Boston College
Knecht Cup
Successful Weekend Capped By Knecht Cup Medals
April 10, 2016 | Rowing
All six boats tally medals in grand final, including two golds
WESTÂ WINDSORÂ TOWNSHIP, NJ - After seeing all crews advance out of the Knecht Cup heats on Saturday, the Boston College rowing team recorded a successful Sunday that was highlighted by two gold medals, a silver medal and a trio of bronze medals in the grand final of the Knecht Cup, held on Mercer Lake in West Windsor Township, New Jersey.Â
The Eagles took gold in the Women's Frosh/Novice Four grand final in addition to a first place finish in the Varsity Four event. They earned silver in the Varsity Eight and three bronze medals in the grand final of the Second Varsity Four, Second Varsity Eight and Third Varsity Eight, respectively.Â
Head coach Steve Fiske said of the team's performance, "This was the best team finish in program history. At the beginning of the year, the team set a goal for all boats to medal at Knecht, and it was great to see them achieve this."
In the various heats on Saturday, BC advanced all their boats against a large field of competition. The Varsity Eight and Varsity Four heats saw 36 boats compete, while the Second Varsity Four saw 24, the Third Varsity Four 30, the Second Varsity Eight 25 and the Third Varsity Eight 13, repectively.Â
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BC's first medal was taken in the grand final of the Women's Frosh/Novice Four, where the Eagles finished with a time of 7:51.73, holding out the squads from Pittsburgh, Massachusetts, Lafayette, Holy Cross and West Virginia, the team's five competitors in the event. 
The maroon and gold rowed to a gold medal in the Varsity Four grand final, barely beating out ACC foe North Carolina by less than a half a second to win the team's second gold medal of the afternoon. In the photo finish, the Eagles took first with a time of 7:30.30, ahead of the Tar Heel's boat, who crossed the finish at 7:30.78. Princeton rounded out the top three, placing 3:09 seconds behind BC. 
In the grand final of the Second Varsity Four event, the squad from The Heights held off Alabama's "A" boat by three seconds to take a bronze medal. With a time of 7:45.88, the Eagles only trailed Kansas (7:32.33) and Bucknell "A" (7:42.51) in the final race of the weekend for the 2V4 squad. 
The Eagles won bronze medals in the grand final of both the Second and Third Varsity Eight events. In the Second Varsity Eight event, BC's time of 6:53.52 was edged out by only in-state rival Massachusetts (6:47.17) and Kansas (6:49.00). The Third Varsity Eight squad took third place in a time of 7:09.75, behind the team's of Bucknell "A" (7:05.95) and Kansas (7:08.47). 
In the final competition of the day, the Eagles earned a silver medal with their second place finish in the grand final of the Varsity Eight event. BC took second with a time of 6:51.10, defeated only by Tulsa, who had completed the 2000m course in a time of 6:48.61. 
LINEUPS:
Varsity Eight
Coxswain: Anna Tenzinger
Stroke: Makenzy BrownÂ
7: Caroline Henry
6: Grace Grunau
5: Catherine Goldberg
4: Megan Carney
3: Caitlin Yaccarino
2: Michaela Jaffe
bow: Madison Cann
Second Varsity Eight
Coxswain: Kylie Hasegawa
Stroke: Caitlain McDonald
7: Kelly Bungard
6: Katherine DeVlieger
5: Haley Clarke
4: Amanda Jenkins
3: Claire Orzel
2: Jessica Ferrante
bow: Jamie Bange
Varsity Four
Coxswain: Amanda Bakke
Stroke: Michela Karrash
3: Paige Vignone
2: Elizabeth McKernan
bow: Olivia Rogus
Second Varsity Four
Coxswain: Ola Zaworski
Stroke: Hilary Gould
3: Laura Mazziotta
2: Claire Mason
bow: Jessica Zettlemoyer
Third Varsity Eight
Coxswain: Erika Charnley
Stroke: Elizabeth Calder
7: Jacqueline McDonnell
6: Morgan Rann
5: Gretchen Ray
4: Haley Bower
3: Grace Brzozowski
2: Victoria Mulkern
bow: Christy Verhoog
Freshmen/Novice Four
Coxswain: Lauren Hansford
Stroke: Kelsey Lally
3: Sophie Spencer
2: Jillian Raplee
bow: Suzanne Schultz
After a weekend spent in New Jersey, the squad returns to the waters next weekend when they take on Boston University and Rhode Island on the Charles River course next Saturday, April 16.Â
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