HADLEY, Mass. – The 14th-ranked Smith College crew team opened the spring portion of the season with a fourth place finish in the Jennifer McLaughlin Cup on Saturday. The Pioneers welcomed Colby, Middlebury and Wesleyan for their first home spring regatta in 17 years.
The competitors faced a strong current and building headwind as Smith raced five eights. The varsity eight finished behind the field with a time of 7:29.17 while the second varsity eight took third in their heat with a time of 9:02.96 and the third varsity eight had a second place finish in 8:53.6. Smith's novice boats came in second and fourth in their heat with times of 8:14.14 and 9:11.31, respectively.
Wesleyan dominated the day to earn the trophy commemorating the 2006 WPI graduate and rower. While racing between these crews has occurred since 2001, this is the first year a cup has been presented.
Smith Crew will travel for the remainder of their spring races, hoping to gain speed for competitions in Ithaca, NY, Worcester, and at Tufts.
Varsity Eight
Praatika Prasad (Bangalore, India/Mallya Aditi International School)
Piper Hayden (Plano, Texas/Plano West)
Emma Carlisle-Reske (Alexandria, Va./T.C. Williams)
Emma Doeblin (Rochester, N.Y./School of the Arts)
Liz Sukhinenko (Rome, Italy/Sevenoaks School)
Riana Hull (Irvine, Calif./Northwood)
Helen Smith (Cranston, R.I./Cranston East)
Missy Kubik (White Bear Lake, MInn./White Bear Lake)
Theresa Meyer (Montclair, N.J./Montclair)
| Second Varsity Eight
Stella Iselin (Rhinebeck, N.Y./Rhinebeck)
Hannah Kaplan-Hartlaub (Scituate, Mass./Commonwealth)
Joanna Bagienska (Brooklyn, N.Y./Economics & Finance)
Caroline Finn (Woodbridge, Va./Lincoln International)
Carly McIver (Marblehead, Mass./Marblehead)
Anny Sainvil (Long Island City, N.Y./Young Women's Leadership)
Anna Morrill (Delmar, N.Y./Bethlehem Central)
Sarah McDonald (Laramie, Wyo./Laramie)
Chloe Jones (Encinitas, Calif./San Dieguito Acad.)
| Third Varsity Eight
Miriam Seldin-Stein (Boston, Mass./Commonwealth School)
Michaela Gill (Beverly, Mass./Beverly)
Mary Sommer (Brockport, N.Y./Brockport)
Abigail Michelson (Medfield, Mass./Medfield)
Christa Chiao (Bellaire, Texas/Bellaire)
Tziona Breitbart (Highland Park, N.J./Rae Kushner)
Yumeng Cao (Auckland, New Zealand/Auckland International College)
Haley Crockett (Ware, Mass./Quabbin Regional)
Heather Kurtz (Auburn, N.Y./Dana L. West)
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First Novice Eight
Jessica Tin (Middleton, Mass./Masconomet)
Marianna Mapes (Santa Rosa, Calif./Maria Carrillo)
Vanessa Pius (San Diego, Calif./Torrey Pines)
Rachel Farber (Randolph, N.J./Randolph)
Olivia Shaw (Wayland, Mass./Wayland)
Pooja Somasundaram (Carlsbad, Calif./La Costa Canyon)
Isabella Casini (Lafayette, Colo./Peak to Peak Charter)
Linnea Hetland (College Station, Texas/A&M Consolidated)
Su Wei Heng (Albuquerque, N.M./La Cuerva) | Second Novice Eight
Elizabeth Carper (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks East)
Elizabeth Wright (Grand Junction, Colo./Farmington (N.M.))
Nomfuneko Mafunda (Jwaneng, Botswana/Menlo School (Calif.))
Jesse Tibbits (Seattle, Wash./Chief Sealth)
Winter Schwaid-Lidner (South Nyack, N.Y./Green Meadow Waldorf)
Andrea Hughes (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial)
Theo Cielos (Northampton, Mass./)
Isabella Dumond (Cambridge, Mass./Cambridge Rindge & Latin)
Jessica Morgan (Plymouth, Mass./Plymouth North) | |
