The University of Notre Dame rowing team kicked off a key three-week stretch of competition on Saturday, April 13, at the 2019 Lake Natoma Invitational in Gold River, California. Facing some of the top teams in the nation, the Irish are starting to gear up for the season run to the ACC Championship and will travel from California to Indiana University next weekend, followed by the Longhorn Invitational at the University of Texas on April 27.
The field at the Lake Natoma Invitational features some of the top teams in the nation, including No. 2 California, No. 3 Stanford, No. 6 Brown and No. 12 Southern Cal (USRowing/CRCA Top 25 rankings).
Highlights of the day included a victory by the Third Varsity Eight over Cal’s Fourth Varsity Eight and the 3V8 from Sacramento State.
SATURDAY MORNING SESSION –
V8 –
Julia Randall, Emily Stinebaugh, Laura Migliore, Allegra Sodi, Marielle Corbett, Halena Hadi, Elizabeth Schrieber, Kelly Fischer, Colleen Visnic (cox)
1. California, 6:23.2
2. NOTRE DAME, 6:37.19
3. Tulsa, 6:40.58
V4 –
Madeline Coady, Mara Bhalla, Caroline Hills, Katharine Johnson, Cailey Brogan (cox)
1. California, 7:06.5
2. NOTRE DAME, 7:16.35
3. Tulsa, 7:23.62
2V8 –
Evelyn McManus, Ashley Young, Anja Renkes, Chloe Hemm, Jennifer Groth, Analisa Pines, Hana Ferrero, Isabella Balder, Mary Ryan (cox)
1. California, 6:25.9
2. NOTRE DAME, 6:38.99
3. Tulsa, 6:46.61
2V4 –
Regan Keady, Samantha Manfreda, Lauren Kelly, Meghan Greene, Laura Schoonmaker (cox)
1. Stanford, 7:18.7
2. NOTRE DAME, 7:35.05
3. Sacramento State, 8:11.85
SATURDAY AFTERNOON SESSION
3V8 –
Brenna Halligan, Mariah Parsons, Audrey Regan, Katie Wiedenhoft, Ellie Daum, Alexandra Peyton, Mary Grace Phelan, Sarah Dencker, Rosemary McGovern (cox)
1. NOTRE DAME, 6:58.3
2. California, 7:00.4
3. Sacramento State, 7:28.7
V4 –
1. Brown, 7:21.5
2. NOTRE DAME, 7:28.7
3. Sacramento State, 7:58.0
2V8 –
1. Brown, 6:33.8
2. NOTRE DAME, 6:41.6
3. Sacramento State, 6:50.3
1V8 –
1. Brown, 6:26.0
2. NOTRE DAME, 6:31.0
3. Sacramento State, 6:45.7
2V4 –
1. Stanford, 7:11.3
2. California, 7:17.7
3. NOTRE DAME, 7:29.7