Cardinals Compete at Michigan in Final Regular Season Regatta

Sunday, May 2

Ann Arbor, MI

TBA

University of Louisville

Michigan

Photo by: A. Thomason, Michigan Photography

Cardinals Compete at Michigan in Final Regular Season Regatta

May 02, 2021 | Rowing

Louisville raced against No. 5 Michigan and RV Iowa in Ann Arbor.

By: Nancy Worley

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Louisville rowing team had their final tuneup for the upcoming ACC Championship when they raced Michigan and Iowa today in Ann Arbor.

Crosswinds played havoc with the schedule, but all races were completed with the Cards sending four total boats to the regatta.

"It has taken a while to develop, but we are finally seeing some speed come out of the eights. The V4 has been in the mix all year and was able to overtake Iowa after two losses to them a couple of weeks back. The whole team has been adapting and responding all season and the last two weeks were no different." said Copeland. "The 2V8+ and the 2V4+ have been working on merging new lineups with limited practices together. This will continue to generate speed in the practice leading up to the ACC Championship. The V8+ made a couple of big steps the last couple weeks and were able to see some of those results today. Iowas dealt us a couple of big blows two weeks ago and we really wanted to make up some ground on them this week. It looked like it was going well for us as were were nearing the halfway point before Iowa had some breakage in the boat and could not finish the race at full strength."

UofL's V8+ finished second to No. 5-ranked Michigan, ahead of RV-Iowa with a time of 6:53.07. The Cardinals' V4+ boat powered to a second-place finish, behind Michigan with a time of 7:47.59.

The 2V4+ boat was edged by just over three seconds by Iowa in a dramatic fight for second place. The 2V8 boat finished third with a time of 7:13.78.

The Cardinals are idle until the ACC Championships to be held May 14-15 at Lake Hartwell, S.C. near the campus of Clemson.

Results for today's races:

First Varsity Eight
1. Michigan -- 6:36.95
2. Louisville -- 6:53.07
3. Iowa -- 7:37.01

Second Varsity Eight
1. Michigan -- 6:45.5
2. Iowa -- 6:55.69
3. Louisville -- 7:13.78

First Varsity Four
1. Michigan -- 7:28.34
2. Louisville -- 7:47.59
3. Iowa -- 8:01.72

Second Varsity Four
1. Michigan -- 7:32.0
2. Iowa -- 8:21.43
3. Louisville -- 8:24.59

Third Varsity Four
1. Michigan -- 7:53.84
2. Iowa -- 8:33.46

First Novice Eight
1. Michigan -- (winning time not recorded)
2. Iowa (1N8) -- +14.21
3. Michigan (2N8) -- +24.80
4. Iowa (2N8) -- +34.05

Lineups
V8+
Rosie Devine (Cox), McKenzie Sweeney, Jordan Kraski, Violette Legrand, Caitlin Bentley, Katie Beiler, Claudia Figueiredo, Parekura Kellow, Michaela Dukes

2V8+
Ellee Grosser (Cox) McKenzie Vaughn, Riley Kerber, Olivia Oestreich, Nahdeen Hassanain, Evey Peplowski, Madeline Dodd, Megan Lee, Emily Corso

V4+
Izzy Hussey (Cox), Alaina Brauer, Gabrielle Zanoni, Madison Cicha, Eliza Wack

2V4+
Heidi Anderson (Cox), Madison Meister, Kaylee Lowe, Reigan Lines, Daniela Rincon

Up Next

ACC Rowing Championship

Date	Time (ET)	Event	Network
Fri, May 14	8 – 10 a.m.	ACC Rowing Championship Prelims	ACCNX
Sat, May 15	8 – 10 a.m.	ACC Rowing Championship Finals	ACCNX
Sun, May 23	7 p.m.	ACC Rowing Championship	ACCN