Ithaca College Athletics

ITHACA COLLEGE
year, competed with the U.S. national team. In 2001 she won the women’s
lightweight double at Princeton’s World Cup event. The Bombers made their
second straight trip to the NCAA championships in 1998. They returned to
nationals in 2001 and were the second-highest finishing Division II or III
team at the 2001 championships.
The College Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) picked its first all-
America teams in 2000 and at least one Bomber athletes has been honored
every year since then, starting with Beth Greene and Liz Jackstadt. In 2002
the NCAA sponsored the first national championship event exclusively for
Division III institutions. Ithaca took fourth that year and moved up to third
the following year. Jackstadt, one of three all-Americans in the class of
2002, received the school’s Iris Carnell Award as the top female athlete in
the senior class. In 2004 the program achieved its greatest success, winning
the NCAA title. Ithaca’s varsity 8 boat won the gold medal at the grand final
and the second varsity 8 boat achieved unprecedented success at nationals:
the boat became the first second varsity 8 to qualify for the grand final.
The Bombers’ combined score was the lowest ever recorded at the NCAA
Division III Championships.
A year later the Bombers became the first program to repeat as Division
III women’s crew national champions. The only school to compete in every
NCAA Division III national championship event, Ithaca placed second
in the grand final and third in the petite final. The Bombers’ three all-
Americans included first-team choice Meghan Musnicki.
In 2006, Ithaca’s second varsity 8 gold medal in three years led the
Bombers to second place in the team standings. Stephanie Knabe, who
rowed at nationals all four years, was a first-team all-American.
WOMEN’S CREW YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS
VARSITY
Year Coach Record NYS Dad Vail Regatta CICR/ECAC NCAA
1980 Julie Rife 2-3 9th
1981 Nich Knobil 0-6 12th
1982 Pete Cortes 1-8
1983 Dan Robinson 1-5
1984 Dan Robinson 4-5 12th
1985 Dan Robinson 5-6
1986 Dan Robinson 2-4
1987 Dan Robinson 4-7 9th
1988 Knaus-Eager 3-6
1989 Jane Dave Baugh 2-7
1990 Jocelyn Kearing 8-5 1st 11th
1991 Jocelyn Kearing 10-5 1st
1992 Anita Krook 8-2 canc. 9th
1993 Anita Krook 9-3 1st 6th
1994 Anita Krook 10-6-1 2nd 13th
1995 Becky Robinson 9-7 canc. 13th
1996 Becky Robinson 7-3 3rd 10th
1997 Becky Robinson 6-3 canc. 6th
1998 Becky Robinson 5-2 2nd 2nd
1999 Becky Robinson 8-3 2nd 4th
2000 Becky Robinson 9-2 3rd 7th
2001 Becky Robinson 9-2 1st 2nd
2002 Becky Robinson 8-3 1st 3rd 3rd
2003 Becky Robinson 13-3 6th 5th 5th
2004 Becky Robinson 16-0 1st 3rd 1st
2005 Becky Robinson 15-1 2nd 2nd 2nd
2006 Becky Robinson 11-1 1st 1st 1st
2007 Becky Robinson 13-4 2nd — 6th
2008 Becky Robinson 8-5 1st 4th 5th
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