UW Sweeps All Races At Husky Open

Saturday, March 30

Seattle, WA

8:00 AM

University of Washington

Husky Open

March 30, 2019 | Women's Rowing

Husky Open Results Lineups Full Regatta Results

SEATTLE – The No. 2-ranked Washington women's rowing team won all three of its races Saturday at the Husky Open on a sunny morning on Montlake Cut.

The regatta, which included a long list of juniors and masters races as well as the UW men's team, also included a new feature: sprint racing. The UW men and women each raced eights against one another in a sprint that started from the finish line and ended at the eastern end of Montlake Cut, a distance of about 600 meters.

"What a perfect day!" exclaimed UW women's head coach Yasmin Farooq. "The sun was out, conditions were excellent. It was an awesome day to watch races on Montlake Cut."

The women's sprint race was won by the Huskies' varsity eight, which (like all four boats in the race) had just rowed a 2,000-meter race less than an hour before. The top boat beat the second varsity eight by less than a length of open water, with a novice eight and the third varsity eight in third and fourth, respectively.

Saturday's sprints were meant as a trial run for the Twilight Sprints, which the program intends to hold the Friday night before Windermere Cup, which is on Saturday, May 4.

"The Husky Open was a perfect event for us to stage the sprint race," Farooq added, "because you have waves of races and then a rowback. That made for a perfect opportunity for us to lead the rowback with the sprint. It was an awesome way to set the stage for Windermere Cup. It worked out great. To have four women's eights racing in the Cut -- that's 'rowing in a stadium.' I think everybody loved it."

In addition to the sprint, the UW was successful in each of its other three women's races, beating crews from Seattle Pacific, Western Washington, Puget Sound, Seattle University, the University of Portland and Lewis & Clark College, win the first and second varsity eights, and both flights of the varsity four.

Washington took the top two spots in the college women's varsity eight during the "regular" portion of the regatta, with the first eight finishing ahead of the 2V8+, with Puget Sound third. The Huskies' No. 1 crew, coxed by Marley Avritt and stroked by Calina Schanze, won in a time of 6:14.957. The UW's second crew, with coxswain Isabella Corriere and stroke rower Skylar Jacobson, finished in 6:27.831.

Washington also entered two boats in the women's second varsity eight race, also taking the top two spots. Washington's A entry in the W2V8+ race, made up of freshmen, was coxed by freshman Nina Castagna and stroked by Hallie Jensen. That shell won in a time of 6:49.015, just ahead of the second UW entry, coxed by Maddy Cope and stroked by Rachel McGlothlen, took second in 6:53.482. Portland and UPS finished in third and fourth, respectively.

The Huskies concluded their Husky Open competition with the varsity four, where the three UW entries took the top three spots. The A entry, stroked by Canadian freshman Kieanna Stephens, won a tight race over the C boat, winning in 7:06.633. The C shell was second in 7:10.774, while the UW B boat was third in 7:10.935.

Up Next
Washington's women will compete at the San Diego Crew Class next Saturday and Sunday. The Huskies will send a full Pac-12-style contingent (V8+, 2V8+, 3V8+, N8+ and V4+) and will face many of the nation's top-ranked programs, including No. 1 Cal, No. 3 Stanford and No. 4 Texas, meaning the current top-four teams in the nation will also square off against one another. Heats are Saturday and finals are Sunday.

About Washington Rowing
Rowing at University of Washington was established in 1901 with support from the local business community. In 1903, Washington entered its first intercollegiate race and defeated California, starting their storied "Cal Dual" rivalry. From this beginning, UW crews became the champions in the nation, winning the Gold Medal in the Olympics in 1936 as described in the New York Times bestseller The Boys in the Boat. UW has continued its tradition of winning championships and Olympic medals, and today is one of the best university rowing programs in the world. With its state-of-the-art training facility located on the UW campus right on the shores of Lake Washington, surrounded by mountains and in close proximity to the iconic Montlake Cut, Washington Rowing attracts the best men and women student-athletes from the Pacific Northwest and around the world. More information at GoHuskies.com, WashingtonRowing.com and @UW_Rowing.

