Jennifer Golden of Norton, Mass., Tabbed WPI Women's Student-Athlete of the Week as Part of Rowing's Varsity Eight

2016 Oct 17

Jennifer Golden of the women's rowing Varsity Eight has been tabbed as one of the WPI Female Student-Athletes of the Week for the week ending Sunday, October 16th.

Sarah Wutka, Jennifer Golden, Marlies de Jong, Kinsey McNamara, Christine Hovermale, Liz Graveline, Gina Gonzalez-Roundy, Abigail Sawyer and coxswain Larissa Naidoo won a very tight dual with Colby, edging the Mules by less than a second (14:43.606 to 14:44.575). Division I Holy Cross was just four seconds behind to claim the bronze medal in a time of 14:47.704.

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