NEWARK, DE – Lehigh University’s Men’s and Women’s crews kicked off the fall season on Saturday versus the University of Delaware. Rowing downstream on the Christina River with overcast skies and a swirling tailwind, the Mountain Hawks looked strong all day. Despite a delay due to a historic pirate ship, the Kalmar Nickel, traveling down the middle of the river, the Varsity and Novice Crews handled the conditions, distractions and delay with poise and confidence.
Head Coach, Paul Savell, saw success early as the Varsity Men’s 8 cruised to a 36 second victory over Delaware, with Lehigh’s B and C boats close behind. Lehigh’s V8 was led by freshman coxswain Jack Muskett and stroked by Phil Bresnahan with 7 - Todd Mickelson 6 – Joe Loguidice 5 – Dan Rogers, 4- Chris Hause 3 – Mark Chandler 2 – Phil Snyder and Bow – Kyle Miller.
The Varsity Women’s 8 race followed the men’s race and proved to be a relentless 16 minute battle with the Delaware women barely edging out the Lehigh women by .11 second. Sarah Michaels coxed the women’s eight with stroke - Alix Howie 7 – Diana Philapova 6- Emily Marshall 5 – Christine Porcaro 4 – Denise Julian 3 – Kaitlyn McCracken 2 – Becca Guzman and Bow Ellen Sweet. Lehigh’s 2nd and novice women’s eights had greater success, beating Delaware’s 2nd 8 by 57 and 26 seconds respectively.
Lehigh will see Delaware again as well as many other crews when racing resumes October 14 at the annual Navy Day Regatta on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia.
Events and Times
Men
Lehigh University Varsity 8 “A” 0:13:33.71
University of Delaware Varsity 8 0:14:10.05
Lehigh University Varsity 8 “B” 0:14:12.78
Lehigh University Varsity 8 “C” 0:14:48.81
Lehigh University Novice 8 “A” 0:17:02.84
Lehigh University Novice 8 “B” 0:17:31.37
Lehigh University Novice 8 “C” 0:18:38.85
Women
University of Delaware Varsity 8 “A” 0:15:40.64
Lehigh University Varsity 8 “A” 0:15:40.75
Lehigh University Varsity 8 “B” 0:17:07.06
Lehigh University Novice 8 0:17:38.48
University of Delaware Varsity 8 “B” 0:18:04.56
Lehigh University Varsity 4 “A” 0:17:27.76
University of Delaware Varsity 4 “B” 0:18:32.33
Lehigh University Varsity 4 “B” 0:18:38.08
University of Delaware Varsity 4 “C” 0:19:10.22
University of Delaware Varsity 4 “A” 0:19:16.39
Lehigh University Novice 4 0:20:02.22
