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May 14, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SMITH CREW SELECTED TO NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Northampton, MA: The Smith College crew has received an
invitation to participate in the 2004 NCAA Division III National Crew
Championship which will be held on May 28-29 at the California
State University
Aquatic Center
in Sacramento, California. The Pioneers are among a field of six
institutions that will race for the national title. Other schools participating
are Trinity College (CT), Williams College,
the United States Coast
Guard Academy,
Ithaca College
and the University of Puget
Sound. Two
heats will be held on the morning of May 28th.
If the Pioneers win their heat, they automatically qualify for the grand
final that will be held on May 29th. If they fail to win, they will
have another opportunity to qualify in repechages on Friday afternoon. The
scoring for each boat will equal the place finished. To determine the team winner, points for each
boat will be added and the team with the fewest points wins. If there is a tie, the team with the highest
placing individual boat wins.
Smith’s varsity eight is undefeated
and has taken the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC), New
England and Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) National
Invitational Collegiate Regatta titles this spring. The Pioneers are required
to field two boats of eight rowers and a coxswain. Representing Smith in the
varsity eight will be Sarah Vorhies (Austin, TX), Beth Niebur (Englewood, CO),
Liz Higgins (E.
Falmouth, MA), Leigh Eubank (Concord, NH),
Alex Kennedy (New
York, NY), Katie Seston (Chicago, IL),
Anna Crary (Scottsdale, AZ),
Kristina Latta-Landefeld (Toledo, OH) and coxswain Liz Godshall (Mt. Kisco, NY). Smith’s second crew is yet to be
finalized but will be comprised of nine of the following athletes: Annie Coppock (Rutland, VT), Liz Fishback
(Pittsburgh, PA), Amy Hardy (Stratford, CT), Nora Hawkins (Portland, OR),
Jessica Hill (Miami, FL), Elisa Hitt (Baldwin, MD), Ellen Keene (Honeoye, NY),
Alison McBreen (Montrose, CA), Vanessa Oddo (Freehold, NJ), Cora Olson (Tulsa,
OK), Kathryn Robinson (St. Louis, MO), and Kim Shassetz (Tucson, AZ).
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