Over the weekend, the SMU rowing team traveled to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to compete against the University of Alabama and fell to the Crimson Tide by only a few seconds.
In their first Spring regatta, the Mustangs faced the Crimson Tide in multiple races. SMU’s first varsity 8+ team narrowly missed victory by .7 seconds in the final 1,000-meter session, coming in with a time of 3:51.9. The first varsity team is comprised of junior Brittany Rigg, freshman Juliet Traylor, senior Alyssa Sands, freshman Erin Pierce, freshman Madison van Meel, junior Sam Helmick-Schwarzmiller, Brittany Courteau, senior Lauren Vanek and junior coxswain Emily Fogg.