SEATTLE, Wash. – The Western Washington University Varsity Eight put forth another strong performance, placing second in the Women's Cascade Cup as part of the Opening Day Regatta and Windermere Cup festivities on Saturday on Montlake Cut.
 
Much like their winning performance in last week's WIRA Championships, the Vikings top eight-oared boat was strong throughout the 2,000-meter course recording a slight open-water victory over regional rival Seattle Pacific University. WWU clocked a time of 6:54.456 with SPU close to five seconds back in 6:59.192. The University of Washington won the event in a speedy time of 6:35.856 with their second varsity boat.
 
Fielding an entirely new lineup from the WIRA Championships due to health and safety protocols, the Vikings Varsity Four placed 4th in their race behind UW, SPU and Seattle U. WWU completed the course in 8:26.350.
 
The No. 4 nationally-ranked and No. 2 West Region-ranked Vikings are back in action next Saturday (May 14) at the GNAC Championships on Dexter Lake outside of Eugene, Oregon. WWU will race against Central Oklahoma, Seattle Pacific and Cal Poly Humboldt in key race to determine advancement to the NCAA Rowing Championships May 27-29 in Sarasota, Florida.
  Here is a look at the official results from the races in which WWU was entered in Saturday's Opening Day Regatta, the Women's Collegiate Varsity 4+ and the Women's Cascade Cup 8+:
 

Event	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place	4th Place
Women's Collegiate Varsity 4+	UW (7:12.328)	SPU (8:08.308)	Seattle U (8:17.362)	WWU (8:26.350)
Women's Cascade Cup 8+	UW (6:35.856)	WWU (6:54.456)	SPU (6:59.192)	Seattle U (7:14.832)

  Here is a look at the boat lineups for the Vikings that raced Saturday at the Opening Day Regatta:
 

Varsity Eight	Varsity Four
Cox – Adele Houston	Cox – Kiana Doyle
Stroke – Lindsey Froelich	Stroke – Lily Bjork
7 – Morgan MacIntyre	3 – Phoebe Hafertepen
6 – Clarice Ruhlin-Hicks	2 – Reed Chesnek
5 – Maddie Bangasser	Bow – Kristina De Koster
4 – Yuki Saburi
3 – Olivia Pells
2 – Sarah Ernst
Bow – Paige Donner

WWU will take part in the second GNAC Rowing Championships next Saturday (May 14) on Dexter Lake in Lowell, Oregon (just outside of Eugene). The schedule for the GNAC Championships is as follows. More information will be available on GNACSports.com.

• Varsity 4+ Race – 11:40 am
• Varsity 8+ Race – 11:50 am
• Awards Ceremony – 12:00 pm