April 4, 2004
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego State women's crew team had two boats compete in Sunday's action at the San Diego Crew Classic at Mission Bay. The lightweight boat finished sixth in the championship competition for the A.W. Coggeshall Cup with a time of 7:53.91. The varsity squad was fifth in the 3rd final with a time of 7:18.31.
The final for lightweight boats saw all six squads ranked in the top 15 nationally in the USRowing preseason poll. No. t3 Wisconsin won the event (7:23.9), No. t3 was second (7:40.98), No. t14 UCF third (7:47.63), No. t7 California fourth (7:51.33), No. 11 Purdue fifth (7:53.47) and the Aztecs, No. 6 (7:53.91).
"It was a really tight race and fun to watch," head coach Jennifer Zebroski said. "They had two consistent races and stayed focused throughout the weekend. The results this weekend give us a gauge for the lightweights of where we need to go and what we need to do to get to the IRAs (the Intercollegiate Rowing Association championships from June 3-5 in Camden, N.J.)." The NCAA does sponsor rowing championships, but not for lightweight boats.
In the varsity third final, Gonzaga was first (7:08.97), Colgate second (7:11.21), San Diego third (7:15.59), Temple fourth (7:16.90), SDSU fifth (7:18.31) and Santa Clara sixth (7:21.94). On April 17, San Diego State faces the other San Diego collegiate programs, San Diego and UC San Diego, at the San Diego City Championships, also held at Mission Bay.
Lineups
Varsity
Cox Alison Abrams
Stroke Stephanie Snaman
Seven Kristen Olson
Six Brittany McMahon
Five Ashley Paiko
Four Amy Opielowski
Three Sarah McKillip
Two Amanda Briggs
Bow Venesa Meses
Lightweight
Cox Caitlin Carrion
Stroke Vanessa Kenley
Seven Lynda Shuker
Six Deidra Little
Five Amanda Corvera
Four Jenny Allen
Three Coby Vandenberg
Two Kacey Boyle
Bow Rachael Vrooman