Alabama Rowing Posts Strong Finish Saturday Against Bucknell in Virginia

Saturday, March 11

Dublin, Va.

8 A.M.

Alabama

Bucknell

Alabama Rowing Posts Strong Finish Saturday Against Bucknell in Virginia

3/11/2017 3:32:00 PM | Rowing

Alabama Lineups (PDF)

DUBLIN, Va. – Alabama rowing faced cold and windy conditions Saturday morning on Claytor Lake against Bucknell but handled the adverse conditions well, winning six of its nine races against the Bison and finishing in a dead heat in one of the remaining three races.

"It was cold and there were a lot of crosswinds but we did a good job of handling the conditions," UA head coach Larry Davis said. "It was a good finish against a quality Bucknell team in our second race of the spring. It was the first time we've beaten them in the First Varsity 8+ and swept them in the Third Varsity 8+ and we finished in a dead heat in the Second Varsity 8+."

With no distance markers on the lake, the two teams instead raced a pair of timed six-minute pieces and one four-minute piece in each of the three events for a total of nine races.

In the First Varsity 8+, the Cashman won each of the three races, finishing two lengths ahead of Bucknell in the first six-minute piece, a length-and-a-quarter ahead of the Tide's RTR boat in the second six-minute piece and a length up over the Bison in the final four-minute piece.

The Mal Moore and Bucknell finished in a dead heat in the first six-minute piece of the Second Varsity 8+, with the Tusk trailing a length-and-a-quarter behind both. The Bison took the second six-minute piece a length ahead of the Mal Moore and won the four-minute piece by a 1 and 1/4 lengths over the Mal Moore and Tusk, who were each separated by a length.

Alabama's Black Warrior crew swept its three races in the Third Varsity 8+, finishing a length ahead of both Bucknell and Courageous, who finished neck-and-neck in the first six-minute piece. Courageous took second in the next six-minute piece and the four-minute piece, a length back from the Black Warrior in both.

Next up, Alabama will resume competition in two weeks facing Dayton on Saturday, March 25 at 9 a.m. CT in Tuscaloosa. The regatta will serve as the Crimson Tide's senior day and its annual Power of Pink event.

ALABAMA VS. BUCKNELL RESULTS
First Varsity 8

Race One (Six Minutes)