Women's Rowing To Host Alumnae Weekend

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The Syracuse women’s rowing team hosts the 2006 Syracuse Women’s Rowing Alumnae Weekend on Friday and Saturday, April 7-8. The weekend begins with a reception on Friday night and then concludes with a luncheon on Saturday.

On April 7, there will be a cocktail reception at Pascale’s Wine Bar & Restaurant in Armory Square. On April 8, the Orange takes on Penn and Northeastern in the Orange Challenge Cup held on Onondaga Lake. The regatta is slated to begin at 8:00 a.m. Following the races, there will be a luncheon for the rowing squad and alumnae at Justin’s Grill Restaurant, featuring Emme (Entwistle) Aronson and Tracy (Rude) Smith.

Emme, a 1985 graduate of Syracuse, was a four-year letterwinner for the Orange and is a member of the Orange Plus Hall of Fame. Upon graduating from SU, Emme became a supermodel, television host, best-selling author, lecturer, and clothing designer. She was twice named as one of People Magainze’s “50 Most Beautiful People.” Ladies Home Journal dubbed her as one of the “Most Important Women In America” and one of the “Most Fascinating Women of the Year.” Also, she has been honored as Glamour’s “Woman of the Year.”

After graduating from Syracuse in 1990, Smith was chosen to the U.S. national team. That year, she was a member of the second-place eight and sixth-place four without coxswain at the World Championships. A year later, she was a member of the national champion eight at the World Championships. In 1992, Smith represented the Orange in the Olympics. In Barcelona, she was a member of the American squad that finished sixth in the finals of the eight with coxswain race. Smith is also a member of the Orange Plus Hall of Fame.

Emme and Smith are both on the Syracuse Alumni Rowing Association (SARA) Board of Directors. For more information on the SARA, log onto www.saracrew.org.

Syracuse University Athletics

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