Blue Squad Finds Success in 2024 Gold-Blue Regatta

Saturday, April 6

Morgantown, W.Va.

West Virginia University

Gold and Blue Regatta

April 08, 2024 02:38 PM | Rowing

By: Farris Murad

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – WVU's Blue team won the annual WVU Gold-Blue Regatta on the Monongahela River, winning 130-112.

The Blue squad's win, ended a two-year streak for the Gold Squad.

"The Blue team really came out and competed well today on and off the water," senior coxswain Emily DeGlopper said. "Even though we only finished first in the open 8+, we were still able to rack up enough total points to secure the win. What really put us ahead was the work we put in on the ergs. We had several personal records and earned the fastest overall team average. It may not have been the cleanest rowing, but the team still did well working against the current."

Not only did the challenge include racing on the water, but the teams did a 2k on the erg, and those results factored into the results. The on-water events included an open 4+ race followed by the first- and second-year's 8+ race, third- and fourth-year's 4+ race and an open 8+ race.

The Blue team started the day earning the most points in the open 4+ race by a score of 32-30. It would only go on to win one more on-water event, but seven personal records on the erg were enough to down the Gold team.

The top individual time on the erg was achieved by Grace Armstrong, who represented the Gold team, and the highest erg team average went to the Blue team.

The Mountaineer rowing team returns to action this Friday/Saturday, April 12-13, at the George Washington Invitational at the Thompson Boat Center in Washington, D.C.

Gold and Blue Regatta Lineups
Event             Team               Points             Lineup (stroke to bow w/ coxswain)
Open 4+ Gold   20    Ksenia Kaludjerovic, Ryleigh Williams, Ashlea Clark,
Grace Cronen w/ Grace Fay

                        Blue                 17                    Abigail Yingling, Anna Gall, Alexandra Farron, Sarah
Morrison w/ Grace Holliday

                        Blue                 15                    Bailey South, Emma Higgins, Katherine Capitan,
                                                                        Adriana Hogan w/ Emily DeGlopper

                        Gold                 10                    Ryleigh Rosta, Ashlynn Skeba, Lauren Mueller, Kelsey
                                                                         Riemer w/ Rachel Oliver

1st/2nd 8+ Gold 20 Grace Armstrong, Teegan Wendley, Una Ilic, Addison
                                                                         Dobson, Olivia Martens, Greta Giuliano, Isabelle Totton,
                                                                      Samantha Spencer w/ Grace Terlion

Blue 10 Alexis Mitchell, Mariella Wilson, Nikolina Djordjevic,
                                                                        Anneliese Carney, Kendall Kirkwood, Kayley Davis,
                                                                        Jessica Gaston, Cylie Leidy w/ Bridget Kiely

3rd/4th+ 4+ Gold    15     Grace Cronen, Ashlea Clark, Ryleigh Rosta, Ashlynn
                                                                         Skeba w/ Rachel Oliver

Blue 7                    Violet Hewett, Laurna Atkins, Christina Brunette,
                                                                      Bailey South w/ Grace Fay

Open 8+           Blue                 30 Alexandra Farron, Violet Hewett, Abigail Yingling,
                                                                      Alexis Mitchell, Katherine Capitan, Emma Higgins,
                                                                      Anna Gall, Adriana Hogan w/ Emily DeGlopper

Gold                 20              Ryleigh Williams, Teegan Wendley, Grace Armstrong,
                                                                      Isabelle Totton, Samantha Spencer, Addison Dobson,
                                                                        Lauren Mueller, Kelsey Riemer w/ Grace Terlion
2k erg Blue    51
                        Gold                 27