OSU Women's Rowing Finishes 7th at Pac-10s - Oregon State University Athletics

Seventh place is where the Oregon State women’s rowing team finished Sunday, May 14 at the 2006 Pacific 10 Championship regatta at Lake Natoma in Gold River, Calif. The Novice Eight boat had the best outing for the Beavers as they finished fourth overall.

The Varsity Four qualified for the Grand Final with an outstanding race by finishing third in their heat with a time of 7:14.50. The V4 went on to a sixth place finish in the championship finishing the Grand Final with a time of. Finishing ahead of the Beavers were California, Washington State, Stanford, Washington and UCLA in their respective order.

The Novice Eight qualified for the Grand Final by racing very well in their heat. For the first 1000 meters OSU led the heat, but through the last two legs Gonzaga and Washington slipped ahead of the Beavers leaving OSU in third place. Third place was good enough to qualify for the Grand Final. Through the first 500 meters of the Grand Final OSU was narrowly clinging to third position. California caught the OSU boat in the second leg of the race and held on for the rest of the sprint leaving OSU to finish with a solid fourth place performance and a time of (6:58.4). Gonzaga won the Championship with Washington coming in second and California in third.

The First Varsity Eight didn’t get out to the start they needed to advance to the Grand Final race as they were bumped out by three outstanding boats in USC, Washington State and Stanford. Even after falling to fourth place in their heat race, the V8 kept their composure and had an excellent race in the Petite Final. Oregon State and Loyola Marymount fought out the race from start to finish as they went one and two the whole race with OSU (6:42.1) finishing on top by a three second margin.

A shaky start was also the case for the second varsity eight in their heat race. Even with the slow start, they were able to hold onto fourth place in the heat. The ladies redeemed themselves after the less than perfect heat race by winning the Petite Final with a time of (6:58.3). Oregon State edged out San Diego State for the victory.

“I think with all things considered, we did as good as we were going to do against the competition we faced today,” said head coach Charlie Owen. “I think we did okay.”

“The first varsity eight rode a decent heat race. They weren’t very happy with the result, but they raced well. For them to win that heat they would have had to really pull something off going up against nationally ranked teams like that. They turned around and won the Petite Final which was a really good race from start to finish. They had to work hard for that win.”

“The varsity four and second varsity eight showed considerable improvement today. The varsity four had probably their best race of the year in the heat race. It was unfortunate that they didn’t have the kind of race in the Grand Final like they had in their heat. But they had a good day nonetheless. It was also great to see the second varsity finish so well with a victory is the Petite Final.”

“The novice eight had been doing great all year. They had a great heat race and then went on to have another good race in the Grand Final. They raced really well against some really good crews. They raced hard to get a medal but came up a little short, but they represented Oregon State well.”

First Varsity Eight

Stephanie Parker (coxswain); Caroline Leibinger (stroke); 7-Kaylie Towne; 6-Kate Laird; 5-Andrea Pleven; 4-Jen Hester; 3-Ame Hicks; 2-Katie Sikstrom; Kristen Tomlinson (bow)

Second Varsity Eight

Meagan Sanborn (coxswain); Nicole Rasor (stroke); 7-Laura Rysdall; 6-Britnie Jones; 5-Kristy Iversen; 4-Anna Joiner; 3-Stacy Hanson; 2-Rachael Prado; Evelyn Kelly (bow)

Varsity Four

Claire Hanway (coxswain); Rebecca Franceschi; Erica O’Connell; Ami Rothberg; Nikki Mullens

Novice Eight

Sarah Joos (coxswain); Kalena Bell (stroke); 7-Lisa Meredith; 6-Melissa Penwell; 5-Jessica Hester; 4-Karen Beaty; 3-Michele Noble; 2-Megan Scanlon; Meghan Mandell (bow)

TEAM RESULTS

1. CAL 79

2. WSU 67

3. WASH 59

4. USC 51

5. STAN 51

6. UCLA 48

7. OSU 37

Women’s Varsity 8

1. CAL .................. 6:29.0

2. WSU ..................6:29.9

3. USC ..................6:30.3

4. WASH ..............6:36.6

5. STAN .............. 6:39.0

6. UCLA .............. 6:43.8

7. OSU .................. 6:42.1

8. LMU ..................6:45.1

9. SAC ST ...............6:46.0

10. GONZ .............. 6:48.2

11. SDS .................. 6:50.4

12. SMC .................. 6:55.3

Women’s 2nd Varsity 8

1. CAL .................. 6:40.4

2. UCLA ..................6:42.4

3. WSU ..................6:44.9

4. WASH .............. 6:46.8

5. STAN ..................6:48.5

6. USC .................. 6:54.7

7. OSU .................. 6:58.3

8. SDSU ..................7:03.6

9. LMU ..................7:04.1

10. SAC ST.............7:06.9

Women’s Novice 8

1. GONZ .................. 6:48.1

2. WASH ................6:51.1

3. CAL ...................6:55.6

4. OSU ...................6:58.4

5. SAC ST ..............7:09.6

6. STAN ...................7:18.9

7. WSU ................... 6:54.0

8. UCD ...................7:15.2

9. USC ...................7:16.8

10. SON ...................7:19.0

11. UCLA ..............7:23.8

Women’s Varsity Four

1. CAL ...................7:23.4

2. WSU ...................7:26.7

3. STAN ................ 7:28.7

4. WASH .................. 7:30.6

5. UCLA .................7:45.0

6. OSU ...................7:49.5

7. USC ...................7:53.1

8. LMU ...................8:08.6

9. SDSU ...................8:17.9