Women's Crew To Take On Stanford On Lake Vancouver
April 12, 2000
SCHEDULE: The Oregon State women's crew will host Stanford in OSU's first home race of the season Apr. 15 in Vancouver, Wash. The OSU men's crew will be racing Stanford's men in Vancouver on Saturday as well. Racing starts at 10 a.m.
BEAVERS IN THE RANKINGS: OSU jumped to the number 11 spot in the most recent Collegiate Rowing Coaches Poll. The Beavers were ranked 12th in last week's poll.
OSU WOMEN'S COACH CHARLIE OWEN ON THE RACE: "We didn't get a chance to race against Stanford in San Diego, so we don't know exactly where they are in relation to us. We'll continue to focus on our own boats and try to improve our racing as we continue through the season."
OWEN ON THE COURSE: "The lake (Vancouver) is a great place to row. It's a great spot for spectators, there's a nice park there that we launch from which has a pretty good view of the race."
LINEUP:
1ST VARSITY EIGHT B- Cassie Bouska 2- Annie Godwin 3- Sarah Wachs 4- Jaclyn Melcher 5- Amanda Westfall 6- Abby Roos 7- Jenny Johnson S- Jamie Stephenson C- Laurie Williams
LAST ACTION: The women's crew gave No. 3 California all they could handle on Saturday, Apr. 8, but OSU came up roughly seven seconds short of victory on the 2,000 meter Redwood Shores course. The second varsity eight lost by eight seconds, but the varsity four, novice eight, and freshman four `B' teams all won their races. The freshman four `B' squad won by over 35 seconds. The freshman four `A' squad lost by just over two seconds.
BOUSKA, GODWIN NOMINATED: Cassie Bouska and Annie Godwin, both seniors, have been nominated for the 2000 GTE Academic All-America team. Bouska, from Myrtle Point, Ore., sports a 3.88 GPA in Biology, and is a two-year member of OSU's 11th-ranked varsity eight boat.
Bouska was honored as a National Scholar Athlete by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association and was an All-Academic selection in 1999. Bouska is attending OSU on Presidential and Georgia-Pacific Scholarships. She also volunteers with the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program.
Godwin, from Halfway, Ore., is a third-year member of the 12th-ranked varsity eight boat. She was a 1999 USRowing honor roll selection, and a Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association National Scholar Athlete. Godwin volunteers her time to many organizations in the Corvallis community.
COACHING STAFF: Charlie Owen, in his ninth year at Oregon State University, first arrived at OSU in the fall of 1986 as a student-athlete. He has been involved with the program ever since.
Owen rowed in the varsity lightweight men's eight and heavyweight men's eight, before an injury cut his career short. He did however enjoy a successful sculling career with an eventual position on the 1991 Pan American Team.
Owen's coaching career began in the fall of 1991 as the novice women's mentor. He coached the novice team for two years, with his teams placing second on the West Coast each season and all crews earning medals. At the same time he coached a team at the Olympic Sports Festival.
Owen assumed the reigns of head women's coach in 1993, and the team has improved every year. His 1997 varsity team has been the highlight of his coaching tenure, placing second at the Pac-10 Championships and earning an entry into the inaugural NCAA Championships. The women's crew placed seventh overall at the NCAAs. The 1998 team also had a banner year, with a third-place showing at the conference meet.
Owen started rowing at Salisbury School in 1984 and while there competed at the West German Junior National Championships. Owen also competed in England at the Henley Royal Regatta.
Owen is a 1992 graduate of Oregon State with a bachelor's degree in housing studies.
Jane LaRiviere is in her sixth season as the Women's Freshman and Novice Coach at Oregon State University.
LaRiviere has guided the program to some of its most successful seasons in school history, and has made it one of the most competitive on the West Coast. One of the highlights of LaRiviere's coaching career was guiding the 1999 Novice team to a second-place finish in the Women's Varsity four at the Pacific-10 Championships.
As a student at the University of Calgary, LaRiviere rowed for the Calgary Rowing Club. In 1985 her team won the Intermediate Four With at the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta. LaRiviere began coaching rowing in 1989 while attending the University of Oregon. She went on to coach in Canada at the University of Western Ontario and the London Rowing Club. While in London, Ontario, she assisted with the Women's National Team development camps. During the summer of 1999 LaRiviere volunteered at the Canadian National Team's Pre-World Championship camp.
LaRiviere is a U.S. Rowing Level II certified coach and a Level III certified rowing coach in Canada.
LaRiviere received her bachelor's degree in 1986, her master's degree in 1990, and is presently completing her Ph.D in biomechanics at Oregon State University.
