“Today was a good day,” said head coach Jenny Park. “Everyone raced hard and it showed! I’m very proud of the team today.”
The varsity 8+ finished third in their heat while finishing in front of all six other boats in the finals with a time of 06:53.90.
The novice 8+ finished first in both their respective heat as well as the finals, defeating three other boats in the heat including boats from Oregon and Portland.
Seattle U has two weeks off from competition before competing at the WIRA Championships on Saturday, Apr. 25-26 in Sacramento, Calif. The Redhawks will return to Seattle for the Opening Day Regatta on Saturday, May 2 on the Montlake Cut.
Varsity 8+ Heat Results: HSU – 07:08.50, WWU – 07:12.08, Seattle U – 07:14.47, UCSD – 07:16.39, UO – 07:28.66, ASU – 08:01.88, Sonoma – 08:20.96
Novice 8+ Heat Results: Seattle U – 07:34.80, HSU – 07:57.61, UO – 07:58.52, UP – 08:02.32
Varsity 8+ Final Results: Seattle U – 06:53.90, HSU – 06:54.10, UCSD – 06:56.59, WWU – 06:58.37, UO – 07:13.12, ASU – 07:44.03, Sonoma – 08:27.36
Novice 8+ Final Results: Seattle U – 07:36.26, UP – 08:00.02, HSU – 08:00.51
Varsity 8+ Lineups: cox – Brooke McCulloch, stroke – Kailyn Zimmer, 7 – Meghan Ricci, 6 – Jennifer Cruz, 5 – Rachel Wong, 4 – Mariana Osuna, 3 – Olivia Smith, 2 – Kelsey Hopkins, bow – Shelby Johnson
Novice 8+ Lineups: cox – Emily Nielson, stroke – Catherine Abajian, 7 – Lucy Fu, 6 – Sydney Bonino, 5 – Katherine Ollenbrook, 4 – Molly Hammond, 3 – Larisa Brown, 2 – Abigail Wells, bow – Rebecca Ravitz