The Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) announced its All-Region teams for the 2006 season on Monday. The awards recognize the outstanding performances of rowers from each of the five Division I regions, organized into first and second-team selections.
Princeton, the nation's top-ranked team in the latest US Rowing/CRCA poll, placed five rowers total on the first and second teams from the Mid-Atlantic Region. Four of the selections were first-team for the Tigers, including the coxswain.
In the West Region, the 2005 National Champion California Bears also produced five All-Region selections. The Bears also had four first-team selections, including the coxswain. Washington State also had five honorees in the West Region.
In the Central Region, fifth-ranked Notre Dame placed five rowers on the All-Region first or second teams. The Irish also had four first-team selections, including its coxswain. Ohio State also had five All-Central selections.
In the South Region, both Louisville and Tennessee had three first-team selections. The Cardinals placed five rowers on the first and second teams, while the Volunteers had four total.
In the New England Region, sixth-ranked Brown University had five total All-Region selections, including four on the first team. Yale, ranked eighth in the most recent poll, also had five total selections on the All-Region teams.
West Region
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1st Team | California | Kaylan Vander Schilden | |
California | Erin Cafaro | ||
California | Jelena Djukic | ||
Washington State | Sarah Waterfield | ||
Washington State | Jody Thomas | ||
USC | Ligita Kaviere | ||
USC | Tatiana Boldyreva | ||
Washington | Megan Kalmoe | ||
Stanford | Susan Be Ville | ||
UCLA | Vanessa Teff | ||
Oregon State | Caroline Leibinger | ||
LMU | Liz Stewart | ||
California | Krista Ellis | coxswain | |
2nd Team | California | Erin Reinhardt | |
Washington State | Kasia Bloch | ||
Washington State | Laura Griffin | ||
USC | Megan Biging | ||
Washington | Allison DePalma | ||
Stanford | Kerry Birk | ||
Sacramento State | Janine LaCrosse | ||
San Diego State | Mia Lysen | ||
Washington State | Kelly O'Brien | coxswain | |
Central
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1st Team | Notre Dame | Amanda Polk | |
Notre Dame | Julie Sobolewski | ||
Notre Dame | Sarah Palandech | ||
Ohio State | Ninett Kossowsky | ||
Ohio State | Annabelle Fago | ||
Wisconsin | Kirby Gallie | ||
Wisconsin | Emily Simonds | ||
Minnesota | Jennifer Barnes | ||
Michigan | Ellen Tomek | ||
Michigan State | Christen Brown | ||
Indiana | Laura Lazaridis | ||
Notre Dame | Maria Romano | coxswain | |
2nd Team | Notre Dame | Melissa Felker | |
Ohio State | Jessica Shepherd | ||
Ohio State | Beth Tompkins | ||
Wisconsin | Kari Harmon | ||
Minnesota | Berit Tomten | ||
Michigan | Stesha Carle | ||
Kansas State | Megan Hauver | ||
Ohio State | Colleen Saville | coxswain | |
South | |||
1st Team | Tennessee | Erin-Monique Shelton | |
Tennessee | Lauren Wells | ||
Tennessee | Rachel Mayberry | ||
Louisville | Jessica Grigsby | ||
Louisville | Beth Daunhauer | ||
Virginia | Heather Gardner | ||
Virginia | Melanie Kok | ||
Duke | Lia Hart | ||
Central Florida | Krystina Sarff | ||
Clemson | Sarah Cooper | ||
Texas | Courtney Macintosh | ||
Southern Methodist | Ashley Cooper | ||
Louisville | Jenna Sample | coxswain | |
2nd Team | Tennessee | Krista Gearing | |
Louisville | Nicole Alderson | ||
Louisville | Lisa Terreberry | ||
Virginia | Kerry Maher | ||
Duke | Emma Darling | ||
Central Florida | Kim Cupini | ||
North Carolina | Lisy McIntee | ||
Duke | Sarah Shapiro | coxswain | |
Mid-Atlantic | |||
Princeton | Caroline Lind | ||
1st Team | Princeton | Devan Darby | |
Princeton | Jaqueline Zider | ||
Columbia | Libby Peters | ||
Columbia | Emily Tvetenstrand | ||
Syracuse | Katie Schneider | ||
Syracuse | Catherine Henny | ||
Cornell | Kimberly Kraemer | ||
Pennsylvania | Maura Kelley | ||
George Washinton | Kate Austin | ||
Rhode Island | Ashleigh Tate | ||
Rutgers | Kaitlin Coulter | ||
Princeton | Elizabeth Agnew | coxswain | |
2nd Team | Princeton | Kate Bertko | |
Columbia | Madeline Hartzell | ||
Columbia | Katelin Goheen | ||
Syracuse | Allison Doodeman | ||
Cornell | Alexa Olson | ||
Pennsylvania | Elizabeth Mulligan | ||
West Virginia | Meg Ayers | ||
US Naval Academy | Fiona McFarland | ||
Colgate | Maureen Lynch | ||
New England | |||
1st Team | Brown | Deborah Dryer | |
Brown | Gillian Almy | ||
Brown | Rachel Dearborn | ||
Yale | Rachel Jeffers | ||
Yale | Maria Stevens | ||
Boston University | Amanda Milbourne | ||
Boston University | Meghan Neufeld | ||
Harvard | Nicole Gavel | ||
Dartmouth | Kate Davison | ||
Northeastern | Katherine Glessner | ||
Connecticut | Alison Elmo | ||
Brown | Mira Mehta | coxswain | |
2nd Team | Brown | Caitlin Flynn | |
Yale | Jane Moore | ||
Yale | Joanna Hess | ||
Boston University | Elene Brett-Evans | ||
Harvard | Laura Martin | ||
Northeastern | Irina Acsinte | ||
Yale | Emily Cleveland | coxswain |