Varsity Four Advances to A/B Semifinal on Friday at NCAA Championships

Friday, May 28

Sarasota, Fla.

Duke University

NCAA Championships

Varsity Four Advances to A/B Semifinal on Friday at NCAA Championships

5/28/2021 9:41:00 PM | Rowing

RESULTS

SARASOTA, Fla. – The Duke Varsity Four boat finished second in its repechage to advance to the A/B semifinals, highlighting day one of the NCAA Rowing Championships at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Fla.

After clocking a third-place time of 7:21.076 in its opening heat, the V4 crew came in at 7:26.348 in its afternoon repechage (second-chance heat) – less than three seconds behind Syracuse – to earn a spot in Saturday's top semifinal race. The Blue Devils and Orange battled down the entire course, and were within a tenth of a second of one another at the 1,000-meter mark, but Syracuse managed to pull away in the final sprint.

In the A/B semifinals, Duke – which entered the weekend as the No. 8 seed in the V4 division – joins the top two crews from each opening V4 heat, as well as the top two finishers in the V4 repechages. The remaining crews are slotted in the C/D semifinals. Duke's V4 will race against Washington State, Virginia, Texas, Ohio State and Rutgers at 10:24 a.m. Saturday.

The Blue Devils' Varsity Eight and Second Varsity Eight squads will both compete in the C/D semifinals on Saturday, beginning with the V8 at 8:24 a.m. Duke's V8 got Friday started with a fourth-place showing in its opening heat. The Blue Devils held a narrow lead over Washington State at the 1,000-meter mark, but the Cougars pulled ahead late and took third by less than 1.5 seconds. The V8 clocked another strong time in its repechage, finishing at 6:37.175, which was good for a fifth-place result.

The 2V8 also finished in the top four of its heat, registering a third-place time of 6:39.368, which trailed fourth-seeded Stanford and fifth-seeded Michigan. The crew, coxed by freshman Ithika Senthilnathan, finished third again in its repechage at 6:44.671. Duke's 2V8 will race at 9:12 a.m. Saturday, taking on Gonzaga, Northeastern, Tennessee and Navy.

A stream link as well as live results for Saturday's races will be available at ncaa.com/rowing.

V8+ Opening Heat
1. Michigan – 6:23.808
2. Virginia – 6:27.858
3. Washington State – 6:31.668
4. Duke – 6:33.056
5. Northeastern – 6:44.348
6. Rhode Island – 6:53.996

V8+ Repechage
1. Alabama – 6:28.193
2. California – 6:29.503
3. Wisconsin – 6:33.483
4. Tennessee – 6:34.043
5. Duke – 6:37.175
6. Navy – 6:38.293
7. Rhode Island – 6:52.365

2V8+ Opening Heat
1. Stanford – 6:23.916
2. Michigan – 6:33.524
3. Duke – 6:39.368
4. Tennessee – 6:44.840
5. Northeastern – 6:54.428
6. Gonzaga – 7:07.520

2V8+ Repechage
1. Rutgers – 6:46.481
2. Wisconsin – 6:48.546
3. Duke – 6:44.671
4. Princeton – 6:46.361
5. Navy – 6:53.279
6. Marist – 7:00.126
7. Gonzaga – 7:01.921

V4+ Opening Heat
1. Stanford – 7:03.276
2. Rutgers – 7:12.124
3. Duke – 7:21.076
4. SMU – 7:21.624
5. Wisconsin – 7:36.214

V4+ Repechage
1. Syracuse – 7:23.988
2. Duke – 7:26.348
3. Alabama – 7:30.305
4. Wisconsin – 7:30.535
5. Navy – 7:31.965
6. Tennessee – 7:40.855
7. Marist – 8:12.953

Lineups
V8 – Tara Fagan (Cox), Lauren Sizemore (Stroke), Amelia Shunk, Megan Lee, Morgan Linsley, Sydney Johnson, Gabriella Salvati, Brenna Morley, McKendree Densel (Bow)

2V8 – Ithika Senthilnathan (Cox), Rachel McNutt (Stroke), Savannah Herbek, Ema Kuczura, Erin Heyeck, Sydney Cikovic, Grace Butero, Caeley Tierney, Emilie Lijesen (Bow)

V4 – Sarah Royka (Cox), Rivca Chaver (Stroke), Kathryn Nash, Meera Chakrabarti, Stella Haley (Bow)

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