Beavers post best times of year at OSU Classic

Saturday, April 8

Lowell, Ore.

9:00 AM

Oregon State

Oregon State Classic

The Beavers raced No. 1 Washington, No. 15 WSU abnd UCLA on Saturday.

Photo by: Karl Maasdam/Oregon State Athletics

April 08, 2017 | Women's Rowing

By: Athletic Communications

LOWELL, Ore. – The Oregon State women's crew team posted season-best times on Saturday morning at the OSU Classic on Dexter Reservoir.

The Beavers did not win any of the races but continued to build momentum for the final two regular-season regattas and the Pacific-12 Conference Championships, set for May 14 at Gold River, Calif.

"This morning we had the best races of the season thus far; we had good fire and good excitement," OSU coach Allison Foster said. "This afternoon we let tiredness affect us a little more than we wanted, and we struggled.

"But we still had a lot of good things we can learn from."

The regatta featured a strong field, led by Washington, ranked no. 1 in the April 5 CRCA/USRowing Coaches Poll. No. 15 Washington State, and also receiving votes UCLA also competed.

Foster singled out the Second Varsity 8 as OSU's "highlight boat." It took second to WSU by 2.1 seconds in a head-to-head battle to the final stroke.

"They had the most contact and the closest margin with Washington State," she said. "That was highly motivating, since we will see all of these teams again."

The Beavers return to Dexter Reservoir on April 15 for the Covered Bridge Regatta, and then head to South Carolina for the Clemson Invitational on April 22-23.

Saturday's results:

Oregon State Classic
Morning races

VARSITY 8: 1. Washington State, 6:43.81. 2. Oregon State, 6:51.57.
VARSITY 8: 1. Washington, 6:27.36. 2. UCLA, 6:47.93.
SECOND VARSITY 8: 1. Washington State, 6:58.53. Oregon State, 7:00.63.
SECOND VARSITY 8: 1. Washington, 6:37.20. 2. UCLA, 7:05.27.
VARSITY 4: 1. Washington State, 7:49.17. 2. Oregon State, 7:53.77.
VARSITY 4: 1. Washington 2, 7:16.78. 2. Washington 1, 7:25.21. 3. UCLA, 7:43.79.
SECOND VARSITY 4: 1. Washington State, 8:24.03. 2. Oregon State, 8:33.07.
THIRD VARSITY 8: 1. Washington State 1, 7:19.66. 2. Washington State 2, 7:25.75. Oregon 2, 7:29.47. Oregon 4, 8:03.56.

Afternoon races

SECOND VARSITY 4: 1. Washington, 7:17.14. 2. Washington State, 8:03.42. 3. Oregon, 8:03.92. 4. OSU, 8:30.35
VARSITY 4: 1. Washington, 7:17.80. 2. UCLA, 7:34.34. 3. Washington State, 7:36.94. 4. OSU, 7:43.45.
SECOND VARSITY 8: 1. Washington, 6:29.44. 2. Washington State, 6-47.71. 3. UCLA, 6:51.52. 4. OSU, 7:01.67.
VARSITY 8: 1. Washington, time not available. 2. Washington State, + 7.29. 3. UCLA, +12.35. 4. OSU, +23.75.

LINEUPS:
Varsity 8
C – Bailey Daniels
8 – Alina Hagstrom
7 – Eliza Adams
6 – Mimi Ballinger
5 – Bayly Camp
4 – Hannah Smith
3 – Olivia Ashby
2 – Maddie Vinson
1 – Tess O'Leary

Second Varsity 8
C – Jean Cook
8 – Paige Phillips
7 – Lihani du Plessis
6 – Claire Diller
5 – Scout Sutton
4 – Abigail Watts
3 – Katie Descheemaeker
2 – Alyssa Beamer
1 – Joely Hannan

First Varsity 4+
C – Cassy Lozano
4 – Izzy Holmes
3 – Liz Matzdorf
2 – Diana Oppenheimer
1 – Isabella Preble

Second Varsity 4+
C – Jordan Koetje
4 – Mackenzie Rice
3 – Sara Tully
2 – Lily Epstein
1 – Mikaela Siegel

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