MELBOURNE, Fla. (April 21, 2025) - The Sunshine State Conference announced its weekly awards on Monday, and for the second time this season and third time in program history, the Rollins Varsity Eight boat was named the SSC Boat of the Week.
The Tars competed at SIRA this weekend, and the Women's Varsity 8 (
Maria Littman,
Abby Klesa,
Kinsley Sparks,
Olivia Prelog,
Maria Carla Gutierrez,
Sofia Prieto,
Sophie Bolan,
Khloe Smith,
Lillian Groves) boat won the petite final in a photo finish. Rollins narrowly missed out on the grand final, finishing fifth in its semifinal, but the Tars did not let that deter them from giving their all in the petite final. The Blue and Gold battled hard in a tight race, eventually posting a time of 7:12.336 to beat George Mason by just .122 seconds and Washington by .29 seconds.
The Tars will be right back at this week as they compete in the SSC Championships in Sarasota on Friday, April 25th.
