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April 21, 2012

LOWELL, Ore. - Humboldt State University upset top-ranked Western Washington University in the featured varsity eight race to snap the Vikings string of team titles at seven, though the two teams tied in points, Saturday at the 12th annual Northwest Collegiate Rowing Conference Championships at Dexter Lake.

The Vikings entered the meet ranked No.1 nationally in the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association/NCAA Division II Top 25 Poll.

Humboldt State, rated third nationally and second in the West Region behind WWU, won the varsity eight race by two-thirds of a boat length over the Vikings in an event that had seven entries. The Lumberjacks were timed in 7:01.07 over the 2,000-meter course, with WWU clocked in 7:04.26.

"Humboldt State had a great finish," said WWU coach John Fuchs. "They have a really good team this year, they're really deep."

The loss was the first for a WWU varsity eight at the NCRC Championships since 2004 when the Vikings also placed second.

WWU and Humboldt State each finished with 102 points. Puget Sound was a distant third at 38 in the seven-school field.

"I'm not disappointed," Fuchs said. "The girls are, but we learned some things. You put together a race plan and sometimes it doesn't always work and you've got to tweak a few things here and there and go ... It's just impossible to win every race because the competition is getting too tough."

WWU and Humboldt State each won four of the eight women's races. The Vikings captured the varsity four, second varsity eight, novice four and second novice four. Besides the varsity eight, the Lumberjacks took the second varsity four, novice eight, and pair without cox. Either WWU or Humboldt State was second in all but one of those events.

"We raced really well overall," said Fuchs. "We had a lot of first and second place finishes. We learned a lot of things and we're getting there."

WWU's varsity four won by over 13 seconds with the Lumberjacks second. Seated in that shell were coxswain Alix Crilly (Sr., Wenatchee), stroke Jean Piette (Sr., Vancouver/Columbia River), No.3 Megan Northey (Sr., Brier/King's), No.2 Katie Woolsey (Sr., North Bend/Mount Si), and bow Kate Berni (Sr., Silverdale/Central Kitsap).

The Vikings' second varsity eight placed first by nearly a boat length over Humboldt State with respective times of 7:23.0 and 7:27.06. In that boat for WWU were coxswain Emma Heil (Jr., Sammamish/Eastlake), stroke Christine Henie (So., Chugiak, AK), No.7 Olivia Rowland (So., Seattle/Holy Names), No.6 Regan Wessman (So., Kirkland/Lake Washington), No.5 Claire Marine (So., Enumclaw), No.4 Cozette Still (So., Lake Forest Park/Blanchet), No.3 Maddy Hillier (Sr., Sedro-Woolley), No.4 No.2 Alyson Morris (So., Littlerock/Tumwater), and bow Sarah Lundli (Jr., Shoreline/Shorewood).

A WWU club team won the men's title with 78 points, Lewis & Clark placing second with 50. The Vikings won the varsity eight, varsity lightweight four and novice eight races, and were second in the varsity four and second varsity four runs.

The WWU women compete in the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships on Apr. 28-29 at Gold River, Calif. (Lake Natoma). Those races will probably determine the West Region representative at nationals.

RESULTS:

W2V8 - 1. Western Washington 7:23.0, 2. Humboldt State 7:27.06, 3. Puget Sound 7:34.67, 4. Lewis & Clark 7:46.38

MV8 - 1. Western Washington 6:24.30, 2. Humboldt State 6:30.72, 3. Lewis & Clark 6:35.71, Pacific Lutheran 6:41.92

WV8 - 1. Humboldt State 7:01.07, 2. Western Washington 7:04.26, 3. Seattle Pacific 7:22.03, 4. Puget Sound 7:22.36, 5. Lewis & Clark 7:25.07, 6. Willamette 7:25.89, 7. Pacific Lutheran 7:31.46

W2N4 - 1. Western Washington 8:25.70, 2. Humboldt State 8:29.28

M2V4 - 1. Lewis & Clark 7:27.70, 2. Western Washington 7:31.05, 3. Puget Sound 7:37.89, 4. Seattle Pacific 7:59.45, 5. Willamette 7:59.94, 6. Humboldt State 8:13.95

W2V4 - 1. Humboldt State 8:03.39, 2. Western Washington 8:10.54, 3. Puget Sound 8:23.21, 4. Willamette 8:24.04, 5. Seattle Pacific 8:34.26, 6. Lewis & Clark 8:42.64

W2 - 1. Humboldt State 8:26.30, 2. Lewis & Clark 8:56.55, 3. Western Washington 9:13.05, 4. Pacific Lutheran 9:54.51

M2 - 1. Lewis & Clark 7:38.45, 2. Humboldt State 7:47.31, 3. Pacific Lutheran 9:04.08

WN4 - 1. Western Washington 8:11.20, 2. Humboldt State 8:14.55, 3. Lewis & Clark 8:22.55, 4. Willamette 8:23.95, 5. Pacific Lutheran 8:30.82, 6. Puget Sound 8:41.93

