WORCESTER, Mass. — The Connecticut College women's rowing team competed at the 2026 New England Rowing Championships on Saturday on Lake Quinsigamond.

The Camels put three boats in the water, all of which took part in morning preliminary heats followed by afternoon finals. The 1V8 boat, coxed by Caroline Lee, posted a time of 7:19.475 and finished fourth out of six crews in the Third Final.

Pilar Young led the 2V8 boat to a first-place finish in the Third Final. The Camels crossed the finish line in 7:26.792 to win by nearly six seconds, besting boats from WPI, Mount Holyoke, Merrimack and Bryant.

Conn qualified for the Petite final in the 3V8 and finished sixth. Elinor Rasevic and her crew shaved 12 seconds off their morning time to clock in at 8:03.968.
Conn will wrap up the season at the NIRC/NESCAC Championship on Sunday, May 10 at Lake Quinsigamond.

Women's 1V8
Coxswain: Caroline Lee
8 Lexi Downing
7 Julia Finney
6 Ruth Schmidt
5 Clara Haynes
4 Sydney Frank
3 Nina Ellingson
2 Tandin Johnson Ward
1 Eldana Zhakypbaeva

Women's 2V8
Coxswain: Pilar Young
8 Sadie Joseph
7 Anna LoGiudice
6 Catie Baker
5 Maeve Hurley
4 Isabelle Steiner
3 Keaton Arangua-Egbert
2 Lila Toulmin
1 Sophie Costantini 

Women's 3V8
Coxswain: Elinor Rasevic 
8 Mimi Noe
7 Katherine Hicks
6 Lea Murphy
5 Cynthia Bekele
4 Elizabeth Madden
3 Jocelyn Kessler
2 Jessica Marks
1 Sasha Jansujwicz