PHILADELPHIA(5/10/03)- The Saint Joseph's rowing teams capped a record setting day at the prestigious Dad Vail Regatta sending seven boats (four men's, three women's) into the finals on Saturday with the men tying Purdue for the team points trophy. Three Hawk boats captured medals including gold by both of the men's freshman boats and a silver by the women's freshman 8. Click here for access to complete finals results. The men sent varsity and freshman heavyweight and lightweight boats to the finals with the two novice boats winning gold. The frosh Lightweights, which included Courtney Dombroski (cox), Joe D'Amato, Jesse Burns, Michael Santoro, Matt Walsh, Bradford Pearson, Joe Kenney, Chris Leary and Marty Quinn, topped a field that featured Minnesota, North Carolina, Purdue and Delaware in a time of 6:08.60. The freshman 8 of John Hayes (cox), Devlin Murdock, David Fazio, Mike Leahy, Evan Pierce, Justin Jones, George Gantner, Tom Fitzpatrick and Sean O'Hara, meanwhile completed the course in a gold medal time of 5:54.7, topping Marietta, Temple, Delaware, Army and Delaware. The men's varsiy 8 and lightweight 8 both advanced to the final and had high expectations, but neither finished in medal contention. The Lightweight crew that included Heather Alba (cox), Lee Bink, Justin Marconi, Pat McGettigan, Eric Mushel, Jason Bansch, Kevin McHale, Russ Lampman and Joe Francks, placed fifth (6:07.7) behind Delaware, Boston College, Purdue and Fordham, but ahead of Minnesota. The V8 of Charlie Koob, Matt Mullin, Ray Cawley, Jon Joyce, Chris Rountree, Chris Barrett, Drew Parassio, Matt Gantner and Mike Dyczkiewycz, placed sixth with Temple, Dowling, Marietta, Minnesota and Purdue finishing ahead. The women advanced their second varsiy 8 and freshman 8 crews to the grand finals. The freshman 8 of Katie Parry (cox), Emily Martin, Laura Hill, Christen Scanlon, Maureen Owston, Meredith Richter, Jenn Linck, Brianna Kearns, and Amanda Holland claimed silver in arguably the days most competetive final. The Hawks finished just 0.2 of a second behind gold medal boat Purdue and 0.1 tenth of a second a head of bronze medalist Creighton. The women's second varsity 8 featuring Rachel Fonorow (cox), Stef Smith, Lauren Bair, Caterina Silvestrini, Laurie Sparano, Rebecca Celotto, Marci Armetta, Suzanne Phillips, and Allison Vaughnplaced fifth in its final behind B.C., Delaware, West Virginia and Drexel, while Massachusetts was disqualified. The women's varsity 8 of Amy Platt (cox), Maureen Demer, Brigid Morrison, Bernice McPherson, Lauren Gallagher, Martha Limbach, Mary Jameson, Jenn Wilson and Megan Nechanicky suffered the most disappointing set back of the day finishing third in the most talented semifinal heat and failing to advance to the grand final, despite posting the fourth best time among the 18 boats in the semifinals. The women instead advanced to the petite final, where they crushed the field winning the race in a time of 6:47.10.