MN4 - 1. Seattle Pacific 7:27.50, 2. Humboldt State 7:37.09, 3. Willamette 7:40.29, 4. Pacific Lutheran 7:52.52, 5. Western Washington 8:15.33

MVL4 - 1. Western Washington 7:36.39, 2. Pacific Lutheran 7:38.35, 3. Humboldt State 7:38.45, 4. Puget Sound 7:56.22

WV4 - 1. Western Washington 8:34.10, 2. Humboldt State 8:47.18, 3. Willamette 8:54.07, 4. Puget Sound 8:55.60, 5. Seattle Pacific 9:18.79, 6. Pacific Lutheran 9:22.78, 7. Lewis & Clark 9:26.59

MV4 - 1. Lewis & Clark 7:44.90, 2. Western Washington 7:46.32, 3. Seattle Pacific 7:53.54, 4. Humboldt State 8:29.98, 5. Puget Sound 8:38.52, 6. Willamette 8:38.76

WN8 - 1. Humboldt State 8:08.30, 2. Western Washington 8:29.72, 3. Humboldt State-B 9:01.08, 4. Puget Sound 9:04.07, 5. Lewis & Clark DQ

MN8 - 1. Western Washington 7:15.23, 2. Puget Sound 7:25.50, 3. Humboldt State 8:21.49

Men's Team Standings - 1. Western Washington 78, 2. Lewis & Clark 50, 3. Humboldt State 46, 4. Seattle Pacific 30, 5. Pacific Lutheran 25, 6. Puget Sound 18, 7. Willamette 14

Women's Team Standings - 1. Humboldt State 102 (awarded title based on winning varsity eight race), 2. Western Washington 102, 3. Puget Sound 38, 4. Lewis & Clark 26, 5. Willamette 24, 6. Seattle Pacific 22, 7. Pacific Lutheran 13

LINEUPS - WESTERN WASHINGTON

V8 - Coxswain Alix Crilly (Sr., Wenatchee), stroke Jean Piette (Sr., Vancouver/Columbia River), No.7 Stephanie Bluhm (Jr., Auburn/Mountain View), No.6 Katie Woolsey (Sr., North Bend/Mount Si), No. 5 Megan Northey (Sr., Brier/King's), No.4 Kelsey Baker (Sr., Gig Harbor), No.3 Carson MacPherson-Krutsky (Sr., Seattle/Garfield), No.2 Alyssa Dewey (Sr., Bend/Mountain View), bow Kate Berni (Sr., Silverdale/Central Kitsap)

2V8 - Coxswain Emma Heil (Jr., Sammamish/Eastlake), stroke Christine Henie (So., Chugiak, AK), No.7 Olivia Rowland (So., Seattle/Holy Names), No.6 Regan Wessman (So., Kirkland/Lake Washington), No.5 Claire Marine (So., Enumclaw), No.4 Cozette Still (So., Lake Forest Park/Blanchet), No.3 Maddy Hillier (Sr., Sedro-Woolley), No.4 No.2 Alyson Morris (So., Littlerock/Tumwater), bow Sarah Lundli (Jr., Shoreline/Shorewood)

N8 - Coxswain Kate Nelson (Fr., Moscow, ID), stroke Audra Massey (So., Albuquerque, NM), No.7 Katey Sullivan (Fr., Escondido, CA/Valley Center); No.6 Annaliese Koleber (Jr., Centralia), No.5 Claire Brouelette (Fr., Bothell), No.4 Nattie Rios (Fr., Laramie, WY), No.3 Angela Gelfer (So., Sammamish), No.2 Yvette Kelp (Jr., Lakewood), bow Rebecca Newby (Fr., Puyallup/Emerald Ridge)

V4 - Coxswain Alix Crilly (Sr., Wenatchee), stroke Jean Piette (Sr., Vancouver/Columbia River), No. 3 Megan Northey (Sr., Brier/King's), No.2 Katie Woolsey (Sr., North Bend/Mount Si), bow Kate Berni (Sr., Silverdale/Central Kitsap)

2V4 - Coxswain Maeghan Callegeri (Fr., Kirkland/Lake Washington), stroke Hannah Gallagher (Sr., Seattle/Garfield), No.3 Nolan Winger (Sr., Bremerton/Central Kitsap), No.2 Jordan Uecker (Sr., Bellingham/Sehome), bow Lauren Fleming (Sr., Bainbridge Island)

N4 - Coxswain Kate Nelson (Fr., Moscow, ID), stroke Audra Massey (So., Albuquerque, NM), No.3 Angela Gelfer (So., Sammamish), No.2 Annaliese Koleber (Jr., Centralia), bow Sara Crowell (Fr., Bainbridge Island/Bainbridge)

2N4 - Coxswain Emma Heil (Jr., Sammamish/Eastlake), stroke Nattie Rios (Fr., Laramie, WY), No.3 Claire Brouelette (Fr., Bothell), No.2 Yvette Kelp (Jr., Lakewood), bow Katey Sullivan (Fr., Escondido, CA/Valley Center)

2 - Kelsey Baker (Sr., Gig Harbor), Carson MacPherson-Krutsky (Sr., Seattle/Garfield),