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Abbie Potts

CLEMSON, SC – The spring season opened for the University at Buffalo crew squad Saturday morning with the Clemson Challenge on Lake Hartwell. The Bulls sent five entries, which included the Lightweight 8 squad racing twice, to compete against the host Tigers as well as teams from Marist, Indiana and Purdue. With flat water and a little headwind, conditions were ideal for racing along the 5,000-meter stretch of the South Carolina lake.

UB’s Lightweight 8 team scored a victory over Marist as the Bulls crossed the finish line in 7:28, 44 seconds ahead of the Red Foxes.

Karen Corey

The UB boat included coxswain Abbie Potts (Hamburg, NY/Hamburg), stroke seat Katie Barnum (Clifton Park, NY/Shenendehowa), seventh seat Karen Corey (Kingston, NY/Kingston), sixth seat Ginelle Michael (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool), fifth seat Devon Broadwell (Canandaigua, NY/Marcus Whitman), fourth seat Beth Gaworecki (Syracuse, NY/C.W. Baker), third seat Caitlin Hambridge (Amherst, NY/Holy Angels Academy), second seat Caitlin Logue (Buffalo, NY/Nardin Academy) and bow seat Jessica Barrell (Buffalo, NY/Nardin Academy).

The UB Novice 8 squad turned in a second-place finish in its race in 7:27, just 10 seconds behind the winning Clemson entry. Included in the UB entry were coxswain Margaret Devendorf (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool), stroke seat Maggie Fairgrieve (Fort Erie, Ontario/Lake Shore Catholic), seventh seat Paige Baritot (Orchard Park, NY/Buffalo Seminary), sixth seat Mia Pavletic (Grand Rapids, MI/Forest Hills Central), fifth seat Nicole Cyr (Groton, NY/Dryden), fourth seat Jill Harclerode (Portland, OR/Westview), third seat Jackie Stone (Syracuse, NY/Nottingham), second seat Darcie Bryant (Syracuse, NY/C.W. Baker) and bow seat Crystal Byrnes (Ballston Spa, NY/Saratoga Springs).

UB finished fourth among the five squads in the Varsity 8 race in 7:08. Indiana won the race in 6:53, followed by Clemson (7:02) and Purdue (7:07). Marist was fifth in 7:26. The UB squad included coxswain Sher Briggs (St. Catharines, Ontario/West Park), stroke seat Kasey Hansen (Honeoye Falls, NY/Honeoye Falls-Lima), seventh seat Kali Spoto (Pittsford, NY/Pittsford-Sutherland), sixth seat Kat Vossler (Jamestown, NY/Falconer), fifth seat Corinne Blum (Pittsford, NY/Pittsford-Sutherland), fourth seat Deanna Knighton (Angola, NY/Lake Shore), third seat Michelle Schwach (Buffalo, NY/Nardin Academy), second seat Tara Celestini (St. Catharines, Ontario/Sir Winston Churchill) and bow seat Natalie Pugliese (Niagara Falls, Ontario/St. Paul’s).

The Bulls sent two entries in the Second Varsity 8 race. UB’s Lightweight 8 crew, fresh off the win over Marist earlier in the day, and the UB Second Varsity 8 team both crossed the finish line in 7:21 for fourth and fifth place. Clemson (7:00), Indiana (7:12) and Marist (7:19) finished ahead of the UB squads with boats from Indiana (7:31) and Purdue (7:37) behind the Bulls. The UB Second Varsity 8 team included coxswain Kaitlin Buchheit (Amherst, NY/Amherst), stroke seat Chandra Hazey (Riverview, MI/Riverview), seventh seat Emilee Norris (Cheektowaga, NY/Cheektowaga), sixth seat Alexis Grates (Fredonia, NY/Fredonia), fifth seat Bonnie McVicker (Syracuse, NY/C.W. Baker), fourth seat Lindsey Yonko (Apalachin, NY/Vestal), third seat Joanne Olsen (Niskayuna, NY/Niskayuna), second seat Stephanie Spinella (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool) and bow seat Jackie Zehler (Alden, NY/Attica).

"It was a very good competition for us," said head coach Rudy Wieler. "All the teams are pretty good Division I programs."

The Bulls are in Boston for meets April 2 and 3 in their next action.