CBB Erg Championships

BRUNSWICK, Maine -- Bates Rowing swept this year's annual CBB (Bates, Bowdoin, and Colby) erg challenge, coming home with 3 winners out of four categories. The championship consisted of a 2,000-meter ergometer piece pulled by individual rowers. Senior Stephanie Parker (Schroon Lake, N.Y.) took the title in the varsity women's race with a time of 7:25.1, first-year Olivia Ester (Stillwater, Minn.) won the novice women's category with a 7:31.8, and first-year Ryan Champagne (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) won the novice men's race setting the event record with a time of 6:24.5. Comparing the three teams head-to-head, Bates won 28 of 32 races, including 16 of 16 by the novice teams. To top it all off, eighty percent of the Bobcat's varsity squad pulled personal bests in the event.

Varsity Erg Results

Top 8					
Bates				7:37		
Colby				7:45		
Bowdoin (Top 4)			7:43		

Varsity Women					
Steph Parker		Ba	7:25.1			
Christina Cox		Ba	7:28.1				
Katie Hammond		Ba	7:30			
Kristen Silva		Ba	7:30				
Ricciardi		B	7:32				
Lavertu			C	7:32.2			
Sarah Cannon		Ba	7:35.1			
Lazdowski		C	7:42.1				
Williams		C	7:43.7				
Kristen Anderson	Ba	7:43.9				
Sorter 			B	7:44.7			
Laura Allen		Ba	7:45.1
Bruss			B	7:46.2				
Davis			C	7:46.7					
Price			C	7:46.8				
Evans			C	7:47.9				
Willson			C	7:50			
Jaworski		B	7:50.7				
W. Waller		C	7:52.2				
Harrington		C	7:58.1				
Lori Massa		Ba	8:03.3				
Miller			C	8:05.2			
S. Hardy		B	8:12.6				
Lockwood		B	8:14.8				
Alltucker		C	8:36.2				
							
							
Varsity Men

Top 8		
Bates 				6:37
Colby				6:37.5
Bowdoin (top 4)			6:32

Colvin			B	6:14.6
Peterson		C	6:21.3
Neville			C	6:25.9
Kristian Bodek		Ba	6:28
John Bunce		Ba	6:29.9
Truex			C	6:31.4
Loveme			B	6:34.6
Sherwood		C	6:35.1
Jesse LaFlamme		Ba	6:36.4
Scifres			B	6:36.4
Nate Thomas		Ba	6:38
Jeff Benecchi		Ba	6:39.2
Ben Reilly		Ba	6:40.1
Rick Brown		Ba	6:41.9
Thomas			B	6:43.2
LaPointe		C	6:43.7
Miller			C	6:43.7
Prendergast		C	6:45.1
Adam Thomas		Ba	6:46.1
Andrew Iappini		Ba	6:47.6
Tim O'Connell		Ba	6:49
Christian McTighe	Ba	6:53
Sean Hurley		Ba	6:53.8
Peter Ryan		Ba	6:56.8
David Grynkeicwicz	Ba	6:58
Morelli			C	6:58.3
Hughes			B	6:59.1
John Boyum		Ba	7:03.6

Novice Women

Olivia Ester		BA	7:31.8
Allen			C	7:40.6
Maggie Kirber		BA	7:41.1
Robertson		C	7:45.3
Grossman		B	7:47.5
Cram			B	7:51.3
Abbey Carreau		BA	7:55.3
Kristin Pick		BA	7:55.7
Tibbits			C	7:56.7
Leana Nordstrom		BA	7:56.9
Megan Ferrari		BA	7:57.5
Denehy			C	8:01.2
Petersen		B	8:01.5
Mercedes Grandin	BA	8:03.5
Ford			B	8:04.4
Groggle			C	8:04.9			
Urstadt			C	8:05
Luisa Carvajal		BA	8:05.4
Boyce			C	8:06.3	
Kirstin McCarthy	BA	8:12.5
Lauren Col		BA	8:14
Reuben			B	8:17.2
Kitchen			B	8:18.8
Kate Strum		BA	8:22.6
Carole Calderone	BA	8:33.5
Michelle Geiss		BA	8:37.2
Gunsty			C	8:39
Sarah Eichenberger	BA	8:51.3

Top 8 (avg.)

Bates				7:53
Colby				8:02
Bowdoin (Top 4)			7:53

Novice Men

Ryan Champagne		BA	6:24.5 (Record)
Moneta			C	6:27.3
Brooks			C	6:35.4
Chal Congdon		BA	6:37.2
Lange			B	6:37.3
Mark Thomson		BA	6:39.4
Alec Hansen		BA	6:42.3
Clark			B	6:43.4
Welsh			B	6:44.1
Drew Walsh		BA	6:45.6
Henkler			C	6:45.8
Andy LaFontaine		BA	6:48.8
Warnek			C	6:52.5
John Riley		BA	6:53.3
Pat Quirk		BA	6:58.3
Dennis McGillicuddy	BA	7:00.6
Berg			C	7:02.1
Blake Fredland		BA	7:02.2
Dave Bergart		BA	7:03.1
Waldo			B	7:04.3
Philip Beickler		BA	7:08.4
Endri Trejani		BA	7:09.9
Henson			C	7:11
Cronin			C	7:11.1
Sheldon Malcolm		BA	7:13.4
Morrison		C	7:21.6
Kahn			C	7:23
Greg Troughton		BA	7:31.7
Peter Cutol		BA	7:37

Top 8 (avg.)

Bates				6:43
Colby				6:55
Bowdoin (Top 4)			6:47