Varsity Eight Takes Second at Sunshine State Invite

Saturday, April 6

Sarasota, FL

8:00 AM

University of Louisville

Sunshine State Invitational

The Louisville V8+ rowing crew competes in the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational.

April 06, 2019 | Rowing

Two Louisville crews post runner-up finishes in grand final

By: Jake Stanley

SARASOTA, Fla. – With a time of 6:33.42, the University of Louisville rowing varsity eight crew posted a runner-up finish Saturday morning at the FIRA Sunshine State Invitational at Nathan Benderson Park.

In its first event of the morning, the crew of Perie Howard, (coxswain), McKenzie Sweeney, Lucie Heranova, Mahalia Shand, McKenzie Vaughn, Misia Partyga, Claudia Figueiredo, Violette Legrand and Leah van Eeden placed second in the grand final, finishing three seconds behind first-place Alabama. The Cards also took second in the second varsity eight petite final, turning in a time of 6:58.31. In both the V4+ and 2V4+ grand finals, the Cards placed fifth with times of 7:33.27 and 7:44.73 respectively.

The Cards will now turn their attention to the Clemson Invitational on April 19-20. This will be the first of two regattas at Lake Regatta, with the second coming in the ACC Championships on May 18.

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RESULTS
V8+ Grand Final
1. Alabama, 6:30.20
2. Louisville, 6:33.42
3. UCF, 6:35.43
4. Kansas State, 6:37.82
5. Kansas, 6:38.88
6. SMU, 6:39.61

2V8+ Petite Final
1. Clemson, 6:47.40
2. Louisville, 6:58.31
3. Miami, 6:59.19
4. Jacksonville, 7:10.63
5. Old Dominion, 7:31.28
6. Stetson, 7:55.59

V4+ Grand Final
1. UCF, 7:21.30
2. Alabama, 7:26.09
3. Kansas State, 7:27.20
4. Tulsa, 7:31.11
5. Louisville, 7:33.27
6. SMU, 7:44.19

2V4+ Grand Final
1. Alabama A, 7:33.10
2. Kansas State, 7:38.89
3. UCF A, 7:40.07
4. Miami, 7:43.34
5. Louisville, 7:44.73
6. SMU, 7:45.33
7. Kansas, 7:47.45

LINEUPS
V8+: Perie Howard (coxswain), McKenzie Sweeney, Lucie Heranova, Mahalia Shand, McKenzie Vaughn, Misia Partyga, Claudia Figueiredo, Violette Legrand, Leah van Eeden
2V8+: Rosie Devine (coxswain), Kimberly Dil, Katie Beiler, Caroline Lynch, Madison Luette, Samantha Stoll, Grace Herbert, Abbi Fitts, Abigail Davies
V4+: Margaret Geraghty (coxswain), Mallory Burnett, Victoria Goldin, Haylee Judge, Emily Corso
2V4+: Audrey Sholiton (coxswain), Sarah Thurson, Morgan Senogles, Madeline Dodd, Jordan Kraski