CHERRY HILL, N.J. – The MIT women's lightweight crew team opened the weekend at the Knecht Cup Regatta with racing in Doubles and the Novice Four on the Cooper River in Cherry Hill, N.J. MIT advanced to the final in both events with racing to continue to tomorrow in Singles, Pairs, Doubles, Fours, and Eights. 

THE BASICS:

• Doubles
  • Heat 1: 3rd of 6 (9:37.59)
  • Heat 2: 1st of 6 (8:55.94)
  • Heat 4: 2nd of 6 (9:13.92) 
• N4+
  • 1st of 5 (10:11.71) in Heat 2

RACE BY RACE: 

• Doubles
  • Heat 1: First years Lillie Beliveau (Meredith, N.H.) and Ania Kelly (Oyster Bay, N.Y.) finished third in the opening heat, finishing in 9:37.59.
  • Heat 2: Junior Josephine Williams (Darien, Conn.) and first year Calder Shen (Brookline, Mass.) won the second heat by 13.26 over second place Wisconsin, finishing in 8:55.94 to advance to the final.
  • Heat 4: Sophomore Abby Kaplan (Rye, N.Y.) and sophomore Avery Reischer-Craft (North Vancouver, British Columbia) finished second in the fourth heat with a time of 9:13.92. BU was first in 8:58.50.
• N4+
  • MIT had the top time in Heat 2, finishing ahead of Lafayette by 18.40 seconds with a time of 10:11.71 to advance to the Novice Four Final. 

BOATINGS:

• Doubles: 
  • Lillie Beliveau, Ania Kelly
  • Josephine Williams, Calder Shen
  • Abigail Kaplan, Avery Reischer-Craft
• N4+: C. Anna Kaganov; 4. Kendall Jacobsmeyer; 3. Angela Guo; 2. Ashley Niu; B. Angie Ayoubi

UP NEXT:

• The Knecht Cup continues on Sunday with finals in multiple events:
  • Single: Grace Hutter races in the Women's Single Final tomorrow at 7:30 AM.
  • Pair: Yagmur Kavukcuoglu and Kate Wei race in Women's Varsity Pair Final tomorrow at 7:46 AM.
  • Doubles: Abby Kaplan and Avery Reischer-Craft and Lillie Beliveau and Ania Kelley race in the Women's Double Petite Final tomorrow at 8:02 AM. Josephine Williams and Calder Shen follow in the Women's Double Final at 8:10 AM.
  • N4+: MIT races in the Women's Novice Four Final tomorrow at 8:58 AM.
  • V8+: Will race in the Women's Lightweight Eight Final tomorrow at 10:50 AM. 
  • 3V8+: Will race in the Women's third Varsity Eight Final tomorrow at 11:14 AM.

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