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Women’s Rowing Team Faces Major Changes in Upcoming Year

Manhattan College’s women’s rowing team to face changes. GOJASPER/COURTESY By Mack Olmsted, Asst. Arts & Entertainment Editor, and Makenzie Swift, Asst. Production Editor Manhattan College’s women’s rowing team is transitioning from their Division I NCAA status to club status by the end of the academic year.  Losing D1 status is not the only change the team is going through. They will no longer have their … Continue reading Women’s Rowing Team Faces Major Changes in Upcoming Year

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The Differences Between the Women’s and Men’s Rowing Teams Explained

The Manhattan College Women’s Division 1 Rowing Team on the water in November 2021. @MANHATTANROWING/ COURTESY By Jilleen Barrett and Kelly Cwik, Managing Editor/Features Editor & Staff Writer The Manhattan College rowing program is not just categorized by different genders – the teams are also housed under completely different departments at the college. While both teams have common experience, there is one uncommon factor: the … Continue reading The Differences Between the Women’s and Men’s Rowing Teams Explained

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Women’s Rowing Making Strides as Fall Season Comes to a Close

by Adrianne Hutto, Asst. Production Editor The women’s rowing team is making strides this spring as sports teams begin to see a return to normalcy. With the MAAC on the horizon and a fresh group of walk-ons, the women’s rowing team is having an exciting season. Manhattan earned a personal best at The Head of the Charles race, securing the 12th spot and automatic qualification … Continue reading Women’s Rowing Making Strides as Fall Season Comes to a Close

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MAAC 40th Anniversary Salute to Manhattan Women’s Rowing

by Pete Janny & Colleen E. McNamara, Sports Editor & Managing Editor & Staff Writer The Manhattan College women’s rowing team is one of five teams on campus who have had to find ways to stay active in light of having their fall season cancelled due to the coronavirus. For a team that has improved each year since gaining varsity status in 2015, how they handle … Continue reading MAAC 40th Anniversary Salute to Manhattan Women’s Rowing

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Sports, Tennis, Women's Rowing

Where Are They Now? Manhattan Women’s Tennis

by Angela QUADRINI, Staff Writer In April of 2015, Noah LeFevre, former athletic director at Manhattan College made the abrupt decision of discontinuing the women’s tennis team while adding women’s rowing as a Division 1 intercollegiate sport. The news came as a shock to the tennis team, leaving many players upset. Junior Gabby Leon was the first to hear the news after being called into a … Continue reading Where Are They Now? Manhattan Women’s Tennis

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Features, Sports, Women's Rowing

JASPERS TALK: Amy Sniffen

by ANGELA QUADRINI, Staff Writer In 2014, sophomore Amy Sniffen joined the rowing team as a fun extracurricular activity. The Manhattan College rowing team has been around for over 80 years, making it the oldest sport on campus. Today, Sniffen is a coxswain for the team, but the program has changed in a major way. Women’s rowing has transitioned from a club to now a Division … Continue reading JASPERS TALK: Amy Sniffen

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Women’s Rowing Hopes to Continue Strong First Year as a Division 1 Team

While the crew members of Manhattan College’s women’s rowing team may sit with their backs to the bow as they race across the water, the team is only looking to continue to move in one direction this spring—forward. Last May, it was announced that the team was to be promoted from club level to a Division 1 program, replacing women’s tennis as one of the … Continue reading Women’s Rowing Hopes to Continue Strong First Year as a Division 1 Team

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