2. USD 6:49.498; 3. Louisville 6:49.602
2V4
1. UNC 7:39.841; 2. USD 7:48.498; 3. Louisville 8:06.743
3V8/N8
1. Indiana 6:45.053; 2. Clemson, 6:49.727; 3. UNC 6:53.770

UNC's Sunday Lineups:
1V8: Alix de Saint-Aignan (coxswain), Astrid Gruber, Evelyn Wells, Claudia Quintaba, Mimi Brown, Molly Warden, Carmen Sagues, Natalie Timinskas, Lindsey Troftgruben

2V8: Lauren Walsh (coxswain), Madelaine Johnson, Molly Dansby, Gigi Maroney, Camryn Gang, Chloe Gaither, Cam Howard, Lydia Houle, Madison Haller

1V4: Isabelle McGimsey (coxswain), Lucy Rush, Kenzie Gartland, Sydney Tuck, Anna Lily Laborde

2V4: Cara Cunningham (coxswain), Kathryn Cummings, Julia Bucknavage, Chloe Schneider, Madison Naman

3V8: Grace Keyt (coxswain), Erin Morley, Jadie Ruth Wehe, Ella Adamek, Julia Bucknavage, Sydney Hebert, Emma Dalton, Kelly Baker, Sarah Redden

3V4: Josephine Anatrella (coxswain), Hailey Kowing, Hannah Mason, Maria Anayiotou, Gwyneth Benkusky