No. 2 Women’s Rowing Goes Back-to-Back at FIRA Championships

3/29/2025 8:38:00 PM | By: Kyrin Mayfield | @k_mayfield97

Results
SARASOTA, Fla.- Second-ranked Embry-Riddle Women's Rowing repeated as Florida Intercollegiate Rowing Association Champions on Saturday. It was an easy title for the Eagles as they won by 67.25 points, almost doubling the score of second place, thanks to six gold medals and one silver. Also of note, it's the fourth time in the last five years the program was crowned state champs.

FINAL STANDINGS

No. 2 Embry-Riddle - 140.75
Florida Tech - 73.5
No. 6 Rollins - 56.5

THE WATER

Course: Nathan Benderson Park
Length: 2,000m

THE BOATS

DII 4+ | Lorelei Carter, Briella Goldenberg, Alexandria Fife-Winslow, Gracie Thompson, Laurel Grein (Cox)
V8+ | Shelby Ernst, Emily Retty, Sarah Kinlocke, Aria Moses, Abby Webb, Lily Burdick, Soleil Edwards, Alexandra Weilert, Jolee Paulk (Cox)
JV 8+ | Caterina Hart, Danielle DelGrippo, Katie Braddick, Sabrina Graves, Julia Krutz, Alex Adams, Lilly Avezzano, Mina Kaba, Kaitlynn Parker (Cox)
2x | Fife-Winslow, Lilly Mae Turgeon
F/N 8+ | Elizabeth Loughry, Adams, Carter, Graves, Krutz, Thompson, Avezzano, Kaba, Parker (Cox)
1x | Weilert
JV 4+ | Hart, Reagan Hurt, Braddick, DelGrippo, Grein (Cox)
F/N 4+ | Loughry, Nadia Fuentes, Emma Doyle, Ashley De Leon, Parker (Cox)
V4+ (A) | Ernst, Retty, Kinlocke, Moses, Paulk (Cox)
V4+ (B) | Webb, Burdick, Edwards, Goldenberg, Grein (Cox)

THE RESULTS

The Eagles started the morning session strong with a nine-second win in NCAA II fours (7:56.74).
As the top-seeded boat in Varsity 8, Embry-Riddle lived up to the expectations with another nine-second victory (7:02.07) in an eight-boat field.
In the final race of the morning, the JV8 shell bested Florida by 17 ticks with a mark of 7:33.12.
The afternoon got going with doubles. Embry-Riddle raced down the course in 8:38.98 to place third.
F/N8 continued the program's winning ways with an easy 15-second win (7:29.52).
That was the first of three-straight victories for the program as the Eagles also finished first in singles (9:07.66) and JV fours (8:02.16).
F/N4 stopped the clock at an 8:56.09 time to secure sixth.
In the V4 "B" race, the Eagles added to their win total as the Blue and Gold shell finished first with a mark of 7:51.41.
Embry-Riddle closed out the FIRA Championships with a silver medal in varsity fours (7:49.49).

UP NEXT
Embry-Riddle gets back in the water next weekend at the UCO Invite hosted by Central Oklahoma in Oklahoma City.

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