Rowing To Open Season At Sunshine State Invitational

SARASOTA, Fla. - Massachusetts rowing opens the 2024 season this weekend at the Sunshine State Invitational at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Florida.

Massachusetts will compete in the neutral site event, vying against a mix of competitive schools including Boston College, Michigan State, Louisville, Iowa and defending conference champions in Jacksonville.

"We're very excited to open the season up," head coach Eric Carcich said. "The team is anxious to line up against crews outside of their teammates. It will be our first-time racing at the Sunshine State Regatta, and the field is packed with quality crews from many strong conferences. Can't wait!"

Racing will commence at 4:00 p.m. on Friday and start back up on Saturday at 8:20 a.m.

To stay up to date with action across the weekend, live results can be found at Firarowing.org.

Schedule
Friday
4:00 PM - V4+
5:00 PM - 2V8+
5:20 PM - 1V8+
UMass is in lane 7 for all of Friday's races

Saturday
8:20/8:30 AM – 1V8+
9:00/9:10 AM – 2V8+
10:20/10:30 AM – Fours race
Lanes for each boat is TBA based on seeding from Friday's results

Lineups
1V8
Cox: Ali Kolaga
8: Rosie Turnbull
7: Sarah Happs
6: Cielo Jacuzzi
5: Zsofi Angyal
4: Alexis Harvell
3: Sonya Mazrimas
2: Phoebe Gallagher
1: Grace White

2V8
Cox: AJ Prahl
8: Elle Decatur
7: Prim Carrigan
6: Teagan Blue
5: Sarah Baule
4: Rylie Wake
3: Sloane Yurcisin
2: Ashley Picard
1: Kelli Jarvoja

V4
Cox: Kaia Miranda
4: Heidi Biedenkapp
3: Liv Iwanicki
2: Lily Kuntz
1: Darcy Foreman

Next Up
Massachusetts will compete at the Saint Joseph's Invitational in Leonia, New Jersey on Saturday, April 6^th.

Scoreboard

Players Mentioned

Sarah Baule

Heidi Biedenkapp

Teagan Blue

Elle Decatur

Darcy Foreman

Phoebe Gallagher

Sarah Happs

Alexis Harvell

Cielo Jacuzzi

Lily Kuntz

Sonya Mazrimas

Kaia Miranda

Ashley Picard

AJ Prahl

Rosie Turnbull

Rylie Wake

Grace White

Sloane Yurcisin

Scoreboard

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