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Terrier Boats Claim Four Medals to Conclude Knecht Cup
April 12, 2026 | Women's Lightweight Rowing
PENNSAUKEN, N.J. – The Boston University women's lightweight rowing program wrapped up competition at the 2026 Knecht Cup Regatta on the Cooper River, with BU taking home two event wins in the Women's Double and the Second Varsity 8+ and four medals overall.
Women's Double kicked of the day with two BU crews in both the Petite Final and Grand Final. BU's "A" crew of senior Zoe Meurer (bow) and Catherine Clark (stroke) highlighted the 2X competition with a win in the Grand Final, finishing in 8:48.60. The "B" boat of freshmen Jaxinn Kearns (bow) and Sidra Sanders (stroke) took fifth, just behind Wisconsin's "A" boat and ahead of Harvard-Radcliffe's top boat by nearly nine seconds.
The Second Varsity 8+ and Varsity 8+ boats both qualified for the Grand Finals after finishing first and second in their semifinals, respectively. The Second Varsity 8+, coxed by junior Lylah Nag and stroked by junior Mia Seibert finished in 6:58.23 to win the event with a 0.03 second lead over second-place Temple. The Varsity 8+, coxed by freshman Amna Rezvi and stroked by senior Caroline Burchette, finished in sixth with a time of 7:05.82.
BU collected the silver medal in the Lightweight 8+ Final when it finished second in a time of 6:55.72. The crew, coxed by sophomore Mira Saldanha and stroked by Burchette finished just under three seconds behind Harvard-Radcliffe who took the win.
The Lightweight 4+ crew also brought home a medal. The "A" boat, coxed by Saldanha and stroked by junior Cece Mason, turned in a time of 8:26.92 to finish third behind Wisconsin and Harvard-Radcliffe. BU's "B" boat, coxed by Nag and stroked by junior Emilia Vukasinovic, finished sixth with a time of 8:42.40.
In the 2X Petite Final, BU's 2X "D" crew of junior Chloe Capizzi (bow) and junior Kelly Shashaty (stroke) came in fifth and the "C" crew of freshman Aviva Chen-Oretsky (bow) and junior Natalie Reilly (stroke) came in sixth.
SUNDAY RESULTS
Women's Double Final
SATURDAY RESULTS
Women's Double Heat 1
LINEUPS
Women's Double "A"
Bow: Zoe Meurer
Stroke: Catherine Clark
Women's Double "B"
Bow: Jaxinn Kearns
Stroke: Sidra Sanders
Women's Double "C"
Bow: Aviva Chen-Oretsky
Stroke: Natalie Reilly
Women's Double "D"
Bow: Chloe Capizzi
Stroke: Kelly Shashtay
Varsity 8+
Bow: Carly Milosevic
2: Harper Mettes
3: Ela Ersan
4: Ava Kennedy
5: Serena Jabre
6: Rosa Beckert
7: Hannah Clark
Stroke: Caroline Burchette
Cox: Amna Rezvi
Second Varsity 8+
Bow: Kiana Banta
2: Emilia Vukasinovic
3: Jasmine Wu
4: Elizabeth Falo-Yohn
5: Maya Popper
6: Cece Mason
7: Sam Angel
Stroke: Mia Seibert
Cox: Lylah Nag
Varsity 4+
Cox: Maria Cummins-Astor
Bow: Aviva Chen-Oretsky
2: Jaxinn Kearns
3: Natalie Reilly
Stroke: Sidra Sanders
Lightweight 8+
Bow: Carly Milosevic
2: Harper Mettes
3: Ela Ersan
4: Ava Kennedy
5: Serena Jabre
6: Rosa Beckert
7: Hannah Clark
Stroke: Caroline Burchette
Cox: Mira Saldhana
Lightweight 4+ "A"
Cox: Mira Saldhana
Bow: Kiana Banta
2: Mia Seibert
3: Sam Angel
Stroke: Cece Mason
Lightweight 4+ "B"
Cox: Lylah Nag
Bow: Maya Popper
2: Elizabeth Falo-Yohn
3: Jasmine Wu
Stroke: Emilia Vukasinovic
Women's Double kicked of the day with two BU crews in both the Petite Final and Grand Final. BU's "A" crew of senior Zoe Meurer (bow) and Catherine Clark (stroke) highlighted the 2X competition with a win in the Grand Final, finishing in 8:48.60. The "B" boat of freshmen Jaxinn Kearns (bow) and Sidra Sanders (stroke) took fifth, just behind Wisconsin's "A" boat and ahead of Harvard-Radcliffe's top boat by nearly nine seconds.
