Women's Crew Travels To Florida State Championships
April 11, 2001
Coral Gables, Fla. (www.hurricanesports.com) — – The University of Miami women’s crew head into this weekend’s Florida Intercollegiate Rowing Association Regatta in Tampa as the top-seeded program in the state.
Among the No. 1 seeds are the Hurricanes’ varsity eight, junior varsity eight and varsity four. At the FIRA, Miami will face Central Florida, Florida, Jacksonville, Florida Tech, Rollins, Tampa, Barry and Embry-Riddle. UCF look to be the Hurricanes top challenge in the Regatta.
“Our women are rowing with a lot of confidence,” said Head Coach Joe O’Connor. “They’ve been getting stronger each and every race. We faired real well against Central Florida and in our own regatta a few weeks back. At FIRA, Central Florida and Florida Tech will be our top challenge at this year’s state championship and we’re really looking forward to that.”
Most recently, the women dominated their home regatta on March 24 with wins in four varsity races, including both eights.
The varsity women, racing in the newly christened “Liz Dee” eight, defeated UCF and Connecticut with a time of 6:46.38 in flat and sunny conditions on the 2,000-meter course on Indian Creek. The Golden Knights finished a distant 17 seconds behind the Hurricanes for second place with a time of 7:03.80, with UConn in third (7:17.88). The women’s second varsity eight also came in first place in its race with a time of 7:12.96, ahead of UCF (7:21.00) and UConn (7:45.11).
At the season-opening President’s Cup Regatta in Tampa, the last time UM raced its fours, the Hurricanes finished first ahead North Carolina, Michigan State and Tampa.
The women’s varsity eight for the Florida Intercollegiate Championship Regatta consists of coxswain Jenny Lee, Jenny Krawec, Monika Manios, Jacqui Julien, Dorien Ten Have, Amanda Turner, Bridget Gallagher, Yianna Reizakis and Marijka VanderPol. UM’s second varsity eight consists of coxswain Meg Venezia, Bernadette Lack, Jordanna Heywood, Ananda Chou, Caroline Stewart, Stephanie Tilley, Trisha Blackwell, Maggie Knuth and Dorothy Clay.
The varsity four consist of coxswain Cina Quezada, Krawec, Julien, Ten Have and Turner. The second varsity four features Coxswain Jenny Lee, Manios, Gallagher, Reizakis and VanderPol.
Rowing in the junior varsity fours are Venezia (coxswain), Lack, Heywood, Knuth and Clay, Tiffany Mecca (coxswain), Stewart, Chou, Blackwell and Tilley.
Lindsey Tarabula and Cathy Dunnet will row the varsity pair.
The University of Miami women’s crew return to action next weekend, Saturday and Sunday, April 21-22 in the Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association Regatta on Melton Lake in Oak Ridge, TN.
