PENNSAUKEN, N.J. – The University of Dayton women's rowing team competed at the George Washington Invitational April 6-7 in Washington, D.C. and wrapped up the weekend at the Cooper Invitational in New Jersey Sunday, April 8.

Head Coach Mike Wenker's quotes:
"Overall, the team improved every race. The four 2k races in three days add up. Our coaching staff had a chance to watch the racing and make line up changes between races."
 
GW Invitational - Day 1
V4+
1.Rhode Island, 7:20.00
2. Saint Joseph's, 7:24.60
3. Dayton, 8:22.00

V4+ Dayton Lineup: 
Gwen Bartot (coxswain)
Riley Myszka
Shannon Becks
Margaret Cahill
Liz DeNardo

JV8+
1. Rhode Island, 6:27.20
2. Saint Joseph's, 6:51.20
3. Dayton, 7:09.90

JV8+ Dayton Lineup: 
Samantha Bauer (coxswain)
Sydney Torok
Elizabeth Hoffman
Sonia Krolak
Tessa Shade
Jaclyn Franz
Taylor Alexander
Kathryn Spence
Erin Dwyer

V8+
1. Rhode Island, 6:21.50
2. Dayton, 6:31.70
3. Saint Joseph's, 6:38.00

V8+ Dayton Lineup: 
Patricia Santoni (coxswain)
Isabelle Blanchard
Kaleigh Barkaszi
Casey Becker
Kiley Tempert
Anna Benton
Osa Wheeler
Bridget Kallmeyer
Hannah Butler

GW Invitational - Day 2
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1. Georgetown LWT, 7:17.40
2. George Mason, 7:57.00
3. Dayton, 8:16.90

V4+ Dayton Lineup: 
Gwen Bartot (coxswain)
Riley Myszka
Shannon Becks
Margaret Cahill
Abigail Minzler

JV8+
1. Georgetown LWT, 6:42.80
2. George Mason, 6:47.60
3. Dayton, 6:56.80

JV8+ Dayton Lineup: 
Samantha Bauer (coxswain)
Sydney Torok
Elizabeth Hoffman
Sonia Krolak
Tessa Shade
Jaclyn Franz
Taylor Alexander
Kathryn Spence
Liz DeNardo 

V8+
1. Georgetown LWT, 6:27.90
2. Dayton, 6:43.00
3. George Mason, 6:44.00

V8+ Dayton Lineup: 
Patricia Santoni (coxswain)
Isabelle Blanchard
Kaleigh Barkaszi
Bridget Kallmeyer
Kiley Tempert
Anna Benton
Osa Wheeler
Hannah Butler
Erin Dwyer 

Cooper Invitational
V4+

1.	Canisius				8:49.82
2.	Duquesne				8:50.10
3.	Marist B				8:55.39
4.	Marist A				9:07.52
5.	Dayton				9:34.13
6.	Fairfield B				9:38.61

V4+ Dayton lineup: 
Gwen Bartot (coxswain)
Riley Myszka
Shannon Becks
Margaret Cahill
Liz DeNardo
 
2V8+

1.	Fordham				7:44.89
2.	Bucknell				7:48.35
3.	Duquesne				7:51.70
4.	Dayton				8:16.69
5.	Fairfield				8:17.85

2V8+ Dayton lineup: 
Samantha Bauer (coxswain)
Sydney Torok
Osa Wheeler
Sonia Krolak
Tessa Shade
Jaclyn Franz
Taylor Alexander
Kathryn Spence
Elizabeth Hoffman 

V8+

1.	Marist				7:16.70
2.	Delaware				7:20.57
3.	Fairfield				7:32.80
4.	Dayton				7:37.61
5.	Canisius				7:45.48

V8+ Dayton lineup: 
Patricia Santoni (coxswain)
Isabelle Blanchard
Kaleigh Barkaszi
Casey Becker
Kiley Tempert
Anna Benton
Hannah Butler
Bridget Kallmeyer
Erin Dwyer

V4+ Petite Final

1.	Fairfield A				8:48.79
2.	Marist A				8:53.42
3.	Eastern Michigan				9:02.55
4.	Fordham B				9:14.66
5.	Dayton				9:27.49
6.	Fairfield B				9:29.67

V4+ Dayton lineup: 
Gwen Bartot (coxswain)
Riley Myszka
Shannon Becks
Margaret Cahill
Liz DeNardo
 
2V8+ Petite Final

1.	Delaware				7:35.26
2.	Dayton				7:51.64
3.	Eastern Michigan				7:55.59
4.	Fairfield				8:24.78

2V8+ Dayton lineup: 
Samantha Bauer (coxswain)
Sydney Torok
Osa Wheeler
Sonia Krolak
Tessa Shade
Jaclyn Franz
Taylor Alexander
Kathryn Spence
Elizabeth Hoffman  

V8+ Petite Final

1.	Fordham				7:23.47
2.	Dayton				7:25.53
3.	Canisius				7:33.40
4.	Fairfield				7:48.80

 
V8+ Dayton lineup: 
Patricia Santoni (coxswain)
Isabelle Blanchard
Kaleigh Barkaszi
Casey Becker
Kiley Tempert
Anna Benton
Hannah Butler
Bridget Kallmeyer
Erin Dwyer

Up Next
Dayton will compete at SIRA in Oak Ridge, Tenn. April 21-22.