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IU Rowing Turns in Top-10 Finish at Princeton Chase
10/30/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Rowing
Oct. 30, 2011
PRINCETON, N.J. - Indiana's Varsity 8 crew turned in an eighth-place finish among a field of 49 crews highlighted by the best programs in the country, at the Princeton Chase on Sunday, Oct. 30, on Lake Carnegie.
"The result was great," said head coach Steve Peterson. "I think Princeton, Virginia and Yale are a step above everyone else, but we are right in there with Cornell and Dartmouth. The fact that we beat Brown, the reining National Champion, was huge. We raced a great race. We went into it wanting to be aggressive. We are very happy with the result."
The Hoosiers (Alex Burkle - coxswain, Grace Mendel, Asja Zero, Shifumi Terasaka, Cara Donley, Ann Thompson, Rachel Griffin, Kathryn Laine and Jaclyn Riedel) finished in 15:28.62 in the three-mile head race, battling Penn throughout the race to finish shy of the Quakers (7th, 15:27.54). Indiana beat out Virginia's C (9th, 15:29.56) and B (10th, 15:32.29) crews, Syracuse (11th, 15:233.70), Brown (A - 12th, 15:33.88/B - 14th, 15:50.48), Columbia (13th, 15:37.86) and Yale (B - 15th, 15:51.36).
Virginia's A crew finished first in 14:35.17, following be Princeton's A crew in second with a time of 14:43.62. Yale's A crew rounded out the top-three with a time of 14:53.50.
Indiana will continue the fall slate with a scrimmage vs. Notre Dame on Sunday, Nov. 6 in Indianapolis.
Princeton Chase Top 10
1. Virginia A, 14:35.17
2. Princeton A, 14:43.62
3. Yale A, 14:53.50
4. Cornell A, 15:05.28
5. Princeton B, 15:07.31
6. Dartmouth A, 15:23.00
7. Pennsylvania A, 15:27.54
8. Indiana, 15:28.62
9. Virginia C, 15:29.56
10. Virginia B, 15:32.29
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