Second Varsity, Varsity Four, Second Varsity Four Victorious

Complete Results

PHILADELPHIA – The depth of the Yale women's crew was on display in Saturday's season-opening races against Penn and Columbia. The Bulldogs' second varsity, varsity four and second varsity four were all victorious. Columbia won the varsity eight, topping second-place Yale by five seconds.

"Our lower boats raced well," said Yale head coach Will Porter. "We do not have a varsity eight yet. We have to keep trying to find the right combination, but we will put our heads down and get to work."

The second varsity turned in the most impressive performance of the day, cruising to a nearly 20-second victory over second-place Columbia. Yale finished in 6:28.0.

The varsity four had a time of 7:17.4, nearly seven seconds faster than Columbia.

The second varsity four had a similar margin of victory. The Bulldogs finished in 7:21.7 to Columbia's 7:29.5.

Penn captured the third varsity eight with a time of 6:55.3. Yale came in at 7:11.2.

The Bulldogs race Cornell next Saturday in Ithaca.

Yale Boatings

Varsity Eight: 1. Maddie Lips, 2. Eliza Hastings, 3. Emily Tormey, 4. Claire Tolson, 5. Kim Szokol, 6. Colleen Maher, 7. Nina Demmerle, 8. Natalie King, coxswain: Christine Devlin

Second Varsity Eight: 1. Kristjana Gudmundsson, 2. Abby Loucks, 3. Elizabeth Vincent, 4.Kristina Wagner, 5. Abbie Young, 6. Amber Anderson, 7. Martha Cosgrove, 8. Madeline Dinse, coxswain: Kristen Brownlee

Varsity Four: 1. Mieke Scherpbier, 2. Natalie Lapides, 3. Juliet Caragianis, 4. Jen Stockwood, coxswain: Margaret Ayers

Second Varsity Four: 1. Kara Freeman, 2. Brit Sharon, 3. Mimi Reichenbach, 4. Amina Edwards, coxswain: Laura Grimbergen

Third Varsity Eight: 1. Sarah Weil, 2. Sabrina Malak, 3. Jane Cozey, 4. Emily Diana, 5.Mary Farner, 6. Emma Hammarlund, 7. Christine Tsai, 8. Kendall Chapin, coxswain: Emily Cline

Report filed by Tim Bennett, Yale Sports Publicity