Cherry Hill, NJ – The Monmouth University women's rowing team had a strong showing at the prestigious Dad Vail Regatta on Friday and Saturday. 

The Monmouth Freshman 4+ crew earned a bronze medal after posting a time of 8:05.821 in the Grand Final. The Hawks were just six second behind the team from Army that took home gold. Monmouth reached the Grand Final after finishing first in the semifinals and beating out teams from Army and Penn State among others. 
 
The Monmouth 2nd Varsity 4+ finished just off the podium after recording a time of 8:32.76 in the Grand Final. The Hawks beat out teams from MIT and Pitt. Monmouth had reached the Grand Final after finishing second in the semifinals. 
 
The Monmouth 2nd Varsity 8+ also reached the Grand Final and posted a time of 7:05.174, finishing 5th overall. The Monmouth Varsity 8+ took second in the Petite Final with a time of 7:00.697, placing them 8th overall. 

Race Notes and Quotes
"It is exciting to see our growth from year to year.  In our first year competing in the Varsity and 2nd Varsity 8's we were able to put three of our four entries in the Grand Finals, and we reached the podium in the freshmen events for the second year in a row!  We wil be looking to build on that performance next week at CAAs."
  
- Head Coach Scott Belford

Monmouth Lineups

Varsity 8+ 
Monmouth – 7:00.69
C: Hailea Anderson 
8: Willow Jacovini 
7: Alyssa Taylor 
6: Sam Staubach 
5: Audréanne Gill 
4: Addison Cohen 
3: Ashlyn Fehr
2: Juliette Freure 
1: Caitlin Newsome 

Second Varsity 8+
Monmouth – 7:05.17
C: Marissa McKenzie 
8: Kaitlyn Rice 
7: Elsa Friedrich 
6: Aine Ridenour 
5: Claire Leavens 
4: Grace Hutchinson 
3: Heather Humes 
2: Nadia Nole 
1: Liz Coffman 
 
2nd Varsity 4+ 
Monmouth – 8:32.76
4: Sarah Scheidel 
3: Barbara Sabbagh 
2: Keira Yablonsky 
1: Farren Brooks 
C: Casey Mastin 
 
College Frosh/Novice 4+ 
Monmouth - 8:05.82
4: Eli Haragsim 
3: Gibson McCoy 
2:  Jenna Babulic
1: Anais Friedrich 
C: Audrey Copeland

Up Next
The Hawks will return to Cooper River to take part in the Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) Championship on May 16-17.