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Women's Rowers Fall Just Short in Bid to Defeat 3rd-Ranked Dartmouth
4/30/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Rowing
A Columbia varsity women's crew which had been improving week-by-week; perfect weather and rowing conditions, both rarities on the Connecticut River's Upper Valley in April; and a nationally-ranked Dartmouth crew which had been tested by Cornell the previous day. Could
No, the Lions weren't able to defeat the third-ranked EAWRC varsity eight, but it took a tremendous effort to stop them.
"The varsity race was really exciting," head coach Melanie Onufrieff said.
Following the example of their second varsity eight, which had taken the lead in its race earlier and never relinquished it, the Lions got off the starting line well, and went out to a boat-length lead. They remained in front through much of the race.
"In the middle of the race," the coach recalled, "
But the Big Green hadn't been ranked among the top ten in the nation by giving up. Toward the end of the third 500, with
"They started to come," Onufrieff said, "but we were not able to stop them. They wound up rowing through us and winning by about a length.
The Big Green also won both novice events, taking the first novice eights by 12 seconds and the second novice eights by 20 seconds.
"We were able to get out in front in the second varsity race," the coach said. "
Despite the novice crews' losses, Onufrieff was encouraged.
"Both did a good job," she noted. "But they came up against a couple of
"Our novices are on the right track. They've been racing hard, and they keep improving. I think all of our
The results:
Varsity Eights
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Second Varsity Eights
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Novice Eights
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Second Novice Eights
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