Hamilton College women's rowing hosted the Hamilton Duels on Saturday, April 11 and traveled to a regatta hosted by Worcester Polytechnic Institute on Sunday, April 12.
 
The 10^th-ranked Continentals finished in third place in the varsity eight grand final but took first place in the second varsity eight grand final on the Erie Canal in Rome, N.Y., on Saturday. Racing conditions on the 2,000-meter course included a 10-to-15 mph tailwind that built throughout the afternoon with occasional gusts.
 
Hamilton posted a time of 7:02.6 in the varsity eight grand final. Middlebury College was the race winner with a time of 6:50.6 and nationally ranked No. 5 Smith College was runner-up in 6:55.1.
 
The Continentals grabbed the top spot in the second varsity eight grand final with a time of 6:58.2. Smith took second place (7:05.16) and Middlebury was third (7:06.95).
 
Hamilton finished about 20 seconds behind Smith in the third varsity eight with a time of 7:32.78 in the first race of the day. The Continentals were able to defeat Smith's fourth varsity eight entry by more than seven seconds with a time of 7:27.72 in the afternoon.
 
Hamilton ended up fifth in the varsity eight grand final, fourth in the second varsity eight grand final and sixth in the third varsity eight race on Lake Quinsigamond in Massachusetts on Sunday. Racing conditions on the 2,000-meter, fully-buoyed championship course included a 5-to-8 mph headwind.
 
The Continentals recorded a time of 7:26.8 in the varsity eight grand final. No. 1 Trinity College was the race winner in 7:07.2. No. 8 Bates College, No. 4 Wellesley College and No. 9 William Smith College also competed.
 
Hamilton's time in the second varsity eight grand final was 7:35.0. Trinity was the winner again In 7:23.6.
 
Less than 19 seconds separated the six boats in the third varsity eight race. The Continentals registered a time of 7:48.5 while Bates finished first in 7:29.8.
 
Hamilton rows in the 2026 New York State Collegiate Championships on Saturday, April 18 on Fish Creek in Saratoga Springs.

SATURDAY LINEUPS

V8 (Heats)
Coxswain Kathleen Blass '28
Stroke Erin Sweeney '26
7 Reilan Garczynski '26
6 Emma Inhofe '29 
5 Amelia Petty '28
4 Cate Logan '27
3 Bailey Leone-Levine '27
2 Elaina LaGiglia '26
Bow Gwen Sawicki '28 
 
2V8 (Heats)
Coxswain Sonya Doyle '28
Stroke Patricia Higgins '26
7 Ashlyn Garrick '27
6 Meg Gillies '27
5 Jamie Munroe '26
4 Ceci Christian '28
3 Lilly Page '29
2 Anna Brenner '28
Bow Abigail Durbin '28
 
3V8 (AM)
Coxswain Chayti Biswas '27
Stroke Izzy Cadena '29
7 Elise Walters '27
6 Xochitl Pope '29
5 Jessica Sperling '27
4 Kate Noonan '28
3 Janie Hyde '29
2 Freida Camacho '29
Bow Beatrice Hatch '29

V8 (Finals)
Coxswain Blass 
Stroke Sweeney
7 Petty 
6 LaGiglia
5 Garczynski
4 Logan
3 Leone-Levine
2 Inhofe  
Bow Sawicki 

2V8 (Finals)
Coxswain Doyle 
Stroke Higgins 
7 Garrick 
6 Gillies 
5 Munroe 
4 Christian
3 Page 
2 Brenner 
Bow Durbin 

3V8 (PM)
Coxswain Biswas 
Stroke Pope
7 Walters
6 Cadena
5 Sperling
4 Julia Lawe '29
3 Hyde 
2 Camacho 
Bow Ella Morris '29

SUNDAY LINEUPS

V8 (Heats)
Coxswain Blass
Stroke Sweeney
7 Petty 
6 Inhofe 
5 Garczynski 
4 Logan 
3 Leone-Levine
2 LaGiglia 
Bow Sawicki

2V8 (Heats)
Coxswain Doyle 
Stroke Higgins 
7 Garrick 
6 Gillies 
5 Munroe 
4 Christian
3 Page 
2 Brenner 
Bow Durbin 

3V8
Coxswain Biswas 
Stroke Pope
7 Walters
6 Noonan
5 Sperling
4 Lawe 
3 Hyde 
2 Cadena 
Bow Hatch

V8 (Finals)
Coxswain Blass
Stroke Sweeney
7 Petty 
6 LaGiglia 
5 Garczynski 
4 Logan 
3 Leone-Levine
2 Inhofe 
Bow Sawicki

2V8 (Finals)
Coxswain Doyle 
Stroke Higgins 
7 Garrick 
6 Gillies 
5 Munroe 
4 Christian
3 Page 
2 Brenner 
Bow Durbin