Jacksonville Women & Marist Men Win 2016 MAAC Rowing Championships
MAAC Sports
WEST WINDSOR, NJ – The Jacksonville University Women’s Rowing team and the Marist College Men’s Rowing team won the 2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Rowing Championships on Lake Mercer at Mercer County Park, on Sunday May 15.
In the women’s competition, the Dolphins earned the MAAC’s automatic qualifier to the NCAA Rowing Championships. Jacksonville tallied a total of 56 points to earn its third consecutive MAAC Championship. Marist finished second with 53 points, followed by Drake University (44), Canisius College (43), Fairfield University (40), Robert Morris University (31), Iona College (23), Stetson University (20), Sacred Heart University (14), and Manhattan College (6).
Jacksonville will head to the NCAA Championships at the Sacramento State Aquatic Center in Gold River, CA. The championships will run May 27 – 29.
On the men’s side Marist earned its 17th MAAC Rowing Championship with 33 points. Fairfield finished second with 28 points, followed by Jacksonville (15), Iona (13), Canisius (5), and Manhattan (2).
2016 MAAC Women’s Rowing Championship Results
|
Place
|
School
|
Points
|
|
1.
|
Jacksonville
|
56
|
|
2.
|
Marist
|
53
|
|
3.
|
Drake
|
44
|
|
4.
|
Canisius
|
43
|
|
5.
|
Fairfield
|
40
|
|
6.
|
Robert Morris
|
31
|
|
7.
|
Iona
|
23
|
|
8.
|
Stetson
|
20
|
|
9.
|
Sacred Heart
|
14
|
|
10.
|
Manhattan
|
6
|
Event 1: Women’s I Varsity 8 – Grand Finale
|
Position
|
School
|
Time
|
|
1.
|
Jacksonville
|
6:51.390
|
|
2.
|
Canisius
|
6:55.240
|
|
3.
|
Marist
|
7:01.260
|
|
4.
|
Drake
|
7:04.520
|
|
5.
|
Fairfield
|
7:05.690
|
|
6.
|
Iona
|
7:11.590
|
|
7.
|
Robert Morris
|
7:17.290
|
Event 2: Women’s II Varsity 8 – Grand Finale
|
Position
|
School
|
Time
|
|
1.
|
Marist
|
7:04.044
|
|
2.
|
Jacksonville
|
7:09.841
|
|
3.
|
Drake
|
7:14.954
|
|
4.
|
Robert Morris
|
7:18.471
|
|
5.
|
Fairfield
|
7:19.129
|
|
6.
|
Canisius
|
7:20.699
|
|
7.
|
Stetson
|
7:35.799
|
Event 3: Women’s I Varsity 4 – Grand Finale
|
Position
|
School
|
Time
|
|
1.
|
Fairfield
|
7:55.880
|
|
2.
|
Marist
|
8:04.347
|
|
3.
|
Jacksonville
|
8:04.797
|
|
4.
|
Drake
|
8:05.728
|
|
5.
|
Canisius
|
8.16.797
|
|
6.
|
Robert Morris
|
8:24.533
|
|
7.
|
Iona
|
8:46.715
|
Event 4: Women’s I Varsity 8 – Petite Finale
|
Position
|
School
|
Time
|
|
1.
|
Stetson
|
7:11.278
|
|
2.
|
Sacred Heart
|
7:31.327
|
|
3.
|
Manhattan
|
8:20.490
|
Event 5: Women’s II Varsity 8 – Petite Finale
|
Position
|
School
|
Time
|
|
1.
|
Sacred Heart
|
7:48.391
|
|
2.
|
Iona
|
8:38.946
|
|
3.
|
Manhattan
|
8:58.695
|
Event 6: Women’s I Varsity 4 – Petite Finale
|
Position
|
School
|
Time
|
|
1.
|
Stetson
|
9:17.126
|
|
2.
|
Sacred Heart
|
9:49.533
|
|
3.
|
Manhattan
|
10:34.702
|
2016 MAAC Men’s Rowing Championship Results
|
Place
|
School
|
Points
|
|
1.
|
Marist
|
33
|
|
2.
|
Fairfield
|
28
|
|
3.
|
Jacksonville
|
15
|
|
4.
|
Iona
|
13
|
|
5.
|
Canisius
|
5
|
|
6.
|
Manhattan
|
2
|
Event 1: Men’s Varsity 8 – Grand Finale
|
Position
|
School
|
Time
|
|
1.
|
Marist
|
6:09.571
|
|
2.
|
Jacksonville
|
6:15.027
|
|
3.
|
Fairfield
|
6:36.011
|
|
4.
|
Iona
|
6:42.440
|
Event 2: Men’s Second Varsity 8 – Grand Finale
|
Position
|
School
|
Time
|
|
1.
|
Marist
|
6:27.644
|
|
2.
|
Fairfield
|
6:51.856
|
Event 3: Men’s Varsity 4 – Grand Finale
|
Position
|
School
|
Time
|
|
1.
|
Fairfield
|
7:00.143
|
|
2.
|
Canisius
|
7:18.391
|
|
3.
|
Iona
|
7:20.823
|
|
4.
|
Marist
|
7:22.168
|
|
5.
|
Manhattan
|
8:17.914
|