Fordham University Women’s Rowing traveled down to Philadelphia this past weekend to compete in the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta. The team competed in six races, taking home a top-10 finish for the Varsity 4 as well as several other impressive showings.
Starting off the day on Saturday, Oct. 26, Fordham’s Novice 4 boat finished fifth out of 13 teams with a time of 15:51.08. The boat consisted of coxswain Amelia Gage and fellow rowers freshmen Catherine Schmitt-Palumbo, Mariya Sergeeva, Brady Fitzgerald and Elsa Hinz. The team managed to beat out Bryn Mawr College by just over a second, and they finished only 10 seconds behind Saint Joseph’s University.
Later on, Fordham’s Novice 8 finished with a time of 16:42.15, coming 16th out of 23 teams.
The leading Varsity 4 came in ninth out of 76 boats, finishing in 14:29.24, just barely a second behind eighth-place finishers George Washington University. That boat consisted of senior coxswain Charlotte Maravelis alongside junior Bailey Scherdorf, graduate student Annabelle Baulch, senior Anna Hinck and sophomore Faith Lee.
The top spot in the Varsity 4 race went to the University of Pennsylvania with a time of 13:36.24.
Fordham’s Second Varsity 4 came in 18th with a time of 14:49.77 while the Third Varsity 4+ finished 41st in 15:38.42. The Rams’ Fourth Varsity 4 boat crossed the line in 16:18.73 to finish in 59th.
The Fordham duo of sophomore Lucy Cunningham and senior Alyssa Neducsin also had an impressive showing in the Collegiate Doubles. They finished third with a time of 17:29.67. Ahead of them, West Virginia University and Bryn Mawr College claimed first and second, respectively.
In the Club Championship Eights, Fordham’s Fourth Varsity 4 crossed the line in 13:44.91, earning them 18th out of 48. The Second and Third Varsity 8 teams finished 29th and 46th, with times of 14:11.34 and 15:11.64, respectively.
Lastly, the Rams competed in the Championship Eights, with the Rams’ top boat finishing 17th out of 22 in 13:37.05.
The Rams will be back on the water this weekend to compete at the Heart of the Housatonic in Shelton, Connecticut on Nov. 2.
