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For Immediate Release // Thursday, May 16, 2019Contact // Carly Fasciglione (cfasciglione@pac-12.org)

2019 PAC-12 CONFERENCE ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPSGENERAL INFORMATION

WHAT: 2019 Pac-12 Men’s and Women’s Rowing Championships

WHEN: Sunday, May 19, 2019

WHERE: Sacramento State Aquatic CenterGold River, CA 95670

TELEVISION AND LIVE STREAM COVERAGE: Coverage of the event will debut in two 30-minute shows on Wednes-day, May 22 at 7 p.m. PT/8 p.m. MT on Pac-12 Network. The men’s races will air first, followed by the women’s races.

MEET RESULTS:Links to live results will be available on Pac-12.com and results will also be posted on the Pac-12 website (www.pac-12.com). Please con-tact Carly Fasciglione at the Pac-12 office for more information.

TICKETS:Tickets are $10 (cash) at entry at the Sacramento State Aquatic Center.

MEDIA CONTACT:The Conference contact for Pac-12 rowing is Carly Fasciglione (cfasciglione@pac-12.org).

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Time (PT) Event9:00 a.m. ............................ MV4: Grand Final 9:15 am .............................. WN8: Grand Final9:30 am .............................. MN8: Grand Final9:45 am .............................. W3V8: Grand Final10:00 am ............................ M3V8: Grand Final10:15 am ............................ WV4: Grand Final10:30 am ............................ M2V8: Grand Final10:45 am ............................ W2V8: Grand Final11:00 am ............................ MV8: Grand Final11:15 am ............................ WV8: Grand Final

TEAM GREEN AT THE PAC-12 ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS:The Pac-12’s Rowing Championship at Lake Natoma will feature several Pac-12 Team Green programs to support the Conference’s sustainability initiative. The Welcome Tent at the event will feature water kiosks for fans to fill their water bottles in hopes to limit the use of plastic water bottles. Recycling bins will be available throughout the footprint, and Team Green will collect bottles and cans between the races. Heat sheets will be shared on the Pac-12 website and available for digital distribution to avoid the use of excessive paper. For more information about the Pac-12’s sustain-ability initiative, please visit pac-12.com/teamgreen.

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Pac-12 women’s rowing is one of the most successful Conferenc-es in the country and has been since the beginning of collegiate rowing. Conference teams have won the last three NCAA Cham-pionships, giving the Conference a total of nine NCAA titles, the most of any conference. Since the NCAA began hosting women’s rowing championship in 1997, Pac-12 schools have finished first or second in 18 of 22 years, including three years with the top-two finishers.

2018 NCAA Champion California looks to claim its first Pac-12 title since 2016. Similar to the men, California and Washington claim the most Pac-12 rowing titles of any other program, with the Huskies owning 16 and Golden Bears claiming 12 league titles since 1987. UCLA owns two titles (1990, 91) and USC (2007) and Stanford (2014) have won one each. Washington aims to win its third-straight Pac-12 Championship.

CALIFORNIA claimed two of the last three NCAA Team Champi-onships, but is looking to win its first Conference title since 2016. Cal currently ranks second in the CRCA/USRowing coaches poll behind an undefeated season from the varsity eight. They have head-to-head victories over Pac-12 rivals Washington and Stan-ford this season. Cal’s 2018 CRCA Division I National Coach of the Year Al Acosta is back at the helm in his fifth season, as well as three CRCA Pocock All-Americans from last season, