Nov. 2, 2003
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - The San Diego State women's eight boat finished sixth at the Newport Fall Rowing Festival Sunday morning, beating out UCLA and Loyola Marymount, boats that had recorded faster times than the Aztecs at last year's race. SDSU also beat out the other San Diego collegiate rowing programs, San Diego and UC San Diego.
The San Diego State "A" boat finished in 17:29, just beating out UCLA's "A" boat, which timed 17:30. USC's "A" boat won the race with a time of 16:18, while Sacramento State "A" finished 2nd (16:52), USC's "B" boat was 3rd (17:05), USC's "C" boat was 4th (17:12) and Sacramento State's "B" boat finished in 5th (17:21).
The Aztec "B" boat completed the race in 12th place, besting UCLA's "B" boat by 11 seconds (17:51 to 18:02), while the SDSU "C" boat was 19th (18:45). Twenty-five boats competed in the race.
The San Diego State novice boat had an impressive fourth-place showing out of 27 boats (17:59), finishing behind only UCLA (17:25), the Sacramento State "A" boat (17:39) and Orange Coast College (17:51). Teams the Aztecs beat included Stanford, Loyola Marymount, UC Irvine, USC and Long Beach State.
"It was our novice team's first race ever," head coach Jennifer Zebroski said. "They had a great attitude, were excited about the race and I'm pleased with their result. We're excited that they got to compete after only being able to practice on Friday and Saturday this week (due to the poor air quality in the San Diego area earlier in the week).
"Mary Creason did an excellent job coxing her first race (for the novice boat)," Zebroski added. "She remained upbeat and positive during the race and motivated the athletes to their fourth-place finish."
San Diego State wraps up their fall season with the San Diego Fall Classic next Sunday. The Aztecs' first event begins at 8 a.m.
Women's Open Eight Results
1st-USC "A" 16:18
2nd-Sacramento State "A" 16:52
3rd-USC "B" 17:05
4th-USC "C" 17:12
5th-Sacramento State "B" 17:21
6th-San Diego State "A" 17:29
7th-UCLA "A" 17:30
8th-UC Santa Barbara "A" 17:42
9th-San Diego "A" 17:43
10th-Loyola Marymount 17:47
11th-UC Davis "A" 17:49
12th-San Diego State "B" 17:51
13th-UCLA "B" 18:02
t14th-UC Irvine "A" 18:11
t14th-UC Davis "B" 18:11
16th-UC Irvine "B" 18:13
17th-UC San Diego "A" 18:26
18th-UC Santa Barbara "B" 18:43
19th-San Diego State "C" 18:45
20th-Orange Coast College 18:58
21st-San Diego "B" 19:04
22nd-Long Beach State 19:08
23rd-UC San Diego "B" 19:41
24th-UC Irvine alumni 20:03
25th-Panther Crew 22:09
Women's Frosh Novice Eight Results (Top 10 listed of 27)
1st-UCLA 17:25
2nd-Sacramento State "A" 17:39
3rd-Orange Coast College 17:51
4th-San Diego State 17:59
5th-California lights 18:22
6th-Sacramento State "B" 18:42
7th-Stanford "A" 18:44
8th-Loyola Marymount 18:45
9th-UC Irvine 19:16
10th-USC "A" 19:37
Lineups for the Newport Fall Rowing Festival
Varsity
Cox Alicia Chudy
Stroke Stephanie Snaman
Seven Stella Conger
Six Brittany McMahon
Five Kristen Olson
Four Amy Opielowski
Three Sarah McKillip
Two Mia Lysen
Bow Venesa Meses
JV
Cox Ali Abrams
Stroke Audrey Edney
Seven Stephanie Loutas
Six Ashley Paiko
Five Rachel Young
Four Ashley Pfohl
Three Rachel Saldivar
Two Vanessa Kenley
Bow Julia Crawfis
3V
Cox Caitlin Carrion
Stroke Amanda Briggs
Seven Caroline Casey
Six Christy McDonald
Five Rachael Vrooman
Four Amanda Corvera
Three Korina Tonne
Two Amanda Kovach
Bow Katie Lee
Novice
Cox Mary Creason
Stroke Molly Enochs
Seven Nancy Balt
Six Caitlin Weber
Five Theresa Goody
Four Amber Beaston
Three Adora Salvati
Two Lynda Shuker
Bow Deidra Little