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Victoria Kolomiets

UB's crew squad traveled to Camden, NJ for the annual Knecht Cup hosted by Villanova University. All four of UB's entries reached their finals competitions with the varsity eight A team winning the Petite Final in 7:04.1 along the 2000-meter course. The squad of Victoria Kolomiets (Guilderland, NY/Guilderland), Tracy Clarke (Mt. Sinai, NY/Rockford (MI)), Mary Conniff (Camden, NY/Camden), Kali Spoto (Pittsford, NY/Pittsford-Sutherland), Deanna Knighton (Angola, NY/Lake Shore), Kathleen Dorn (Newark, NY/Newark), Tara Celestini (St. Catharines, Ontario/Sir Winston Churchill), Kasey Hansen (Honeoye Falls, NY/Honeoye Falls-Lima) and coxswain Tina LaFountain (Scotia, NY/Burnt Hills) finished two seconds ahead of Rhode Island and three in front of North Carolina in the race. The varsity eight B team of Margaret Siller (Buffalo, NY/Hutch-Tech), Caitlin Logue (Buffalo, NY/Nardin Academy), Emilee Norris (Cheektowaga, NY/Cheektowaga), Jessica Barrell (Buffalo, NY/Nardin Academy), Amy Aldridge (Penfield, NY/Penfield), Maggie Cote (Grosse Ile, MI/Grosse Ile), Sara Sheffer (Ft. Edward, NY/Colonie), Jessica Ecke (Ridge, NY/Longwood) and coxswain Katie Johnson (Kenmore, NY/Holy Angels) took second in its Petite Final race in 7:23.9, four seconds behind the winning boat from the University of Kansas.

UB's novice crews also reached the finals of their races with the novice four squad of Kaitlen Bender (Hamburg, NY/Frontier), Jen Livingston (Eden, NY/Eden), Michelle Heller (Fresh Meadows, NY/Benjamin Cardozo), Georgia Maloney (Cortland, NY/Homer Central) and coxswain Kaitlin Buchheit (Amherst, NY/Amherst) competing in the Petite Final. The squad took sixth of six entrants in 8:56.9. The novice eight team of Stephanie Spinella (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool), Karen Corey (Kingston, NY/Kingston), Bonnie McVicker (Syracuse, NY/C.W. Baker), Joanne Olsen (Niskayuna, NY/Niskayuna), Kat Vossler (Jamestown, NY/Falconer), Natalie Pugliese (Niagara Falls, Ontario/St. Paul's), Marla Hardin (Riverview, MI/Riverview), Chandra Hazey (Riverview, MI/Riverview) and coxswain Dawn Kavanaugh (Grand Island, NY/Nardin Academy) competed in the Grand Final. The team finished second of the six boats in 7:13.9, four seconds behind the winning squad from Wisconsin.

Grand Finals are considered the championship race while Petite Finals are considered the consolation race in rowing competitions.

The teams travel to Hamilton, NY this weekend for the Seneca Cup, where they will race against Colgate and Hobart/William Smith.