6/15/2009

2009 Pac-10 Rowing Year in Review

WASHINGTON celebrated not only a national rowing championship but also a stirring, come-from-behind victory wherein the men's varsity eight rallied from a nine-seat gap over the second half of the 2,000-meter race to edge its arch rival, top-ranked CALIFORNIA, by one second at the finish. Meanwhile, STANFORD became only the fifth-different team champion in 13 years of the NCAA Women's Rowing Division I Championship, capturing its first national title and ending Brown's two-year reign in May at Cooper River Park in Cherry Hill, N.J.

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6/8/2009

Huskies Emerge Victorious at IRAs

The 107th running of the IRA Regatta, notably the first on the west coast, and perhaps even more notably the first in the new, considerably scaled-down format, concluded with a spectacular near-sweep of the men's heavyweight events by Washington; the squad won all three eights events, one of the two fours, and placed second in the other fours race - obviously resulting in bagging the team trophy as well. You don't get much better days than that at this level.

6/5/2009

Cal, Stanford, and Washington Varsity Eights Take on the East in IRA Grand Final

California's varsity eight blowout performance in the first semifinal on Day 2 of the IRAs may end up having the greatest significance come Saturday's lunch hour final. The second semi didn't quite provide the fireworks that the first had, however, Stanford owned the first 1000 and Washington owned the second, with both advancing to challenge the Golden Bears in tomorrow's highly anticipated Grand Final.

6/3/2009

Individual Awards Announced for 2009 Pac-10 Rowing

Individual awards from the Conference office are selected annually in six classifications: Craig Amerkhanian, STAN, is the 2009 men's rowing Coach of the Year; Emily Ford, OSU, is the women's rowing Coach of the Year; Alex Osborne, STAN, is recognized as the men's rowing Athlete of the Year; Erika Roddy, STAN, is the women's rowing Athlete of the Year; James Long-Lerno, CAL, is named men's rowing Newcomer of the Year; and Kristina Löfman collects women's rowing Newcomer of the Year.

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