SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The No. 12 Stanford men’s rowing team wrapped up competition at the San Diego Crew Classic on Sunday with a first, third and fifth place finish.
“It was a good preseason showing,” said head coach Craigh Amerkhanin. “We learned a lot and collectively came together and went after it for our second race. We will now go back to work for a few days and try to improve before racing Boston University on Friday.”
All three boats were in the Grand Finals for their races. The first was the 3V8, competing in its first race of the season. For five members of the boat it was their first 2k race as a collegiate rower and would be one to remember.
The Cardinal was in a close race with the hometown school University of San Diego, but held on to win by 2.27 seconds with a time of 6:26.33. Another local school, UC San Diego finished six seconds behind USD for third.
The varsity eight showed a strong effort in its Grand Final. After taking second to Navy in the prelims, Stanford came out and topped the Midshipmen on Sunday, finishing in third place overall. The Cardinal clocked a time of 6:04.41.
The 2V8 came in fifth overall in its Grand Final with a time of 6:19.86, 4.67 seconds back of Navy for fourth place.
Stanford will make its 2015 home debut on Friday when they host No. 8 Boston University at 5 p.m. at Redwood Shores, Calif.
San Diego Crew Classic
San Diego, Calif.
March 29, 2015
Results
Men’s Collegiate Grand Final
1. Cal – 5:53.12
2. Penn – 6:03.68
3. Stanford – 6:04.41
4. Navy – 6:05.63
5. Grand Valley State – 6:11.35
6. Drexel – 6:13.71
7. British Columbia – 6:15.30
Men’s Collegiate 2V Grand Final
1. Cal A – 5:58.06
2. Cal B – 6:04.75
3. Penn – 6:08.23
4. Navy – 6:15.19
5. Stanford – 6:19.86
6. British Columbia – 6:21.81
Men’s Collegiate 3V Final
1. Stanford – 6:26.33
2. San Diego – 6:28.60
3. UC San Diego – 6:34.71
4. Orange Coast B – 6:40.41
5. UCSB – 6:52.58
6. San Diego State – 6:54.66
Lineups
Varsity Eight
Coxswain – Nathalie Weiss
Stroke – Peter Wood
7 – Scott Roycroft
6 – Kaess Smit
5 – Will Spencer
4 – Ryan O’Rourke
3 – Max Freundlich
2 – Allen Reitz
Bow – Ryan Hails
2V8
Coxswain – Ardsley Sanders
Stroke – Misha Wilcockson
7 – Nico Cserepy
6 – Robbie Ostrow
5 – Andrew Terajewicz
4 – Landon Alecxih
3 – John Cirenza
2 – Jovanni Stefani
Bow – Erik Holmvik
3V8
Coxswain – Nathalie Weiss
Stroke – Kendall Fagan
7 – Max Skolds
6 – Sean-Patrick Sullivan
5 – Wills McMahon
4 – Matthew Park
3 – Jim Grace
2 – Andrew Merrilees Paiva
Bow – Karl Wessendorf