The Second Varsity 8+ and Varsity 8+ boats both qualified for the Grand Finals after finishing first and second in their semifinals, respectively. The Second Varsity 8+, coxed by junior Lylah Nag and stroked by junior Mia Seibert finished in 6:58.23 to win the event with a 0.03 second lead over second-place Temple. The Varsity 8+, coxed by freshman Amna Rezvi and stroked by senior Caroline Burchette, finished in sixth with a time of 7:05.82.
BU collected the silver medal in the Lightweight 8+ Final when it finished second in a time of 6:55.72. The crew, coxed by sophomore Mira Saldanha and stroked by Burchette finished just under three seconds behind Harvard-Radcliffe who took the win.
The Lightweight 4+ crew also brought home a medal. The "A" boat, coxed by Saldanha and stroked by junior Cece Mason, turned in a time of 8:26.92 to finish third behind Wisconsin and Harvard-Radcliffe. BU's "B" boat, coxed by Nag and stroked by junior Emilia Vukasinovic, finished sixth with a time of 8:42.40.
In the 2X Petite Final, BU's 2X "D" crew of junior Chloe Capizzi (bow) and junior Kelly Shashaty (stroke) came in fifth and the "C" crew of freshman Aviva Chen-Oretsky (bow) and junior Natalie Reilly (stroke) came in sixth.
SUNDAY RESULTS
Women's Double Final
- BU "A" – 8:48.60
- Wisconsin "C" – 8:50.93
- MIT "A" – 8:57.16
- Wisconsin "A" – 8:59.50
- BU "B" – 9:03.36
- Harvard-Radcliffe "A" – 9:12.78
- BU – 6:58.23
- Temple – 6:58.26
- MIT "A" – 7:01.74
- Drexel – 7:03.84
- Delaware – 7:07.06
- Boston College – 7:09.54
- Harvard-Radcliffe – 6:52.37
- BU – 6:55.72
- Georgetown – 6:59.56
- MIT "A" – 7:03.44
- Wisconsin – 7:06.64
- Sacred Heart – 7:32.53
- Wisconsin – 8:19.86
- Harvard-Radcliffe "A" – 8:22.06
- BU "A" – 8:26.92
- MIT "A" – 8:33.37
- Georgetown – 8:40.34
- BU "B" - 8:42.40
- Wisconsin "B" – 9:18.41
- MIT "A" – 9:20.73
- Georgetown "A" – 9:27.72
- Georgetown "B" – 9:32.36
- BU "D" – 9:33.03
- BU "C" – 9:50.23
- Villanova – 8:36.42
- La Salle 0 8:41.03
- Temple – 8:42.04
- RMU – 8:46.70
- MIT – 8:47.55
- BU – 8:48.00
- Harvard-Radcliffe – 6:50.08
- UMass – 6:53.05
- Bucknell – 6:55.07
- Boston College – 7:01.55
- Temple – 7:02.33
- BU – 7:05.82
- BU – 7:17.88
- Temple – 7:19.10
- UMass – 7:23.27
- Old Dominion – 7:25.50
- Holy Cross – 7:29.07
- Sacred Heart – 7:34.29
- Harvard-Radcliffe – 7:13.44
- BU – 7:17.62
- Jacksonville – 7:23.39
- Albany – 7:28.20
- Eastern Michigan – 7:33.55
- Sacred Heart – 7:35.22
SATURDAY RESULTS
