SAN DIEGO—UC San Diego women's rowing took first in the 2V final and second in the 4+ at San Diego Crew Classic on Sunday on Mission Bay.
 
The first varsity earned a fifth-place finish in the Collegiate Varsity UCSD Health Cal Cup and the second 4+ finished fourth in the collegiate fours B-entries.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The top eight finished with a time of 7:02, just ahead of USD and MIT and trailing Oklahoma in fourth place by two seconds. Stanford took the top spot with a time of 6:42, followed by Gonzaga and Sacramento State to round out the podium.
 
The varsity fours placed second in the Karen Plumleigh Cortney Cup with a time of 8:21, just ahead of MIT and trailing USD.
 
It came down the wire between the top three in the Jackie Ann Stitt Hungness Trophy final, where the second eight were victorious with a time of 7:16.052. The Tritons narrowly beat out USD (7:16.209) and Sacramento State (7:16.237) by a 00.157 and 00.185 margin respectively.
 
In the Tritons' final race of the regatta, the second four finished in fourth place with a time of 8:13. Gonzaga (7:25) took the top spot, followed by USD and Oklahoma.
 
UP NEXT
The Tritons will race Loyola Marymount and the University of San Diego on April 9 in Chula Vista before competing at the WIRA Championships in late April.
 
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After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program has begun a new era as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 83 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have garnered prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 90 percent, the highest rate among public institutions in Division I or II. For more information on the Tritons, visit UCSDtritons.com or follow UC San Diego Athletics on social media @UCSDtritons.