ITHACA, N.Y. – Hamilton College kicked off a busy spring rowing season with the Cayuga Duals on Cayuga Inlet on Saturday, March 30.
Nationally ranked No. 9 Hamilton lost to No. 8 Ithaca College in a head-to-head varsity eight matchup after the Continentals easily defeated Marietta College, which received votes in the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Division III Top 15 poll.
Racing conditions on the 2,000-meter course included minimal tail current with a 12 to 15 mph headwind gusting to 25 mph. There was some chop in the second 1,000 meters especially near the finish line.
Hamilton's varsity eight time of 8:01.6 was 9.6 seconds behind the hosts in the afternoon. The Continentals posted a time of 8:10.7 and finished 48 seconds ahead of Marietta in the morning.
Hamilton (7:55.9) finished well ahead of Ithaca (8:20.6) and William Smith College (8:38.1) in the second varsity eight race, and the Continentals (8:35.1) took down Ithaca (9:03.7) again in the third varsity eight. Hamilton (9:09.8) was an easy winner in a third varsity fours race against Ithaca (9:40.0) and William Smith (10:09.9).
The Continentals race in Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Jennifer McLaughlin Cup on Lake Quinsigamond on Saturday, April 6.
LINEUPS
WV8 Race 1
Erin Stevens '24 (cox)
Kate Broeksmit '26
Emma Dower '26
Violet Cue '25
Meg Gillies '27
Pippi Seider '24
Becca Perry '25
Bailey Leone-Levine '27
Erin Sweeney '26
WV8 Race 2
Stevens (cox)
Broeksmit
Dower
Cue
Gillies
Reilan Garczynski '26
Perry
Leone-Levine
Sweeney
W2V8
Callie Burd '26 (cox)
Gabby Pia '24
Garczynski
Faith Hollyer '25
Annika Benn '25
Elaina LaGiglia '26
Ella Lepine '25
Cate Logan '27
Jamie Munroe '26
W3V8
Chayti Biswas '27 (cox)
Emma Krupp '24
Ashlyn Garrick '27
Lydia Bullock '26
Sigrid Davidson '27
Patricia Higgins '26
Sarah Morgan '27
Emily Borden '24
Jessica Sperling '27
W4+
Burd (cox)
Higgins
Elise Walters '27
Kristina Meyers '27
Abigail Frisch '27
