University of Massachusets Athletics
UMass Rowing In Search Of 12th Straight Atlantic 10 Championship
April 19, 2007 | Rowing
April 19, 2007
Amherst, Mass. - The UMass women's rowing team will try to extend the longest championship streak in any sport in the Atlantic 10 when they compete in the conference's championship on Saturday. Last year, the Minutewomen won with 45 points and took home gold medals in the Second Varsity Eight, the Lightweight Four, the Quad, and the Novice Eight. UMass will be entering boats in nine different events that begin with trials at 8 a.m. and the finals are scheduled at approximately 11:30 a.m.
Here is the line-up that UMass will be using at the Atlantic 10 Championships.
Varsity 8+: Gabrielle Papineau, Ellen Maskrey, Hannah Brewster, Sarah Marsan, Airlina Burrill, Amanda Mawn, Elizabeth Hayashida, Tara Guinan, and coxswain Dana Pulda.
2nd Varsity 8+: Andrea Morand, Haley Fitzgerald, Karen Plevock, Erin Kelly, Rachael Nealer, Karalyn Walk, Kristen Boyce, Julie Markus, and coxswain Molly Morgan.
Varsity 4+: Gabrielle Papineau, Sarah Marsan, Airlina Burrill, Anna Welch, and coxswain Jeanine LeDoux.
Quad: Hannah Brewster, Ellen Maskrey, Haley Fitzgerald, Tara Guinan.
Novice 8+: Sarah Albert, Jenna Oelschlegel, Anna Kenseth, Jennifer Rivero, Samantha Smith, Meghan Caffrey, Chelsea Finnegan, Allison Donzanti, and coxswain Melissa D'Amico.
2nd Novice 8+: Nathalie Regis, Kristen Brown, Danielle Augeri, Tracey Crowley, Sarah Madden, Genna Pinto, Shelby Fallon, Kara Bordone, and coxswain Ashley Brooks.
Novice 4+: Claire Champine, Kathryn Kern, Stacey Susienka, Lindsay Dawson, and coxswain Miriam Iken.
Lightweight 8+: Amy Rayla, Jessica Romain, Laura Silverman, Allison Donzanti, Julie Pulda, Ashley Han, Maura Ryan, Brittany Cartin, and coxswain Erin Flaherty.
Lightweight 4+: Abby Lively, Sarah Potts, Anna Malinkevich, Maria Arcari, and coxswain Ashley Brooks.
Times for each of these events are available at atlantic10.org.
Directions to the Cooper River Race Course: From the West: PA Turnpike east to the Valley Forge exit. At Valley Forge, take I-76 east to Philadelphia. Stay to the left after passing the Girard Avenue Exit. Exit at I-676. Follow signs for the Ben Franklin Bridge. Go straight ahead after the tollbooth to Admiral Wilson Blvd. Do NOT bear right onto I-676. Go about one mile and then take the left branch at top of overpass. After overpass, bear right onto NJ Route 70. Go right onto Cuthbert Blvd. At first traffic light on Cuthbert Blvd., turn right onto North Park Drive. The course is on the left side of North Park Drive. Trailer-only parking is to the left.
From North or South: Exit the NJ Turnpike at Exit 4. Go right onto NJ Route 73 North. Exit from Route 73 onto NJ Route 38 West. Exit from NJ Route 38 at Cuthbert Blvd. Go south on Cuthbert Blvd. At first traffic light, turn right onto North Park Drive. The course is on the left side of North Park Drive. Trailer-only parking is to the left.
From the South: From I-95 north, follow signs to Walt Whitman Bridge. On the bridge, stay in the right lane and take the first right as you come off the bridge. Follow signs to NJ Route 130 north. Stay on Route 130 through one circle. After going under a railroad bridge, watch for the Cooper River on the right. Take the first right after passing the river (the first traffic light). This is North Park Drive. Continue for 2000 meters. Trailer parking is at the end of the course on the right.
From the North: From I-95 south, follow signs to the Betsy Ross Bridge. When you come off the bridge, follow signs to NJ Route 130 south. Stay on Route 130 for a few miles to a major intersection. Pass through the intersection still on Route 130. At the next traffic light, you want to turn left but you must exit from the right. This is North Park Drive. Continue for 2000 meters. Trailer parking is at the end of the course on the right.
Common Directions: The trailer parking area is on the south side of North Park Drive. Only trailers are to be parked here. There is a large parking lot at about the 1000 meter mark on the course. This is for cars, vans and buses.
Curbside parking is permitted in legal areas. However, the curb area along North Park Drive between the small bridge and Cuthbert Blvd. is for loading or unloading only. Others will be ticketed.
