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Columbia Takes On Penn, Yale for Dodge Cup Saturday
4/12/2019 11:15:00 AM | Lightweight Rowing
The Lions will look to earn the Dodge Cup for the second consecutive year when they meet the Quakers and Bulldogs on the Schuykill River.
NEW YORK – The Columbia lightweight rowing team makes a short trip to the Schuykill River to meet up with Penn and Yale for the Dodge Cup Saturday, April 13. Racing is slated to begin at 9 a.m. The Lions are ranked No. 6 in the latest IRA/USRowing Coaches Poll, while Yale is rated No. 5 and Penn checks in at No. 3.
WHAT'S ON THE LINE
The Marcellus Hartley Dodge Cup was established in 1955 and is raced annually between Columbia, Yale, and Penn. Yale has the most wins with 39, followed by the Quakers with 15 total victories. The Lions won the trophy last season and have just three wins since 2003.
COLUMBIA'S STATUS
The Lions split a pair of races last weekend, topping Navy Saturday for the WIT Cup, before dropping the Wales-Kirrane Cup regatta to Harvard Sunday at Overpeck Park. The Columbia second varsity eight posted victories, extending its winning streak to 13-straight dating back to the 2017 spring season.
MELVIN, ZIONTS EARN USROWING U23 INVITES
Senior coxswain Bella Zionts and junior Sam Melvin were selected to compete at the USRowing U23 Camps this summer. The camp will select the lightweight men's quadruple sculls crew that will race in Sarasota-Bradenton and will explore possible combinations in the lightweight double sculls, lightweight pair and lightweight single sculls to race at the 2019 USRowing Under 23 World Championships Trials.
PENN'S STATUS
Penn won the second varsity eight race and took second in the varsity eight, competing against Cornell and Harvard with the Matthews Trophy and the Leonard Cup on the line last Saturday.
YALE'S STATUS
The Bulldogs won wire-to-wire in all three races last weekend against Georgetown in their home debut on the Housatonic.
A LOOK BACK…
In 2018, Yale's varsity eight came out of the gates with a two-seat lead 500 meters in, but Columbia made its move at the 750-meter mark and gained the lead for good at the halfway point of the race. The Lions then shifted into their final gear and wound up taking down the Bulldogs with about a boat length of open water.
NEXT UP
Columbia takes on Cornell in Ithaca for the Geiger Cup on Saturday, April 20.
PROJECTED BOATINGS
Varsity Eight in the Alex Navab
Cox: Bella Zionts, Stroke: Alexandros Zismidis, 7: Max Amsterdam, 6: Sebastian Krappe, 5: Torrance Smith, 4: Gavin Southerland, 3: John Robison, 2: Jim Stewart, Bow: Sam Melvin
Second Varsity Eight in the Nich Lee Parker
Cox: Judy Liu, Stroke: Aiden Norder, 7: Constantino Khoury, 6: Michael Ritter, 5: Brooks Ralph, 4: Lukas Geiger, 3: Alex Overmeer, 2: George Patterson, Bow: Levi Beckett
Third Varsity Eight in the Michael C. Zimmer
Cox: Simon Osak, Stroke: Pedro Santos, 7: Owen Cordaro, 6: Alan Blaesser, 5: Tucker McMullen, 4: Lorenzo Frati, 3: Jake Duffy, 2: Ricardo Pantaleon, Bow: Colm Feeney
Fourth Varsity Eight in the 2016 National Champions
Cox: Emma Frati Stroke: Jorge Gonzalez Rey, 7: Richard Taylor, 6: Tim Cervera, 5; Jack Hartman, 4: Ryan Watt, 3: Brendan Burbage 2: Ishan Dirks, Bow: Anthony Cosentino
SATURDAY'S RACING SCHEDULE
9 a.m. – Fourth Varsity Eight
9:20 a.m. – Third Varsity Eight
9:40 a.m. – Second Varsity Eight
10 a.m. – Varsity Eight
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