ROME, N.Y. – Hamilton College finished first in three of the four races in a head-to-head regatta with Rochester Institute of Technology on the Erie Canal on Saturday morning, April 12.
 
This was the lone home event of the spring season for Hamilton, which was ranked 14^th in the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Division III Top 15 poll. RIT was receiving votes in the April 8 poll.
 
The Continentals took the top spot in the varsity eight with a time of 7:26.2, which was 13.7 seconds faster than RIT. Hamilton enjoyed an even larger margin of victory in the second varsity eight with its time of 7:43.6 more than 27 seconds faster than RIT.
 
The third varsity eight/novice eight went to the Continentals with their winning time of 7:46.9 as RIT finished in 8:03.7. RIT salvaged a win in the fourth varsity eight with a time of 7:58.4. Hamilton posted a time of 8:07.5 in the closest race of the day.
 
The Continentals race in the Worcester Polytechnic Institute/Clark University Invitational on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass., on Sunday, April 13.

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WV8
C Sonya Doyle '28
8 Caroline Chapman '25 
7 Violet Cue '25 
6 Erin Sweeney '26 
5 Annika Benn '25
4 Elaina LaGiglia '26  
3 Jamie Munroe '26 
2 Cate Logan '27
1 Ella Lepine '25

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C Chayti Biswas '27
8 Abigail Frisch '27 
7 Ashlyn Garrick '27 
6 Becca Perry '25
5 Bailey Leone-Levine '27
4 Faith Hollyer '25
3 Gwen Sawicki '28
2 Patricia Higgins '26 
1 Elise Walters '27

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C Kathleen Blass '28
8 Jessica Sperling '27
7 Meg Gillies '27
6 Amelia Petty '28
5 Ceci Christian '28
4 Sarah Morgan '27
3 Kate Noonan '28
2 Samantha Trombone '25
1 Kristina Meyers '27

W4V8
C Kendal Gray '27
8 Petty
7 Gillies
6 Biswas
5 Teagan Janis '28
4 Amie Shute '28
3 Noonan
2 Anwyn Thomenius '28
1 Meyers