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Camden, N.J. - Bryn Mawr crew spent the weekend on the Cooper River racing some of the best teams in the nation at the Knecht Cup Regatta, hosted by Villanova University.
The weekend started off with the DIII varsity four race. Bryn Mawr's boat took second after a strong stroke performance by junior Katherine Faigen. They finished with a competitive 8:43.0, beating The College of New Jersey by just over a second and Johns Hopkins by 2.5 seconds. Winning the race was Vassar. This qualified the Owls for Sunday's final along with Vassar and TCNJ.
The other V4 boat, stroked by freshman Caitlin Schickel, followed with a strong race in the second varsity four event against other Division III and Division I teams. In a competitive race against Vassar, West Virginia, Rhode Island, and Buffalo, Bryn Mawr posted a time of 8:47.5, putting them in fifth in their heat and out of qualifying range. Althoguh the time did not qualify them for the race on Sunday, they posted a strong time among the DIII times, but strong in relation to other Division III times posted.
Saturday ended for the Owls with the DIII women's varsity eights. Due to poor weather conditions and a rough set, the Owls were unable to start the race cleanly. Sophomore coxswain Jenny Sichel tried to get her crew back into the race, but the other crews had gained too much open water. Unable to make up the deficit, Bryn Mawr ended the day in a disappointing sixth.
Sunday, the first varsity four rowed in the final against TCNJ, Vassar, Richard Stockton, Mid-Atlantic division co-competitors Washington College, and Carnegie Mellon. Mellon defeated the Owls two weeks ago at the Murphy Cup in the V8.
BMC came off the line at a high 39 strokes per minute, then settled into a 31, rowing head-to-head with TCNJ and Mellon almost all the way down the course. Around the 1000 meter mark, Mellon's boat caught a small crab and TCNJ began to lose set, allowing the Owls to push through. In the last 500 meters of the course, it was neck-and-neck for third between the Owls and Washington, but Washington took up a higher sprint than Bryn Mawr, beating them to the line by only a few seconds.
The Owls get back on the water next Saturday in a Henley-style four-way duel meet against Richard Stockton, Franklin & Marshall, and Haverford's club crew.
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