SEATTLE, Wash. – The No. 4 nationally-ranked Western Washington University women's rowing team was back in regatta action Saturday at the Husky Open on Montlake Cut.
 
After a week of spring break training on Lake Samish in Bellingham, the Vikings jumped right back into competition with three crews in action Saturday morning in Seattle.
 
In the first event of the day a pair of four-oared boats raced in the women's varsity 4+ matching up against the University of Portland and Lewis & Clark College. WWU's crew led by coxswain Claudia Webster and stroke Emma Clark recorded a decisive victory finishing in 8:01.049 ahead of Portland (8:09.176). WWU's second entry was third in 8:29.570.
 
The Vikings placed second in the varsity eight race behind the University of Portland in a time of 7:18.416, well ahead of third-place Seattle University (7:26.411).
 
Led by 24th-year head coach John Fuchs, the Vikings completed their second of five regular-season regattas leading up to the GNAC Championships on May 14 in Dexter, Oregon and the NCAA Championships May 27-29 in Sarasota, Florida. The full 2022 season schedule can be viewed online at WWUVikings.com/RowViks.
  Here a look at the final results from the Husky Open held Saturday, April 2 on Montlake Cut in Seattle:
 

Event	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
V4+	WWU (8:01.049)	Portland (8:09.176)	WWU (8:29.570)	Lewis & Clark (9:03.829)
V8+	Portland (7:09.827)	WWU (7:18.416)	Seattle U (7:26.411)	---

  Here are the crew lineups that raced for WWU in Saturday's Husky Open:
 

Varsity Eight Valhalla	Varsity Four (1) Mann King	Varsity Four (2) Grit
Cox – Adele Houston	Cox – Claudia Webster	Cox – Kiana Doyle
Stroke – Morgan MacIntyre	Stroke – Emma Clark	Stroke – Molly McDonald
7 – Clarice Ruhlin-Hicks	3 – Olivia Pells	3 – Phoebe Hafertepen
6 – Maddie Bangasser	2 – Lindsey Froelich	2 – Ella Brinkman
5 – Yuki Saburi	Bow – Paige Donner	Bow – Lily Bjork
4 – Kristina De Koster
3 – Reed Chesnek
2 – Haley Moss
Bow – Sarah Ernst

  The Vikings are right back in action next Saturday, April 9 racing against GNAC rivals Seattle Pacific and Cal Poly Humboldt in the Falcon Regatta on the Lake Washington Ship Canal in Seattle. The Falcon Regatta is scheduled to have two flights at 8 am and 10:30 am. More information on the Falcon Regatta can be found online at SPUFalcons.com. The complete 2022 regatta schedule can be found online at wwuvikings.com/RowViks.
  More information on the WWU Rowing program, including a details schedule, roster and quick facts can be found online at WWUVikings.com/RowViks and via social media on Twitter (@WWU_Rowing), Instagram (@wwuwomensrowing) and Facebook (@WWURowing).