Women’s Openweight Crew Earns Pair of Medals at Head of the Fish Regatta

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- The MIT women's openweight crew team earned bronze in the women's collegiate eights and added a silver medal in the novice fours on Saturday at the annual Head of the Fish Regatta on Fish Creek.

WOMEN'S COLLEGIATE EIGHT - 3rd of 16 (11:33.834) - BRONZE

C. Michelle Peng
8. Shriya Thakur
7. Lucy Greenup
6. Lana Ghamra
5. Brooke Birdsall
4. Emma Hopkins
3. Madeleine Laws
2. Emma Cox
1. Elizabeth Jackson

"The varsity eight had a strong race, their best this fall, earning a bronze," said Head Coach Holly Metcalf. The Engineers finished well ahead of Patriot League rival Colgate in eight (12:13.964), trailing only first place Cornell (11:13.419) and runner-up Boston College (11:17.089).

WOMEN'S COLLEGIATE 2V EIGHT A - 7th of 22 (12:17.848)

C. Madeline Ryan
8. Darin Wilkowski
7. Sofia Chastain
6. Ainsley Buice
5. Cara Schillinger
4. Katarzyna Opalinska
3. Ava Illingworth
2. Marina Awad
1. Sofia Mayus

WOMEN'S COLLEGIATE 2V EIGHT B - 12th of 22 (12:38.408)

C. Anjalina Thomas
8. Lia Donley
7. Lucia Ayala
6. Kristen DiConza
5. Amelia Haller
4. Zoe Awa
3. Angela Dong
2. Michelle Sotelo
1. Julia Brodsky

WOMEN'S COLLEGIATE FROSH/NOVICE FOUR - 2nd of 10 (13:54.852) - SILVER

C. Anishka Trehan
4. Sinead O'Gorman-Jones
3. Emma Nagle
2. Helen Saunders
1. Quinn Van Konynenburg

With only one row together prior to the weekend, the MIT novice four brought home a silver medal. MIT finished in 13:54.852, with Albany winning the event in 13:33.246.

WOMEN'S COLLEGIATE FOUR A - 4th of 42 (12:34.902)

C. Kayla Liu
4. Lucy Greenup
3. Shriya Thakur
2. Madeleine Laws
1. Lana Ghamra

"Our varsity fours all came off the water after their second race of the day with strong performances," noted Metcalf. The 'A' boat, with coxswain Kayla Liu, finished .9 seconds off a bronze and was followed by MIT's 'B' boat, steered by Maddie Ryan in fifth.

WOMEN'S COLLEGIATE FOUR B - 5th of 42 (12:41.549)

C. Madeline Ryan
4. Darin Wilkowski
3. Sofia Chastain
2. Emma Hopkins
1. Elizabeth Jackson

WOMEN'S COLLEGIATE FOUR C - 18th of 42 (13:26.641)

C. Michelle Peng
4. Ainsley Buice
3. Ava Illingworth
2. Kristen DiConza
1. Lucia Ayala

WOMEN'S COLLEGIATE FROSH/NOVICE EIGHT - 6th of 23 (12:21.704)

C. Anishka Trehan
8. Sinead O'Gorman-Jones
7. Sofia Mayus
6. Katarzyna Opalinska
5. Amelia Haller
4. Marina Awad
3. Emma Nagle
2. Alice Xu
1. Quinn Van Konynenburg