University of Massachusets Athletics
Minutewomen Set For Head Of The Fish Regatta
October 23, 2014 | Rowing
AMHERST, Mass. - The UMass rowing team will head to Saratoga Springs, N.Y. on Saturday, Oct. 25 for the Head of the Fish, hosted by the Saratoga Rowing Association. Most recently, the Minutewomen competed in the two day Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, where the Women's Club 8+ took a silver medal.
At the 2013 Head of the Fish, UMass secured seven first-place finishes to go along with an additional three silver medals. The Minutewomen took first in the Collegiate 1x (15:35.47), Collegiate Open 2- (16:16.66), Collegiate 4x (14:42.99), Collegiate 8+ (13:08.37), Lightweight 4+ (16:14.69), Novice 4+ and Novice 8+ (14:07.64) while the ended second place in the Collegiate 2x (15:9.83), Junior Varsity 8+ (14:12.60) and the Lightweight 8+ (13:47.52).
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Projected Lineups for the Head of the Fish
Lineups have not been released for Saturday's races yet
Checking the Forecast
Saturday's forecast calls for mostly sunny skies with temperatures reaching the low 60's. There currently is a 10 percent chance of rain and winds on Fish Creek will be in a west-southwest direction at nine miles per hour.
Next on the Schedule
After the Head of the Fish, the Minutewomen have one weekend remaining in the fall season with a pair of events. On Saturday, Nov. 1, UMass will take part in the Green Monster Regatta in Dartmouth, N.H.
The following day, the Minutewomen will travel to Mercer, N.J. for the Collegiate Small Boat Challenge. This race marks the final scheduled race until March 2015, when the Minutewomen will host Coast Guard.
Freshman Takes Co-Athlete of the Week
Rowing freshman Carly Zanatta was named UMass Dinn Brothers Co-Athlete of the Week for the week ending October 6. In her first collegiate rowing competition, Zanatta won four gold medals at the Head of the Oklahoma Regatta on Oct. 4-5. In the first day of competition, she took first place in the Women's Open Lightweight 1x with a time of 17:38 and the Women's Open Lightweight 2x alongside teammate Emily Mann in a time of 16:32. In Sunday's competition, Zanatta finished first in both the Women's Collegiate 1x with a time of 17:38.39 and the Women's Open 4x alongside teammates Mann, Krysten Menks and Sam Kolovson in a time of 15:22.77.
UMass Club 8+ Takes Silver at Head of the Charles
The Minutewomen traveled to Boston on the weekend of Oct. 18 and 19 to participate in the world's largest two-day rowing event, which saw more than 11,000 racers cross the finish line in its two days. On Saturday, Oct. 18, the Club 8+ team captured a silver medal, finishing only behind Brown in the event with a time of 16:52.23. Haley Eovine, Haley York, Nicole Destefano, Katherine Armstrong, Zoe Hill, Aiste Balciunaite, Hadley Irvin, Natalie Boisvert, and Courtney Edson comprised the Club 8+ for UMass.
In Saturday's races, head coach Jim Dietz took ninth in the Men's Veteran Singles I with a time of 20:18.68 while Marika Kopp took 21st place in the Women's Championship 1x. She earned a time of 22:40.62
Day two of the Head of the Charles Regatta featured two events that the Minutewomen raced in. Senior Rachel Boudreau represented UMass in the Women's Club 1x as she finished in 10th place with a time of 23:25.39, more than 25 seconds ahead of the boat from the SoCal Scullers.
Heather Pekarovich, Krysten Menks, Emily Mann, Carly Zanatta, and Allanah Rubi-Mooney capped the strong performance at the Head of the Charles with fifth in the 4+. The Minutewomen quintet finished with a time of 19:37.43, a mere .09 seconds behind the fourth place finisher from Canada's Argonaut Rowing Club while they crossed more than six seconds ahead of the race's sixth finisher, Boston University.
UMass Finds Success Early In Season
On the weekend of Oct. 11 and Oct. 12, UMass won a combined 16 medals between the Head of the Housatonic on Saturday, Oct. 11 and the Seven Sisters Sculling Regatta on Sunday, Oct. 12.
In Saturday's event, the strongest finish from the team came in the Women's Open 2x, where the duo of Krysten Menks and Emily Mann took first place in a time of 17:23 while Carly Zanatta and Allanah Rubi-Mooney took second place with a time 18:18.
In Sunday's race, which took place on the Connecticut River in Hadley, Massachusetts, UMass took home a dozen medals, with medals coming in the Morning Race 4x and the Morning Race 2x, while UMass swept in the Morning 1x. Sunday's events concluded with a pair of medals in the Afternoon 4x/4x+ and the Afternoon 2x, while the Minutewomen once again swept the Afternoon's 1x event.
Prior to that, UMass opened up their 2014 fall season at the Head of the Oklahoma Regatta in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on the weekend of October 4 and 5. On the first day of competition, UMass finished with a trio of first place finishes.
Carly Zanatta took the top spot in the Women's Open Lightweight 1x before she teamed with sophomore Emily Mann to secure first in the Women's Opening Lightweight 2x. Jim Dietz also competed in the Men's Masters 1x E-J, and took first with an adjusted time of 14:58.
The Minutewomen followed up with a pair of gold medals during day two of competition. Carly Zanatta took first in the Collegiate 1x before she combined with Sam Kolovson, Emily Mann and Krysten Menks to pull in the gold during the Open 4x.
The UMass medal count on the fall season is now up to 25.
The 2014-15 Minutewomen
The 2014-2015 Massachusetts Minutewomen rowing roster consists of four seniors, 12 juniors, 19 sophomores, and eight freshmen. They return 34 members from the 2013-2014 roster. Among the team's new members, there were five who competed at the 2014 USRowing Youth National Championships, hosted on Lake Natoma outside of Folsom, Calif., from Friday, June 13 through Sunday, June 15. Newcomers Katherine Armstrong, Lauren Azuela, Charlotte Bleiler, Grace Bundy and Stephanie Giovenelli all placed fifth or higher in their respective finals. The Minutewomen are coached by Jim Dietz, who is in his 21st season at the helm of the program.
