April 29, 1997

California Crosses Bay to Race Stanford at Redwood Shores

THIS WEEK:      Sat., May 3: Stanford (Redwood Shores)-- 9-11 a.m.
NEXT REGATTA:   Sun., May 18: Pac-10 Championships (Lake Natoma, Sacramento)-- All-Day

The California Golden Bears cross the San Francisco Bay to race the Stanford Cardinal on the Lagoon at Redwood Shores, Saturday, May 3. Racing is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m.

RACING RE-CAP: The Cal men's and women's varsity eights fell to the Washington Huskies in dual races Saturday, April 26, at the Montlake Cut in Seattle. In the men's varsity race, the Huskies posted the fastest time of the day with a 5:30.00 as the Bears crossed the finish line two seconds behind. Cal however, emerged for the race encouraged knowing that it had cut into the margin of victory that UW had over the second place Bears at the San Diego Crew Classic three weeks before.

The men's JV eight also showed that they had gained ground on the rival Huskies, cutting the San Diego margin of six seconds to 1.6 seconds in the dual. Unable to find its rhythm, the men's frosh did not fare as well as the varsity and JV.

The only win on the day for the Bears came in the varsity coxed four as Scott Kaslusky, Grant Davis, Tim Moore, Mike Klyszeiko and coxswain Luis Pinto, defeated two Washington fours to win by 3.5 seconds.

In women's racing, the varsity eight had their best showing in years against Washington, just eight seconds off a Husky crew which is an early favorite to win the national championship. Both the women's JV and novice crews had strong races, but finished well back of the Huskies.

The Cal women's varsity eight defeated the Washington State Cougars by two seconds in dual racing on the Montlake Cut on early Sunday, April 27. The Bears, coming off a loss to the Washington Huskies on Saturday, recorded a time three seconds better than the previous day's, crossing the line in a time of 6:20 .4.

The varsity race got off to a clean start and the Bears took the lead in the early going. After Cal moved out to a one boat-length lead, the Cougars began to close as the two crews entered the final 500 meters of the race. The Bears, however, were too much for their counterparts and sprinted to the finish line, crossing one-half length ahead of Washington State. The win should move the Bears up to the No. 4 slot in the NCAA regional rankings behind Washington, Stanford and Oregon State.

In the JV race, the Cougars proved to be the better crew finishing 6.5 seconds up on the Bears.

Cal's novice eight recorded the largest margin of victory of the day defeating WSU by 8.5 seconds The novice were in control from start to finish and will remain the No. 2-ranked crew in the West.

STANFORD DUAL HISTORY: The men's varisty racing series for the Schwabacher Cup dates back to 1902. The Bears lead the series with the Cardinal, 46-18. Cal has won the last six meetings with Stanford's only two wins since 1972 coming in 1988 and 1990. The women's varsity racing series dates back to 1976. Since then Cal's record is 12-9, with the Bears last victory coming in 1994.

ABOUT STANFORD: The Stanford men are coached by Wieslaw Kudja, who took over the program in 1990. The women are led by Aimee Baker, now in her second year as head coach. Most recently, Stanford hosted Sacramento State, April 26, taking both the men's and women's varsity races.

CAL COACHES: Regarded as one of the nation's premier coaches, Steve Gladstone returns to Cal this season for his second stint as men's head coach while serving as the Director of Cal Crew. During his previous tenure from 1972-80, Gladstone guided the Bears to three undefeated dual race seasons, a Pac-10 championship and an Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) championship. Between 1981-94, Gladstone served as the Director of Rowing Operations at Brown where his crews amassed four Eastern Sprints Championships, five IRA championships, and two National Collegiate Rowing Championship titles. Head coach Anna Considine is in her fourth year of guiding women's crew at Cal. She arrived at Cal after spending eight years at Boston University serving as head coach between 1991 and '93. BU varsity eights won back-to-back national championships in '91 and '92, while Considine took home Coach of the Year awards in the Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges each year.

1997 RESULTS:
San Diego Crew Classic--April 5-6                                       
Heats--April 5                                      
Copley Cup (Varsity Men)    Men's JV                     Men's Freshmen      
Heat A                      Heat A                       Heat B      
1.  Washington  5:50.60     1.  Orange Coast 6:16.24     1.  Cal 6:22.28
2.  Cal 5:55.60             2.  Cal 6:17.22              2.  Orange Coast 6:34.76
3.  Yale    5:56.48         3.  Harvard 6:25.43          3.  USD 6:43.09
4.  Temple  5:56.48         4.  Penn 6:30.71             4.  Wash. State 6:44.38
5.  Wash. State 6:18.45     5.  UC Irvine 6:55.75        5.  Long Beach St.  6:48.92
6.  Purdue  6:18.66         6.  UC Davis "B" 6:53.43
                            7.  UCSD 6:53.78
                                        
Whittier Cup
(Varsity Women)               Women's JV                    Women's Novice      
Heat B                        Heat B                        Heat B      
1.  Virgina 6:53.40           1.  Wisconsin 7:07.15         1.  Cal 7:24.71
2.  Wash. St. 6:59.87         2.  Virginia 7:09.03          2.  Sac. State  7:30.04
3.  Oregon State 7:00.56      3.  Yale 7:14.86              3.  Wash. State 7:30.18
4.  Wisconsin 7:01.79         4.  Umass 7:22.88             4.  UCSD    7:55.91
5.  Cal 7:05.87               5.  Orange Coast 7:25.94      5.  Chapman 7:59.37
6.  Penn 7:13.37              6.  Cal 7:26.71               6.  Oregon  8:05.27
                              7.  UC Davis 7:43.49          7.  Mills   8:41.75
                                        
