University of Washington Official Athletic Site - Women's Crew
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In the Varsity II (junior varsity) race the Huskies put on a strong sprint in the final 500 meters to pull ahead of Brown and knot up the point standings. Virginia jumped out to a two-second lead in the first 500 meters and never looked back as the Cavaliers cruised to their first individual title in a time of 7:11.2. That left Washington, Princeton and Brown to duel it out for second place. The Huskies were in fourth place after the first 1,000 meters and finally pulled away from Princeton early in the second half of the race. Brown, which could never muster more than a half boat lead on the Huskies during the race, passed the 1,500-meter mark with a slim six-tenths of a second lead. "We knew what we had to do in the final 500 meters and everyone put it all on the line and gave it their all," said sophomore coxswain Paige Pfunder, who ironically grew up in neighboring Gainesville. We had a great last 500 meters. "I've never felt a 500 like that," said junior Jan Williamson of Edmonds. "We knew that we had about a half boat length to make up. I could see out of the corner of my eye us gaining more and more and I could feel the energy in the boat. Paige was great letting us know how much more we had to make up." |
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