• The CSUS Aquatic Center – a program of Associated Students, Inc. – on Lake Natoma in Rancho Cordova, Calif., is the site of the annual Pacific Coast Rowing Championships (PCRC''s) on Saturday, May 18, and the Pac-10 Conference Championships on Sunday, May 19.

• Saturday''s regatta, the PCRC''s, is open to all schools in the West Region, which includes any rowing institution located in the states of Washington, Oregon, California, Colorado and Arizona. A total of 19 schools will be represented at the regatta which offers individual championships in every collegiate rowing category not offered in Sunday''s Pac-10 Championships. The event is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. and will run until approximately 4:30 p.m. The Sacramento State women will compete in just the novice four competition.

• Sunday''s regatta, the Pac-10 Conference Championships, is limited to the top 21 entrants for each event in the West Region, which includes each of the seven Pac-10 rowing institutions (Cal, Washington State, Stanford, Oregon State, Washington, UCLA and USC; Oregon is club status). The Pac-10''s offer races in the varsity eight, second varsity eight, varsity four and the novice eight categories. The event is scheduled to begin at 8:40 a.m. and will run until 3:20 p.m. According to Sacramento State head coach Bill Zack, the top three finishers in the varsity eight grand final are likely to be selected to compete in the NCAA Championships on May 30-June 1 at Eagle Creek Reservoir in Indianapolis. The women''s varsity eight will feature three qualifying heats (10:40 a.m., 10:50 a.m. and 11 a.m.) with the top two in each heat advancing to the grand final at 3:10 p.m. Places three and four in each of the three qualifying heats will advance to the petite final (2:50 p.m.) and fifth-place finishers will advance to the third level final (2:30 p.m.).

• Each of the 15 institutions in the women''s varsity eight competition on Sunday were seeded and placed into the qualifying heats accordingly. Seeds one through 10 are as follows: 1-Washington, 2-USC, 3-Stanford, 4-Cal, 5-Oregon State, 6-Washington State, 7-Sacramento State, 8-San Diego State, 9-Loyola Marymount, 10-UC Davis. Sacramento State, whose qualifying heat is scheduled for 10:40 a.m. and features both Washington and Washington State among others, needs to finish at least second to advance to the grand final.

• The Pac-10''s will mark the end of the women''s rowing regular season. Since the advent of the NCAA Championships in 1997, holding the Pac-10''s on the final weekend allows the selection committee to compare virtually all the West Coast (Pac-10 and non Pac-10) crews under comparable race conditions. With no time standard to meet, boats competing in the NCAA Women''s Rowing Championships will be named by a selection committee two days after the Pac-10''s, on May 21.

Sacramento State''s varsity eight lineup for Sunday will be as follows: Robyn Soliman at bow, Stephanie Brow at the two seat, Hannah Metzger at three, Veronica Karpinski at four, Adelle Reimer at five, Megan Warren at six, Megan Spitze at seven, Mieke Boynton at stroke and Breanne Hart at coxswain. The second varsity eight and the varsity four will also be competing at the Pac-10s for the Hornets.

• The 2002 NCAA Women''s Rowing Championships will have a different format from the one it used during the past three years. Instead of combining the Div. I, II and III championships, the NCAA will sanction a separate championship for each. A total of 16 schools will advance to this year''s NCAA Div. I Championships. The top 12 Div. I teams (varsity eight, second varsity eight and varsity four) in the country, and four at-large varsity eight boats will advance to the regatta.