Becknell, Marzialo Earn All-NEWMAC Second Team Honors at NEWMAC Championship Race

Photo Courtesy of WPI Athletics
Photo Courtesy of WPI Athletics
Posted: Apr 27, 2024

WORCESTER, Mass. – Competing in the 2024 NEWMAC Championship on Saturday morning, Simmons rowing posted its second lowest time of the spring season.

Racing on Lake Quinsigamond for the third time in as many weeks, the Sharks crossed the finish line of the 2,000-meter race, with a time of 8:17.49 to place seventh. In the process, senior Dalila Marzialo and first-year Michaline Becknell received All-NEWMAC Second Team recognition.  

Co-host WPI came out won the NEWMAC Championship for just the second time in program history, unseating defending champion Wellesley College.

SIMMONS VARSITY 8 BOAT
COX: Olivia Murray
8: Dalila Marzialo
7: Samantha Brumbaugh
6: Ivy Maynard
5: Michaline Becknell
4: Stephanie Mead
3: Sarah Cournoyer
2: Sydney Maurer
1: Leah Ruddy

SIMMONS HIGHLIGHTS

UP NEXT
 Simmons has their eyes set to on the New England Rowing Championships in Worcester, Massachusetts on Saturday, May 4.

 

Scoreboard
  • Sat, 04/27 Women's Rowing NEWMAC Championship 7/7 (8:17.49) (8:30 a.m.) RC | V | R
  • Sat, 04/20 Women's Rowing Assumption, Bowdoin, Bryant, Mount Holyoke & Coast Guard 5/6 (8:13.92) (10:00 A.M.) RC | R
  • Sat, 04/13 Women's Rowing Barbara Grant Donahue Cup 4/4 (8:48.2) (8:30 a.m.) RC | V
  • Sat, 04/06 Women's Rowing MIT Lightweights & Bates 4/4 (8:46.8) (9:20 a.m. ) RC | R
  • Sun, 10/22 Women's Rowing Head of the Charles 31/38 (21:53.422) (3:23 P.M.) RC | R