April 24, 2004
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego State women's crew team had four boats compete at Saturday's Miller Cup in Marina Del Rey, Calif. The novice eight boat fell just short of UCLA in the grand final, 6:48.3-6:51.8. The junior varsity eight also placed second to the Bruins in the grand final, 6:42.2 to 6:56.3, but did outpace Loyola Marymount (6:58.7). The novice four boat, racing as a varsity boat, won the petite final to finish fourth overall. The varsity eight boat was second in their heat but had to scratch out of the petite final due to injury. All races were 1750 meters in length.
"The novice eight had an amazing race," head coach Jennifer Zebroski said. "They were strong throughout and consistent with their power and fought to stay within seconds of UCLA. For them to finish that close to a really fast boat like UCLA's shows excellent promise for the team in future years.
"The JV came back in the heat and in the final and pushed through to beat LMU both times in tight, exciting races." In the heat, SDSU finished 2.4 seconds ahead of Loyola Marymount, 6:53.0-6:55.4.
"I'm pleased with the novice four's placement of fourth overall racing in the varsity race," Zebroski added. "In the varsity eight's heat race, they were behind UC Irvine and pushed through to beat them by half a boat of open water (6:49.4 to 6:57.0, with LMU securing a 6:33.1 time).
The Aztecs now head to the W.I.R.A. conference championships May 1-2 at Lake Natoma in Sacramento, Calif. "We're looking for these boats to have another set of great races," Zebroski said.
Varsity Four Heat
UCLA - 7:45.3
San Diego State - 8:11.6
Loyola Marymount - 8:23.0
Varsity Four Petite Final
San Diego State - 8:28.4
UC Irvine - 8:38.2
Loyola Marymount - 8:46.8
Novice Eight Heat
San Diego State - 7:09.6
San Diego - 7:32.8
Novice Eight Grand Final
UCLA - 6:48.3
San Diego State - 6:51.8
Orange Coast College - 7:18.6
Junior Varsity Eight Heat
San Diego State - 6:53.0
Loyola Marymount - 6:55.4
Junior Varsity Grand Final
UCLA - 6:42.2
San Diego State - 6:56.3
Loyola Marymount - 6:58.7
Varsity Eight Heat
Loyola Marymount - 6:33.1
San Diego State - 6:49.4 (Aztecs then scratched out of petite final due to injury)
UC Irvine - 6:57.0
Miller Cup Lineups
Varsity Eight
Cox Alison Abrams
Stroke Stephanie Snaman
Seven Ashley Paiko
Six Mia Lysen
Five Kristen Olson
Four Brittany McMahon
Three Sarah McKillip
Two Amanda Briggs
Bow Audrey Edney
Junior Varsity Eight
Cox Alicia Chudy
Stroke Rachel Saldivar
Seven Adora Salvati
Six Stephanie Loutas
Five Ashley Pfohl
Four Rachel Young
Three Venesa Meses
Two Amy Opielowski
Bow Korina Tonne
Novice Eight
Cox Mary Creason
Stroke Molly Enochs
Seven Nancy Balt
Six Katie Heisinger
Five Caroline Casey
Four Caitlin Weber
Three Maryann Wahhab
Two Jenny Haught
Bow Theresa Goody
Varsity Four
Cox Aileen Gonzales
Stroke Christy McDonald
Three Leah Ihde
Two Penny Stieneke
Bow Jen Newman