March 28, 2010
SAN DIEGO - San Diego State captured second place in the petite final of the Women's Collegiate Varsity Cal Cup at the annual San Diego Crew Classic Sunday morning at Crown Point Shores Park on Mission Bay.
In the 2,000-meter race, the Aztecs rowed to a time of 7:01.01 as they improved their Saturday time by over seven seconds. In the race won by Drexel in 6:57.60, Kansas State followed SDSU in third (7:02.35), along with Trinity (7:12.57), Loyola Marymount (7:06.65) and St. Mary's (7:20.78).
The Varsity 8 boat was crewed by Tanya Ochoa (coxswain), Casi Boyle (stroke), Carly Schlocker (seven), Anna Ohrstrom (six), Jaime Hinton (five), Paige Funk (four), Kristin Guissanie (three), Lily Kurkjian (two) and Lauren Bischoff (bow).
San Diego State completed its final day at the Classic by rowing to a sixth-place finish in the Collegiate Junior Varsity petite final race with a time of 7:13.20. Sacramento State won the event in 7:03.80.
Rowing in the JV boat were Vanessa Jones (Coxswain), Stefanie Krach (stroke), Julie Moyer (seven), Leslie Martz (six), Darian Kimball (five), Ali Schroeder (four), Jessica Teora (three), Mallory Scarpello (two) and Alyson Boyd (bow).
SDSU will be back in the water on April 11 when they compete against Loyola Marymount at Ballona Creek in Marina Del Rey, Calif.
Women's Collegiate Varsity Cal Cup Petite Final1. Drexel, 6:57.602. San Diego State, 7:01.013. Kansas State, 7:02.354. Trinity, 7:04.525. Loyola, 7:06.656. St. Mary's, 7:20.78
Women's Collegiate Junior Varsity Petite Final1. Sacramento State, 7:03.802. UC Davis, 7:04.553. Tulsa, 7:11.344. USD, 7:12.345. SMU, 7:13.206. San Diego State, 7:21.49