Women’s Rowing Captures Woodbury Cup for Fourth Straight Year
NEW YORK — Columbia women's rowing cruised past Northeastern for a fourth straight Woodbury Cup title on Saturday at Overpeck Park.
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The Lions’ women’s 1V8 sails past Northeastern for the crown
NEW YORK — Columbia women's rowing cruised past Northeastern for a fourth straight Woodbury Cup title on Saturday at Overpeck Park.
The Lions breezed past Northeastern by 16.14 seconds for the Woodbury Cup crown. Columbia's 1V8 boat had a time of 7:20.11 in the victory. Columbia's 1V4 and 3V8 also picked up wins on the day over Northeastern and Rhode Island. Click here for the full results. Columbia returns to action on Sunday at Overpeck Park to race against Brown and BU.
The Woodbury Cup is named in memory of former Columbia rower and team captain Melanie Woodbury, a 1996 graduate of Barnard College, who was tragically killed in an automobile accident in 2002.
The lightweight 1V8 crew finished third in the Dodge Cup behind Yale and Penn with a time of 5:40.7. The 2V8 squad also finished third behind Penn and Yale at 5:44.5. Click here for the full results.
The heavyweight program was also in action on Saturday, competing in the Childs Cup (morning session) against Princeton, Stanford, and Penn before racing against Brown (afternoon session) at Lake Carnegie. The Lions raced four boats on the day. Click here for the full results.
Lightweight Lineups
First Varsity Eight
Cox: Jane Park, Josh Wang, Barnett Pesin, Owen Geiger, Sam Allen, George Pesin, Ben Sommer, Paul Josenhans, Owen Anawalt
Second Varsity Eight
Avril Callanan, Patrick Finnerty, Arin Jaff, Gonzalo Cortes, Tony Valentino, Nitin Rao, William Gokey
Heavyweight Lineups
First Varsity Eight
Cox: James Palanca, Tim Gutsev, Grant McCurdy, Charles Cartisser, Daniel Robbins, Adam Pushner, David Vyhnal, Nathanael Abrials, Colton Millar
Second Varsity Eight
Cox: Lucy Roberts, Thomas Woodgate, Barney Russell, August Michels, Alessandro Lee, Conor Parks, Archie White, Nick Gonzalez, Charles Boldt
Third Varsity Eight
Cox: Cornelia Streeter, Mateja Mitrovic, Victor Popovic, Christopher Zermeno, Nemanja Petrovic, Kyle Grose, Aleks Nikolov, Matias Bliss-Carrascosa, Corbin Vassil
Fourth Varsity Eight
Cox: Alex Castellini, Michael Tzitzikakis, Nick Smyth, Will Mathes, Peter Woodville, Harry Halper, David Thompson, Sam Wilson, Henry Beer
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The Lions breezed past Northeastern by 16.14 seconds for the Woodbury Cup crown. Columbia's 1V8 boat had a time of 7:20.11 in the victory. Columbia's 1V4 and 3V8 also picked up wins on the day over Northeastern and Rhode Island. Click here for the full results. Columbia returns to action on Sunday at Overpeck Park to race against Brown and BU.
The Woodbury Cup is named in memory of former Columbia rower and team captain Melanie Woodbury, a 1996 graduate of Barnard College, who was tragically killed in an automobile accident in 2002.
The lightweight 1V8 crew finished third in the Dodge Cup behind Yale and Penn with a time of 5:40.7. The 2V8 squad also finished third behind Penn and Yale at 5:44.5. Click here for the full results.
The heavyweight program was also in action on Saturday, competing in the Childs Cup (morning session) against Princeton, Stanford, and Penn before racing against Brown (afternoon session) at Lake Carnegie. The Lions raced four boats on the day. Click here for the full results.
Lightweight Lineups
First Varsity Eight
Cox: Jane Park, Josh Wang, Barnett Pesin, Owen Geiger, Sam Allen, George Pesin, Ben Sommer, Paul Josenhans, Owen Anawalt
Second Varsity Eight
Avril Callanan, Patrick Finnerty, Arin Jaff, Gonzalo Cortes, Tony Valentino, Nitin Rao, William Gokey
Heavyweight Lineups
First Varsity Eight
Cox: James Palanca, Tim Gutsev, Grant McCurdy, Charles Cartisser, Daniel Robbins, Adam Pushner, David Vyhnal, Nathanael Abrials, Colton Millar
Second Varsity Eight
Cox: Lucy Roberts, Thomas Woodgate, Barney Russell, August Michels, Alessandro Lee, Conor Parks, Archie White, Nick Gonzalez, Charles Boldt
Third Varsity Eight
Cox: Cornelia Streeter, Mateja Mitrovic, Victor Popovic, Christopher Zermeno, Nemanja Petrovic, Kyle Grose, Aleks Nikolov, Matias Bliss-Carrascosa, Corbin Vassil
Fourth Varsity Eight
Cox: Alex Castellini, Michael Tzitzikakis, Nick Smyth, Will Mathes, Peter Woodville, Harry Halper, David Thompson, Sam Wilson, Henry Beer
Follow The Lions
For the latest on Columbia Rowing, follow @CULionsRowing on X and Instagram, and on the web at GoColumbiaLions.com
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