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Bridget Yannes

BUFFALO, NY - University at Buffalo women's rowing head coach Rudy Wieler has announced his 2005 recruiting class of Bridget Yannes (Edgewater Park, NJ/Holy Cross HS), Amanda Garbacz (St. Catharines, Ontario/Dennis Morris), Maren Teresa Greene (Ann Arbor, MI/Ann Arbor Community HS), Melina DiCosimo (Niagara Falls, Ontario/St. Paul), Amanda MacKeigan (Brockville, Ontario/Brockville Collegiate Institute), Laura Sherman (Ada, MI/Forest Hills Central), Morgan Witte (Baldwinsville, NY/C.W. Baker), Adriane Wotawa-Bergen (Ithaca, NY/Ithaca) and Lauren Sexton (Niagara Falls, Ontario/St. Paul).

Amanda Garbacz

These nine student-athletes, Wieler's second recruiting class, will join the Bulls for the start of the 2005-06 academic year. They will come to UB on the heels of the recent success of Wieler's first recruiting class that won a gold medal in the Novice 8 at the prestigious Dad Vail Regatta in April. "These two classes should create a solid foundation for the future of our program," said Wieler.

Melina DiCosimo

Yannes (5-10, 185) was part of the Junior 4 crew that placed third at the Main Line Slide in 2005, and she won a bronze medal at the Philadelphia City Youth Championships in the summer of 2004. Garbacz (5-10 1/2, 165) won a gold medal in the Canadian Schoolboy Women's 8 and placed third in the Women's English Henley in 2004.

Maren Greene

Greene (6-0, 200) has medaled twice at the Head of the Ohio, winning gold in 2003 and silver in 2004. DiCosimo (5-10, 155) was her team's MVP in both 2001 and 2004. She won a gold medal at the Canada Cup in 2004, a silver medal at the Canada Cup in 2003 and bronze medals at the Canadian Schoolboy in 2001 and 2003 and at the Canada Cup in 2004.

Amanda MacKeigan

MacKeigan (5-7, 160) has five years of rowing experience under her belt. She was her team's Most Improved Rower in 2004 after helping her crew to first-place finishes at the Royal Canadian Henley in the Junior 'A' Women's Heavy 4 and at the Head of the Fish in the Women's Youth 4. In 2003, she enjoyed an undefeated season in the Junior Women's Heavy 8, winning the Canadian Secondary School Rowing Association Championship and the RowOntario Provincial Championship, as well as several local regattas. Her crew placed second at the Royal Canadian Henley in the Junior 'B' Women's Heavy 4 in 2003.

Laura Sherman

Sherman, Witte, Wotawa-Bergen and Sexton all come to UB with four years of rowing experience. Sherman (5-9, 176) was a Michigan State Champion in the Women's Senior 8 in 2005, in the Women's Junior 8 in 2004 and in the Women's Novice 8 in 2002. She placed sixth at US Nationals in the Women's Junior 8 and was a silver medalist in the Women's Novice 8 at the Midwest Championships in 2002.

Morgan Witte

Witte (5-8, 145) has won medals at the New York State Championships in the Novice 8 (gold in 2002), JV 8 (silver in 2004) and Varsity 8 (bronze in 2003). As a member of the Junior 8 crew, she finished sixth at the Canadian Henley and 17th of 52 entries at the Head of the Charles in 2004. Witte also earned five silver medals at the Empire State Games from 2002 to 2004.

Adriane Wotawa-Bergen

Coxswain Wotawa-Bergen won a gold medal in the Women's Scholastic Junior 8 and a bronze medal in the Women's Club Second 8 at the 2004 New York State Championships.

Sexton (5-7, 160) was a bronze medalist at the Ontario Summer Games in 2004 and at the Canadian Schoolboy in both 2003 and 2002. She was voted MVP of the junior girls squad in 2001 and 2002 and of the senior girls squad in 2003 and 2004.

Lauren Sexton

The UB rowing team is coming off a successful 2004-05 season that included the school's first medal at the Head of the Charles Regatta in the fall (a fourth-place finish by the Collegiate 8), a first-place finish by the Novice 4 at the Knecht Cup in April and the school's first varsity-level championship at the Dad Vail Regatta, one of the most prestigious and largest rowing events in the country, by the Novice 8 - a victory of over 12 seconds in a field of 36 crews - in May.