The Washington women's rowing team heads south to the San Diego Crew Classic this Saturday and Sunday, April 1-2.
Washington, ranked No. 5 in the first Pocock CRCA poll of the season, will send its "Pac-12 lineup" of crews, meaning the same five boat categories that will compete at Pac-12 Championships later this season: the first, second and third varsity eights, the varsity four and a novice eight. Those five crews will row in each of these events:
Varsity 8+: Jessop-Whittier Cup
Heat One: Sat., 9:30 a.m. PT – Lanes: 1, Texas; 2, Washington; 3, Oxford Brookes; 4, Notre Dame; 5, Rowing Canada
Final: Sun., 10:00 a.m. PT
Varsity 4+: Karen Plumleigh Cortney Cup
Heat Two: Sat., 10:33 a.m. PT – Lanes: 1, Stanford; 2, Washington; 3, Washington State; 4, Notre Dame; 5, Loyola Marymount; 6, MIT
A Final: Sun., 10:28 a.m. PT
Second Varsity 8+: Jackie Ann Stitt Hungness Trophy
Heat Two: Sat., 10:50 p.m. PT – Lanes: 1, Texas; 2, Washington; 3, Washington State; 4, Notre Dame; 5, Loyola Marymount; 6, UC San Diego
A Final: Sun., 10:35 a.m. PT
Novice 8+: Laurel Korholz Perpetual Trophy
Prelim: Sat., 11:10 a.m. PT – Lanes: 1, Washington; 2, UCLA: 3, UBC; 4, UC San Diego; 5, San Diego
Final: Sun., 11:26 a.m. PT
Third Varsity 8+: Carley Copley Cup
Heat Two: Sat., 11:45 a.m. – Lanes: 1, Stanford; 2, Washington; 3, Washington State; 4, San Diego
Final: Sun., 12:10 p.m. PT
Fans can follow all of the action at the San Diego Crew Classic's YouTube page (see links at top-right of this page), and view live results online.
Last year, when the regatta was held for the first time since 2019, Washington won the Laurel Korholz Perpetual Trophy (N8+), while finishing third in the V8+, 2V8+ and 3V8+ events. In 2019, the Huskies won both the Karen Plumleigh Cortney Cup (V4+) and the Carley Copley Cup (3V8+). That year marked the Huskies' first trip to the Crew Classic since 2014.
Following the San Diego Crew Classic, the UW women will have three weeks to prepare for the 2023 UW-Cal Dual, which will also feature the program's Title IX 50th Anniversary Celebration. That regatta will be held April 22, on Montlake Cut.
