MARIETTA, Ohio — The Marietta College women's rowing team opened the 2022 spring racing season at home against the University of Dayton and Purdue University Saturday (March 19). Originally scheduled to race on the Ohio River, poor weather and course conditions forced a move to the Muskingum.
 
Conditions on the Muskingum were only moderately better, and the coaches decided to reduce the course length to 1,000-meters ending at the Washington Street Bridge. The decision was also made to only race the first and second varsity eights.
 
"We had a challenging wind and strong current which led us to racing an approximately 1,000-meter long course on the Muskingum River from a floating start," Marietta head coach Abby Lord said.
 
In the varsity 8+ race Purdue crossed the line first in 2:56.05 with Dayton taking second (3:04.57) and Marietta third (3:09.43).
 
Dayton won the second varsity 8+ race with a time of 3:35.81, followed by Purdue's freshman crew (3:38.67), the Purdue second varsity shell (3:42.99) and Dayton's freshman crew (3:53.35).
 
Marietta is back on the water this Saturday (March 26) at the Washington College Invitational in Chestertown, Maryland.
 
Fans can follow all the Pioneer teams all year long at pioneers.marietta.edu. You can also follow the Pioneers on Facebook at facebook.com/MariettaCollege and @MariettaPioneer on Twitter and Instagram. 
 
Results
Varsity 8+
1. Purdue (2:56.05), 2. Dayton (3:04.57), 3. Marietta (3:09.43)
 
Coxswain: Michaela Donnelly (Philadelphia, Pa./Science Leadership Academy), Stroke: Rebecca Guhde (Signal Mountain, Tenn./Girls Prep), 7: Catherine Wadih (Cincinnati, Ohio/Clark Montessori), 6: Claudia Frueh (Nashport, Ohio/Tri-Valley), 5: Morgan Szucs (Woodhaven, Mich./Carlson), 4: Katie Lively (New Matamoras, Ohio/River), 3: Michaela Hess (Painesville, Ohio/Fairport Harding), 2: Madison Jennings (Raleigh, N.C./Longleaf School of the Arts), Bow: Morgan Ahlstrom (Satellite Beach, Fla./Lake Braddock)
 
Second Varsity 8+
1. Dayton (3:35.81), 2. Purdue Frosh (3:38.67), 3. Purdue 2V (3:42.99), 4. Dayton Frosh (3:53.35)