Louisville Earns Five Wins on Day 1 at Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational

Saturday, March 12

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Louisville edges Notre Dame during Saturday morning's varsity eight race at Melton Lake.

Louisville Earns Five Wins on Day 1 at Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational

March 12, 2016 | Rowing

No. 20 Cardinals win varsity eight, varsity four, second varsity four and two novice eight/third varsity eight races

By: Garett Wall

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - The No. 20 Louisville rowing team won five races and added four runner-up finishes during the first day of racing at the fifth annual Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational on Saturday at the Melton Lake Rowing Venue.

During the morning session, the Cardinals earned varsity eight, varsity four, second varsity four and novice eight/third varsity eight victories with each of those four including finishes ahead of No. 17 Notre Dame. In the afternoon session, Louisville added its second novice eight/third varsity eight win of the day.

The two-day event will conclude with Sunday's morning session set to begin at 9:14 a.m., ET. Real-time results for the event will be provided through the Louisville rowing twitter account (@UofLRowing), while final results will be published on Row2K.com.

Fans can follow University of Louisville rowing on Twitter (@UofLRowing) at http://twitter.com/UofLRowing.

OAK RIDGE CARDINAL INVITATIONAL
Saturday, March 12 – Morning Results
Varsity 8+
1. No. 20 Louisville – 6:30.52
2. No. 17 Notre Dame – 6:31.88
3. Minnesota – 6:38.98
4. West Virginia – 6:56.61

Second Varsity 8+
1. No. 17 Notre Dame – 6:35.04
2. Minnesota – 6:39.65
3. No. 20 Louisville – 6:45.86
4. West Virginia – 7:09.56

Varsity 4+
1. No. 20 Louisville – 7:20.09
2. Minnesota – 7:28.23
3. No. 17 Notre Dame – 7:30.73
4. West Virginia – 8:10.10

Second Varsity 4+
1. No. 20 Louisville – 7:38.20
2. Minnesota – 7:39.82
3. No. 17 Notre Dame – 7:42.96

Third Varsity 4+
1. No. 17 Notre Dame – 7:51.35
2. No. 20 Louisville – 8:03.98

Novice 8+/Third Varsity 8+
1. No. 20 Louisville – 6:49.33
2. No. 17 Notre Dame – 6:51.83

Saturday, March 12 – Afternoon Results
Varsity 8+
1. No. 11 Michigan – 6:15.90
2. No. 20 Louisville – 6:23.47
3. UCF – 6:27.62
4. West Virginia – 6:45.23

Second Varsity 8+
1. No. 11 Michigan – 6:20.79
2. No. 20 Louisville – 6:30.53
3. UCF – 6:49.76
4. West Virginia – 6:56.76

Varsity 4+
1. No. 11 Michigan – 7:04.45
2. No. 20 Louisville – 7:13.78
3. UCF – 7:39.36
4. West Virginia – 7:59.51

Second Varsity 4+
1. No. 11 Michigan – 7:06.83
2. No. 20 Louisville – 7:22.15
3. UCF – 7:47.75
4. West Virginia - DNS

Third Varsity 4+
1. No. 4 Virginia – 7:21.80
2. UCF – 7:57.85
3. No. 20 Louisville – 8:04.07

Novice 8+/Third Varsity 8+
1. No. 20 Louisville – 6:38.27
2. Alabama – 7:05.86
3. UCF – 7:23.73

LOUISVILLE LINEUPS – OAK RIDGE CARDINAL INVITATIONAL
Saturday Morning
Varsity 8+: Annie Pape (coxswain), Katie Nord, Kirsti Harrison, Lucie Heranova, Sarah Podwojski, Cynthia Doyle, Callie McGowan, Hanna Spittel, Allison Zimmermann
Second Varsity 8+: Sophie St. Martin (coxswain), Leah Stump, Hannah Richardson, Abbie Wade, Sophie Schulz, Mary Waldman, Amanda Zalno, Rebecca Yaklic, Katie Miller
Varsity 4+: Chiara Ponko (coxswain), Rebecca Busk, Gabi Biedenharn, Elizabeth Patrick, Maddy Staubitz
Second Varsity 4+: Margaret Geraghty (coxswain), Sally Rozumalski, Madeleine Chesney, Kylie Noltemeyer, Abbi Fitts
Third Varsity 4+: Caitlin Ponko (coxswain), Meredith Price, Madelyn Green, Mara Louise Atherton, Keaton Jesse
Third Varsity 8+: Kim Streetz (coxswain), Samantha Stoll, Kaitlin Ulbert, McKenzie Clifford, Nicole DiTommaso, Rachael Schmetzer, Caroline Lynch, Mallory Burnett, Kelsey Webb

Saturday Afternoon
Varsity 8+: Annie Pape (coxswain), Katie Nord, Kirsti Harrison, Lucie Heranova, Sarah Podwojski, Cynthia Doyle, Callie McGowan, Hanna Spittel, Allison Zimmermann
Second Varsity 8+: Sophie St. Martin (coxswain), Rebecca Busk, Hannah Richardson, Abbie Wade, Amanda Zalno, Rebecca Yaklic, Sophie Schulz, Mary Waldman, Katie Miller
Varsity 4+: Chiara Ponko (coxswain), Leah Stump, Gabi Biedenharn, Elizabeth Patrick, Maddy Staubitz
Second Varsity 4+: Margaret Geraghty (coxswain), Sally Rozumalski, Madeleine Chesney, Kylie Noltemeyer, Abbi Fitts
Third Varsity 4+: Tiffany Chea (coxswain), Meredith Price, Madelyn Green, Mara Louise Atherton, Keaton Jesse
Third Varsity 8+: Kim Streetz (coxswain), Samantha Stoll, Kaitlin Ulbert, McKenzie Clifford, Nicole DiTommaso, Rachael Schmetzer, Caroline Lynch, Mallory Burnett, Kelsey Webb