WORCESTER, Mass. – The Wellesley Varsity Eight (V8+) placed first for the first time in program history at the 2022 New England Rowing Championship on Lake Quinsigamond on Saturday. 

The V8+ began the day by winning the morning heat over Fairfield with a time of 6:43.166. The Blue would advance to the grand finale, where the V8+ boat rowed nearly 10 seconds faster (6:33.436) and just edged out No. 2 Bates who clocked in at 6:33.859.

In the Women's Second Varsity Eight (2V8+) event, the Blue won heat one with a time of 7:03.150 and advanced to the finals. Bates was able to come out on top in the final round with a time of 6:45.360. In second was Williams at 6:47.127 and the Blue took third at 6:53.714.

The Wellesley Third Varsity Eight (3V8+) was able to come away in first in heat two over Tufts with a time of 7:16.256. The boat would then take fourth place in the final race, lowering their time to 7:05.773 but Bates came out on top at 6:58.036. 

In their first race since mid-April, the Varsity Four (V4+) boat placed third overall with a time of 8:08.267. Bowdoin placed first at 8:02.681 and in second was WPI at 8:04.454.

The Blue Crew are once again on Lake Quinsigamond for the National Invitational Rowing Championship on Sunday, May 8 at 8:00 AM.

Wellesley Lineups (4/30/22):

V8+: C - Isabella Santos; 8 - Anya Hanitchak ; 7 - Katie Ball; 6 - Kaitlyn Severin; 5 - Olivia Gorman; 4 - Anneka Hallstrom; 3 - Catie Moeser; 2 - Kaylee Liu; 1- Emma Anghel

2V8+: C - Colette Kennedy; 8 - Adeline Van Buskirk; 7 - Zipporah Cohen; 6 - Anastasia Brooks; 5 - Gaya Krishna ; 4 - Eleanor Antezana; 3 - Cricket Liebermann; 2 - Cora Barrett; 1 - Bryn Flanigan

3V8+: C - Rachel Shrives; 8 - Amelia Lee; 7 - Melissa Daniels; 6 - Abby Martinage 5 - Emma Dean ; 4 - Autumn Smith; 3 - Katherine Welsh ; 2 - Grace Kessler; 1 - Claire Johnson

V4+: C - Alison Sickles; 4 - Rosemarie Goldstein; 3 - Karina Zimmerman; 2 - Meredith Swanson; 1 - Shelby Deibler