SU Women Win Two at the Foot of the Charles

The Syracuse University women's rowing team won the Varsity 8 and Varsity 4 events at the Foot of the Charles Saturday.

Syracuse's 3V won the eight event in a time of 13:17.3. URI finished second in 13:42.8, and Syracuse B finished third in 13:46.4.

All the Syracuse entries in the four finished in the top 10. Syracuse A won in 13:38.6, and Syracuse B finished third in 13:50.1.  Syracuse D (14:02.3) nosed out Syracuse C (14:03.1) for sixth place.

All the results can be found at row2k.com.

SU Women Win the Single and Pair

The Syracuse University women's rowing team posted first-place finishes in the single and pair at the inaugural Collegiate Small Boat Championship this weekend on Mercer Lake.

Senior Rebecca Soja won the single in 8:08.3 over Annaliese Ionson of Princeton (8:13.54). row2k.com included Soja in its recap of the race. Go to the story and scroll down to the "Single" sub-head.

Junior Sienna DeSantis and freshman Ailish Tinney won the B pair final in a time of 8:02.6. Penn finished second in 8:04.79, and Radcliffe finished third in 8:07.4.

Syracuse also recorded second place finishes in the A final of the pair and the B final of the single.

Results are available from row2k.com.

Syracuse is one of the founding members of the regatta, along with Radcliffe, Northeastern, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Virginia.  

Coach Justin Moore is excited about the influence this race will have on sculling within college rowing. “I just think sculling is such an incredible skill for all athletes,” Moore said. “It’s a great way to learn about boat moving."

Top 10 Finishes for Syracuse at the Princeton Chase

Syracuse University's men's and women's A eights finished in the top 10 at the Princeton Chase. The women finished 8th, and the men finished 9th.

In all, there were seven men's boats and 12 women's boats in action. Check out stories, including line-ups for the women and men, at suathletics.com. Results are also available from row2k.com and regattatiming.com.

Head of the Charles: Cool Video

Check out this video shot from the riggers of the USRowing Training Center eight, which finished second in the men's eight at the Head of the Charles.

You might recognize the stroke--the Syracuse alum who has been featured on this blog and in the Orange Oar recently. He gives a wave to the camera 19 seconds into the video.

Head of the Charles Results

The Syracuse women's rowing team put in a strong showing at the Head of the Charles. The Orange recorded a fifth-place finish in the champ double and had boats finish ninth and 12th in the champ fours.

You can find more info, including the athletes' names and times at suathletics.com.

Syracuse men's rowing team finished 24th out of 32 boats in the champ eight. More info at suathletics.com.