University of Minnesota Athletics
Gopher Rowing Completes First Day at San Diego Crew Classic
4/5/2003 12:00:00 AM | Athletics
The boat competing in the Jessop Whittier event consisted of Katherine Nelson at coxswain, Jackie Gagner at stroke, Amber Riopel, Heidi Rose, Melissa Roche, Sam Wangsgard, Jill Peters, Beth Hornby in the second seat and Kirsten Kosloske at bow.
Minnesota finished second behind Southern California in the Women's JV event, followed by Kansas State in third. Minnesota will compete in the grand finals tomorrow. The boat consisted of coxswain Leah Gross, Beth Ratterman at stroke, Angela Hedin, Andrea Pierce, Mariel Gartner, Jessi Johnson, Alison Zylstra, Lora Sweezy and Lida Storch at bow.
The Gophers are one of 32 Division I varsity teams competing at the Crew Classic, along with Division II and III teams, club and high school races.
Minnesota will complete the finals tomorrow, April 6. The Gophers will then take next weekend off to prepare for its first ever home spring event in three years, April 19 when Iowa and Wisconsin come to town. The sprint race will be on Lake Phalen in St. Paul, Minn.
Jessop Whittier Cup Heat B Finals Pl Team Elapsed Split 1 Stanford 6:56.73 1:43.87 2 Southern Cal 6:59.03 1:45.02 3 Oregon State 7:06.55 1:44.79 4 Tennessee 7:10.89 1:45.56 5 Wisconsin 7:14.19 1:48.43 6 Minnesota 7:16.23 1:48.23 7 Clemson 7:17.21 1:48.97 Women's JV Heat Final 1 Southern Cal 7:35.8 2 Minnesota 7:45.5 3 Kansas State 7:57.9 4 Sacramento St 8:13.3 5 Santa Clara 8:25.3 6 SMU 8:36.6
