Nov. 3, 2014 WASHINGTON - On a cold fall day, which saw steady winds with intermittent rain, the Georgetown women's rowing program sent two novice boats to the Head of the Occoquan last Saturday. Racing took place on the Occoquan River in Northern Virginia.
It was the Hoyas final race of the fall season. Both GU boats competed in Collegiate Novice 8+ event, taking third and fourth place. The first Hoya boat to cross the finish line did so in a time of 19:03.77 while the second crew was less than one minute behind, finishing at 19:04.42.
Georgetown's first boat was rowed by coxswain Michaela McCool (West Chester, Pa.), Natallie Clark (Wilton, Conn.), Sabine Neschke (Still River, Mass.), Sophie Kershaw (El Dorado Hills, Calif.), Allie Garceau (Exeter, N.H.), Elsa Smith (Seattle, Wash.), Joanna Moley (Darien, Conn.), Morgan Zeiss (Washington, D.C.) and Hannah Galvin at the bow.
The second crew consisted of coxswain Beth Weinrich (Willow Grove, Pa.), bow Emily Marshall (Toronto, Canada), Lily Tyndall (Harrisburg, Pa.), Kayla Giger (Lebanon, N.H.), Jelena Pesa (Darien, Conn.), Abby Reinhold (Reston, Va.), Caroline Thomas (Vienna, Va.), Grace Benson (Oakland, Calif.) and Alexandra Porrazzo (Greensboro, N.C.).
"The girls really gelled this week as a group," Georgetown Freshmen Coach Stephen Full said. "Overall it was a real strong day of racing and a great way to end the fall season for the freshmen. We will now begin to start mixing the freshmen in with the varsity squad in the final weeks of the fall season."
