April 22, 2006

CLEMSON, S.C. - The North Carolina novice eight took third in its race and UNC's Lisy McIntee was named All-Atlantic Coast Conference at the ACC Regatta Saturday morning at Lake Hartwell. UNC finished sixth overall in the championship, which has grown to six teams with the addition this season of Boston College.

Virginia won all four races to claim the title for the seventh year in a row. The Cavaliers have won the championship every year that the ACC has held a regatta. After UVa in first with 60 points, Duke was second with 43 points and Miami third with 34. Host Clemson was fourth with 30, Boston College fifth with 25 and UNC sixth with 17 points overall.

Duke's Robyn Horner was honored as ACC Coach of the Year, while Virginia's second varsity eight was named ACC Crew of the Year.

The 14-member All-ACC team included representatives from each of the six conference schools. Along with UNC's McIntee, a sophomore from Bala Cynwyd, Pa., the team was made up of coxswain Caitlin Mixter (Virginia), Kerry Maher (Virginia), Melanie Kok (Virginia), Sara Lippa (Virginia), Crystal MacLeod (Virginia), Lia Hart (Duke), Caroline Wray (Duke), Tonia Boock (Duke), Rachel Clausing (Miami), Laura Coltman (Miami), Sarah Cooper (Clemson), Jaclyn Rath (Clemson) and Bridget Regan (Boston College).

Carolina's novice eight took third in its race with a time of 7:10.4, behind Virginia (6:50.1) and Boston College (7:03.5) but ahead of Miami and Clemson. (Duke did not field a novice eight.) Racing in the UNC boat were Shannon Wilson (coxswain), Ruby Woodside, Chandler Sours, Elizabeth Marx, Emily Williams, Meredith Brown, Kayla Hackett, Katie Wood and Eleanor Saunders.

The UNC varsity eight came in fifth, beating out Boston College in a time of 6:44.5, the Tar Heels' fastest of the season. Racing in the UNC varsity eight were Lauren Portnow (coxswain), Gretchen Klatte, Laura Chase McGehee, Maegan Wareham, McIntee, Christin Cotten, Adriann Spinks, Laura Rock and Emily Dondero.

The Tar Heels were sixth in the second varsity eight, finishing in 7:04.7. The UNC lineup was Edythe McNamee (coxswain), Sarah Low, Megan Mitzel, Eugenia Delbono, Cleo Washington, Mary Ford, Mary Sasson, Chelsea Barth and Reine Duffy.

"Both the varsity eight and second varsity eight had their fastest times of the season and closed the gap on people we raced earlier in the season like Miami and Clemson," UNC coach Sarah Haney said. "Every time we go out there and race, we have a much better performance than we did the week before, and we did that again today."

UNC's varsity four was sixth in a time of 8:16.2. Carolina's lineup, entirely from the novice squad, was Sara Uribe (coxswain), Maeghan Sill, Autumn Carroll, Samantha Cabrera and Kathryn Winz.

The Tar Heels' next action is three weeks away, at the South/Central Sprints on May 13-14 in Oak Ridge, Tenn. "We keep moving and we keep doing the things that we want to do," Haney said. "We're looking forward to going back and having a few weeks of training to continue to improve at Centrals."

Results:

Varsity four: 1. Virginia, 7:23.4; 2. Clemson, 7:40.3; 3. Duke, 7:46.5; 4. Miami, 7:49.6; 5. Boston College, 7:50.7; 6. North Carolina, 8:16.2

Novice eight: 1. Virginia, 6:50.1; 2. Boston College, 7:03.5; 3. North Carolina 7:10.4; 4. Miami, 7:13.8; 5. Clemson 7:15.3

Second varsity eight: 1. Virginia, 6:36.6; 2. Duke, 6:50.8.; 3. Boston College 6:55.8; 4. Miami, 6:57.7; 5. Clemson, 7:01.8,; 6. North Carolina, 7:04.7

Varsity eight: 1. Virginia, 6:31.0; 2. Duke, 6:31.9; 3. Miami, 6:39.1; 4. Clemson, 6:43.3; 5. North Carolina, 6:44.5; 6. Boston College, 6:47.4

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