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Crew To Join MAAC For 2010 Season

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Crew To Join MAAC For 2010 Season

DES MOINES, IOWA -- On the heels of the most successful season in history, the Drake women's crew team announced it will join the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) starting in the 2010 spring season.

"It is an honor for Drake University to be accepted for associate membership into the MAAC for the sport of Women's Rowing," said Drake athletic director Sandy Hatfield-Clubb. “Drake is well aligned with the educational values and the competitive nature of the MAAC schools and our crew athletes are thrilled to have a conference home and to have an opportunity to compete for conference championships."

"This is very exciting news for our rowing program,” said DiSilvestro. “We started looking for a conference our rowing program could join about four years ago and with the help of President David Maxwell, our Athletic Director Sandy Hatfield-Clubb, Associate Athletic Director Mike Cigelman and Special Assistant to the Athletic Director Megan Schneider, we came to the conclusion that the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference was a perfect fit for Drake Women's Rowing.”

Drake will keep a regional regular-season schedule and will compete at the 2010 MAAC conference championships which will be held April 25 at Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J.

"The MAAC welcomes Drake University to the league and applauds them for their commitment to women's rowing and willingness to compete at the MAAC's Rowing Championship held annually at Mercer Lake in New Jersey," noted MAAC Commissioner Richard Ensor.  "The MAAC administrators and coaches were welcoming of the membership request in the spirit of growing the sport and recognizing the Drake University student-athletes need of a championship experience."

The Drake women's crew team capped the 2009 campaign with a third-place finish by the Varsity 4 boat at the Dad Vail Regatta in Philadelphia, which is the largest collegiate regatta in the United States with more than 100 colleges and universities from across the country competing.

The Varsity 4 boat, consisting of freshman coxswain Paige Hulsey, senior stroke Beth Hedglin, junior third seat Chelsea Smith, senior second seat Theresa Kuehmichel and senior first seat Ingrid Bard won all five races on the season prior to the Dad Vail, defeating the likes of Dayton, Tulsa and Southern Methodist.

The women's crew teams in the MAAC consist of Loyola, Marist, Fairfield, Iona, Sacred Heart (Conn.) and Manhattan.

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Players Mentioned

Chelsea Smith

Chelsea Smith

Rower
5' 6"
Senior
Ingrid Bard

Ingrid Bard

Rower
5' 9"
Senior
Beth Hedglin

Beth Hedglin

Rower
5' 10"
Senior
Paige Hulsey

Paige Hulsey

Coxswain
5' 0"
Freshman
Theresa Kuehmichel

Theresa Kuehmichel

Rower
5' 6"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Chelsea Smith

Chelsea Smith

5' 6"
Senior
Rower
Ingrid Bard

Ingrid Bard

5' 9"
Senior
Rower
Beth Hedglin

Beth Hedglin

5' 10"
Senior
Rower
Paige Hulsey

Paige Hulsey

5' 0"
Freshman
Coxswain
Theresa Kuehmichel

Theresa Kuehmichel

5' 6"
Senior
Rower