Oakdale, NY-  The Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association has announced the 2009 Division II Pocock All-America Team, with Paulina Wojciechowska and Monika Zdrojewska of the Dowling Women's Rowing team making the squad for the second straight year.

As a junior and member of the Varsity 8, Paulina has continued to improve and remain aggressive in her training since coming to Dowling in 2006.  Boasting the best strength to weight ratio on the team, she helped Dowling take third place in the NCAA Division II National Championship Regatta both in 2007 and 2008, sitting stroke during the 2007 campaign.  Currently sitting five seat in the Varsity 8, Wojciechowska has once again helped propel her team to another NCAA DII National Championship Regatta bid.

In her senior year at Dowling College, Monika remains a mainstay on the Varsity 8 boat as she sits at the seven seat position.  Also joining the team in 2006, she has been a part of both lineups that placed in the National Championship Regatta Varsity 8 Grand Final in 2007 and 2008.  In addition, she helped lead her team to two straight Dad Vail Regatta first place finishes in the Varsity 8 event in those same years.  While back home in Poland, Monika rows for the Under 23 National Team where she earned second place at the 2008 World Championships sitting at stroke. Receiving her bachelor's degree in Psychology this year, Zdrojewska will return to the squad next year as a graduate student. 

Both student-athletes are also active in the community, donating their time to many team and campus initiatives including the Keep Islip Clean program as well as the Suffolk County Children's Pig Roast.

The Dowling Women's Rowing team will travel to Cherry Hill, NJ this weekend as the Varsity 8 will compete in the 2009 Division II National Championship Regatta.  Check www.dowling.edu/athletics for more information on the National Championship Regatta.

-Provided by Dowling Sports Information department.