Novice 4+ Boat Places Second at Quinsigamond Snake Regatta
SHREWSBURY, Mass. (October 17, 2021) – The Franklin Pierce University rowing team competed at the Quinsigamond Snake Regatta on Sunday, as the Novice 4+ boat took second place.
The Novice 4+ boat, consisting of junior Olivia Morrissey (Clinton, Conn.), junior Tessa Berry (Andover, Mass.), sophomore Hannah LaGrassa (Winchendon, Mass.), sophomore Maura Joseph (Holyoke, Mass.) and the Coxswain, junior Helen Curley-Swannie (Longmeadow, Mass.) raced to a time of 21:30.617 to grab second out of five boats.
Franklin Pierce also fielded the Varsity 4 boat. The lineup for the Varsity 4 was junior Megan Shawver (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.), sophomore Jada Fuentes (Lyme, Conn.), senior Taylor Abbott (Gloucester, Mass.), senior Nicole Berkio (Ashburnham, Mass.) and Coxswain, junior Ali Darling (Unionville, Conn.) Franklin Pierce placed seventh out of nine teams competing, clocking in a 21:01.933.