Successful Weekend Highlighted By Housatonic, Seven Sisters Events

Oct. 13, 2014

AMHERST, Mass. -

The University of Massachusetts rowing program brought home a combined 16 medals from a weekend slate that included a pair of events in the Head of the Housatonic on Saturday, Oct. 11 and the Seven Sisters Sculling Regatta on Sunday, Oct. 12.

At the Head of the Housatonic, hosted in Derby, Connecticut, program leader Jim Dietz raced to a third place finish in the Veteran Men's 1x to start competition for UMass. Three Minutewomen followed with participation in the Open Women's 1x and Marika Kopp led the group with a fourth place finish in 18 minutes, 58 seconds.

The strongest finish for the team came in the Women's Open 2x. Krysten Menks and Emily Mann secured first with a time of 17:23 while Carly Zanatta and Allanah Rubi-Mooney added a silver medal finish of 18:18.

UMass earned one addition medal on the day when the Women's Open 4+ notched a second place time of 17:35. The boat consisted of Kelsey Anderson, Katherine Armstrong, Zoe Hill, Aiste Balciunaite and Nicole Destefano.

The Seven Sisters Sculling Regatta, which took place on the Connecticut River in Hadley, Massachusetts, netted the Minutewomen a dozen medals.

The Minutewomen took third in the morning 4x in a time of 19:53.7 before Rubi-Mooney and Dunlap secured bronze in the 2x in 19:38.2. Massachusetts then swept the podium for the early edition of the 1x. Zanatta took first in 20:07.0 ahead of Kopp (20:24.9) and Mann (20:30.9).

In the afternoon session, Mann, Zanatta, Kolovson and Menks secured first in the 4x with a 17:51.0 finish. Kopp, Balciunaite, Armstrong and Hill followed only seven seconds later to earn the silver.

The midday 2x race competitors found similar success. Rubi-Mooney and Marti Malvido earned the top spot in 19:33.7 while Dunlap and Grace Bundy crossed the finish line in 19:50.6 for second.

The 1x also swept the top three spots as the Minutewomen took first in 22:09.4 (Lauren Azuela), second with a time of 22:16.9 (Dunlap) and third in 22:34.4 (Courtney Edson).

Head of the Housatonic Results - Saturday, Oct. 11
Event No. 7: Veteran Men's 1x at 8:45 a.m.
Third: Jim Dietz - 18:45

Event No. 10: Open Women's 1x at 9 a.m.
Fourth: Marika Kopp - 18:58
Sixth: Rachel Boudreau - 19:58
Seventh: Estefi Marti Malvido - 20:22

Event No. 22: Open Women's 2x at 10:10 a.m.
First: Krysten Menks & Emily Mann - 17:23
Second: Carly Zanatta & Allanah Rubi-Mooney - 18:18

Event No. 27: Collegiate Women's 8+ at 11 a.m.
14th: Haley Eovine, Haley York, Nicole Destefano, Katherine Armstrong, Zoe Hill, Aiste Balciunaite, Hadley Irvin, Natalie Boisvert & Leanne Ondreicka - 15:35
23rd: Abigail Raichek, Charlotte Bleiler, Mia Bornstein, Lindsey Brown, Stephanie Giovenelli, Leah Hitchcock, Samantha Wonderlin, Lauren Azuela & Bridget Burke - 16:16
24th: Tanya Smith, Hallie Dunlap, Courtney Edson, Abby Norwood, Alisha Weinstein, Grace Bundy, Sam Kolovson, Maggie Curran & Annecy Smith - 16:20

Event No. 40: Collegiate Women's 4+ at 1:30 p.m.
Eighth: Haley Eovine, Marika Kopp, Pippa Edwards, Haley York & Sam Kolovson - 17:16
13th: Heather Pekarovich, Krysten Menks, Emily Mann, Carly Zanatta & Allanah Rubi-Mooney - 17:46

Event No. 41: Open Women's 4+ at 1:45 p.m.
Second: Kelsey Anderson, Katherine Armstrong, Zoe Hill, Aiste Balciunaite, Nicole Destefano - 17:35
Fifth: Tanya Smith, Natalie Boisvert, Hadley Irvin, Abby Norwood & Courtney Edson - 19:14

Event No. 47: Open Women's 2- at 2 p.m.
Eighth: Maggie Curran & Annecy Smith - 19:53
Ninth: Beth Kazimer & Kathryn Wheeler - 20:49
10th: Charlotte Bleiler & Leanne Ondreicka - 20:50

Seven Sisters Sculling Regatta Results - Sunday, Oct. 12
Morning Race - 4x
Third: Lindsey Brown, Hadley Irvin, Carla Oberst & Lauren Azuela in 19:53.7

Morning Race - 2x
Third: Hallie Dunlap & Allanah Rubi-Mooney in 19:38.2
Fourth: Aiste Balciunaite & Zoe Hill in 19:43.8
Fifth: Katherine Armstrong & Annecy Smith in 20:04.5
Ninth: Charlotte Bleiler & Kathryn Wheeler in 21:05.5
10th: Haley York & Leanne Ondreicka in 21:07.5

Morning Race - 1x
First: Carly Zanatta in 20:07.0
Second: Marika Kopp in 20:24.9
Third: Emily Mann in 20:30.9
Fourth: Grace Bundy in 20:52.7
Fifth: Krysten Menks in 20:53.8
Sixth: Estefi Marti Malvido in 21:01.3
Eighth: Sam Kolovson in 21:11.8
Ninth: Nicole Destefano in 21:19.5
10th: Rachel Boudreau in 21:21.8
12th: Pippa Edwards in 21:26.1
17th: Abby Norwood in 22:54.2
18th: Maggie Curran in 23:17.3
19th: Natalie Boisvert in 23:29.7

Afternoon Race - 4x/4x+
First: Emily Mann, Carly Zanatta, Sam Kolovson & Krysten Menks in 17:51.0
Second: Marika Kopp, Aiste Balciunaite, Katherine Armstrong & Zoe Hill in 17:58.6

Afternoon Race - 2x
First: Allanah Rubi-Mooney & Estefi Marti Malvido in 19:33.7
Second: Hallie Dunlap & Grace Bundy in 19:50.6
Fourth: Nicole Destefano & Annecy Smith in 20:12.3
Sixth: Pippa Edwards & Natalie Boisvert in 20:22.7
Eighth: Charlotte Bleiler & Stephanie Giovenelli in 21:04.5
Ninth: Maggie Curran & Sam Wonderlin in 21:04.9
10th: Abby Norwood & Leanne Ondreicka in 21:07.2
13th: Alisha Weinstein & Kathryn Wheeler in 22:27.5

Afternoon Race - 1x
First: Lauren Azuela in 22:09.4
Second: Hallie Dunlap in 22:16.9
Third: Courtney Edson in 22:34.4
10th: Lindsey Brown in 24:24.5
12th: Bridget Burke in 25:42.0
13th: Leah Hitchcock in 25:55.0
14th: Carla Oberst in 28:27.7

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