Rowing: WVU Wraps Up BIG EAST Championships
April 27, 2008 02:58 PM | General
By Kelly Tuckwiller for MSNsportsNET.com
April 27,2008
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - The West Virginia University Rowing team competed at the BIG EAST Championships on Sunday, April 27, on Melton Hill Lake, in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
“We finished where we should have,” said Head Coach Jimmy King. “The varsity boats felt like they had their best races of the season and that is always a goal to have at this point in the season.”
The varsity eight squad started the day off with a time of 7:12.47 in the preliminary round of competition. The Mountaineers then went on to finish behind Louisville in the varsity eight petite finals with a time of 7:19.64.
The varsity four posted a time of 8:24.60 in the preliminary round to move on to the afternoon finals. There, the Mountaineers recorded a time of 8:27.5 in the varsity four petite finals.
Also competing this weekend was the novice eight boat who posted a time of 7:36.31 in the preliminary rounds, but failed to qualify for the afternoon finals.
The Mountaineers finished the competition in eight place with 28 team points.
The Mountaineers will end the 2008 season with a trip to the Dad Vail Regatta on May 9-10, on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Pa.
