Cal Varsity 8 Reaches Copley Cup Final at San Diego Crew Classic :: Bears qualify 5 total boats for 4 Sunday finals

April 5, 2008

SAN DIEGO - California's varsity eight boat won the B heat of the Copley Cup with the second-fastest time (5:45.40) of the preliminary round on Saturday at the San Diego Crew Classic at Mission Bay to qualify for Sunday's final. Overall, the Golden Bears qualified five boats for four finals on Sunday.

Cal edged Yale (5:45.71) in its heat of the Copley Cup, but Washington's varsity eight won the A heat and claimed the top time with a 5:41.60.

The Bears rowed the second-fastest times in the novice eight (Derek Guelker Memorial Cup) with a 5:59.28 and in the open eight (Joan Ward Memorial Trophy). In the open eight, the Cal B boat rowed a 6:24.10 and the Cal A boat rowed a 6:24.60, the race's third-fastest time.

Cal had the third-fastest time in the junior varsity eight (Sharp Cabrillo Cup) with a 5:58.73.

The San Diego Crew Classic will continue tomorrow, Sunday, April 6, with the varsity eight grand final scheduled for 9:15 a.m. The other grand finals including Cal boats include the following: JV eight at 10:20 a.m., novice eight at 11:20 a.m. and open eight at 11:40 a.m. The results can be followed at the following Web sites: http://www.crewclassic.org/results/2008.html and http://twitter.com/crewclassic.

San Diego Crew Classic Results

Saturday's Qualifying Heats for Sunday's Finals

Varsity 8 (Copley Cup)

Heat A: 1. Washington 5:41.60. 2. Harvard 5:46.82. 3. Stanford 5:48.07. 4. Syracuse 5:51.17. 5. Oregon State 5:56.17. 6. UC San Diego 6:01.60. 7. Colgate 6:12.07.
Heat B: 1. Cal 5:45.40. 2. Yale 5:45.71. 3. Northeastern 5:46.18. 4. Princeton 5:47.81. 5. Penn 5:57.18. 6. Purdue 6:03.78.
Sunday's Finalists: 1. Washington. 2. Cal. 3. Harvard. 4. Yale. 5. Stanford. 6. Northeastern. 7. Princeton.

Novice 8 (Derek Guelker Memorial Cup)
Head A: 1. Washington 5:54.70. 2. Stanford 6:02.01. 3. Orange CC 6:07.88. 4. Sonoma 6:25.83. 5. Colorado 6:33.23. 6. UC Davis 6:33.70. 7. Washington State 6:40.54.
Heat B: 1. USD 6:19.4. 2. Penn 6:23.68. 3. Notre Dame 6:29.71. 4. UCLA 6:37.18. 5. UC Irvine 6:40.12. 6. Loyola 6:54.27. 7. San Diego State 7:15.96.
Heat C: 1. Cal 5:59.28. 2. Oregon State 6:10.15. 3. UC San Diego 6:18.94. 4. Santa Clara 6:27.19. 5. Saint Mary's 6:53.02. 6. UOP 7:08.19. 7. Cal. Maritime 7:10.66.
Sunday's Finalists: 1. Washington. 2. USD. 3. Cal. 4. Stanford. 5. Penn. 6. Oregon State.

Junior Varsity 8 (Sharp Cabrillo Cup)
Heat A: 1. Cal 5:58.73. 2. Stanford A 6:03.50. 3. Oregon State 6:03.95. 4. UC San Diego 6:23.64. 5. UCLA 6:23.88. 6. UC Davis B 6:43.01. 7. USC 6:46.26.
Heat B: 1. Washington 5:54.70. 2. Harvard 5:57.83. 3. UCD A 6:19.27. 4. Orange CC 6:22.26. 5. Santa Clara 6:34.92. 6. UC Irvine 6:36.51.
Sunday's Finalists: 1. Washington. 2. Cal. 3. Harvard. 4. UC Davis A. 5. Oregon State.

Open 8 (Joan Ward Memorial Trophy)
Heat A: 1. Cal B 6:24.10. 2. Marin 6:48.47. 3. Crew Runnings 6:59.44. 4. True Aggies 7:02.56. 5. UC Santa Barbara Alumni 7:16.69. 6. UC San Diego A 7:21.98. 7. Lake Union 7:28.22.
Heat B: 1. USC 6:06.8. 2. M Rowing 6:46.71. 3. UC San Diego B 6:50.26. 4. USD Alumni A 6:59.87. 5. Bair Island 7:04.52. 6. Old Aggies 7:22.64.
Heat C: 1. Cal A 6:24.60. 2. Everett 6:42.88. 3. Sac State 6:54.95. 4. UC Santa Barbara 7:01.39. 5. UC Davis 7:03.29. 6. USD Alumni B 7:23.41.
Sunday's Finalists: Cal A, Cal B, USC, Everett, Marin, M. Rowing.