Women's Crew Takes Seventh As Fours and Eights Excel
May 28, 2000 | Women's Rowing
The B.U. women finished seventh overall at the NCAA Division 1 Women's Rowing Championships as the varsity fours and eights excelled in the final day of action on Sunday (May 28th) on the Cooper River in Camden, NJ.
The varsity four with coxswain, a group that included Katherine Haimes, Frederique Garnier, Kari Oversvee, Deidre Brown, and Jill Weinberg, finished in fifth place in the Grand Finals.
For most of the race, the Terriers were in a battle with California for fourth, but, in the end, Cal outlasted the freshman-laden Terrier boat. B.U. was timed in 8:02.50, while the Golden Bears covered the course in 7:57.39. The University of Washington won the event in 7:49.00, while Brown was second in 7:53.10.
As it turned out, it would be the only event Brown would lose, as they won both the first varsity and second varsity races.
With Washington winning the varsity four and Brown a little more than four seconds behind, it left Virginia finishing third (7:55.10), California finishing fourth, B.U. taking fifth, and Princeton winding up sixth (8:17.60).
The Terriers' fifth-place finish earned the team six points in the race for the overall team title.
The Terriers' varsity eight won the Petite Finals with a time of 6:49.10. Had they turned in that time in the Grand Finals, it would have been good enough to place them fifth.
They had an excellent row in the Petites, outlasting Michigan State (6:52.20), Syracuse (6:54.90), Northeastern (6:57.70), Ohio State (6:58.10), and Harvard-Radcliffe (6:58.60).
With its win in the Petites, and thus an overall finish of seventh place, the varsity boat added 12 points to the team total.
Finally, the second varsity finished fourth in the Petites with a time of 7:17.79, just a little more than a second slower than Ohio State, which was clocked in 7:16.70. Michigan State won the Petites with a time of 7:07.70, followed by Harvard-Radcliffe (7:12.79), Ohio State and the Terriers. Their overall finish of 10th place added two points to the team total
In the team point total, Brown successfully defended its national title with 59 points, four better than the University of Washington. The remaining top 10 finishers, in order, were Virginia, 48; California, 38; Michigan, 34; Princeton, 32; BOSTON UNIVERSITY, 20; Michigan State, 18; Ohio State, 13; and Harvard-Radcliffe, 13. Although the Buckeyes and Crimson tied with 13 points, Ohio State was awarded ninth place because of its higher finish in the Varsity Eight Petite Finals. In the event, Ohio State was fifth, and Harvard-Radcliffe was sixth.
