Women's Rowing Caps Florida Training with Regatta Victory

Saturday, March 17

Palm Bay, Fla,

TBA

Columbia

FIT Invitational

Women's Rowing Caps Florida Training with Regatta Victory

3/21/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Rowing

By: Columbia University Athletics

PALM BAY, FLA. ? In their final “tune-up” for the 2007 season, the Columbia women's rowers appeared ready for prime time with fine performances at the annual Governor's Cup Regatta, hosted by the Florida Institute of Technology.

“It was a good regatta,” head coach Melanie Onufrieff said. “It was a good way to finish up our spring trip and prepare for our northern season.”

The Lions captured both eight-oared events, losing only in the varsity fours. The varsity eights was dominated by Columbia, whose first boat won the race and second varsity boat was runner-up. The novice eight also won its race, by a sizable margin over FIT.

Columbia opens its northern season in one of its two cup races. The Lions face Yale and Penn in the Connell Cup Regatta in Philadelphia Saturday, March 24.

The results:

Governor's Cup Regatta
Canal 54, Palm Bay, Fla.

Varsity Eights
1. Columbia 1V, 6:46.0
2. Columbia 2V, 7:03.1
3. FIT, 7:15.6
4. Marietta, 7:54.4

Novice Eights
1. Columbia, 7:07.0
2. FIT, 7:35.2
3. Marietta, 7:44.5

Varsity Fours
1. FIT, 7:45.0
2. Marietta, 7:48.2
3. Columbia, 7:58.1