UW Women's Husky Open Lineups

Varsity Eight A
Cox: Marley Avritt (Newport Beach, Calif./Newport Harbor)
Stroke: Calina Schanze (Behlendorf, Germany)
7: Tabea Schendekehl (Dortmund, Germany)
6: Marlee Blue (Seattle, Wash./Holy Names Academy)
5: Sofia Asoumanaki (Athens, Greece)
4: Valentina Iseppi (Gardone Riviera, Italy)
3: Teal Cohen (Dallas, Texas/The Hockaday School)
2: Carmela Pappalardo (Salerno, Italy)
Bow: Jennifer Wren (Seattle Wash./Bishop Blanchet)

Varsity Eight B
Cox: Isabella Corriere (Montclair, N.J./Montclair)
Stroke: Skylar Jacobson (Lakewood, Wash./Steilacoom)
7: Lark Skov (Steamboat Springs, Colo./Steamboat Springs)
6: Klara Grube (Lübeck, Germany)
5: Mackenna Cameron (Seattle, Wash./Chief Sealth Int'l.)
4: Molly Gallaher (Snoqualmie, Wash./Skyline)
3: Adele Likin (Seattle, Wash./Roosevelt)
2: Ellie Bruce (Snoqualmie, Wash./Mount Si)
Bow: Emma Vagen (Kent, Wash./Kentwood)

Novice Eight (WN8+)
Cox: Nina Castagna (Cincinnati, Ohio/Walnut Hills)
Stroke: Hallie Jensen (Spokane, Wash./Lakeside)
7: Sierra Williams (Seattle, Wash./Cleveland STEM)
6: Isabelle Knowles (Mercer Island, Wash./Mercer Island)
5: Brittani Shappell (Bellingham, Wash./Walworth Barbour)
4: Joïe Zier (Orcas Island, Wash./Orcas Island)
3: Claire Marion (San Marcos, Calif./San Marcos)
2: Claire Sirmon (Wenatchee, Wash./Wenatchee)
Bow: Mia Middleton (Denver, Colo./Arapahoe)

Third Varsity Eight (W3V8+)
Cox: Maddy Cope (Olympia, Wash./Olympia)
Stroke: Rachel McGlothlen (Spokane, Wash./West Valley)
7: Tea Federspiel (Bellevue, Wash./Bellevue)
6: Laurel Safranek (Anchorage, Alaska/W. Anchorage)
5: Katie Dolan (Barrington, R.I./Barrington)
4: Jillian Pape (Oak Harbor, Wash./Oak Harbor)
3: Ellie Gold (Wenatchee, Wash./Wenatchee)
2: Megan Andersen (Sammamish, Wash./Skyline)
Bow: Madi Frampton (Tumwater, Wash./Black Hills)

Varsity Four (V4+) A
Stroke: Kieanna Stephens (Vancouver, B.C., Canada)
3: McKenna Bryant (Kent, Wash./Kennedy Catholic)
2: Jenna Phillips (Dayton, Wash./Dayton)
Bow: Marguerite Trost (Nashville, Tenn./Harpeth Hall School)
Cox: Amanda Durkin (Hingham, Mass./Hingham)

Varsity Four (V4+) B
Stroke: Holly Drapp (Tampa, Fla./Strawberry Crest)
3: Ella Cossill (Gold Coast, Australia)
2: Sophia Chaffey (Redmond, Wash./Bellevue Ch ristian)
Bow: Denise Devlyn (Austin, Texas/St. Stephen's Episcopal)
Cox: Dana Brooks (Tiburon, Calif./Redwood)

Varsity Four (V4+) C
Stroke: Ava Trogus (Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park and River Forest)
3: Holly Dunford (Tadworth, U.K.)
2: Taylor Buell (Olympia, Wash./Capital)
Bow: Annaka Green (Pleasanton, Calif./Amador Valley)
Cox: Sachi Yamamoto (Seattle, Wash./Franklin)