Women’s Freshmen Eight takes bronze to highlight Dad Vail Regatta

PHILADELPHIA - The Lehigh rowing team wrapped up a highly successful Dad Vail Regatta on Saturday with two freshmen crews making the finals including a third-place, bronze medal finish by the Women's Freshmen Eight. In total, six of the Mountain Hawks' crews competed in the semifinals on Saturday. Lehigh was the only school to have the Women's Freshmen Four and Freshmen Eight in the grand finals.

“I think it was just a tremendous effort all around,” said Lehigh head coach Brian Conley. “As a freshmen group, they've been mixed into the freshmen eight and the four. Any time we put any combination together, they do well. It was no surprise to see them in the grand finals, but it was great to see them execute.”

The Women's Freshmen Eight won its heat of the semifinals with a time of 7:04.01, ahead of teams like Temple, UMass and Bucknell. They then posted a third-place finish in the finals, coming in at 7:03.82 ahead of Florida University, Drexel and Temple. It marks the second straight season Lehigh's Women's Freshmen Eight medaled, following a silver medal last season.

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The Women's Freshmen Four posted a time of 7:36.73 in the semifinals before coming in fifth in the finals (7:52.91).

Also competing were the Men's Freshmen Eight (fifth in semifinals, 7:01.25), Men's Freshmen Eight (third, 6:13.86), Women's Varsity Four (third, 8:01.70) and Women's Varsity Eight (fifth, 7:15.09). Several boats barely missed the grand or petite finals by a mere second (or seconds). For the complete results, please see below.

Lehigh's women's squad returns to the water next weekend in the Patriot League Championships in Worcester, Mass.

“I think with so much success that we've had at the Dad Vails - the most success we've had in years - we're going into Patriots with pretty high spirits and confidence we can step up to the plate and maybe beat a couple crews we haven't beaten before,” said Conley.

The men's squad ends its season after a strong weekend that fell just short of the finals.

“I think the men's varsity, despite not making the semis, had great races,” said Conley. “For the future of their squad, the freshmen stepped up and just barely missed the grand finals. We like to see them move on and build up the varsity ranks next year.”

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07:14 3 Women's F/N 4+ (2 to the Final)

1 Fairfield 38 (L. Franger) AA 3 07:21.831

2 Lehigh 57 (L. Lockyer) AA 5 07:36.731

3 Clemson 22 (M. Huegel) AA 1 07:41.877

4 Chicago 19 (E. Anagnostos) AA 4 07:48.021

5 Old Dominion 84 (R. Lutzkanin) AA 2 07:49.171

6 Orange Coast 85 (A. Johnson) AA 6 08:09.707

07:32 4 Men's F/N 4+ (2 to the Final)

1 New York Maritime 76 (J. Howe) AA 3 06:43.889

2 Oklahoma City 83 (R. McAvoy) AA 6 06:44.647

3 Lafayette 56 (D. Hanke) AA 4 06:52.213

4 Buffalo 12 (d. saunders) AA 5 06:58.887

5 Lehigh 57 (R. Garcia) AA 2 07:01.245

6 Temple 109 (N. Dula) AA 1 07:02.345

08:02 6 Women's F/N 8+ (2 to the Final)

1 Lehigh 57 (K. LaBosco) AA 4 07:04.010

2 Temple 109 (S. Barber) AA 3 07:07.590

3 Rochester Inst. Tech. 93 (M. Magarian) AA 2 07:08.740

4 U Massachusetts 112 (K. Keegan) AA 6 07:25.836

5 Bucknell 11 (C. Carr) AA 5 07:27.238

6 Col. Of Charleston 24 (C. Kearns) AA 1 07:41.336

08:08 7 Men's F/N 8+ (2 to the Final)

1 Drexel 33 (D. Dollin) AA 3 06:09.391

2 Jacksonville 54 (A. Stebbins) AA 5 06:12.969

3 Lehigh 57 (B. Morosse) AA 4 06:13.861

4 Georgia Tech 48 (C. Turner) AA 6 06:20.539

5 Florida Inst. Tech. 39 (J. Kahler) AA 2 06:26.791

6 Fordham 42 (N. Merritt) AA 1 06:49.089

09:27 15 Women's V 4+ (2 to the Final)

1 Bucknell 11 (a. seifert) AA 3 07:45.992

2 Drake 32 (J. Nightser) AA 4 07:54.680

3 Lehigh 57 (A. Abreu) AA 1 08:01.698

4 Fairfield 38 (K. Pitz) AA 5 08:03.106

5 Florida U 41 (I. McCullough) AA 6 08:07.246

6 William & Mary 125 (C. LaRoche) AA 2 08:07.566

10:12 21 Women's V 8+ (1-2 to Final 1, 3-4 to Final 2)

1 Grand Valley 49 (C. Mankins) AA 4 06:59.221

2 Dayton 28 (S. Wonders) AA 5 07:01.495

3 Purdue 89 (M. Archer) AA 3 07:02.899

4 Colgate 26 (M. Warren) AA 2 07:14.215

5 Lehigh 57 (A. Suarez) AA 1 07:15.089

6 Middlebury 72 (H. Myers) AA 6 07:26.197

11:23 3 Women's Frosh/Novice Four - FINAL

1 Fairfield 38 (L. Franger) AA 3 07:35.878

2 George Mason 45 (K. Pohlmeier) AA 4 07:41.160

3 Villanova 118 (C. Franko) AA 1 07:45.328

4 Florida State 40 (K. Bos) AA 2 07:47.872

5 Lehigh 57 (L. Lockyer) AA 5 07:52.912

6 Purdue 89 (L. Keefer) AA 6 08:08.262

11:53 6 Women's Frosh/Novice Hvwt Eight - FINAL

1 Grand Valley 49 (C. Crosmun) AA 3 06:48.743

2 Western Ontario 122 (M. Brydon) AA 4 06:55.353

3 Lehigh 57 (K. LaBosco) AA 2 07:03.821

4 Florida U 41 (J. Barrow) AA 1 07:10.057

5 Drexel 33 (T. Brady) AA 5 07:11.101

6 Temple 109 (S. Barber) AA 6 07:16.575

Completed Event: Men's Rowing versus MARC Championships on May 2, 2026 ,

Completed Event: Men's Rowing at Rutgers University on April 18, 2026 ,

Completed Event: Men's Rowing at Knecht Cup on April 11, 2026 ,

Completed Event: Men's Rowing at Bucknell and Fordham on April 4, 2026 ,

Completed Event: Men's Rowing versus Mountain Hawk Invite on March 28, 2026 ,

Completed Event: Men's Rowing at Drexel on March 14, 2026 ,

Completed Event: Men's Rowing versus Class Day Regatta on November 1, 2025 ,

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