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UB Triumphant At The Head Of The Fish

Adriane Wotawa-Bergen

In the Bulls' first race of the day, the Women's Open Four+ took second place with a final time of 13:52.98. They were duked by Williams College by a few strokes with a time of 13:38.63. The boat consisted of coxswain Sher Briggs (St. Catharines, Ontario/West Park SS), Corinne Blum (Pittsford, NY/Pittsford Sutherland), Nicki Cyr (Groton, NY/Dryden), Natalie Pugliese (Niagara Falls, Ont./St. Paul's) and Melina Dicosimo (Niagara Falls, Ontario/St. Paul). The other two UB entires in the women's open 4+ placed sixth and 13th out of a field of 38.

The Women's Novice Eight+ entries came away with first and third place showings in a field of 31. The first-place boat, consisting of coxswain Adriane Wotawa-Bergen (Ithaca, NY/Ithaca), Melina Dicosimo (Niagara Falls, Ontario/St. Paul), Amanda MacKeigan (Brockville, Ontario/Brockville Collegiate Institute), Amanda Garbacz (St. Catharines, Ontario/Dennis Morris), Morgan Witte (Baldwinsville, NY/C.W. Baker), Miranda Robinson (Otego, NY/Unatego), Lauren Sexton (Niagara Falls, Ontario/St. Paul), Amy Eggleston and Bridget Yannes (Edgewater Park, NJ/Holy Cross HS), finished in a time of 12:50.05, 20 seconds better than second-place Syracuse, and almost a minute ahead of the third-place UB boat at a time of 14.13.40.

Kaitlin Buchheit

The other two first-place boats were raced in the Women's Novice Four+ and the Women's Open Lightweight Eight+. Coxswain Adriane Wotawa-Bergen, Nicole Miller, Amy Eggleston, Miranda Robinson, and Laura Sherman were two race winners after taking first in the Women's Novice Four+, edging Connecticut College by 10 seconds among 22 boats entered. The Women's Open Ligthweight Eight+ took away the last UB race of the day in convincing fashion. Coxswain Kaitlin Buchheit (Amherst, NY/Amherst), Katie Barnum (Clifton Park, NY/Shenedehowa), Beth Gaworecki (Baldwinsville, NY/C.W. Baker), Katie Jones (Oswego, NY/Oswego), Sarah McCann (Fayetteville, NY/Fayetteville-Manlius), Caitlin Hambridge (Amherst, NY/Holy Angels Academy), Emily Clark (North Collins, NY/Lake Shore), Elly Henderson (Grand Island, NY/Grand Island) and Sarah Billiar claimed first-place with a time of 13:30.82, besting the University of Massachusetts boat by 39 seconds.

The Bulls wrap up their fall season and enter the winter training season. When the season begins in the spring, the Bulls will compete in the Clemson Challenge, the San Diego Crew Classic, and the Knecht Cup before entering head-to-head play against Colgate, Bucknell, and Eastern Michigan.