Nov. 11, 2007

PHILADELPHIA - The Saint Joseph's women's rowing team closed out the 2007 weason with an impressive performance at the Frostbite Regatta.

The varsity team has already begun winter training, but did compete in three doubles at the Frostbite Regatta. The doubles were selected by winning a doubles tournament over the last week. The race quickly developed into a two-boat race with SJU C (L.Sysol/C.DiSanto) and SJU B (H.Armstrong/A.Easby-Smith). The C Boat held on to win followed by the B Boat, Lehigh in third and SJU A (K.MacTurk/K.McKinley) in fourth.

Next up for the Hawks was the Freshman 4 of Clare Burns (cox), BriAnne Kammerman, Danielle Brady, Amanda Stooks, and Colleen Smith. The Freshman 4 took control of the race right from the start and won the event by more than 40 seconds.

The Freshmen Eights also had strong races against many local and Dad Vail foes. Both eights rowed strong races and pulled away from the pack at the bridge, passing the boathouse in the lead. Both freshman crews finished first in their races, besting very competitive fields.

Freshmen Eights: c-Clare Burns, 8-BriAnne Kammerman, 7-Danielle Brady, 6-Amanda Stooks, 5-Colleen Smith, 4-Katie Herdmann, 3-Deanna Bigford, 2-Melissa Craig, b-Monica Egan

c-Annie Taylor, 8-Ashley Wollman, 7-MaryCate Fox, 6-Juliet Lee, 5-Angela Acuna, 4-Sarah Trainer, 3-Teresa Penetar, 2-Christine Loomis, b-Danielle Kaiser

"We are really proud of our team's results today. It is a great way to end the fall Season. It is especially exciting that everyone on our freshman roster earned a gold medal today," said coach Gerry Quinlan.

RESULTS Open Double 1-SJU C 8:16 2-SJU B 8:23 3-Lehigh 8:33 4-SJU A 8:53

Freshman 4 1- SJU 7:36 2- Rochestor 8:23 3- Scranton 8:54 4- Stony Brook 9:02 5- Lafayette 9:20

Freshman 8 A 1-SJU 7:17 2-Lehigh 7:31 3-Binghamton 7:52 4-Temple 8:02 5-Drexel 8:10

Freshman 8 B 1-SJU 7:56 2-American 8:16 3-Penn 8:17 4-Stony Brook 8:19 5-Philadelphia 8:32

The Hawks are back in action on March 8 vs. Delaware, Lehigh and Drexel.