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Kelly Pierce, Heidi Robbins Earn First-Team All-America Honors By CRCA
June 05, 2012 | Women's Rowing - Open
After leading Princeton to a fourth-place finish in both the NCAA Championships varsity eight final and the team race, senior Kelly Pierce and junior Heidi Robbins both earned First-Team All-America honors by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association.
Both Pierce and Robbins have been driving forces behind Princeton's strong two-year surge, which was punctuated by a brilliant final weekend at the 2012 NCAA Championships. Seeded sixth coming in, Princeton reached the grand final and placed fourth, topping former No. 1 California along the way. The finish helped the Tigers place fourth overall for a second straight year.
Both rowers were members of Princeton's 2011 NCAA and Ivy League champion, and they helped the Tigers win the 2012 team trophy at the inaugural Ivy League Sprints. The team went 7-0 in the Ivy League during the regular season, and their only two dual-race losses came to Michigan and USC, both of whom finished in the top three in the 2012 NCAA grand final.
Both Pierce and Robbins both earned First-Team All-Mid Atlantic Region honors, while seniors Margaret Daly and Lila Flavin earned Second-Team All-Mid Atlantic Region honors.
The Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) recognizes the outstanding performances of rowers and coxswains on the national level in women's collegiate rowing.
General requirements for nominating a student-athlete for CRCA post-season honors are:
-The student-athlete must meet all eligibility rules as defined by her institution
-The
student-athlete must have rowed at least 75% of the current spring
season's races in the varsity boat (before and including May 17, 2011)
- The student-athlete must be nominated by her institution
- The head coach of the student-athlete's institution must be a member in good standing of the CRCA
The nominated student-athletes are then selected to first and second teams based on the following criteria:
- Strength of finish of the institution's varsity eight within the country
- Coach comments
- 2k erg score