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The University of Minnesota hosted Louisville, Michigan and Michigan State in a four-team regatta, today on the Mississippi River. The Gophers and Cardinals competed against Michigan and Michigan State in a morning and afternoon session, which consisted of 10 races during that time.
The Gophers' First Varsity Eight fell to two top 10 teams in the nation in No. 7 Michigan State and No. 9 Michigan. MSU clocked a time of 5:44.5, while Minnesota chipped in a time of 5:49.9. In the afternoon session, it was the Wolverines that were victorious over the Gophers in a time of 5:42.54 to 5:47.94. Minnesota's boat contained coxswain Megan Flannery, Laura Jatautaite, Mary Ann Weinzerl, Jenny Barnes, Ashlee Vilmo, Tina Cho, Lucy Mulvey, Katie Johnson and Lisa Pugh at bow. Minnesota is ranked 15th in the Varsity Eight polls.
The Gophers fell to Michigan State and MSU in the Second Varsity Eight. Minnesota's boat of Linnea Trandem as the coxswain, Lauren VanProosdy, Emily Baxter, Jenna Schuder, Katie Simpson, Kathryn Switalski, Sarah Graham, Erin Desmond and Christine O'Donnell held a time of 6:02.6, but MSU won the race in 5:55.3. In the afternoon, Michigan held a four-second advantage over Minnesota in times of 5:53.4 to 5:57.2.
Minnesota split with its competitors in the First Varsity Four action. The Maroon and Gold fell to MSU in the morning session by a time of 6:21.12 to 6:27.84, but bounced back for a win over Michigan in the afternoon. Minnesota's boat was coxswain Erica Niemiec, Jessica Veit, Sarah Krueger, Ali Fisher and Emily Johnson at bow won the race in a time of 6:25.81 over Michigan in 6:27.21.
MSU and Michigan defeated the Gophers in the Second Varsity Four. The Spartans clocked a time of 6:32.86, while the Gophers' boat of Monika Folker, Michele Peterson, Jess Norman, Michelle Murphy and Katelyn Nichols put in a time of 6:46.46. In the afternoon session, Minnesota closed the gap, but was edged by Michigan by a second in 6:36.34 to 6:37.44.
Michigan State won the First Novice Eight action with a time of 5:57.4 to Minnesota's time of 6:00.0. In Minnesota's boat was coxswain Dana Landseidel, Kristin Haag, Kate Ladell, Alyssa Kast, Molly Kalmoe, Shannon Gates, Tracy Merth, Liz Gruse and Terese Logemann. The 1N8 won the afternoon race over the Wolverines in six seconds in a time of 6:02.36 to 6:08.56.
Minnesota's Second Novice Eight of Rebecca Emmons, Kate Stadum, Haberman, Alex Gregory, Dani Prestegard, Sarah Paschke, Mikaela, Katherine Forster, Jessica Mayers and Carrie Gahr defeated MSU with a time of 6:15.0 to 6:21.7. In the afternoon session Minnesota fell to MSU, 6:09.0 to 6:15.6.
The Gophers' Third Novice Eight competed against Michigan's First Novice Eight in the morning session. Jessica Tam, Lauren Rynders, Chonquita Jones, Vanessa Hamer, Sara Swenson, Melinda Brown, Kristi Sroka, Randi Schroeder and Carly Schulz held a time of 6:36.28, while Michigan won the event in 6:08.08. They followed with loss to Michigan State in the afternoon with times of 6:25.1 to 6:35.8.
"Watching Michigan and Michigan State come in here, we saw what they can do and we got schooled," head coach Wendy Davis said. "We learned a lot about what we need and how we need to improve. We faced two tough teams today and we battled hard. I was happy with how the 1V8 responded in the second session, but again Michigan is also a very good team. Everyone was so great in having this moved to the river. We had never done a race on the river like this before and I'm appreciative that the teams and officials were willing to do it. We're luckily that we faced them before we went to Big Tens and hopefully we'll be able to respond to it."
Minnesota's concludes its home season next weekend when Kansas comes to town on April 26. The event is scheduled to take place at Lake Phalen in St. Paul, Minn. Time of the race is to be determined.
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Courtesy: Eric Miller/University of Minnesota
