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UW men's crew overcomes Cal at Pac-10 race

By Seattle Times news services

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RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. — Coxswain Greg King admittedly panicked but displayed a calm exterior while directing the Washington men's varsity-eight crew through a dramatic come-from-behind victory over rival California yesterday to win the featured race of the Pac-10 Rowing Championships on Lake Natoma.

The Huskies trailed for almost the entire race, much of it by a full boat length, before overtaking Cal during the final strokes.

"I was pretty panicked for most of the race, to be quite honest," King said. "But, I got my cool back in the last 500 and tried to take them to the win."

"Cal had an unbelievable first 1,500 meters — they raced the first part like it was the last 1,500 meters of their life," said sophomore Brodie Buckland, who has helped the Huskies' top boat to a 5-0 record since moving into the stroke seat in late April.

Yesterday was a rubber match of sorts in the battle between the West Coast rowing rivals.

Cal won this year's first meeting April 4 at the San Diego Crew Classic. UW evened the season series with an open-water victory April 24 in the Bay Area.

The two Pac-10 rivals meet again at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships, June 3-5 in Camden, N.J.

Washington won three men's titles (varsity eight, junior-varsity eight and varsity four), giving them the men's team championship.

Washington placed second in the women's standings, with 62 points. Cal scored 69 points to win the women's title and earn the West Region's automatic berth. Washington State finished third with 50 points.
 
Seattle Pacific University won the varsity women's four title.

The Huskies could receive one of seven at-large invitations when the field for the women's NCAA Rowing Championships is announced tomorrow.

PAC-10 ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Lake Natoma; Rancho Cordova, Calif.

(all races were 2,000 meters)

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS

Men

1, Washington 66. 2, California 65. 3, Oregon State 48. 4, Stanford 44. 5, UCLA 32. 6, Washington State 24.

Women

1, California 69. 2, Washington 62. 3, Washington State 50. 4, USC 48. 5, Oregon State 40. 6, Stanford 35. 7, UCLA 31. 8, Oregon 4.

GRAND FINAL RACE RESULTS

Men's Varsity Eight — 1, Washington 5:52.9. 2, California 5:54.0. 3, Oregon State 6:03.7. 4, Stanford 6:09.7. 5, UC Davis 6:19.1. 6, Santa Clara 6:30.5.

Women's Varsity Eight — 1, California 6:43.8. 2, Washington 6:47.6. 3, USC 6:50.4. 4, Stanford 6:53.1. 5, Washington State 6:56.1. 6, UCLA 7:08.1.

Men's Junior Varsity Eight — 1, Washington 6:04.7. 2, California 6:12.2. 3, Oregon State 6:12.8. 4, Stanford 6:17.7. 5, UC Davis 6:38.6. 6, Santa Clara 6:58.0. 7, UCLA 7:21.3.

Women's Junior Varsity Eight — 1, California 6:48.4. 2, Washington State 6:50.1. 3, Washington 6:54.5. 4, USC 7:04.9. 5, Oregon State 7:05.9. 6, UCLA 7:17.7.

Men's Varsity Four — 1, Washington 6:45.8. 2, California 6:57.4. 3, USC 7:03.6. 4, Sacramento State 7:06.2. 5, UCLA 7:49.7.

Women's Varsity Four — 1, Washington 7:43.7. 2, California 7:51.3. 3, Oregon State 7:53.3. 4, Washington State 7:59.1. 5, Stanford 8:05.8. 6, USC 8:08.3.

Men's Freshman Eight — 1, California 6:01.8. 2, Stanford 6:10.9. 3, Oregon State 6:12.9. 4, Washington 6:15.2. 5, Santa Clara 6:24.4. 6, USC 6:27.8.

Women's Novice Eight — 1, California 6:58.7. 2, Washington 7:01.7. 3, Oregon State 7:03.0. 4, Washington State 7:04.3. 5, UCLA 7:11.9. 6, USC 7:24.3.