Varsity 8, First Varsity 4 Lead the Way Against Delaware, Holy Cross – University of Rhode Island

Rhode Island’s First and Second Varsity 8+ boats and its Varsity 4+ boat  won their morning and afternoon races in Saturday’s dual races against Holy Cross and Delaware in Worcester, Mass.

The First Varsity 8+ boat featured Lily Stasaitis (coxswain), Bethany Nordstrom, Nora Lake, Liz Mayer, Sierra Munroe, Sasha Hanewald, Emma Barnhart, Charlotte Aeder, and Brigid McShea. This group paced Delaware by 12 seconds in the morning race and seven seconds in the afternoon to take both races.

The Second Varsity 8+ races were closely contested with Rhode Island edging out Delaware by three seconds in the morning and less than two seconds in the afternnon. The boat included Rachel Bauhaus (coxswain), Danika Rogers, Emma Larsh, Amanda Cubit, Sage Sabatino, Anna Kann, Payton Klein, Abigail Galayda, and Anna Smith.

The Varsity 4+ boat of Kate Sullivan (coxswain), Irma Accius, Lucy Lyons, Maddy Papik, and Sophia Thyer narrowly defeated Holy Cross by two seconds to take morning race and paced the Crusaders by two seconds in the afternoon.

Rhode Island Racing Results
Morning Races

9:30 a.m. – Featuring Rhode Island’s Second Varsity 4+ & Third Varsity 4+ 

1. Boston University – 7:48.3
2. URI Second Varsity 4+ – 8:01.49
3. Delaware – 8:04.33
4. URI Third Varsity 4+ – 8:21.73
5. Holy Cross – 8:29.36

9:40 a.m. – Featuring Rhode Island’s First Varsity 4+

1. URI – 7:48.2
2. Delaware – 7:48.99
3. Holy Cross – 7:59.82

9:50 a.m. – Featuring Rhode Island’s Second Varsity 8+

1. URI – 7:03.05
2. Delaware – 7:06.5
3. Holy Cross – 7:06.56
4. Boston University 1 – 7:13.8
5. Boston University 2 – 7:18.11

10 a.m. – Featuring Rhode Island’s First Varsity 8+

1. URI – 6:46.34
2. Delaware – 6:58.69
3. Holy Cross – 7:11.45

Afternoon Races

11:20 a.m. – Featuring Rhode Island’s Second Varsity 4+, Third Varsity 4+

1. Boston University 1 – 7:47.3
2. Boston University 2 – 7:53.6
3. URI Second Varsity 4+ – 7:59.8
4. Delaware – 8:01.0
5. Boston University 3 – 8:08.7
6. URI Third Varsity 4+ – 8:23.4

11:30 a.m. – Featuring Rhode Island’s First Varsity 4+

1. URI – 7:51.3
2. Holy Cross – 7:53.3
3. Delaware – 8:00.1

11:40 a.m. – Featuring Rhode Island’s Second Varsity 8+

1. URI – 7:02.4
2. Delaware – 7:04.2
3. Holy Cross 1 – 7:09.3
4. Boston University – 7:22.4
5. Holy Cross – 8:07.9

11:50 a.m. – Featuring Rhode Island’s First Varsity 8+

1. URI – 6:49.2
2. Delaware – 6:55.8
3. Holy Cross – 7:10.3