May 27, 2006
For Immediate Release
Contact:  Carole Grills
(413) 585-2703

 SMITH CREW TAKES FOURTH AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP

Princeton, NJ:  The Smith College crew finished in fourth place today at the NCAA Division III National Championship held at the Finn Caspersen Rowing Center in West Windsor, New Jersey. Williams College won the event for the second time while defending champion Ithaca College took the silver and Trinity College (CT) finished third.

             The Petite Final was held first with the Smith II crew finishing fourth with a time of 7:00.7150 behind the I boats of Lewis & Clark (6:55.9580), Colby (6:57.9510) and Puget Sound (6:58.4210).  The second boat for Trinity finished 5^th (7:03.4590) while Ithaca II took sixth (7:10.9290).

             The Grand Final followed the Petite race with eight seconds separating all six boats. Ithaca I took the varsity race in a time of 6:46.3730 followed by the Williams I and Williams II boats (6:46.7240, 6:48.9770).  Trinity I finished fourth in a time of 6:51.8710, just 1.5 seconds in front of Tufts I (6:53.3030).  The Pioneers finished in last place in a time of 6:54.0940.

             The champion is decided by totaling the points scored by each boats place of finish. Champion Williams scored 21 points, followed by Ithaca with 15, Trinity 13 and Smith 12.

 
Smith I                                                                                  

Coxswain – Liz Fishback ’07, Pittsburg, PA 
8 - Kristina Latta-Landefeld ’07, Toledo, OH      
7 – Leigh Eubank ’06, Concord, NH                 
6 – Eliza van Lennep ’09, Rindge, NH 
5 - Amy Schapansky ’06, Kamloops, BC
4 – Jessica Michalak ’07, Erie, PA         
3 – Jeana Lee ’07, Santa Cruz, CA         
2 - Kim Paull ’07, Edison, NY 
1– Amy Clement ’06, Sacramento, CA

Smith II