Rowers Face Tough Crews at Pac-12 Challenge
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Three crews from Oregon State’s No. 17 men’s rowing team return to the waters of Redwood Shores, Calif. for the second week in a row this Saturday and Sunday to take on No. 11 Wisconsin and No. 14 Stanford at the Pac-12 Challenge.
OSU is slated to race three boats, the Varsity 8, Junior Varsity 8 and Third Varsity 8 in two sessions on Saturday in head-to-head duals. On Sunday, the Beavers’ V8 will face a quad crew from California Rowing Club currently training for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTSSaturday Morning Session
9:15 a.m. V8 OSU vs. Stanford
9:45 a.m. 2V8 OSU vs. Stanford
10:15 a.m. 3V8 OSU vs. Stanford
Saturday Afternoon Session
1:00 p.m. V8 OSU vs. Wisconsin
1:30 p.m. 2V8 OSU vs. Wisconsin
1:45 p.m. 3V8 OSU vs. Wisconsin
Sunday Morning Session
9:45 a.m. V8 OSU vs. CRC Quad
RESULTS: Results for both the Pac-12 Challenge can be found on Twitter (@stanfordmrowing) and following the regatta at row2k.com.
QUOTING INTERIM HEAD COACH GABE WINKLER: “This is the biggest weekend of the season for us so far. We’ve been training hard to prepare for these races and have bumped up our freshmen for the first time this year to have our boats as fast as possible.”
“It’s going to be a good one. Wisconsin and Stanford are both ranked ahead of us so we’re the underdog but this is our opportunity to show we’re better than our ranking.”
“This is our second weekend in a row at Redwood Shores. We have the routine down and now can build off of our times and have better execution.”
