INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.  – The University of Dayton women's rowing team had a productive showing in the season opener at the Bald Eagle Regatta Collegiate Invitational hosted by Purdue University Saturday.

The Flyers got a taste of their first competition of the 2025-26 season and highlighted the outing with a narrow third-place finish by the varsity 8+ boat while the novice 4+ squad placed second in its race.

UP NEXT
Dayton finishes up the fall campaign next Saturday, Nov. 8 at the Tri-Meet on the Monongahela River hosted by West Virginia University.

The full Dayton Race Results:
Varsity 8+ A

1. Northwestern A – 15:01.1
2. Purdue A – 15:10.2
3. Dayton A – 15:24.3
4. Toledo A – 15:34.4
5. Grand Valley A – 15:38.0
6. Illinois A – 16:00.2
7. Purdue B – 16:15.1
8. Purdue C – 17:00.7

Novice 8+ A

1. Toledo A – 16:02.6
2. Grand Valley A – 16:14.6
3. Illinois A – 16:17.7
4. Purdue A – 17:00.2
5. Dayton A – 17:32.4
6. Marquette A – 18:13.8
7. Indiana A – 20:35.2

Varsity 4+ A

1. Purdue A – 16:17.6
2. Northwestern A – 16:20.6
3. Toledo A – 16:22.7
4. Dayton A – 16:45.4
5. Grand Valley A – 17:44.3
6. Illinois A – 18:16.2
7. IU Indy A – 18:17.0

Varsity 4+ B

1. Purdue B – 17:07.5
2. Northwestern B – 17:13.5
3. Purdue C – 17:46.0
4. Toledo B – 18:03.0
5. Dayton B – 19:08.4
6. IU Indy B – 21:13.3

Novice 4+

1. Grand Valley A – 17:55.4
2. Dayton B – 18:12.5
3. Toledo A – 18:41.8
4. Grand Valley B – 18:44.2
5. Illinois A – 19:10.0
6. Purdue A – 19:27.2
7. IU Indy A – 19:46.4
8. Toledo B – 19:51.4
9. Dayton A – 19:57.9
10. Indiana A – 20:18.5
11. Grand Valley C – 20:18.7
12. Illinois B – 20:50.0
13. Toledo C – 20:50.8
14. Purdue B – 21:20.3
15. Marquette B – 22:12.4
16. IU Indy B – 26:26.0

Pair

1. Grand Valley A – 17:18.7
2. Purdue A – 17:30.3
3. Grand Valley B - 18:02.0
4. Dayton A – 18:27.4
5. Illinois B – 18:31.8
6. Northwestern A – 18:35.9
7. Illinois A – 19:53.7

 
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DAYTON LINEUPS
Varsity 8+
Adhiti Venkatesh
8 Brooke Hartzell
7 Isabella Lewis
6 Katherine Blandford
5 Katie Fraser
4 Kelsey Alcox
3 Maya Murray
2 Cecilia Martyna
1 Addison Boren
 
Novice  8+
Amanda Castro Rivera
8 Julianna Komp
7 Maggie Romano
6 Madeline Hilts
5 Kennedy Knaak
4 Ava Bogstie
3 Olivia Garrison
2 Emma Mandell
1 Bella Ventre
 
Varsity 4+ A
Adhiti Venkatesh
4 Brooke Hartzell
3 Isabella Lewis
2 Katherine Blandford
1 Katie Fraser
 
2 Varsity 4+
Abigail Karim
4 Kelsey Alcox
3 Kate Broderick
2 Kinley White
1 Angeles Ortiz Perez
 
Novice 4+ A
Amanda Castro Rivera
4 Reagan Anderson
3 Emma Mandell
2 Claire Blasko
1 Olivia Garrison
 
2 Novice 4+
Abigail Karim
4 Madeline Hilts
3 Maggie Romano
2 Julianna Komp
1 Kennedy Knaak
 
Pair
Cecilia Martyna
Addison Boren