WORCESTER, Mass. -- The MIT women's openweight rowing team opened the 2025-26 season with a gold medal performance in the Women's Collegiate 8 event at the annual Quinsigamond Snake Regatta on Saturday morning on Lake Quinsigamond.
C: Michelle Peng, 8: Kayla Robertson, 7: Lucy Greenup, 6: Lana Ghamra, 5: Madeleine Laws, 4: Emma Hopkins, 3: Brooke Birdsall, 2: Emma Cox, 1: Sofia Chastain earned first among the 25 crews in the Women's Collegiate 8+, as the Engineers finished ahead of the MIT lightweight 8+ in second. MIT claimed gold in the event for the second year in a row and the third time in four years.
THE BASICS:
- Women's Collegiate 4+: 4th and 6th
- Women's Collegiate 8: 1st and 6th
RACE BY RACE:
- Women's Collegiate 4+: MIT's top openweight boat earned a fourth-place finish in fours with a time of 17:33.4, as MIT trailed only MIT's top lightweight boat in third (17:14.9). The MIt light and openweight women's teams owned sports three through seven in the standings with the openweight "B" boat also securing a sixth-place finish in 18:01.1.
- Women's Collegiate 8: The Engineers top crew finished the Lake Quinsigamond course in 14:46.6 defending gold in the event. MIT's lightweight 8 was the runner-up in 14:51.3. The openweight "B" boat added a sixth-place time in 15:12.1, finishing behind Smith College in fifth place (15:10.8) and WPI in seventh (15:31.4).
BOATINGS:
- Women's Collegiate 4+ A; C: Madeline Ryan; 4: Marin Caiola, 3: Angela Dong, 2: Kristen DiConza, 1: Parker Hurley
- Women's Collegiate 4+ B: C: Daphne Rodas, 4: Lucia Ayala, 3: Zoe Awa, 2: Ava Illingworth, 1: Hannah Gally
- Women's Collegiate 8 A: C: Michelle Peng, 8: Kayla Robertson, 7: Lucy Greenup, 6: Lana Ghamra, 5: Madeleine Laws, 4: Emma Hopkins, 3: Brooke Birdsall, 2: Emma Cox, 1: Sofia Chastain
- Women's Collegiate 8 B: C: Kayla Liu, 8: Sophie Latz, 7: Cara Schillinger, 6: Darin Wilkowski, 5: Shriya Thakur, 4: Natalia Medici, 3: Elizabeth Wright, 2: Ainsley Buice, 1: Elizabeth Jackson
UP NEXT:
- MIT will begin preparations for the Head Of The Charles Regatta on Saturday, October 18 and 19.
- The Engineers have multiple entries on Saturday, with two boats (Bow #20 and Bow #52) in the Women's Club Fours and two boats (Bow #4 and Bow #15) in the Women's Club Eights.
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