Rowing Wins Sunshine State Invite
SARASOTA, Fla. – The morning started off with a bang and continued in that way, with Miami rowing claiming the title at the Sunshine State Invite Saturday, March 30.
The First Varsity Eight boat started the day by taking gold with a time of 6:33.69, fueling Miami on to the crown.
Final Results
1. Miami (128)
2. UCF (123)
3. Iowa (121)
4. UNC (105)
5. Michigan State (104)
6. Tulsa (99)
7. Boston College (98)
8. Jacksonville (81)
9. Kansas (81)
10. Louisville (80)
11. Kansas State (75)
12. Drexel (72)
13. Umass (71)
14. West Virginia (56)
15. Old Dominion (52)
16. Stetson (46)
It was Miami’s first-ever first place finish in the first varsity eight in nearly a decade of competing at the Sunshine State Invite. UM defeated Iowa, Tulsa, UCF, Boston College, Michigan State, UNC and Drexel with the victory.
Just minutes later, the second varsity eight boat narrowly missed gold, coming up just over a second off the pace set by UCF. The Canes posted a time of 6:39.88 in that race, defeating six Power Five foes in the final.
The final varsity eight competition of the day saw Miami finish top five with a time of 7:03.46. The day concluded with the varsity four boats, with Miami’s first squad finishing third at 7:14.92 and the second boat clocking a fourth-place time of 7:28.62.
Miami won two heats on day one and a final in the Saturday finale, its first at the Sunshine State Invite.
The Hurricanes open up April between the Miami International Invite April 6-7 and the Lake Natoma Invite (Sacramento, Calif.) that same weekend.
Conditions: Friday Heats: Slight headwind (<8-9 mph) Saturday: Started 6-8 mph cross wind from starboard; changing to quartering tail to direct tail late morning. Wind speed dropped throughout the afternoon to about 5-6mph. Conditions were fair all weekend.
"We're really proud of the team," head coach James Mulcahy said. "Every crew put forward a great effort today and it was great to see them hoist the team points trophy as a reward for their hard work. We really enjoy coming to this regatta and we want to give a big thank you to all those who volunteered their time to organize and host this event."
Head Coach James Mulcahy
Results
First Varsity Eight
- Miami (6:33.69)
- Iowa (6:34.95)
- Tulsa (6:36.49)
- UCF (6:39.19)
- Boston College (6:42.41)
- Michigan State (6:44.17)
- UNC (6:45.17)
- Drexel (6:46.81)
Second Varsity Eight
- UCF (6:38.58)
- Miami (6:39.88)
- Iowa (6:41.00)
- Michigan State (6:46.57)
- UNC (6:47.41)
- Kansas (6:50.68)
- Boston College (6:51.18)
- Louisville (6:52.24)
Third Varsity Eight
- UCF (6:50.05)
- Iowa (6:50.46)
- Kansas State (6:54.22)
- Michigan State (6:55.10)
- Miami (7:03.46)
- Kansas (7:06.42)
- JU (7:06.42)
- Michigan State B (7:23.07)
First Varsity Four
- UCF (7:13.57)
- UNC (7:14.55)
- Miami (7:14.92)
- Kansas State (7:15.38)
- Iowa (7:17.66)
- UMass (7:22.91)
- Jacksonville (7:27.97)
- Michigan State (7:28.17)
Second Varsity Four
- Iowa (7:17.33)
- Michigan State A (7:25.85)
- UCF (7:28.37)
- Miami (7:28.62)
- Kansas (7:38.89)
- Michigan State (7:52.00)
Lineups
First Varsity Eight
Cox: Loran Graves
8. Naroa Zubimendi
7. Alyssa Bacchus
6. Aaliah Dawson
5. Jovana Stanivuk
4. Constance Stirling
3. Jane Elsner
2. Liane Lopez
1. Stephanie Ferrali
Second Varsity Eight
Cox: Maria Mastrando
8. Paula Espinosa
7. Maya Feldman
6. Kirrali Schofield
5. Paige Jackett
4. Emma Tschetter
3. Caroline Hanlon
2. Mimmi Balaam
1. Meredith Hilmayer
Third Varsity Eight
Cox: Haley Gross
8. Charlie Shaugnessey
7. Anderson Blalock
6. Julia Berg
5. Katherine Aguero
4. Sophia Phillipp
3. Trinity Ferebee
2. Kristen Harkins
1. Ava Marie Stewart
First Varsity Four
1. Nicole Wyszynski
2. Peyton Hulsewe
3. Grace Gaskill
4. Mia Harrington
Cox: Tarynn Kaelin
Second Varsity Four
1 .Mary Blinn
2. Lauren Bricca
3. Holly Prichard
4. Samantha Helmering
Cox: Lindsay Yap
