Clemson Advances to Grand Finals in All Events at ACC Championships

CLEMSON, S.C. — The Clemson Tigers used a hot streak at Friday’s heats of the ACC Rowing Championship to enter Saturday’s finals boasting plenty of momentum. For the first time since 2017, all five of Clemson’s boats qualified for the grand finals at the ACC Rowing Championship, which is being hosted at Clemson’s Lake Hartwell docks for the 10th consecutive year.

On a warm day featuring light crosswinds, the preliminary races of the 2019 ACC Rowing Championship were held, with the 3V8, 2V4, 1V4, 2V8 and 1V8 heats being held in that order. The races were broken up into two heats of four or five boats competing in each.

In addition to Clemson, Boston College, Duke, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Syracuse and Virginia rounded out the 9-team field at the annual event. Every program fielded a boat in each race, and the top three boats from each heat qualified for the 6-boat grand finals on Saturday morning. The remaining three boats will race in the petite finals.

Clemson finished in the top three in each of the five heats for the first time since 2016. As a result, the Tigers will field a boat in all of the grand finals. Clemson placed second in its respective heat of the 1V4, 2V4 and 2V8 races and finished with the third-fastest times in its 1V8 and 3V8 heats. The Tigers’ shining performance came in the 2V8 race, when its boat coxed by Erin Murphy recorded the third-fastest time overall out of all nine boats.

We advanced all 5️⃣ Clemson boats to the @ACCRowing grand finals tomorrow! 💯 Recap, photos and more at the link below! #ClemsonRowing
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— Clemson Rowing (@ClemsonRowing) May 18, 2019

CLEMSON LINEUPS:
1V8
Bow: Isabella Beckler; 2. Kaley Wojciechowski; 3. Maura Chozick; 4. Alitue Udoka; 5. Isla McRae; 6. Makenna Farr; 7. Julia Meredith; Stroke: Elise Sum; Coxswain: Katie Hadley

2V8
Bow: Chloe O’Brien; 2. Katie Konieczny; 3. Brooke Kranz; 4. Bridget Kane; 5. Rebecca Pulsifer; 6. Hannah Hayes; 7. Catherine Schrieber; Stroke: Meghan McLean; Coxswain: Erin Murphy

3V8
Bow: Ellie Loehrer; 2. Summer Ratley; 3. Auburn Dantice; 4. Auriyana Tinch; 5. Isabella Dudley; 6. Tori Trovato; 7. Sydney Seeger; Stroke: Charlotte Taylor; Coxswain: Rebekah Stein

1V4
Bow: Jasmine Lewis; 2. Rachel Mumau; 3. Alexandria Thull; Stroke: Emily Ash; Coxswain: Katie Herbolsheimer

2V4
Bow: Katelyn Kerrick; 2. Samantha Palmer; 3. Rachel Salvia; Stroke: Louis “Pepper” Kolman; Coxswain: Julia Suplick

Heat Results

Conditions: light crosswind of approximately 5 mph throughout; slight chop; hot, with temperatures in the mid to high 80s throughout

1V8—Heat 1—1. Duke, 6:26.740; 2. Syracuse, 6:30.583; 3. Louisville, 6:38.576; 4. North Carolina, 6:46.877; 5. Boston College, 6:54.016

1V8—Heat 2—1. Virginia, 6:26.358; 2. Notre Dame, 6:34.528; 3. Clemson, 6:36.059; 4. Miami, 6:36.872

2V8—Heat 1—1. Virginia, 6:31.366; 2. Clemson, 6:40.070; 3. Notre Dame, 6:40.839; 4. Boston College, 6:49.295; 5. Miami, 6:51.863

2V8—Heat 2—1. Duke, 6:34.974; 2. Syracuse, 6:40.494; 3. Louisville, 6:44.067; 4. North Carolina, 6:51.870

1V4—Heat 1—1. Syracuse, 7:11.594; 2. Virginia, 7:13.309; 3. Miami, 7:28.830; 4. Louisville, 7:31.124; 5. Boston College, 7:36.213

1V4—Heat 2—1. Duke, 7:14.170; 2. Clemson, 7:21.153; 3. Notre Dame, 7:27.767; 4. North Carolina, 7:31.561

2V4—Heat 1—1. Virginia, 7:14.668; 2. Syracuse, 7:28.924; 3. Boston College, 7:37.333; 4. Louisville, 7:41.883; 5. North Carolina, 7:44.898

2V4—Heat 2—1. Duke, 7:27.856; 2. Clemson, 7:29.747; 3. Miami, 7:31.331; 4. Notre Dame, 7:48.460

3V8—Heat 1—1. Virginia, 6:40.370; 2. Notre Dame, 6:51.101; 3. Louisville, 6:54.067; 4. North Carolina, 7:18.029; 5. Miami, 7:25.907

3V8—Heat 2—1. Syracuse, 6:45.662; 2. Duke, 6:51.534; 3. Clemson, 6:59.142; 4. Boston College, 7:08.008

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