Michigan State University Athletics
Saturday, November 14
Princeton, NJ
Michigan State University
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US Rowing Small Boat Championships
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11/15/2026 1:55:00 PM | Women's Rowing
East Lansing, Mich -- Three Michigan State rowers wrapped their fall racing season at the US Rowing Small Boat National Championships, which took place on Nov. 14-15. Racing was held at Mercer County Park Lake in West Windsor, NJ.
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Complete Event Results:Â https://herenow.com/results/21442
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Senior Maddie Kieft (Ypsilanti, Mich.) continued to impress on the national stage, finishing fifth in the B Final of the single sculls (1X). She earned a gold medal as the top collegiate women's single, as each of the finishers ahead of her are college graduates and national team members. Kieft won a historic gold medal as part of the US women's quad the U23 World Championships last summer.  Â
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Kieft earned her spot in the B Final after a pair of strong races on Saturday, finishing fourth in her semifinal heat. She was the only collegian in Sunday's A or B finals and one of just two of 21 current rowers in the top three level finals. She was clocked in a time of 7:54.05.
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The Spartan duo of senior Ugne Rudaityte (Vilnius, Lithuania) and sophomore Adeline Carleton (Bainbridge Island, Wash.) raced as a pair and won the F-Level Final. The pair was clocked in a time of 7:42.34, which was nearly six seconds better than the second-place duo from Columbia; they also raced crews representing Penn, Harvard/Radcliffe, and Northeastern. Rudaityte is a seasoned sculler, competing for her native Lithuania in each of the last three U23 World Championships; she took fourth place in the A Final of the U23 World Championships in 2026 and was sixth in the same race in 2025.Â
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The Small Boat National Championships are a sculling event – where each rower has two oars, and race solely as singles or in pairs. Intercollegiate competition is "sweep rowing", where each rower has a single oar. Competition at the international level (including Olympic Games and World Championships) feature both sculling and sweep rowing events.Â
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Complete Event Results:Â https://herenow.com/results/21442
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Senior Maddie Kieft (Ypsilanti, Mich.) continued to impress on the national stage, finishing fifth in the B Final of the single sculls (1X). She earned a gold medal as the top collegiate women's single, as each of the finishers ahead of her are college graduates and national team members. Kieft won a historic gold medal as part of the US women's quad the U23 World Championships last summer.  Â
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Kieft earned her spot in the B Final after a pair of strong races on Saturday, finishing fourth in her semifinal heat. She was the only collegian in Sunday's A or B finals and one of just two of 21 current rowers in the top three level finals. She was clocked in a time of 7:54.05.
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The Spartan duo of senior Ugne Rudaityte (Vilnius, Lithuania) and sophomore Adeline Carleton (Bainbridge Island, Wash.) raced as a pair and won the F-Level Final. The pair was clocked in a time of 7:42.34, which was nearly six seconds better than the second-place duo from Columbia; they also raced crews representing Penn, Harvard/Radcliffe, and Northeastern. Rudaityte is a seasoned sculler, competing for her native Lithuania in each of the last three U23 World Championships; she took fourth place in the A Final of the U23 World Championships in 2026 and was sixth in the same race in 2025.Â
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The Small Boat National Championships are a sculling event – where each rower has two oars, and race solely as singles or in pairs. Intercollegiate competition is "sweep rowing", where each rower has a single oar. Competition at the international level (including Olympic Games and World Championships) feature both sculling and sweep rowing events.Â
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