Women's Rowing | 5/22/2017 12:22:00 PM
NCAA SELECTION RELEASE
ROCHESTER, NY – The nationally ranked No. 8 RIT women's crew team will send two boats to the NCAA Rowing Championships on May 26-27 at Lake Mercer in West Windsor, N.J., as the Tigers were selected as a Pool A institution. RIT secured an automatic bid when they captured the Liberty League title in late April.
The championships are comprised of six teams fielding two boats of eight rowers and a coxswain. Two at-large eight boats are also selected.
Joining RIT as the Pool A bids are Washington College, Bates College and Wellesley College. Ithaca College and Williams College received the Pool B/C bids to complete the six schools sending two boats. Pacific Lutheran University and Wesleyan University will send one boat as the at-large bids.
RIT will be making its first appearance at the NCAA Championships in program history.
RIT's varsity eight will consist of
Erin Loughran (Newburgh, NY/Newburgh Free Academy),
Amy Guthrie (Essex Junction, VT/Essex),
Emma Kohler (Manlius, NY/Fayetteville-Manlius),
Taylor Blackwell (Pittsford, NY/Pittsford Sutherland),
Cassandra Killion (New Plymouth, ID/Nampa Christian),
Hayley Richardson (Kennebunk, ME/Kennebunk),
Clarissa Brown (Fairport, NY/Fairport),
Colleen Ryan (Pittsford, NY/Pittsford Sutherland) and
Claire Thomas (Pittsford, NY/Pittsford Sutherland).
The second varsity eight will be
Francesca Scumaci (Fairport, NY/Fairport),
Emma Will (Squantum, MA/Woodward School for Girls),
Emma Kate Flanagan (Saratoga Springs, NY/Saratoga Springs) Lauren Asselmeyer (Poughquag, NY/Arlington),
Mickyla Schnupp (Fairport, NY/Fairport),
Olivia Sanders (Ashburn, VA/Stone Bridge),
Catherine Evans (Sharon, PA),
Colleen Albert (Burlington, CT/Lewis S. Mills) and
Tiffany Cao (Buffalo, NY/Hutchinson Central Technical).
The Tigers second varsity eight will compete in Heat A, Lane 2 at 8:12 a.m. on Friday, May 26. RIT's varsity eight will compete at 8:48 a.m. in Heat B, Lane 5. The fifth and sixth place second varsity eight boats will compete in the petite final on Saturday, May 27 at 11 a.m. The top four finishers will compete in the grand final at 11:12 a.m. The seventh and eighth place varsity eight boats will compete in the petite final at 11:24 a.m., while the top six finishers from Friday will compete in the grand final at 11:36 a.m.
All races will be streamed through
www.ncaa.com.
