Eastern Michigan Athletics
Sunday, October 15
East Lansing, Mich.
8 a.m.
Eastern Michigan University
at
Head of the Grand
Photo by: Steve King/KingStudios
EMU Rowing Opens Season at Head of the Grand
10/13/2017 5:58:00 PM | Women's Rowing
Races begin at 9:15 a.m. in East Lansing
EAST LANSING, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University rowing team lifts the lid on the 2017-18 season Sunday, Oct. 15, at the Head of the Grand in East Lansing, Mich. This will be the fifth straight season in which the Eagles will compete in the meet, which takes place on Grand River, and the sixth time in program history.
The Eagles will get a chance to see many new faces hit the water for the first time, as the Green and White will be putting 10 different boats into competition. This includes three Varsity 4+ boats, two Novice 4+ boats, two Novice 8+ boats, and two Varsity 8+ boats.
The all-day competition begins at 9:15 a.m. with the Women's Varsity 4+ race, followed by the 1x and 2- at 10:15 and 10:45, repsectively. Eastern will square off against in-state foes Grand Valley State and Michigan State, as well as several others. The Novice 8+ race will start at 11 a.m., with the Novice 4+ race taking place at 12:25 p.m. Finally, the Women's Varsity 8+ race is set to begin at 1 p.m.
At last season's meet, the Green and White Novice 8+ and 4+ shined, as EMU won both races. Beginning with the Novice 8+, the 'A' boat claimed first in the five-boat race with a time of 13:15, defeating a boat from Grand Valley State by five seconds. The 'B' boat came in right behind with a bronze finish, crossing the line with in 13:41. In the Novice 4+ race, two EMU boats went up against one from Northern Michigan. The Eagle 'A' and 'B' boats took one-two with times of 13:36 and 15:20, respectively.
EMU Lineups
V4+ A
Eve Melody
Brie Ritter
Amanda Flora
Baylee Kinkade
Jamie Rittenhouse
V4+ B
Mia Forman
Haley Dutton
Karson Mahaney
Sarah Anderson
Cailey Muir
V4+ C
Ally Spoering
Ashly Matzek
Karissa Fald
Meagan Bond
Hannah Taylor
Novice 4+ A
Ally Spoering
Carly Szymanski
Diana Spokas
Maggie Nied
Kenzie McVicker
Novice 4+ B
Grace Castle
Laura Penny
Sonia Buxton
McKayla Haske
Brynne Harder
V8+ A
Eve Melody
Brie Ritter
Haley Dutton
Rebekah Wheeler
Jamie Rittenhouse
Baylee Kinkade
Amanda Flora
Kelli Sharples
Addison Oblanas
V8+ B
Savannah Theisen
Ashly Matzek
Hannah Taylor
Meagan Bond
Karissa Fald
Carly Szymanski
Karson Mahaney
Sarah Anderson
Cailey Muir
Novice 8+ A
Ally Spoering
McKayla Haske
Brynne Harder
Carly Szymanski
Dominique Clark
Laura Penny
Diana Spokas
Maggie Nied
Kenzie McVicker
Novice 8+ B
Grace Castle
Michele Haske
Leah Huyser
Grace Burke
Allison Stone
Sonia Buxton
Caitlin O'Banion
Hannah Niehaus
Sofia DiVita
2-
Addison Oblanas
Kelli Sharples
1x
Rebekah Wheeler
The Eagles will get a chance to see many new faces hit the water for the first time, as the Green and White will be putting 10 different boats into competition. This includes three Varsity 4+ boats, two Novice 4+ boats, two Novice 8+ boats, and two Varsity 8+ boats.
The all-day competition begins at 9:15 a.m. with the Women's Varsity 4+ race, followed by the 1x and 2- at 10:15 and 10:45, repsectively. Eastern will square off against in-state foes Grand Valley State and Michigan State, as well as several others. The Novice 8+ race will start at 11 a.m., with the Novice 4+ race taking place at 12:25 p.m. Finally, the Women's Varsity 8+ race is set to begin at 1 p.m.
At last season's meet, the Green and White Novice 8+ and 4+ shined, as EMU won both races. Beginning with the Novice 8+, the 'A' boat claimed first in the five-boat race with a time of 13:15, defeating a boat from Grand Valley State by five seconds. The 'B' boat came in right behind with a bronze finish, crossing the line with in 13:41. In the Novice 4+ race, two EMU boats went up against one from Northern Michigan. The Eagle 'A' and 'B' boats took one-two with times of 13:36 and 15:20, respectively.
EMU Lineups
V4+ A
Eve Melody
Brie Ritter
Amanda Flora
Baylee Kinkade
Jamie Rittenhouse
V4+ B
Mia Forman
Haley Dutton
Karson Mahaney
Sarah Anderson
Cailey Muir
V4+ C
Ally Spoering
Ashly Matzek
Karissa Fald
Meagan Bond
Hannah Taylor
Novice 4+ A
Ally Spoering
Carly Szymanski
Diana Spokas
Maggie Nied
Kenzie McVicker
Novice 4+ B
Grace Castle
Laura Penny
Sonia Buxton
McKayla Haske
Brynne Harder
V8+ A
Eve Melody
Brie Ritter
Haley Dutton
Rebekah Wheeler
Jamie Rittenhouse
Baylee Kinkade
Amanda Flora
Kelli Sharples
Addison Oblanas
V8+ B
Savannah Theisen
Ashly Matzek
Hannah Taylor
Meagan Bond
Karissa Fald
Carly Szymanski
Karson Mahaney
Sarah Anderson
Cailey Muir
Novice 8+ A
Ally Spoering
McKayla Haske
Brynne Harder
Carly Szymanski
Dominique Clark
Laura Penny
Diana Spokas
Maggie Nied
Kenzie McVicker
Novice 8+ B
Grace Castle
Michele Haske
Leah Huyser
Grace Burke
Allison Stone
Sonia Buxton
Caitlin O'Banion
Hannah Niehaus
Sofia DiVita
2-
Addison Oblanas
Kelli Sharples
1x
Rebekah Wheeler
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