CASCADE SPRINTS!!

 Yesterday was our first race of the season! We sure started with a bang surprising many of the crews at the race. All the hard work they've put in so far payed off yesterday! Check out the links below to see the official results, and what's up on the home page of goseattleu.com!!


 Cascade Sprints Official Heat times
 Cascade Sprints Official Final times

Women's Rowing Wins Big at Cascade Sprints

One of our winning coxswains about to be thrown in the lake! 



More Pic's to come! Thanks for all the support!
This week we get ready to take on the Husky's and University of Portland at Husky Open!

GO HAWKS!!

Update!

This week has been crazy busy. Practicing twice a day, and getting lots of seat racing in! It's been fun and the girls have been handling it very well!

We have determined lineups for our FIRST RACE this Saturday! We race in Tacoma on American lake. If you can make it out to support the team, we'd love to see you there!

We are racing two Varsity 4+'s and a novice 8+. 

Our V4+ (A) is at 9:40, racing HSU, SPU, UCSD, WWU. 

Our B4+ (B) is at 9:50, racing PLU, WU, HSU, WWU(lwt), PSU

And our novice 8+ at 10:10, racing UPS, HSU (A), HSU (B), PSU, OU, and WSU.

Finals are in the afternoon. Depending on results from the morning races. The last race of the day goes down at 1:10. 

Here are directions to the race course:

From I-5: Take exit 123 – Thorne Lane. Head west over freeway (left from south, right from north). Follow Thorne Lane for approximately .35 miles. Just after road curves to the left, take the first right onto N. Thorne Lane. You will see a chain link fence on the right with a sign for Harry Todd Park. Follow the fence and enter at the main gate. Please park in the main parking lot.

Hope you can make it out!

Erg-a-thon

Successful erg-a-thon on Saturday!

ERG-A-THON

If you haven't heard, we're holding and erg-a-thon fundraiser tomorrow, on campus in the Student Center Hearth. 1:00 to 5:00 PM. Stop by is you're around and support both the men and women's team! OR Check out the link below to support us! Every penny counts! Hope to see you there.

http://www.goseattleu.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=669715&SPID=109496&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=206858785&DB_OEM_ID=18200

Big Day!!

ERG CHAMP T!

Today was a BIG day! The women took a 2k this morning, we had 12 PR's. Very successful. I am extremely happy with all the results.

  Our Associate AD joined in on the fun a couple of the girls hopped back on the erg again and finished the last 1k with him.

Last 500 with our assoc. AD!

NEW RACING SHELL!

Our new racing shell has arrived!! Assistant Helen and I drove the trailer up to Pocock manufacturing to pick it up today! She's a beaut! Shell Dedication TBD, but will be this spring!

Winter training coming to an end!

This is the LAST week of winter training! the ladies have a 2k on Wednesday to wrap up all the hard work they've put in over the winter months. All SU students are currently in finals week, Good Luck! Spring break training starts in less than a week. Sunday the 24th we'll be holding a scrimmage with the men's team (pictures to come).  And our first race is in 12 days and counting. It's coming up really quick! The team and coaching staff really hope all parents, alumni, and supporters can make it to as many races as possible. It's always fun to have a big crowd!! Go Hawks!

Mountains are out in Ballard!

Everyone is SO excited to race! 16 Days and counting. The women are getting ready for finals next week, and we're all gearing up for spring break the week after! We've been getting in some really good practices. Continuing to make improvements everyday, on and off the water! Great Job Ladies!

First morning of Daylight savings!

The Ladies getting some work done in these early mornings!

Early March Fog

Just below the fog Friday morning! In South Lake Union.

Beautiful morning

 Beautiful morning for a row! The entire lake was glass. Amazing.

We went for a nice long row today, working out the kinks from the weekend, and stretching out those muscles from a tough Saturday practice.

Race Schedule

Here's our racing schedule for Spring! Only 4 weeks, and counting!

March 30^th – Cascade Sprints – American lake, WA

April 6^th – Husky Open – Montlake Cut, WA

April 13^th – Covered Bridge- Dexter Lake, OR

April 20^th – U Portland Duel- Home Course (Shipping Canal)

April 27-28^th  – WIRA Championships – Lake Natoma CA

May 4^th – Windermere Cup – Montlake Cut, WA

Come out to as many as you can! We'd love the support.

 

WIRA's in a Day!

Grand Final. Great racing!

Winners!

Today's Practice was WIRA's in a Day! We had heats, reps, semi's, and finals. Every girl took 3 or 4 2k's with in two hours. This is both a physically and mentally challenging workout. We had some great results, breakthrough's and a few PR's! There was a strong positive energy in room. It was exhilarating! Awesome work this morning ladies! Day's like these are when racing can't come soon enough!!