Day Two Crew National Championship Results
May 27, 2000 | Women's Rowing
Camden, N.J. -- Familiar faces will square off for the national women's rowing championship on Sunday on the Cooper River. Washington, winners of the 1997 and 1998 first varsity eight titles, and defending national champion Brown each won their respective semifinal heats to advance to tomorrow's championship race.
The fours repechage opened the second day's events, with Cal overtaking Boston in the final 500 meters to defeat the Terriers by .22 seconds. The Golden Bears crossed the line in 7:36.17 while Boston finished in 7:36.39. Both the Golden Bears and Terriers advance to Sunday's grand final.
In the second varsity eight repechage, Washington led throughout and cruised to a four-second victory over Pac-10 rival Cal in 6:46.20. The Golden Bears trailed Michigan State after the first 1,000 meters before passing the Spartans down the stretch to finish in 6:50.60 and also qualify for tomorrow's final.
Brown captured heat one of the first varsity eights semifinal in 6:25.79. Virginia (6:29.50) and Princeton (6:31.79) were second and third, respectively. All three teams will compete in Sunday's final.
Washington captured the varsity eight second semifinal with a time of 6:26.29. Cal finished second in 6:30.70 and Michigan crossed the finished line in third place with a time of 6:31.29. All three teams will vie for the Varsity Eight National Title tomorrow at 11:40 a.m.
In the first varsity eights race to determine places 13-19, Yale came in first with a time of 6:36.39 to earn 13th place. USC crossed the line in second (6:39.79) to claim 14th place overall and Oregon State trailed theTrojans for third place in the heat (6:40.39 ) to place 15th overall.
UC-Davis was fourth (16th overall) in 6:50.50 to capture top Division II/III honors.
Tomorrow's action begins at 10 a.m. with the Fours Final for seeds 7-10, followed by the 1-6 finals at 10:20 a.m. The second varsity eights 7-10 seeds final is slated to start at 10:40 a.m. followed by the second varsity grand final for seeds 1-6 at 11:00 a.m. The varsity eight finals will begin at 11:20 a.m. for seeds 7-12 followed the grand final at 11:40. The Awards ceremony will take place at 12:15 p.m.
FOURS - REPECHAGE (10:00 a.m.)
Place Lane School Time
1 1 California! 7:36.17
2 4 Boston Univ.! 7:36.39
3 2 Harvard-Radcliffe 7:39.25
4 3 Ohio State 7:42.17
5 6 Michigan 7:52.66
6 5 Michigan State 7:55.01
II EIGHTS - REPECHAGE (10:20 a.m.)
Place Lane School Time
1 4 Washington! 6:46.20
2 3 California! 6:50.60
3 1 Michigan State 6:54.89
4 5 Harvard-Radcliffe 6:58.00
5 2 Ohio State 6:59.89
6 6 Boston Univ. 7:07.60
I EIGHTS - SEMIFINAL ONE (10:40 a.m.)
Place Lane School Time
1 3 Brown! 6:25.79
2 4 Virginia! 6:29.50
3 2 Princeton! 6:31.79
4 5 Boston Univ. 6:33.50
5 6 Syracuse 6:45.39
6 1 Northeastern 6:45.79
I EIGHTS - SEMIFINAL TWO (11:00 a.m.)
Place Lane School Time
1 4 Washington! 6:26.29
2 3 California! 6:30.70
3 5 Michigan! 6:31.29
4 2 Harvard-Radcliffe 6:34.70
5 1 Michigan State 6:37.70
6 6 Ohio State 6:39.50
I EIGHTS - PLACES 13-19 (11:20 a.m.)
Place Lane School Time
1 3 Yale 6:36.39
2 4 USC 6:39.79
3 5 Oregon State 6:40.39
4 2 UC-Davis* 6:50.50
5 1 Williams 6:53.50
6 6 William Smith 6:53.70
7 7 Wesleyan 7:08.10
! Advance to Sunday's Finals
* Top Division II/III team
Schedule - Sunday, May 28
Fours - Finals Seeds 7-10 (10:00 a.m.)
Lane School
2 Michigan
3 Harvard-Radcliffe
4 Ohio State
5 Michigan State
Fours - Finals Seeds 1-6 (10:20 a.m.)
Lane School
1 California
2 Virginia
3 Brown
4 Washington
5 Princeton
6 Boston Univ.
II Eights - Finals Seeds 7-10 (10:40 a.m.)
Lane School
2 Boston Univ.
3 Michigan State
4 Harvard-Radcliffe
5 Ohio State
II Eights - Finals Seeds 1-6 (11:00 a.m.)
Lane School
1 California
2 Michigan
3 Virginia
4 Brown
5 Princeton
6 Washington
I Eights - Finals Seeds 7-12 (11:20 a.m.)
Lane School
1 Northeastern
2 Michigan State
3 Boston Univ.
4 Harvard-Radcliffe
5 Syracuse
6 Ohio State
I Eights - Finals Seeds 1-6 (11:40 a.m.)
Lane School
1 Michigan
2 Virginia
3 Brown
4 Washington
5 California
6 Princeton
