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WOMEN'S CREW HOSTS ANNUAL SPIRIT REGATTA AND SENIORS DAY ON SATURDAY AT SHOEMAKER BOATHOUSE
MEDFORD - Simmons College, Smith College, Wellesley College and Tufts University Women's Crews will compete on the Malden River Saturday, April 23, 2011 in the Fourth Annual Malden River Spirit Regatta.
The Tufts University Varsity Women's Eight won the inaugural event in a nail-biting finish in 2008. Smith College surged out to an early lead and rowed to a comfortable seven-second victory in the 2009 grand final, over a determined Tufts crew, and Simmons College rowed away to a determined 5.5-second win over Smith in the 2010 championship race.
The Malden River Spirit Award is emblematic of supremacy in the race series which has been held annually on the Malden River since 2002. The award represents the tradition of competitive spirit and sportsmanship exemplified by the coaches and athletes of the three guest schools as well as the athletes from Tufts, and has been commissioned and donated by the Tufts Coaching Staff.
Saturday is also Seniors Day at Shoemaker Boathouse and the final home race for the class of 2011. Tufts senior women's crew co-captains Rachel Steward (Kenmore, WA) and Bianca Velayo (Levittown, NY) will be making their final racing sojourns on the Malden River Saturday morning along with classmates Catherine Bowlus, Barb Franco (Madison, WI), Alison Hodgkin (Norfolk, CT), Lindsay Hull (Seattle, WA), Jenna Lohmann (Greenwood Village, CO), and Jordy Wolfand (Bethesda, MD).
Men’s co-captains Daniel (DJ) Ambrozavitch (Danvers, MA) and Eugene Kim (Durham, NH), and teammates Ryan Flood (Southborough, MA) and Alex Ross (Weston, MA) will also be honored. Racing begins at 9:30 AM.
At the conclusion of Saturday’s racing, spectators are invited to stay and enjoy the cup presentation and help say thank you to the Tufts seniors (and their families) for four terrific years as Tufts JUMBOS!
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