SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Mieke Boynton, Veronica Karpinski and Breanne

Hart of the Sacramento State women's rowing team were each named

all-West Region today, as selected by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches

Association (CRCA). Boynton was named to the first team while

Karpinski and Hart each received second team honors.

Mieke Boynton

Boynton, a 5-8 junior from Victoria, Australia, received all-West

Region honors for the third-consecutive season. She was a first team

selection as a freshman and was named to the second team last season.

The 1998 Australian national champion and team co-captain sat at

stroke for the varsity eight in each race this season.

Boynton currently has a 3.89 GPA and was the recipient of the Fred

and Pat Anderson Award at this year's Images of Excellence Banquet,

presented to the Sacramento State student-athlete with the highest

cumulative grade point average.

Veronica Karpinski

Breanne Hart

Karpinski, a 5-11 junior from Newport Beach, Calif., received the

honor in her first season with Sacramento State after transferring

from Orange Coast College. Karpinski, who owns a 3.40 GPA, rowed in

both the three and four seats with the varsity eight.

Hart, a 5-2 junior from San Diego, Calif., was the coxswain for the

varsity eight in every race this season. The team co-captain finished

her third year with the Hornets after coxing the second varsity eight

last season. Hart, who currently has a 3.06 GPA, won a gold and a

bronze medal at the 1999 national championships.

The three were among 26 student-athletes (13 selected to each the

first and second teams) honored from the 24 schools encompassing the

West Region.

All three helped the Hornet varsity eight to a 5-3 dual-meet record

including a WIRA championship and an eighth-place finish at the

Pac-10 Championships.