Beavers Finish Fourth at Pac-12’s, V4+ Earns Bronze

Sunday, May 19

Gold River, CA

8:00 AM

Oregon State

Pac-12 Championship

May 19, 2019 | Men's Rowing

By: Athletic Communications

GOLD RIVER, Calif. – The No. 17 Oregon State men's rowing team raced to a fourth-place team finish and the Beavers' Varsity 4+ turned in a bronze medal performance at Pac-12 Championships on Sunday morning.

Despite moving the championships up by an hour and rearranging the heat schedule due to poor weather, all racing was completed.

"Today was rough," head coach Gabe Winkler said. "The conditions were challenging but that's just an excuse. We need to look at ourselves and see what we need to do to improve."

The Beavers' V4+, which was powered by Austin DeMartine, Hayden Wildermuth, Matthew Peterkort and Josh Hocker and coxed by Andrew Bullock, raced to third place pulling in 7 seconds ahead of UCLA with a time of 7-minutes, 00.634-seconds to medal.

Oregon State's Junior Varsity 8, which had defeated Stanford by 10 seconds last month, came up just short of third place on Sunday. The Beavers, who were crewed by Hunter Rust, Max McDonald, Nick Touchette, Henry Hebson, Tyler Gray, C.J. Wallace, Zach Niedermeyer and Samuel Foltz and directed by Claire Iwata, got out ahead of the Cardinal through the first 500 meters, but Stanford made a push in the next segment to take a 2-second lead at the 1,000-meter mark. The Beavers were the faster of the two boats in the second half of the race but couldn't close the gap at the finish posting a time of 6:36.566, just one second behind the third-place Cardinal.

The Varsity 8, which entered the weekend as the 17th-ranked crew in the nation and consisting of Hunter Smith, Alex Carlton, Jacob Randall, Roman Pjajka, Jacoby Wilson, Jacob Hart, Nils Patrick and Nick Taylor and coxed by Ben Garrison, rowed to a fourth place finish coming in behind ranked crews from Washington (No. 2), California (No. 4) and Stanford (No. 13). The Beavers, who trailed by 10 seconds at the 1,000-meter mark cut the lead in half in the third 500 and finished with a time of 6:03.147, a little over six seconds behind the Cardinal.

OSU's Third Varsity 8 found itself in a race for third place early and dueled Stanford throughout the entire 2,000-meter course. The Beavers' 3V8 crew of Emerson Chase, Trygve Nordby, Austin DeMartine, Alex Hernandez, Christian Touhey, Zachary Smith, Dalton Lundry and Camron Gharib under the direction of Desiree Odgers, turned in a time of 6:39.285, four seconds behind the Cardinal.

The Beavers will await their postseason fate with invitations to the Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships (IRAs) on Tuesday. IRA Championships will also be held at Lake Natoma, May 31-June 2.

RESULTS:
Team Standings
1 Washington – 72
2 California – 63
3 Stanford – 54
4 Oregon State – 45
5 Washington State – 38
6 UCLA – 37

Varsity 8+
1 Washington – 5:34.950
2 California – 5:36.217
3 Stanford – 5:56.913
4 Oregon State – 6:03.147
5 UCLA – 6:13.543
6 Washington State – 6:23.847

Junior Varsity 8+
1 Washington – 6:05.059
2 California – 6:08.629
3 Stanford – 6:35.476
4 Oregon State – 6:36.566
5 Washington State – 7:06.726
6 UCLA – 7:27.836

Third Varsity 8+
1 Washington – 5:55.887
2 California – 6:03.224
3 Stanford – 6:35.119
4 Oregon State – 6:39.285
5 UCLA – 7:10.252

Varsity 4+
1 Washington – 6:18.298
2 California – 6:22.801
3 Oregon State – 7:00.801
4 UCLA – 7:07.704

LINEUPS:
Varsity 8: (stroke) Hunter Smith, (7) Alex Carlton, (6) Jacob Randall, (5) Roman Pjajka, (4) Jacoby Wilson, (3) Jacob Hart, (2) Nils Patrick, (bow) Nick Taylor, (coxswain) Ben Garrison.

Junior Varsity 8: (stroke) Hunter Rust, (7) Max McDonald, (6) Nick Touchette, (5) Henry Hebson, (4) Tyler Gray, (3) C.J. Wallace, (2) Zach Niedermeyer, (bow) Samuel Foltz, (coxswain) Claire Iwata.

Third Varsity 8: (stroke) Emerson Chase, (7) Trygve Nordby, (6) Austin DeMartine, (5) Alex Hernandez, (4) Christian Touhey, (3) Zachary Smith, (2) Dalton Lundry, (bow) Camron Gharib, (coxswain) Desiree Odgers.

Varsity 4+: (stroke) Austin DeMartine, (3) Hayden Wildermuth, (2) Matthew Peterkort, (bow) Josh Hocker, (coxswain) Andrew Bullock.

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