Hovermale, McNamara and Loukola Shine As Women's Rowing Places Second at NEWMACs

WPI News Archive


Apr 29, 2017





WORCESTER -- The WPI trio of Christine Hovermale (Alameda, CA), Kinsey McNamara (Chelmsford, MA) and Jasmine Loukola (Wells, ME) were named first team All-NEWMAC as the Engineers were second overall at the NEWMAC Women's Rowing Championships host Saturday by Clark on Lake Quinsaigmond. 
The Crimson and Gray saw their third varsity eight win its race and the varsity eight and second varsity eight place second in their respective races.  Wellesley earned victories in the first, second and fourth varsity eight races to claim the program's seventh-consecutive NEWMAC. 
With the victory, defending NCAA National Champion Wellesley earns the NEWMAC's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division III Rowing Championships on Lake Mercer in West Windsor, N.J., where Blue Crew will make the program's eighth-straight trip to the national championships. 
Wellesley also earned the Florence Jope Smith Cup, awarded annually to the school with the highest number of points from the overall results at the NEWMAC Championship. Wellesley, who has now won the overall points award for seven straight years, finished first with 36 points. The Blue were followed by WPI in second with 30 points. Smith College (20) was third, followed by Mount Holyoke College (14) in fourth, Simmons (12) in third, and Clark and Coast Guard (6). 
Wellesley opened the morning with a victory in the fourth varsity eight race, defeating Smith. WPI followed by winning the third varsity race with a time of 7:28.2, defeating Wellesley (7:33) by 4.8 seconds. Smith followed in third (8:15.5). The Blue rebounded in the second varsity race, winning by 10.9 seconds over second place WPI with a time of 7:17.8. WPI finished in 7:28.7, followed by Simmons (7:54.3) in third. The Blue then captured the title with a dominate performance in the first varsity race, winning by 12.4 seconds with a time of 7:00.9. WPI was second (7:13.3), while Smith took third (7:20.0). 
Wellesley senior Kathryn Barth (Bellevue, WA) was named the 2017 NEWMAC Rower of the Year, earning the award ...

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