April 18, 2010
SACRAMENTO, Cal - The San Diego State crew team completed the annual NorCal/SoCal Challenge with a trio of wins over UC Davis Sunday morning at the Port of Sacramento in northern California. SDSU completed a successful weekend as they won a total of eight of nine races over the two day event.
The Aztecs opened day with a victory in the Varsity Four race as the foursome of Emma Peck (coxswain), Christina Mattos (stroke), Ali Schroeder (three), Angela Strohbeck (two) and Leslie Martz (bow) rowed to a win over both the UC Davis "A" and "B" entries.
In the Second Varsity Eight Race, San Diego State claimed a two-second win over the Aggies' entry. The crew of the Aztec boat included Vanessa Jones (coxswain), Michelle Boyer (stroke), Julie Moyer (seven), Stefanie Krach (six), Alyson Boyd (five), Mallory Scarpello (four), Jessica Teora (three0, Kayla McKenna (two) and Darian Kimball (bow).
SDSU's lone loss of the weekend came in the Varsity Eight race where it lost by just over two seconds. The crew of Tanya Ochoa (coxswain), Casi Boyle (stroke), Jaime Hinton (seven), Anna Ohrstrom (six), Leslie Martz (five), Paige Funk (four), Kristin Guissanie (three, Christina Mattos (two) and Lauren Bischoff (bow)
The Aztecs concluded their weekend with a win in the Novice Eight race, edging the UC Davis boat by less than two seconds. Rowers in that winning boat included Marissa Caldarella (coxswain), Angela Strohbeck (stroke), Caelie Fish (seven), Katie Sanders (six), Romaine Desclos (five), Kirsten Atkinson (four), Sara Bresse (three), Morgan Gleason (two) and Natalie Marroquin (bow)
San Diego State will now take the next two weeks to prepare for the annual Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association (W.I.R.A.) championships to be held at Lake Natoma in Sacramento during the weekend of May 1-2.
NORCAL/SOCAL CHALLENGE SUNDAY RESULTSSDSU vs. UC DavisVarsity Four: SDSU - 8:00.48 UC Davis "A" - 8:10.97 UC Davis "B" - 8:23.79Second Varsity Eight: SDSU - 7:00.64 UC Davis - 7:02.85Varsity Eight: UC Davis - 6:46.08 SDSU - 6:48.59Novice Eight: SDSU - 7:10.36 UC Davis - 7:12.20