Women's Double Heat 1
- BU "A" – 8:12.77
- MIT "A" – 8:26.68
- Franklin Pierce – 9:12.60
- Lafayette – 9:23.46
- Wisconsin "A" – 8:03.91
- BU "B" – 8:06.12
- MIT "A" – 8:19.12
- Monmouth – 9:23.61
- Gordon College – 9:24.73
- Harvard-Radcliffe "A" – 8:24.94
- Wisconsin "B" – 8:30.23
- BU "D" – 8:43.22
- Georgetown "B" – 8:44.03
- Adrian College – 10:27.68
- New Hampshire – 11:06.72
- Wisconsin "C" – 8:08.27
- Georgetown "A" – 8:29.40
- BU "C" – 8:35.56
- Oklahoma City – 8:45.39
- Susquehanna – 10:43.81
- Harvard-Radcliffe "A" – 7:36.34
- Wisconsin – 7:39.27
- BU "B" – 7:44.06
- MIT "A" – 7:54.14
- BU "A" – 7:44.98
- Georgetown – 7:56.01
- Harvard-Radcliffe "B" – 8:03.00
- MIT "A" – 8:19.08
- Georgetown – 7:56.03
- West Virginia – 8:03.09
- BU – 8:06.30
- Canisius – 8:44.03
- Albany – 8:57.08
- Harvard-Radcliffe – 6:38.18
- BU – 6:41.72
- MIT "A" – 6:44.44
- Georgetown – 6:47.54
- Wisconsin – 6:48.55
- Sacred Heart – 7:22.58
- BU – 6:49.45
- Delaware – 6:55.79
- UConn – 6:59.29
- West Virginia – 7:09.68
- Monmouth – 7:19.47
- George Mason – 7:34.19
- BU – 6:52.03
- Colgate – 6:55.42
- Temple – 6:55.83
- Villanova – 6:57.75
- La Salle – 7:09.38
- Merrimack – 7:28.75
- UMass – 7:37.16
- Drexel – 7:40.41
- UConn – 7:49.87
- Sacred Heart – 7:51.60
- BU – 7:56.44
- La Salle – 8:02.70
LINEUPS
Women's Double "A"
Bow: Zoe Meurer
Stroke: Catherine Clark
Women's Double "B"
Bow: Jaxinn Kearns
Stroke: Sidra Sanders
Women's Double "C"
Bow: Aviva Chen-Oretsky
Stroke: Natalie Reilly
Women's Double "D"
Bow: Chloe Capizzi
Stroke: Kelly Shashtay
Varsity 8+
Bow: Carly Milosevic
2: Harper Mettes
3: Ela Ersan
4: Ava Kennedy
5: Serena Jabre
6: Rosa Beckert
7: Hannah Clark
Stroke: Caroline Burchette
Cox: Amna Rezvi
Second Varsity 8+
Bow: Kiana Banta
2: Emilia Vukasinovic
3: Jasmine Wu
4: Elizabeth Falo-Yohn
5: Maya Popper
6: Cece Mason
7: Sam Angel
Stroke: Mia Seibert
Cox: Lylah Nag
Varsity 4+
Cox: Maria Cummins-Astor
Bow: Aviva Chen-Oretsky
2: Jaxinn Kearns
3: Natalie Reilly
Stroke: Sidra Sanders
Lightweight 8+
Bow: Carly Milosevic
2: Harper Mettes
3: Ela Ersan
4: Ava Kennedy
5: Serena Jabre
6: Rosa Beckert
7: Hannah Clark
Stroke: Caroline Burchette
Cox: Mira Saldhana
Lightweight 4+ "A"
Cox: Mira Saldhana
Bow: Kiana Banta
2: Mia Seibert
3: Sam Angel
Stroke: Cece Mason
Lightweight 4+ "B"
Cox: Lylah Nag
Bow: Maya Popper
2: Elizabeth Falo-Yohn
3: Jasmine Wu
Stroke: Emilia Vukasinovic
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