SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY - The sixth-ranked Smith College rowing team had all crews race in a grand final Saturday at the New York State Rowing Championships. 

The Varsity 8 placed third in the Grand Final, posting the fastest Division III time of 7:18.874, only behind DI boats Colgate and Marist. The Varsity 8 won their morning heat, recording the second fastest time of the morning, only 0.4 seconds behind Marist.  

In the Second Varsity 8 morning heat, Smith placed second in 7:30.869 behind Marist. They followed that with a sixth place finish in the Grand Final. 

The 3V won their race with the top time of 7:46.670, while the 4V placed fourth in 8:10.329, competing against 3V boats. 

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), Rayna Rose (Brookline, MA/Brookline), Jackie Wiechmann (Washington DC/Jackson-Reed), Anna Boden (Seattle, WA/Holy Names Academy)

Second Varsity 8 - Zoe Schwartz (Wolfeboro, NH/Brewster Academy), Lou Varni, Bea Money (South Kent, CT/Hebron Academy), June Murray (Alameda, CA/Alameda), Riley Amos (Palo Alto, CA/Palo Alto), Ellie Chungath (Des Moines, IA/Theodore Roosevelt), Lucie Gundersen, Olvie Sterry, Eleanor Madley (Los Angeles, CA/Archer School for Girls)

Third Varsity 8 - Iris Bibeau-Leveillee (Providence, RI/The Lincoln School), Sylvia Nunn (Chapel Hill, NC/East Chapel Hill), Steph Krieger (Durham, NC/Durham Academy), Leni Hicks-Dutt (Newton, MA/Brimmer and May School), Emery Hess (Nashville, TN/Harpeth Hall School), Gabby Tebo (Bainbridge Island, WA/Bainbridge), Grace Morris (Pawling, NY/Canterbury School), Kaia West (Portland, ME/Portland), Megan Lee (Princeton Junction, NJ/West Windsor-Plainsboro)

Fourth Varsity 8 - Madigan Pillsbury (Gill, MA/Northfield-Mount Hermon), Sophie Eastman, 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)

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Smith turns its focus on the NEWMAC Championships this Saturday on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester. 

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