The UW Novice Crew won the San Diego Crew Classic

SAN DIEGO, California The Washington women’s rowing team won the Laurel Korholz Perpetual Trophy in the women’s novice eight and also finished third in one of the co-final Sunday’s 50th annual San Diego Crew Classic in Mission Bay.

The regatta featured six of the Pac-12’s seven college programs, including No. 2 Stanford, No. 5 Washington and No. 7 California, along with No. 1 ranked Texas. These four programs featured prominently in all of the collegiate women’s finals.

Washington’s Novice Eight, a crew of nine freshman All-Americans from five different states, defended the title won by last year’s UW Novice crew in San Diego. The Huskies, favored in the finals after finishing first in Saturday’s preliminaries, led from lead to lead. The University of British Columbia crew gave the Husky freshmen a run for most of the 2,000 meters, but in the end, Washington won the open water by about two boat lengths in 7:10.093. UBC was second with a time of 7:23.391 and UCLA was third.

The Huskies also finished third in the varsity final four, fourth in the 2V8+ and 3V8+ and fifth (third among US varsity crews) in the varsity final eight.

In that University Eight final in the Jessop-Whitter Cup, Canada, competing as an exhibition crew and therefore ineligible for the prize, led off the starting berth, but the other boats stayed close to the start. on. Stanford and Texas moved to the front among the six competing crews, with UW, Cal and Oxford Brookes battling for third.

Midway through the race, the Huskies caught California and moved behind Stanford and Texas. England’s Oxford Brookes moved into third place (excluding the Canadian crew in the outside lane).

In the end, Texas (6:29.985) rowed through Stanford (6:31.850) to beat the Cardinal by about half a length. The Canadian crew (6:34.694) was third, followed by Oxford Brookes (6:38.244). Washington (6:41.401) crossed the line in fifth overall, a half-length ahead of rival Cal (6:43.506), and USC (6:50.728) in seventh.

In the Karen Plumleigh Cortney Cup finals in the college fours, the Huskies were among the crews that moved to the front of the pack from the start along with Notre Dame, Cal and Stanford. Texas soon joined that group and rowed through the field for first, with Stanford the closest.

When the top four crews (Notre Dame had been eliminated) entered the final stretch, the Huskies were in fourth behind Cal. At the finish line, the Huskies just edged out the Bears, finishing in 7:34.010, just 0.019 seconds ahead of the Golden Bears (7:34.029). Texas (7:24.910) picked up its second trophy and Stanford took second (6:31.850).

Immediately following the competition, many of the same teams competed in another varsity eight final, the Jackie Ann Stitt Hungness Trophy. Once again, Stanford, Cal and Washington went to the front of the field with UW ahead for much of the early part of the race. However, Texas moved ahead again with Stanford chasing and old rivals Cal and UW battling for third.

This time, the Bears held off the Husky charge and crossed the line in third place with a time of 6:47.423, just over half a second ahead of the fourth place Huskies (6:47.924). Texas was first with a time of 6:40.283, followed by Stanford with a time of 6:20.283.

The Huskies’ final event of the day was the Carley Copley Cup, a competition for the open eight (the third varsity eight in UW’s case) that also featured entries from Texas, Stanford and Cal.

The crews started in seed order, with Texas, Stanford, Cal and Washington maintaining the top four positions in that order for nearly the first 1,000 meters. At the half, however, Stanford moved past the Longhorns to take the lead.

Cal also rowed through Texas for a while, but shortly after that the Longhorns returned to the front of the pack. In the end, the teams crossed the line in seed order, with the Huskies finishing fourth.

Washington now has three weeks to prepare for the annual UW-Cal Dual Regatta at Montlake Cut in Seattle on April 22. This event also marks the rowing program’s 50th anniversary.

ASSEMBLY OF WASHINGTON

Varsity eight

Cox: Nina Chestnut (Cincinnati, Ohio/Walnut Hills)
Apoplexy: McKenna Bryant (Kent, Wash./Kennedy Catholic)
7: Ella Cossill (Waikato, New Zealand)
6: Nikki Martincic (Newtown, Sydney, Australia)
5: Broughton’s displeasure (Cardiff, Wales, UK)
4: Elena Collier-Hezel (Buffalo, NY/Park School/Michigan)
3: Abby Adebiyi (London, England, Great Britain)
2: Leah Nash (Chatham, Mass./Monomoy)
Bow: Aisha Rocek (Como, Italy)

Another Varsity Eight

Cox: Carina Baxter (El Dorado Hills, CA/Oak Ridge)
Apoplexy: Mira Calder (Victoria, BC, Canada/Claremont)
7: Cait Whittard (St. Catharines, Ont., Canada)
6: Grace Vander Griend (Bellingham, Wash./Sehome)
4: Jordan Freer (Lotus, CA/El Dorado/UCSB)
4: Jeri Rhodes (St. Louis, Mo./Michigan)
3: Madi Frampton (Tumwater, Wash.)
2: Ava Meuleman (Seattle, Wash./Roosevelt)
Bow: Victoria Park (Bellevue, Wash./The Bush School)

Varsity Four

Apoplexy: Eliza Perry (Bellingham, Wash./Sehome)
3: Brigitte O’Rourke (West Seattle, Wash./Vashon Island)
2: Renee Hopper (Preston, Wash./Issaquah)
Bow: Dimitra Tsamopoulou (Athens, Greece)
Cox: Grace Murdock (Roswell, Ga./Milton)

Third Varsity eight

Cox: Olivia Murdock (Atlanta, Ga./Milton)
Apoplexy: Haley Stoker (Bellingham, Wash./Bellingham)
7: Carly Lauritzen (Nine Mile Falls, Wash./Lakeside)
6: Allison Jakeway (Maple Ridge, BC, Canada)
5: Grace Epp (Redmond, Wash./Redmond)
4: Claire Marion (San Marcos, California/San Marcos)
3: Claire Surbeck (Bellevue, Wash./International School)
2: Molly Wiser (Leavenworth, Wash./Cascade)
Bow: Brianna Hoffman (Poulsbo, Wash./North Kitsap)

Novice Eight

Cox: Camille Randall (Seattle, Wash./Seattle Prep)
Apoplexy: Isabelle Tinsley (Venice, Fla./collegiate)
7: Margaret Young (San Anselmo, Calif./Williams)
6: Sophie Sand (Rochester, Wash./Rochester)
5: Cami Martin (Seattle, Wash. / Nathan Hale)
4: Caitlin Hane (Irvine, CA/University)
3: Danielle Lohrenz (Minnetonka, Minn./Minnetonka)
2: Read Bowersock (Austin, Texas/Austin)
Bow: Claudia Horton (Olympia, Wash./Olympia)