March 9, 2017
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego State rowing team opens its spring season this weekend at UCLA, where they will face the Bruins and Stanford University on Saturday morning. The regatta will take place on Ballona Creek in Marina Del Rey, Calif.
The Aztecs are set to race in four of the five scheduled events that morning, beginning with the third varsity eight at 8:15 a.m. SDSU will also participate in the varsity four+ at 8:30 a.m., followed by the second varsity eight at 8:45 a.m. and close with the first varsity eight at 9 a.m.
SDSU has been active since its strong fall showing at the Row for the Cure, Sarasota-Bradenton Chase Race and San Diego Fall Classic, and most recently scrimmaged against Orange Coast College, University of San Diego and UC San Diego on Feb. 24 at Mission Bay.
UCLA began its regular season last weekend when it raced in the UC Challenge Cup in Newport Beach, Calif., while Stanford, like SDSU, opens its season this weekend at UCLA.
Following this weekend’s race, San Diego State travels to Gold River, Calif., to face Sacramento State on Saturday and Sunday, March 18-19, where each day’s events are set to begin at 8 a.m.