Gonzaga Men Advance Two Boats
4/30/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Crew
April 30, 2005
RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. - Gonzaga University's men's rowing team advanced both boats to Sunday's Grand Final of the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships at Lake Natoma in preliminary heats on Saturday.
The Bulldogs varsity 8+ and junior varsity 8+ each advanced with heats victories. The varsity boat won its heat in 6:18.4 while the JV boat captured its heats in 6:30.5. Gonzaga edged Washington State University by 1.5 seconds in the varsity heat, while the Bulldog JV's edged the University of California at San Diego by 1.9 seconds to advance to the Grand Final.
The varsity 8+ field will include Gonzaga, University of Colorado, UC-Davis, WSU, UCSD and the University of California Lightweights. Joining the Bulldogs in the JV8 final will be UC-Davis, UCSD, Cal Lightweights, University of Puget Sound and Cal-Irvine.
"I look for a barnburner," Gonzaga head coach Dan Gehn said of the varsity 8+ final. "The first three places in each of the first two heats were exactly the same. The third heat was a little slower because the conditions had changed on the course, but I think you'll see six boats within a boat length of each other."
The men's varsity 8+ was comprised of sophomore coxswain Lauren Gadeken (Sammamish, Wash.), junior stroke Connor Barry (Walla Walla, Wash.), senior Pat Haffey (Spokane, Wash.), freshman Scott McCoy (Fair Oaks, Calif.), senior Nathan Wilson (Post Falls, Idaho), senior Ben Foley Boulder, Colo.), sophomore David Hinshaw (Soldotna, Alaska), freshman Joe Dudley (San Francisco, Calif.) and freshman bow Warren North (Seattle, Wash.).Those in the JV 8+ were senior coxswain Elaine Parry (Gresham, Ore.), freshman stroke Ben Rosenblatt (Mill Valley, Calif.), freshman Drew Hastings (Portland, Ore.), sophomore Matthew Wernette (Lodi, Calif.), sophomore Derek Clemmensen (Carson, Nev.), sophomore Matthew White (Seattle, Wash.), freshman Brett Boissevain (Boulder, Colo.), freshman Drew Smith (Santee, Calif.) and freshman bow Michael Smoot (Clackamas, Ore.).
Both boats are coming off wins Friday in the non-sponsored West Coast Conference Championship also held on Lake Natoma.
For complete race results visit the web at http://www.row2k.com.
WIRA Championship Men's ResultsMen's Varsity 8+ - 1. Gonzaga 6:18.4. 2. Washington State 6:19.9. 3. Orange Coast College 6:24.6. 4. UC-Irvine 6:28.5. 5. Loyola Marymount 6:29.3.
Men's Junior Varsity 8+ - 1. Gonzaga 6:30.5. 2. UC-San Diego 6:32.4. 3. Puget Sound 6:40.3. 4. San Diego State 7:17.4.
