ROWING KICKS OFF FALL SEASON AT THE HEAD OF THE AMERICAN
10/25/2008
GOLD RIVER, Calif. – The Sacramento State women’s rowing team took home a pair of fifth place finishes in both the Women’s Novice Collegiate Eight and Women’s Collegiate Pair events to highlight its day at the Head of the American Saturday on Lake Natoma.
Today’s racing took place over a three-mile course with a time trial start format. Sacramento State competed one boat in the collegiate novice eight event (11-boat field), four boats in the collegiate pair (13-boat field) and three boats in the collegiate four (21-boat field).
In the novice collegiate eight, Sacramento State’s fifth place time was 19:35, trailing Stanford, Cal A, Cal B and Saint Mary’s, respectively.
In the collegiate pair, Sacramento State’s B, A, C and D boats finished fifth, seventh, 10th and 12th, respectively. In the collegiate four, the Hornets’ A, B and C boats finished ninth, 14th and 15th, respectively.
Sacramento State has just one regatta remaining on its fall schedule and that comes next week (Nov. 2) at the Newport Fall Regatta in Newport Beach, Calif.
WOMEN’S NOVICE COLLEGIATE EIGHT
1. Stanford 17:08
2. Cal A 17:58
3. Cal B 18:00
4. Saint Mary’s 19:13
5. Sacramento State 19:35
6. Cal Lightweights 20:19
7. Sonoma State A 20:38
8. Pacific 21:37
9. Sonoma State B 22:39
10. Mills A 23:02
11. Mills B 24:01
WOMEN’S COLLEGIATE PAIR
1. Stanford 18:51
2. Cal Blue C 19:42
3. Cal Gold A 19:57
4. Cal Blue A 20:01
5. Sacramento State B 20:16
5. Cal Blue B 20:16
7. Sacramento State A 20:18
8. Cal Gold B 20:25
9. Cal Gold C 20:30
10. Sacramento State C 20:31
11. Stanford Lightweights A 20:41
12. Sacramento State D 20:53
13. Stanford Lightweights B 21:10
WOMEN’S COLLEGIATE FOUR
1. USC A 17:36
2. Cal Gold B 17:50
3. USC B 17:53
4. Stanford A 17:54
5. Saint Mary’s 17:57
6. Stanford B 18:05
7. Cal Blue A 18:26
8. Cal Blue B 18:37
9. Sacramento State A 18:49
10. Cal Gold C 18:51
11. Pacific 18:52
12. Cal Lightweights 18:58
13. Stanford C 19:11
14. Sacramento State B 19:33
15. Sacramento State C 19:35
16. Saint Mary’s A 20:09
17. Saint Mary’s B 21:07
18. Mills College A 22:13
19. Sonoma State A 22:48
20. Mills College B 24:01
21. Sonoma State B 26:14