I apologize for the delay in results--with the HOCR results for the Championship events, we decided to delay the posting due to the penalties that would surely be given out. Northeastern's results in the Champ 8+ went from 7 to 9 to 13 to 12, finally. Officially, the Varsity 8+ (Colleen Saville, Pia Zubrowski, Alida Durrant, Ashley Griffeth, Svenja Sanders, Ashley Bruno, Jillise Ketcham, Anna Padilla, Meredith Sparano) finished 12th out of 39 boats, the 12th fastest college. They had an incredibly aggressive first two miles, which was the goal, but it cost them a bit of poise and technique in the third mile, where they weren't quite as sharp. Coach Joe Wilhelm was pleased with the result, "I was really proud of the Varsity 8+ because they went out there and didn't hold back to pace themselves like they might want to. They were aggressive from the get-go and really went after it. Am I happy about finishing 12th? Not particularly, but I am happy with the race."
The Championship 4+ (Emily Ortez, Emily Fisher, Francie Shafer, Rachel Garabenian, Heather Zeh) finished 19th out of 21 boats. This is an extremely competitive events with some relatively young athletes who clearly have a ways to go to be competitive with their top boat. After the fall, Coach Wilhelm will most likely draw up 3-5 freshman to help deepen the squad, and this race demonstrated that the second tier of athletes needs some more work and some more bodies.
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