No. 1 Rowing wins four races on first day of San Diego Crew Classic

Saturday, March 26

San Diego, Calif.

University of Texas

San Diego Crew Classic

No. 1 Rowing wins four races on first day of San Diego Crew Classic

03.26.2022 | Rowing

Texas advanced all four boats to Sunday’s grand finals.

SAN DIEGO – No. 1 Texas Rowing advanced all four boats to the grand finals at the San Diego Crew Classic on Saturday on the Fiesta Bay-Crown Point Shores of Mission Bay Park.

Racing against several of the top-ranked programs in the country, including No. 3 Washington, No. 9 California and No. 16 USC, the Longhorns put together four impressive races to collect victories in each of their races.

"We had a good day, and I'm impressed with how each boat raced," said Texas head coach Dave O'Neill. "The second eight had to deal with some breakage, and I'm thankful for how things were handled. We know we'll be pressed tomorrow, so we'll have to step up another level."

Texas' First Eight opened the weekend with a victory in the Jessop-Whittier Cup Invitational, posting a time of 6:43.845 to best runner-up California (6:47.958) by 4.133 seconds and third-place finisher Washington (6:56.635) by 12.790 seconds. USC and UCLA placed fourth and fifth, respectively. The race was a preliminary to determine the lanes for Sunday's grand final.

The Longhorns followed the with a victory by the Four in heat two of the Women's Collegiate Varsity 4+ with a time of 7:35.318. UT won by 6.592 seconds over California to advance to the grand final, and had the top time in the heats, besting heat one winner USC (7:39.377).

In the Women's Open 8+ Carley Copley Cup, the Texas Third Eight tacked on another victory for UT, covering the 2,000-meter course in 6:41.124, besting second-place California (6:47.987) by 6.863 seconds.

Closing out the afternoon was the Second Eight, picking up the victory in the second heat of the Women's Collegiate 2V. Originally slated to start just after 12 p.m., the race was pushed to the end of the schedule due to a breakage. The Longhorns won their heat with a time of 6:30.880, besting runner-up Washington's time of 6:34.127.

The San Diego Crew Classic resumes at Mission Bay Park on Sunday morning with the Longhorns slated to begin racing at 11:19 a.m. CT (9:19 a.m. PT).

RESULTS
First Eight
Women's Collegiate Varsity Jessop-Whittier Cup Invitational (Heat 1 – All to Final)
1. TEXAS – 6:43.845
2. California – 6:47.958
3. Washington – 6:56.635
4. USC – 6:58.953
5. UCLA – 7:07.112

Second Eight
Women's Collegiate 2V (Heat 2)
1. TEXAS – 6:30.880
2. Washington – 6:34.127
3. Stanford – 6:47.952
4. Gonzaga – 6:48.805
5. UC San Diego – 6:59.825
6. LMU – 7:01.900
7. MIT – 7:07.032
8. Bates College – 7:12.945

Four
Women's Collegiate Varsity 4+ (Heat 2)
1. TEXAS – 7:35.318
2. California – 7:41.910
3. Gonzaga – 8:03.664
4. UCLA – 8:09.062
5. MIT – 8:27.781
6. Sacramento St. – 8:28.445

Third Eight
Women's Open 8+ (Heat 1 – All to Final)
1. TEXAS – 6:41.124
2. California – 6:47.987
3. Washington – 6:54.267
4. Baja California St. – 7:02.144
5. USC – 7:08.887
6. Univ. of Calgary – 7:19.201
7. Bates College – 7:36.901

LINEUPS
First Eight: Rachel Rane (coxswain), Kaitlin Knifton (stroke) Susanna Temming, Anna Jensen, Etta Carpender, Aspa Christodoulidis, Francesca Raggi, Sophia Calabrese, Lisa Gutfleisch (bow)