April 30, 2016 GOLD RIVER, Calif. - The Western Washington University women's rowing squad won all three races they competed in during the wind-shortened first day of the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships on Lake Natoma.
The Women's Varsity 8 heats were cancelled due to extremely windy conditions on the lake and will be held tomorrow morning at 8 am, with the finals scheduled for the early afternoon.
The Vikings won all three heats they raced in to advance to the finals in the Novice 4, Varsity 8 and the 2nd Varsity 8.
"Our goal today was to get to the finals in each event, and we did that," said head coach John Fuchs. "There were really tough conditions and pretty rough water, but the team handed themselves well and got the job done."
The Varsity 4 turned in the most dominating performance of the day finishing well ahead of UC Davis in the first heat of the event. The Vikings finished in open water at 7:58.700, over 19 seconds ahead of UCD.
The 2nd Varsity 8 also earned a win in its heat in 7:24.000, beating UC Santa Barbara by over 6 seconds.
The Novice 4 boat beat Long Beach State by over 3 seconds, finishing the 2,000-meter course in 8:42.300.
The Vikings entered the regatta ranked No. 3 in the recent NCAA Division II CRCA/USRowing Coaches Poll and hold the top spot in the NCAA II Regional Rankings (V8 - 1st, V4 - 2nd, Team - 1st).
Novice 4 (Heat 3, Lane 3)
- WWU (8:42.300)
- Long Beach State (8:45.600)
- Willamette (9:01.400)
- Sonoma State (9:04.300)
- Humboldt State (9:37.900)
- Puget Sound (9:47.300)
Varsity 4 (Heat 1, Lane 3):
- WWU (7:58.700)
- UC Davis (8:17.800)
- Humboldt State (8:29.500)
- Pacific-OR (8:47.900)
- California (8:57.200)
2nd Varsity 8 (Heat 2, Lane 1):
- WWU (7:24.000)
- UC Santa Barbara - A (7:30.500)
- Lewis & Clark (7:38.300)
- UC Santa Barbara - B (7:42.000)
- Humboldt State (7:44.500)
- Puget Sound - B (8:09.400)
Sunday Schedule:
- 8:00 - Varsity 8 (Heat 1, Lane 1)
- 9:10 - Novice 4 (Final)
- 10:40 - Varsity 4 (Final)
- 11:40 - 2V8 (Final)
- 12:30 - V8 (Third)
- 12:40 - V8 (Petite)
- 12:50 - V8 (Final)
Varsity 8 | 2nd Varsity 8 | Varsity 4 |
Coxswain | Coxswain | Coxswain |
Rachel Dalthorp (Fr., Olympia, WA) | Hannah Bivans (Fr., Claremont, CA) | Paige Rosson (Jr., Anacortes, WA) |
Viking 8 | Viking 8 | Viking 4 |
Emily Bartlett (Jr., Broadlands, VA) | Kristin Foster (Jr., San Ramon, CA) | Hannah Benson (So., Woodinville, WA) |
Katya Hewitt (Jr., Bellingham, WA) | Madison Kerr (Fr., Spokane, WA) | Ana Jager (Fr., Anchorage, AK) |
Nicole Vanderzanden (Jr., Vancouver, WA) | Kasey Mallon-Andrews (So., Issaquah, WA) | Molly Ware (Jr., Olympia, WA) |
Mary Harper (So., Seattle, WA) | Claire Whiting (So., Maple Valley, WA) | Alexa Thompson (Sr., Edmonds, WA) |
Kia Parrish-Haim (Jr., Ashland, OR) | Hillary Dodge (So., Portland, OR) | |
Chloe Burns (So., Kirkland, WA) | Jenny Chang (Jr., Sammamish, WA) | |
Trisha Patterson (So., Camas, WA) | Ally Littlefield (So., Lakewood, WA) | |
Karisa Stapp (So., Bellingham, WA) | Zee Ramos (So., Rockport, WA) | |
Novice 4 | | |
Coxswain | | |
Paige Rosson (Jr., Anacortes, WA) | | |
Viking 4 | | |
Megan Swanger (Fr., Kirkland, WA) | | |
Megan Reid (So., Sitka, AK | | |
Muriel Troka (Fr., Concrete, WA) | | |
Sydney Stewart (Fr., Woodinville, WA) | | |
