Spartans Advance Four to Petite Finals In Sarasota 2K

Friday, March 27

Nathan Benderson Park; Sarasota, Fla.

Michigan State University

Sarasota 2K

3/27/2026 5:47:00 PM | Women's Rowing

East Lansing, Mich. -- Michigan State advanced four crews into Petite finals in the first day of racing at the Sarasota 2K, held at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Florida.   It is the first racing of the season for the Spartans.

Michigan State's varsity eight missed out on a spot in Saturday's grand final by three-tenths of a second, clocked in a time of 6:40.75, and Iowa advanced by the slimmest of margins (6:40.54). The Spartans were fourth in the second eight, crossing the line in a time of 7:01.13, behind UCF, Iowa, and UMass.   Both crews will race in Saturday's Petite Final, and No. 14 UCF took victory in the first heat of all three of the NCAA races to put all Knight boats in the Grand Finals.

In the varsity four, the Spartans were sixth (8:06.24) and will race in the third-level final on Saturday.
MSU's novice eight finished in fourth place, behind No. 15 Dartmouth, No. 18 Miami, and Kansas, turning in a time of 7:13.77.   The Spartans were open water over Kansas State which finished fifth, The second four was also fourth in its semifinal heat, (8:03.59), with an open-water margin over Albany. Both crews will race in Saturday Petite finals as well as the top two eights.

Saturday's racing begins at 8 am, with live race timing at CrewTimer.com. There is also a live webstream of the action from RHSTV.com

Sarasota 2K - Semifinal Heat Results
Varsity Eight: 1- UCF 6:28.29; 2 - Iowa 6:40.54; 3 - Michigan State 6:40.75; 4 - UMass 6:41.72; 5-Jacksonville 6:49.58; 6- Albany 6:57.76; 7- West Virginia 7:06.13
Second Varsity Eight: 1- UCF 6:37.83; 2 - Iowa 6:49.80; 3- UMass 6:58.62; 4- Michigan State 7:01.13; 5- Jacksonville 7:01.14; 6- West Virginia 7:15.04; 7 - Albany 7:21.48
Third Varsity Eight/Novice Eight : 1- Dartmouth 6:55.04; 2- Miami 6:59.18; 3- Kansas 7:03.96; 4- Michigan State 7:13.77 ; 5- Kansas State 7:40.78
Varsity Four: 1 - UCF 7:25.71; 2 - Iowa 7:37.72; 3- UMass 7:49.70; 4 - Jacksonville 7:55.30; 5- West Virginia 7:56.55; 6- Michigan State 8:06.24; 7- Albany 8:37.36
Second Varsity Four: 1-Dartmouth 7:43.50; 2- Louisville 7:48.57; 3-Drexel 7:54.59; 4- Michigan State 8:03.59; 5- High Point 8:29.20

SUNSHINE STATE INVITATIONAL LINEUPS:
1V8: B- Susie Schulz, 2-Jillian Cox, 3- Lillian Davidson-Walshe, 4-Ava Getzloff, 5-Maddie Kieft, 6-Ruby Vanden Boom, 7-Alice Bradley, S- Ava Woodard C- Kate Heinecke
2V8: B- Emily Crofut, 2-Lia Pollock, 3-Mary Shkrabiuk, 4- Elsa Patten, 5- Sophia Parker, 6- Hayden Rapaport, 7- Alaina Roush, S - Jayden Schmaltz, C- Jillian Lynch
3V8: B- Lillian Smith, 2- Vanessa Goc, 3- Riley Grant, 4- Sevyn Donovan, 5- Megan Grzywacz, 6- Analise Chelotti, 7- Alexa Thurman, S- Elizabeth Magai-Townsend, C - Haley Barabas
1V4: B- Mariana Dellavecchia, 2- Gabriella Myers, 3-Kylie Hinderliter, S - Braeden Tokar, C-Kate Galazin
2V4: B- Maggie Potter, 2- Julia Griese, 3- Jane Toner, S- Megan Gibbons, C- Haley Sornig