Fordham Rowing was back in action last weekend for a matchup against Bucknell University to end the fall season on a beautiful fall day on the Susquehanna River.
The Rams raced in four matchups across the day: the Novice 8+, Varsity 4+, Varsity 8+ and the Second Varsity 8+.
In the Novice 8+ race, the Rams finished last, with a time of 7:05.23. Bucknell had three other boats going in the race, with the Bucknell A boat finishing first with a time of 6:15.73, Boat B finishing with a time of 6:39.40 and C finishing in 6:54.52.
In the Varsity 4+ race, the Rams had three boats going but could not beat out the Bucknell boat for the top spot. Bucknell made it across the finish line in 6:57.77, while the Ram boats fell in alphabetical order, starting with a time of 7:06.55, and with the last two boats finishing only three seconds apart at 7:13.75 and 7:16.27.
In the Varsity 8+, the Rams secured their first victory of the day, edging the Bisons by two seconds with a time of 6:54.06 compared to Bucknell’s 6:47 finish time. This was attributed to a team effort at the 1,000m marker, where the Rams were able to pull away with the lead after being neck and neck for some time.
The squad was composed of junior coxswain Charlotte Maravelis, seniors Maja Gunz, Eleanor Rodde, Brooke Gould, Annabelle Baulch and Tiernan Degnan, junior Molly Ewing and graduate students Jamie Forbes and Anya Casey.
Lastly, in the Second Varsity 8+, the Rams took home another first place finish, this time with a much larger margin. Fordham finished with a time of 6:58.25 compared to the Bisons’ 7:07.66.
The winning Second Varsity boat featured senior coxswain Alena Bujnowski, freshmen Faith Lee and Stella Toro, sophomores Eliza Collins, Bailey Scherdorf, Nicolette Giamarusti and Alex Zaneski, junior Carley Walker and senior Elli Lewis.
The Rams wrap up their fall season with that last matchup after only competing in three events due to one cancellation.
The rowing team now will turn their attentions to a spring season where they will reconvene to bring home more rowing victories to Rose Hill.
