University of Washington Official Athletic Site - Women's Crew
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"We came off the line and settled down our stroke rate to 36," said coxswain Missy Collins. "That is a little high for us, but we were pretty efficient with that rate." The Huskies proved the fast start was no fluke. While Michigan could not keep up the torrid pace and slid back into the pack, Brown trailed the Huskies by four seats at the midway mark. That's when Washington surprised the Bears, the prerace favorites to unseat the defending national champions. Over the next 250 yards the Huskies opened their lead to a full boat length. "We though we were strong at the start and charging in the last 1,000," said Washington head coach Jan Harville." Our weakness all along this year has been the point between 300 and 400 meters and the 1,000-meter mark. Maybe not being willing to the pain that early or something has always been a little difficult for us. We focused on, Well, if we go out and kill ourselves in the first 1,000 meters, well see what is left for the second 1,000. We talk about that a lot and we finally decided we needed to do that or the race might pass us by." |
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