Results
Winter Park, Fla. – Stockton University capped its week of training in Florida by competing in the Rollins College Spring Break Race on Lake Maitland. The Ospreys competed against Rollins and the University of Tampa, both of which are NCAA Division II institutions. The races were the first of the spring semester for Stockton.
"One has to be careful looking at raw results early in the season, however our athletes were given parameters and they followed their race plans," said head coach
John Bancheri. "Our flagship boat, the varsity eight, with two athletes in their first intercollegiate sprint race, performed very well."
"Our novice eight was put together with a few from the varsity squad. This was a first time they rowed together as a group, and they achieved the objective to race at 28-30 strokes per minute," Bancheri added.
Carrie Alpin (North Hanover/Northern Burlington),
Emily Latshaw (Toms River/TR South),
Amber Hartzell (Merchantville/Haddon Hts.),
Jordan Barikian (Cape May/Lower Cape May),
Izabelle DelRoss (Egg Harbor City/Cedar Creek),
Nicole Iatarola (Sewell/Washington Twp.),
Madelynn Schina (Somerdale/Highland) and
Emily Culmone (Absecon/Ocean City) rowed in the varsity eight.
The coxswain was
Lorelei Hendricks (Burlington/Doane Academy) and varsity eight posted a time of 7:37.2 in a strong performance against a Rollins boat that finished in 7:23.4.
Hartzell and Iatarola joined
Alexandra Kazan (Vineland/OLMA),
Allison Cook (Mickleton/Kingsway),
Kimberly Canelas (Galloway/ACIT),
Allison Reed (Cherry Hill/CH East),
Melanie Naphy (Somerdale/Sterling) and
Katie Kurtz (Galloway/Cedar Creek) in the novice eight.
Kelley Mason (Manhattan, N.Y./St. Vincent Ferrer) was the coxswain for the novice eight that registered a time of 8:50.3 in their first race as a unit. Rollins won the novice eight race in 7:36.6 followed by Tampa at 7:43.8.
Stockton also competed in varsity four and novice four events, giving the Ospreys the opportunity to compete in multiple races and gain valuable experience as they wrapped up their spring break trip to Florida and prepared for the remainder of the spring season.
Stockton will head to North Jersey next Saturday, March 26 to compete in the Manhattan Invite on Overpeck Lake in Ridgefield, N.J.
