ROME, NY - The Smith College third varsity posted a strong showing Saturday in a field featuring the Bears, Middlebury, and Hamilton. In the varsity 8 grand final, Smith placed second, while the second varsity also earned a runner-up finish. 

Results
Varsity 8 Grand Final
1. Middlebury - 6:50.6
2. Smith - 6:55.1
3. Hamilton - 7:02.6

Second Varsity 8 Grand Final
1. Hamilton - 6:58.2
2. Smith - 7:05.16
3. Middlebury - 7:06.95

Third Varsity 8 (Morning Race)
1. Smith - 7:12.76
2. Middlebury - 7:27.68
3. Hamilton - 7:32.78
4. Smith 4V - 7:44.70

Third Varsity 8 (Afternoon Race)
1. Smith - 7:13.05
2. Middlebury - 7:19.86
3. Hamilton - 7:27.72
3. Smith 4V - 7:35.25

Varsity 8 - Maddy Beer (Seattle, WA/Seattle Preparatory School), Ruby Williams (Tallahassee, Fla./Leon), Julia Beyer (Ardmore, Pa./Friends' Central School), Nadia Grinyuk (Scarborough, ME/Scarborough), Sox Whitin (Fleming Island, FL/Fleming Island), Kathleen Bacigalupi (Saint Paul, MN/Highland Park), Zeynep Akdora (Dallas, TX/Highland Park), Jackie Wiechmann (Washington DC/Jackson-Reed), Anna Boden (Seattle, WA/Holy Names Academy)

Second Varsity 8 - Iris Bibeau-Leveillee (Providence, RI/The Lincoln School), Louisa Varni (San Mateo, CA/Aragon), Bea Money (South Kent, CT/Hebron Academy), Leni Hicks-Dutt (Newton, MA/Brimmer and May School), Riley Amos (Palo Alto, CA/Palo Alto), Ellie Chungath (Des Moines, IA/Theodore Roosevelt), Luciena Gundersen (Madison, WI/Madison West), Olive Sterry (Montclair, NJ/Montclair), Rayna Rose (Brookline, MA/Brookline)

Third Varsity 8 - Zoe Schwartz (Wolfeboro, NH/Brewster Academy), Sylvia Nunn (Chapel Hill, NC/East Chapel Hill), Kaia West (Portland, ME/Portland),  June Murray (Alameda, CA/Alameda), Grace Morris (Pawling, NY/Canterbury School), Gebby Tebo, Steph Krieger (Durham, NC/Durham Academy), Megan Lee (Princeton Junction, NJ/West Windsor-Plainsboro), Eleanor Madley (Los Angeles, CA/Archer School for Girls)

Fourth Varsity 8 - Madigan Pillsbury (Gill, MA/Northfield-Mount Hermon), Sophia Eastman (Indiana, PA/Homer Center Junior Senior High School), Emma Moyle (Dodgeville, WI/Dodgeville), Anna Hsu (Boston, MA/Boston Latin School), Roberta Samson (Toronto, ON, CA/Parkdale Collegiate Institute), Roz Larsen (Santa Monica, CA/Santa Monica), Ella Peerenboom (Sherwood, OR/Sherwood), Sienna Barney-Yapo (Boston, MA/Boston Latin School), Eleri Flanigan (Centennial, CO/Cherry Creek)

Up Next
Smith will compete at the New York State Championships in Saratoga Springs on Saturday, April 18, the final weekend of racing before the NEWMAC Championships.

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