Indiana University
12th Annual Dale England Cup
No. 10 Indiana Wins Fourth-Consecutive Dale England Cup
5/1/2021 12:33:00 PM | Women's Rowing
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Hoosiers swept the three scored races to win its fourth-consecutive Dale England Cup on a beautiful day out at Lake Lemon on Saturday.
KEY MOMENTS
- The Hoosiers won four of five races in the 12th annual Dale England Cup, where sunshine and clear skies paved way for an exciting day of racing. Indiana would go on to sweep all the scored events for the first time in its program's history. It finished the day with 54 total points.
- The Novice 8 kicked things off with a solid victory over the Spartans by 27 second margin. The 2nd Varsity 4 finished .4 off the lead against MSU in a hard-fought race on Lake Lemon.
- To kick off the scored events, the Varsity 4 bested No. 14 Minnesota with a time of 7:41.6. This would be the pattern for the rest of the events as the Hoosiers posted wins in both the 2nd Varsity 8 and Varsity 8 to complete the sweep of events.
- Each crew posted a five second margin of victory over the Gophers as the 2nd Varsity 8 came in with a time of 6:52.5 and the Varsity 8 in at 6:39.4
RESULTS
| Results |
| Novice 8 1. Indiana - 7:11.8 2. Michigan State - 7:39.4 |
| 2nd Varsity 4 1. Michigan State - 8:49.8 2. Indiana - 8:50.2 |
| Varsity 4 1. Indiana - 7:41.6 2. Minnesota - 7:52.1 3. Michigan State - 8:17.5 |
| 2nd Varsity 8 1. Indiana - 6:52.5 2. Minnesota - 6:58.2 3. Michigan State - 7:17.2 |
| Varsity 8 1. Indiana - 6:39.4 2. Minnesota - 6:44.4 3. Michigan State - 6:52.3 |
TEAM RESULTS
Indiana – 54
Minnesota -36
Michigan State – 18
QUOTABLE
Head coach Steve Peterson's opening statement
"I am really excited about how the racing went today. It was a beautiful day. I want to thank Minnesota and Michigan State for coming out. This might be the first time that we have swept all the events which is huge. It sets us up well for Big Tens. We tried to use this to work on setting up and establishing our race plan. This was our last dry run on it, and I think people executed well. It should give us confidence moving into Big Tens."
Abigail Bogovich, graduate student
On the weather and the race atmosphere overall…
"We were super hyped to have the weather that we did. That is very rare for a Dale England, but a little wind in the middle thousand was no surprise. It is the spirit of Dale England. It was super exciting to take home the cup for the fourth straight year especially with Dale gone. Honoring his memory was amazing. I thought we put ourselves in a really confident place for Big Tens. We are all really excited to continue to get faster these next couple of weeks and see them again."
On what you saw out of your crew that you really liked..
"We really used this because it is not the last time, we are going to see the crews this season to try going higher and execute a race plan. I thought we really figured some things out and hopefully we will get better for the Big Ten Championships."
On what it was like being back at home competing…
"It was definitely good to be sitting at the starting line of our own race course. We definitely missed it. We love racing against other Big Ten schools and matching up against them."
LINEUPS
Novice 8: Jessica Bastos (coxswain), Madeline Anderson, Abbey Armstrong, Sofia Sperduto, Lili Toledano, Megan Mills, Emma Dillon, Chloe Jacobi, Daphne Burgis
2nd Varsity 4: Paige Ohrvall (coxswain), Brittany Fuller, Sarah Congress, Olivia Seifert, Lauren Butts
Varsity 4: Elise Baker (coxswain), Niamh Monk, Millie Guida, Kaylynn Scher, Erin Heapy
2nd Varsity 8: Katherine Nelson (coxswain), Drew Harris, Sophia Carmosino, Avery Thorpe, Madison Callaway, Ara Cowper, Rosie Munro, Sophie McCartin, Sophie Bowden
Varsity 8: Rachael Galet (coxswain) Abigail Bogovich, Madison Wright, Ella Cunningham, Piper Maaka, Maggie Bornhorst, Victoria Vicory, Catherine Ryan, Ruby Leverington
UP NEXT
The Hoosiers will head to Indianapolis for the Big Ten Championships on May 16.
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