05/16/2009 - Duke Sports Information

OAK RIDGE, TENN. – The Duke rowing team’s open four entry won the second heat of the preliminary round of the 2009 Aramark South/Central Regional Sprints Saturday afternoon.

The boat, composed of Laurel Sisler, Alex Japhet, Alison Sagar, All-ACC selection Lesley King and coxswain Tammy Lin, finished the course in 7:10.3 to best Virginia, Iowa, Notre Dame and Duke’s B entry. They will advance to the semifinals where they will line up against Clemson, Notre Dame, Michigan, Iowa and Virginia’s B boat.

Duke’s open four B entry of Janet Bartholdson, Katrina Weschler, Sara Couch, Alex MacLeish and Anne Moriarity took fourth in their preliminary heat with a time of 7:15.82. They will now line up against Central Florida, Kansas and Tennessee in the semifinals.

In novice eight action, the Duke boat of Kathie Sun, Kathryn Lowry, Rory Erickson-Kulas, Brianna Briede, Caroline Fox, Kathy Smithwick, Stephanie Rosser, Ali Long and Laura Guth took fifth in the first heat with a time of 6:50.13. They will now face Alabama, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio State and Clemson in the semis.

 

Complete results from the preliminary heats and lineups for the second round are available in the attached PDFs.