CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Bates rowing teams more than held their own against the Radcliffe lightweights and the MIT heavyweights on the Charles River Saturday morning.
For the second straight week, the Bates men's second varsity eight impressed. Led by sophomore coxswain
Isabel Beck (Montclair, N.J.) and sophomore stroke
Ian Van Loo (Seattle, Wash.), the Bobcats out-raced the Engineers, winning their race in 6:05.3. MIT crossed the finish line in 6:09.2.
Bates showed off more of its depth with the men's third varsity eight winning as well. Led by first-year coxswain
Micah Shimizu (Batavia, Ill.) and first-year stroke
Wiley Anderson (Ithaca, N.Y.), the Bobcats prevailed in their race with a time of 6:27.9, out-racing MIT's 3V, which recorded a mark of 6:38.6.
Besides the Radcliffe lightweights, the Bates women's rowing team also took on Boston College in one of the races, with the Bates third varsity eight prevailing over the BC 4V with a time of 7:16. Led by junior coxswain
Olivia Seline (Delaware, Ohio) and sophomore stroke
Miryam Keller (Cape Elizabeth, Maine), the Bobcats out-raced the Eagles by more than 17 seconds in a dominating performance. The Bates 4V also competed in the race and took third place in 8:02.9.
The Bates women broke their second varsity eight up into two crews of four, and the fours both raced the Radcliffe lightweight fours, with the hosts winning in 7:39.
The first varsity eights both finished in second place, with the Bates men hanging with MIT, with the Engineers winning in 5:53.6 and Bates crossing the line in 6:00.7. On the women's side, the Bobcats raced to the finish in 6:57.4 and the Radcliffe lightweights won in 6:42.2.
The Bobcats return to action Sunday, April 30 when they host the President's Cup.
Bates WV8 lineup: Bow:
Darya Lee; 2:
Hannah Burdick; 3:
Josephine Stevens; 4:
Molly Connors; 5:
Livia Bernhardt; 6:
Katarina Dickson; 7:
Eliana Weissmann; Stroke:
Casey Winter; c:
Lucy Del Col
Bates WV4+ Silver A lineup: Bow:
Hannah de Fontaine; 2:
Olivia Szachta; 3:
Quinn Gleason; 4:
Lydia Barker; c:
Isabella Sobolewski
Bates WV4+ Silver B lineup: Bow:
Hope Stamp; 2:
Isabelle Martin; 3:
Ollie Young; 4:
Genesis Bussey; c:
Hannah Braslau
Bates W3V8 lineup: Bow:
Elizabeth Gramley; 2:
Emily Everett; 3:
Eloise Botka; 4:
Dominique Bunnell; 5:
Lauren Cockrill; 6:
Abigail Somosky; 7:
Olivia Smith; Stroke:
Miryam Keller; c:
Olivia Seline
Bates W4V8 lineup: Bow:
Madeline Kemp; 2:
Merrill Doherty; 3:
Julia Buzacott; 4:
Tatum Holley; 5:
Olivia Dekker; 6:
Maggie Kornfeind; 7:
Claire Scott; Stroke:
Rylee Eaton; c:
Nicola Lynch-Collier
Bates MV8 lineup: Bow:
Benjamin MacDonald; 2:
Sean Christiansen; 3:
Timothy Bates; 4:
Isaac Levinger; 5:
Luke Desmaison; 6:
William Siebert; 7:
Charlie Berman; Stroke:
George Fauver; c:
Aidan Braithwaite
Bates M2V8 lineup: Bow:
Riley Young; 2:
Conor McGuckin; 3:
Samuel Marchman; 4:
Charles Renvyle; 5:
Oliver Firmenich; 6:
Benjamin Auerbach; 7:
Kelly McKaige; Stroke:
Ian Van Loo; c:
Isabel Beck
Bates M3V8 lineup: Bow:
Alwin Ma; 2:
Saunders Thompson; 3:
Micah Johnson; 4:
William Conway; 5:
Jimmy Staller; 6:
Jack Stephenson; 7:
Andrew Frey; Stroke:
Wiley Anderson; c:
Micah Shimizu