Finals--April 6                                     
Copley Cup (Varsity Men)   Men's JV                     Men's Freshman      
Grand Final                Grand Final                  Grand Final     
1.  Washington 6:06.98     1.  Washington 6:23.59       1.  Washington  6:18.23
2.  Cal 6:13.73            2.  Yale 6:25.52             2.  Cal 6:30.58
3.  Penn 6:14.16           3.  Orange Coast 6:26.24     3.  Stanford    6:44.65
4.  Wisconsin 6:14.36      4.  Cal 6:29.09              4.  Orange Coast    6:45.79
5.  Yale 6:17.89           5.  Harvard 6:42.21          5.  UCSB    6:56.76
6.  Temple  6:23.23        6.  Stanford 7:02.06         6.  UC Davis    6:58.04
7.  Harvard 6:25.37                             
                                        
Whittier Cup (Varsity Women)  JV Women                   Novice Women        
Petite Final                  Petite Final               Grand Final     
7.  Stanford 6:44.40          7.  Umass 7:21.47          1.  Virginia 7:25.21
8.  Michigan 6:45.39          8.  Orange Coast 7:28.23   2.  Washington 7:27.02
9.  Cal 6:45.81               9.  Penn 7:32.24           3.  Cal 7:29.51
10. Georgetown 6:46.58        10. SDSU 7:33.30           4.  Sac. State 7:31.37
11. Wisconsin 6:47.61         11. Cal 7:34.90            5.  Michigan 7:35.40
12. Penn 6:48.92              12. Sac. State 7:48.65     6.  UC Davis 7:41.80
                                        
                                        
California Collegiate Rowing Championships--April 19                                        
Heats--April 5                                      
Men's Varsity                       Men's Freshmen      
Heat A                              Heat B      
1.  Cal 6:04.00                     1.  Cal 6:14.5
2.  UC Davis  6:27.40               2.  UC Davis A  6:37.0
3.  Satna Clara 6:33.30             3.  USD 6:42.9
4.  UCI 6:39.00                     4.  UCSB 6:43.9
5.                                  5.  Long Beach A  6:44.2
6.                                  6.  Chapman 6:59.2
                                                                            
Women's Varsity                     Women's Novice      
Heat A                              Heat B      
1.  Cal 7:07.94                     1.  Cal 7:32.23
2.  UC Davis 7:25.2                 2.  Gonzaga 7:41.1
3.  Long Beach 7:30.00              3.  Humboldt 7:57.9
4.  Humboldt 7:32.50                4.  USC 8:02.1
5.  Mills 7:47.4                    5.  Mills 8:37.8
6.                                  6.      
                                        
                                        
Finals--April 19                                        
Men's Varsity               Men's JV                  Men's Freshmen      
Grand Final                 Grand Final               Grand Final     
1.  Cal 5:55.34             1.  Cal 6:04.6            1.  Cal 6:05.94
2.  Gonzaga 6:10.60         2.  Orange Coast 6:05.8   2.  Orange Coast 6:23.7
3.  UCSD 6:16.1             3.  Gonzaga 6:32.70       3.  UC Davis A  6:26.8
4.  CSUS 6:21.0             4.  UC Irvine 6:33.0      4.  SDSU A  6:32.2
5.  UC Davis  6:21.4        5.  UC Davis 6:37.9       5.  Gonzaga 6:36.2
6.  Santa Clara 6:24.8      6.  UCSB 6:49.0           6.  UC Irvine 3:36.7
7.  UCSB 6:42.2                                       7.  Humboldt St. 6:51.0
                                        
Women's Varsity                      Women's Novice      
Grand Final                          Grand Final     
1.  Cal 6:51.5                       1.  Cal 7:00.7
2.  Gonzaga 7:04.70                  2.  CSUS 7:02.9
3.  SDSU 7:11.0                      3.  UC Davis 7:08.8
4.  USD 7:14.2                       4.  Orange Coast 7:21.3
5.  UC Davis 7:18.5                  5.  Gonzaga 7:31.0
6.  UCSD 7:22.3                      6.  UCSD 7:34.0
7.  UCSB 7:23.5                      7.  Humboldt 7:40.9
                                        
                                        
Oregon State Dual--April 20 (Women Only)                                        
Women's Varsity             Women's JV                      
1.  Oregon State 6:34.00     1.  Oregon State 6:50.00             
2.  Cal 6:37.00              2.  Cal 7:03.00             
                                        
                                        
Washington Dual--April 26                                      
Men's Varsity              Men's JV                   Men's Freshmen      
1.  Washintgon 5:30.00     1.  Washington 5:39.80     1.  Washigton 5:34.70
2.  Cal 5:32.00            2.  Cal 5:41.40            2.  Cal 5:49.30                                       
                                     
Women's Varsity            Women's JV                  Women's Novice      
1.  Washington 6:15.60     1.  Washington  6:28.00     1.  Washington 6:28.20
2.  Cal 6:23.50            2.  Cal 6:39.00             2.  Cal 6:40.40
 
                                       
                                        
Washington State Dual--April 27 (Women Only)                                        
Women's Varsity             Women's JV                  Women's Novice      
1.  Cal 6:20.40             1.  Wash. State 6:33.80     1.  Cal 6:38.10
2.  Wash. State 6:22.40     2.  Cal 6:40.30             2.  Wash. State 6:46.60

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