University of Tennessee Athletics
October 21, 2005 | Rowing
Oct. 21, 2005
The University of Tennessee women's rowing team will look to continue its successful fall season at the Head of the Charles Regatta this weekend. Lady Vol Head Coach Lisa Glenn sent two varsity shells to Boston to compete in the Club 8+ event on Saturday and Championship 8+ event on Sunday. The coxswains navigating the two crews are Stephanie Davis and Caitlin Rahter.
Last year at this event, the Lady Vols finished just 7.14 seconds behind Lake Washington Rowing Club for second place in the Club 8+, maintaining their four-year streak of placing in the top two in that event. In 2001 and 2002, Tennessee took home the gold.
UT's 2005 Club 8+ shell, comprised of Renee Brittle, Katelyn Brownlee, Alexandra Shishkov, Lindsay Ehrlich, Leah Smelser, Erin-Monique Shelton, Mary Jones and Caroline Howell, will compete against some of the world's best universities and rowing clubs including Lake Union Crew (Wash.), which finished third last year, and Cascade Rowing (Wash.), who placed fifth
Lady Volunteers Lauren Wells, Sarah Hutcheson, Kristen Galloway, Rachel Mayberry, Heather Hill, Krista Gearing, Elizabeth Schwartz and Christina Dobratz of the Championship 8+ shell will be competing against two Dutch national team boats (Minerva Rowing Club and R.V. Rynland), two U.S. national team boats (US Rowing and Princeton Training Center), the Canadian national team (London Training Center) and 39 other world-class teams. The Dutch national team (ASR Nereus) took first in 2004 followed by Princeton University, Yale University and US Rowing. Tennessee notched a program-best tenth-place finish that year.
Former Lady Vols Lizzie Brown ('04), Kaitlin Bargreen ('05), Chelsea Pemberton ('05), Dana Forbes ('05), McKenzie Craig ('05), Andrea Bagwell ('05), Kacey Montgomery ('03), Melissa DiCerbo ('05) and Kristen Logan ('03) will compete in the Championship 8+ event as well, representing Knoxville Rowing Association. This is the first year UT alumni will be entering a Championship 8+ shell, having only fielded a boat of four in the past.
"The biggest challenge this weekend is going to be our ourselves," Glenn said. "We have so far to go, but are feeling good about moving in that direction. We have progress to make in our boats and in our athletes. Whether we come in first or 20th this weekend, we have to make improvements in boat speed, skill and teamwork."
While two Varsity Lady Vol boats are in Boston, three others remained in Knoxville to represent the program at the Head of the Tennessee on Saturday. UT will enter two straight 4- shells, one Championship 8+ and look to field up to four Novice 8+ boats. Collegiate Division I teams from the southeast and local club teams will be competing in the Head of the Tennessee.
The Lady Vols will be back in action at the Head of the Chattahoochee from Nov. 5-6 in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Head of the Charles Regatta - Boston, Mass.
October 22-23
Women's Club 8+ - 12:50 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 22
UT Boat: Renee Brittle, Katelyn Brownlee, Alexandra Shishkov, Lindsay Ehrlich, Leah Smelser, Erin-Monique Shelton, Mary Jones, Caroline Howell
Entries and starting order: 1 Univ. of Tennessee, 2 Lake Union Crew, 3 Cascade Rowing, 4 Community Rowing, Inc., 5 Three Rivers Rowing Assn., 6 Radcliffe Association of Rowing Alumnae, 7 Minneapolis Rowing Club, 9 BMA Boat Club, 10 Belvoir Ruderclub Zuerich, 11 Rusty Riggers, 12 Full Fare Boat Club, 13 DeWolfe Rowing Club, 14 George Mason University, 15 Marquette University, 16 Lincoln Park Boat Club, 17 Tufts University, 18 Amherst College Alumni R.A., 19 Middlebury College Alumni Rowing Assoc., 20 Hild Bede Boat Club, 21 Boston College, 22 Lions Rowing Club, 23 Bantam Boat Club, 24 Anchorage Rowing Association, 25 Georgia Institute of Technology, 26 MIT Sloan Crew, 27 ASR Nereus, 28 Boston Bay Blades, 29 Fat Cat Rowing Club, 30 Charles Campbell Rowing, 31 Caius Boat Club, 32 Univ. at Albany, 33 Staines Boat Club, 34 Loyola College, 35 Cambrige University, 36 Anacostia Community Boathouse Assoc., 37 Community Rowing, Inc., 38 Wellesley College, 39 Rensselaer Crew, 40 Potomac Boat Club, 41 National Univ. of Ireland Galway, 42 Boulder Community Rowing, 43 Austin Rowing Club, 44 John Carroll University, 45 Genesee Waterways Center, 46 Black Prince Boat Club, 47 Dowling College, 48 Willamette Rowing Club, 49 UMass Alumni, 50 Great Bay Rowing, 51 Thompson Boat Center-Masters
Women's Championship 8+ - 3:57 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 23
UT Boat: Lauren Wells, Sarah Hutcheson, Kristen Galloway, Rachel Mayberry, Heather Hill, Krista Gearing, Elizabeth Schwartz, Christina Dobratz
Knoxville Rowing Association: Lizzie Brown ('04), Kaitlin Bargreen ('05), Chelsea Pemberton ('05), Dana Forbes ('05), McKenzie Craig ('05), Andrea Bagwell ('05), Kacey Montgomery ('03), Melissa DiCerbo ('05), Kristen Logan ('03)
Entries and starting order: 1 Princeton University *, 2 Yale University *, 3 US Rowing, 4 Univ. of Virginia *, 5 Princeton Training Center, 6 Univ. of Michigan *, 7 Radcliffe Crew *, 8 Brown University *, 9 Univ. of Tennessee *, 10 London Training Center, 11 Duke University *, 12 Univ. Of Texas- Austin *, 13 Minerva Rowing Club, 14 R.V. Rynland, 15 Syracuse University *, 16 Boston University *, 17 Univ. of Pennsylvania *, 18 Washington State University *, 19 Northeastern University *, 20 Dartmouth Rowing Club *, 21 Univ. of Iowa *, 22 Radcliffe Crew *, 23 Columbia/Barnard Rowing *, 24 Cornell University *, 25 U.S. Naval Academy *, 26 UMass Amherst *, 27 Rutgers University *, 28 Smith College *, 29 Clemson Universtiy *, 30 Northeastern University, 31 George Washington University *, 32 Boston College *, 33 Georgetown University Rowing Assn. *, 34 Colby College *, 35 Fordham University, 36 Barry University, 37 Southern Methodist Univ. *, 38 Univ. of Delaware *, 39 San Diego State University *, 40 West Virginia University, 41 Knoxville Rowing Association, 42 Univ. of Connecticut *, 43 Univ. of Minnesota Rowing *, 44 Sacramento State *, 45 Univ. of Rhode Island *, 46 Univ. at Buffalo *
*indicates team is eligible for the College/ University Special Medal.
Head of the Tennessee - Knoxville, Tenn.
October 22
Novice 8+ - 10:15 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 22
UT line-ups TBA
Straight 4- - 11:20 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 22
UT "A": Kathryn Payne, Katrina Von Peters, Genevieve Collins, Brittany Hunley
UT "B": Stephanie Williams, Mary McKnight, Teresa Good, Sara Becker
Championship 8+ - 3:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 22
UT Boat: Kelly Todd, Stephanie Williams, Sara Becker, Brittany Hunley, Genevieve Collins, Giulia Guerrero, Mary McKnight, Kendra Warren, Jessica Ayers
