May 4, 2003

WHITNEY POINT, N.Y. --The Colgate University men's and women's crew teams competed at the New York State Rowing Championships on Saturday and Sunday.

On the women's side, the Varsity 8 came in 11th out of 14 schools with a time of 7:14.6. Fordham finished with a winning time of 7:11.6 while Buffalo came in second at 7:11.8 and Army placed third with a time of 7:21.4.

In the women's JV 8, the Raiders took third out of eight teams with a time of 7:28.9. Ithaca took the gold medal with a winning time of 7:09.0 while Buffalo finished second at 7:16.1.

The Novice 8 was seventh out of 16 teams with a time of 7:16.4, good enough for first place in the petite finals. 

The men's Varsity 8 took fifth out of 12 teams with a time of 6:16.8. Dowling won the race with a time of 6:02.4 and was followed by Hobart (6:02.2), Marist (6:09.1) and Ithaca (6:11.4). Army finished sixth with a time of 6:24.3 to close out the heat.

In the men's Novice 8, the Raiders were fourth out of 14 teams with a time of 6:29.7. Marist finished first with a winning time of 6:12.5 as Army took second with a time of 6:19.5 and Buffalo was third with a time of 6:23.0.

Colgate returns to action on Saturday, May 10 and Sunday, May 11 at the ECAC Championship in Camden, N.J.