May 16, 2008

Live Audio Broadcast

CAMDEN, N.J. - The Boston University women's rowing team is seeded seventh in a field of 18 crews in the 2008 EAWRC "Eastern" Sprints held on Sunday, May 18 on the Cooper River in Camden, N.J.

Last year, the varsity eight finished fourth in the Petite Final to place tenth overall, while the second novice eight and the third varsity four "B" each went to their Grand Finals.

BU's varsity will race No. 13 Syracuse, No. 1 Brown, No. 6 Dartmouth, No. 12 Navy and No. 18 MIT. The ninth-ranked JV is set to face No. 15 Boston College, No. 3 Radcliffe, No. 4 Princeton, and No. 10 Northeastern. The "A" four, seeded seventh, will race No. 13 Cornell, No. 1 Yale, No. 6 Princeton, and No. 12 Columbia. Finally, the eighth seeded "B" four will row against No. 2 Brown, No. 5 Syracuse and No. 11 Bucknell.

The Terriers have won a trio of titles since the beginning of the Eastern Sprints in 1976. The first title came in 1983 and the last two were back-to-back in 1991 and 1992. The Terriers finished second in the Grand Final in 1993, but that marked BU's best finish until last season's Sprints when the varsity eight placed fourth. The Terriers have also won titles in the lightweight eights, second novice eights and third novice fours.

The races will be broadcast live courtesy of the ECAC. To listen to broadcasts over the phone, dial (605) 475-6000 and enter passcode 934257 (followed by the # key) at the prompt. This service is available to a limited number of listeners on a first come, first served basis.

Morning Race Schedule

8:40 a.m. - First Varsity

9:30 a.m. - Second Varsity

9:50 a.m. - Third Varsity "A"

10:50 a.m. - Third Varsity "B"

Lineups

Varsity: cox Taryn Goba, stroke Elene Brett-Evans, 7 Sally Machin, 6 Lee Persse, 5 Lexi Somers, 4 Kaitlin Murphy, 3 Veronika Karlsson, 2 Alaina Krumbach, bow Jenne Daley

2V: cox Alex Thornton, stroke Lesley Pepin, 7 Kelsea Gusk, 6 Kayla O'Rourke, 5 Brittany Tovee, 4 Allie Doro, 3 Megan Berry, 2 Mariel Boomgaardt, bow Trina McGillis

3V4A: cox Fiona Ye, stroke Rory O'Mara, 3 Meredith Walsh, 2 Angie Thrower, bow Claire McNicholas

3V4B: cox Hilah Loewenstein, stroke Krystal Weston, 3 Margaret Carbery, 2 Janelle Nesvold, bow Kristin Egbert