GOLD RIVER, Calif. – The No. 19-ranked Washington State rowing team heads down to Lake Natoma in Gold River, California this Sunday, May 16, to compete in the 2021 Pac-12 Rowing Championships. The conference championship regatta will air live on the Pac-12 Network starting at 9 a.m. PT.
Washington State makes its return to the Pac-12 Rowing Championship, after the 2020 conference championship regatta was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Pac-12 Rowing Championship will be held once again at Lake Natoma. No. 1 Washington, No. 4 Stanford, No. 8 California, No. 18 Oregon State, UCLA (RV) and USC (RV) will be competing against the No. 19 Cougars for the conference title.
The 2021 Pac-12 Rowing Championship begins at 9:15 a.m. PT with the Novice Eight final. The third varsity eight boat final gets underway at 9:45 a.m. PT, while the varsity four final starts a 10:15 a.m. PT. The second varsity eight final kicks off at 10:45 a.m. PT, with the first varsity eight final concludes the regatta at 11:15 a.m. PT. Fans will not be allowed to attend this year's Pac-12 Rowing Championship. All the action will be available for watching beginning at 9 am (PT) on the Pac-12 Network, Pac-12 Now app, and Pac-12.com. Fans can find the link to stream here.
"I think the team is ready to go," said head coach Jane LaRiviere. "We gear up for Pac-12's all season. Our expectation is to figure out how we can have the best race we can when it matters the most. Pac-12's will ultimately influence the NCAA Championship selection. The team has been training well and it seems like its been forever since we've been to Sacramento. We're pretty excited to get back there."
WSU has finished in the top-five in four of the last five conference championship regattas. The Cougars earned their best conference team finish in 2006, stroking to second place as a team. Washington State has finished third four times (2003, 2004, 2008, 2015). Three Cougar crews have garnered Pac-10/12 Champion honors (second varsity eight, 1995, 1996; novice eight, 2001). The varsity eight and varsity four boats' best finishes came in 2006, when both placed second.
The Pac-12 champions shall be the team with the most points as determined by the order of finish of the Pac-12 crews at the finals of the Pac-12 Rowing Championships in the women's varsity eight, women's second varsity eight, women's third varsity eight and women's varsity four races.
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2021 Pac-12 Rowing Women's Championship Schedule
9:15 a.m. – Women's Novice Eight
9:45 a.m. – Women's Third Varsity Eight
10:15 a.m. – Women's Varsity Four
10:45 a.m. – Women's Second Varsity Eight
11:15 a.m. – Women's Varsity Eight
2021 Pac-12 Women's Rowing Championship Scoring
Place V8 2V8 V4 3V8
1st 21 14 7 3.5
2nd 18 12 6 3
3rd 15 10 5 2.5
4th 12 8 4 2
5th 9 6 3 1.5
6th 6 4 2 1
7th 3 2 1 0.5
