SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Portland Pilots' varsity 4, second varsity 8, and varsity 8 competed at the San Diego Crew Classic on Saturday morning to conclude the first day of competition at Mission Beach.
Portland's second 8 highlighted the day by producing an exceptionally strong performance in the Jackie Ann Stitt Hungness final, with Emma Papenhausen in the cox seat and Lauren Formigl rowing stroke. The team covered the 2000 meter course in 7:04.74 to finish just .8 seconds behind West Coast Conference competitor LMU and five seconds behind first place San Diego.
Portland's varsity 4 also raced in the Karen Plumleigh Cortney Cup, placing first in the C final to defeat second place UC Santa Barbara by 10 seconds, And WCC competitors San Diego and Saint Mary's, who claimed the third and fourth spot. The boat had Alice Chang in the coxswain seat and Courtney Schmidt at stroke.
"We didn't attend this race last year and came back this year with three boats (the most ever) because we needed to be on the start line and race outside of any perceived comfort zones," said head coach Pasha Spencer. "We got a little beat up in our heats between travel and figuring out how to shift from individual focuses to boat focuses, but we learned so much in the heats and were able to do better in the finals, not just in raw time, but how the boats rowed and worked together. It's great to see the lessons learned and take that back into practice next week."
After placing fourth in their heat of the Varsity Cal Cup race to begin the day, the Pilots' Varsity 8 will return to action tomorrow at 9:52 a.m., in the event's final.
Live results can be found on portlandpilots.com.
SAN DIEGO CREW CLASSIC RESULTS – SAN DIEGO, CALIF.
Varsity 8 – Varsity Cal Cup (Heat 1)
1. SDSU (7:07.67)
2. LMU (7:12.84)
3. University of Victoria (7:17.67)
4. Portland (7:20.45)
5. Saint Mary's (7:28.14)
Second 8 – Jackie Ann Stitt Hungness Trophy – (Heat 1)
1. California (6:38.74)
2. Oklahoma (6:57.63)
3. Gonzaga (7:05.42)
4. SDSU (7:08.63)
5. San Diego (7:16.46)
6. Portland (7:22.37)
Varsity 4 – Karen Plumleigh Cortney Cup (Heat 2)
1. Texas Austin (7:24.42)
2. UCLA (7:39.41)
3. Kansas State (7:46.37)
4. Sacramento State (8:01.39)
5. Portland (8:12.66)
Second 8
1. San Diego (6:59.12)
2. Southern Methodist (7:02.21)
3. LMU (7:03.94)
4. Portland (7:04.74)
5. Saint Mary's (7:11.44)
6. UC Santa Barbara (7:16.67)
Varsity 4 – Final C
1. Portland (8:09.72)
2. UC Santa Barbara (8:19.93)
3. San Diego (8:28.33)
4. Saint Mary's (8:35.88)
Portland's Line-Ups
Varsity 8: Miranda Reyes (coxswain), Veronica Nicacio, Lauren Reid, Megan Del Pozzi, Sydne Jacoby, Megan Medalia, Acacia Welsford, Melanie Martinell, Lauren Jesse
Second 8: Emma Papenhausen (coxswain), Lauren Formigli, Catherine Watson, Grace Reily-Simmons, Avery Romano, Jacquelyn Bass, Karen Gonzalez-Yanez, Joselene Piedra, Kiva Goodman
Varsity 4: Alice Chang (coxswain), Courtney Schmidt, Reeca Bardon, Claire Hodge, Olivia Sanchez
