Women's Crew Finishes Day Two At NCAA Championship
5/25/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Rowing
May 25, 2001
GAINESVILLE, Ga. - The Michigan State women's crew first varsity eight finished day two Friday (May 25) of the 2001 NCAA Women's Rowing Championship on Lake Lanier in Gainesville, Ga. Due to morning thunderstorms, the championship was delayed for three hours.
In the second semifinal, MSU placed fifth in a time of 7:03.8 to advance to the Petite Finals on Saturday (May 26) at 11:20 a.m. Washington won the second semifinal in a time of 6:49.9 while Princeton was second in 6:53.5. The top three teams in each semifinal advance to the Grand Finals, while the fourth through sixth-place boats advance to the Petite Finals.
Michigan State advanced to the semifinals after winning the repechage race in 6:56.2 on Thursday afternoon. In Thursday morning's varsity eight heat, Michigan State placed fifth with a time of 6:45.13. Brown, the number-one ranked crew in the nation, won the heat at 6:26.78.
MSU's first varsity eight is made up of coxswain Cassandra Weddel (Jr., East Tawas, Mich.), Krista Buzzell (Jr., Fenton, Mich.), Rachel Miller (So., Meeteetse, Wyo.), Amy Silder (So., Naperville, Ill.), Jennifer Czar (Sr., Rochester Hills, Mich.), Angela Lound (Sr., Holland, Mich.), Nicole DeMott (Sr., Rogers, Minn.), Nicole Pefley (Sr., Grand Rapids, Mich.) and Kate Gay (So., Cowra, New South Wales, Australia). Lori Kingstrom (Jr., Troy, Mich.) and Laura Thomas (So., Hastings, Mich.) traveled as spares.
Varsity Eight Semifinal 21. Washington 6:49.92. Princeton 6:53.53. Syracuse 6:54.04. California 6:59.25. MSU 7:03.86. Yale 7:05.4