NO. 19 Miami Rows to Silver Medal

March 11, 2000

CORAL GABLES, FL – The University of Miami women’s varsity eight, rated No. 19 in the USRowing Coaches’ Poll, rowed to a Silver medal in the season opening President’s Cup Regatta in Tampa, FL. Miami (4:41) finished second behind Ivy League power Yale (4:41) and ahead of Bronze medallist Central Florida (4:49), Georgetown (4:53), Florida (5:01) and Yale B (5:06).

Miami’s highest medal came in the junior varsity women’s eight, where the Hurricanes earned a Gold medal with a time of 4:52. UM placed ahead of Yale (4:59), Georgetown (5:00) and Central Florida (5:08).

The UM women’s novice eight finished its race with a Bronze medal after recording a time of 4:56, behind Yale (4:43) and Georgetown (4:53).

On the men’s side, the varsity four finished in fifth place behind four separate Yale boats. The novice eight took Bronze after finishing behind Georgetown (4:23) and Yale (4:25) with a time of 4:40.

“It was a little disappointing for our varsity women’s eight today,” said Head Crew Coach Joe O’Connor. “We had many opportunities to overtake Yale today, but were unable to. Our JV girls did real well today. By the time we have our home race next weekend, we’ll have a pretty solid varsity boat.”

University of Miami Crew will return to action following Spring Break as it hosts a match race against Central Florida on Saturday, March 18 on UM’s home course on Indian Creek in Miami Beach.

During Spring Break, Miami will scrimmage against the women’s crew from the U.S. Naval Academy and Syracuse.