William Smith's Varsity Eight+ powered by Lizzy Whitney, Linnea Darius, Kate Abdalla, Raya Schwartz, Alesandra Gialanella, Aubrey Ryan, Eden Grim, Leah Wiebe and Meghan Bartholomy finished sixth in the Varsity Eight race at the National Invitational Rowing Championships. In the morning heats, they powered down the 2,000-meter Lake Quinsigamond course, stopping the clock at 7:19.016. The Herons were second in their heat. In the grand final, William Smith posted a time of 7:24.956. They were competing against No. 2 Bates, No. 1 Williams, No. 3 Tufts, No. 4 Trinty and No. 7 Wellesley.