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Lake Las Vegas Invitational

February 29, 2020 | Men's Rowing

Oregon State competes in condensed Lake Las Vegas Invite

By: Athletic Communications

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The Oregon State Men's Rowing team traveled to the Mojave Desert for the first races of the Spring Season at the Lake Las Vegas Invite. After projected 30 mile per hour winds moved the Sunday races to Saturday, the Beavers started fast to power a productive set of races.

The morning started with the Varsity and JV boats coming in ahead of the University of San Diego's boat. Coxed by Ben Garrison, the Varsity boat of Nils Patrick, Alex Carlton, Roman Pjajka, Cal Labonski, Tyler Gray, Jacob Randall, Zach Niedermeyer, and rounded out with Jacoby Wilson in the bow came in with a final time of 6:10.2.

Following close behind, the JV boat coxed by Casey Kinaan and crewed by Tanner Mathews, Ben La Fond, Josh Hankin, Samuel Foltz, Tristan Gavin, Alex Hernandez, Hunter Rust, and Josh Hocker came in with a time of 6:15.8; just over 4 seconds in front of the San Diego Varsity boat.

"This course is fantastic, and the conditions matched it today," said Beaver head coach Gabe Winkler. "We had to do all three races in one day because it will be less than perfect tomorrow. The guys improved every piece we wanted to work on which is exactly why we come here."

The Beavers dropped both races against the University of California to end the morning races,the Varsity boat coming in with a time of 6:01.7 and the JV boat finishing with a time of 6:08.03. The Beavers finished out the day with losses to Dartmouth's Varsity and JV boats, though they recorded their top times of the day in the races with the Varsity and JV boats coming in at 5:58.3 and 6:03.8 respectively.

Oregon State returns to Corvallis for a few weeks of practice before home races against Gonzaga on March 21.

"We have three weeks before our next race with the entire squad and this gives us something to build off of," Winkler said.

Varsity
Head to head with San Diego: 1st, 6:10.2
Head to head with California: 2nd, 6:08.3
Head to head with Dartmouth: 2nd, 5:58.9

Coxswain: Ben Garrison
Stroke: Nils Patrick
7: Alex Carlton
6: Roman Pjajka
5: Cal Labonski
4: Tyler Gray
3: Jacob Randall
2: Zach Niedermeyer
Bow: Jacoby Wilson

Junior Varsity
Head to head with San Diego: 2nd, 6:15.8
Head to head with California: 2nd, 6:08.3
Head to head with Dartmouth: 2nd, 6:03.8

Coxswain: Casey Kinaan
Stroke: Tanner Mathews
7: Ben La Fond
6: Josh Hankin
5: Samuel Foltz
4: Tristan Gavin
3: Alex Hernandez
2: Hunter Rust
Bow: Josh Hocker

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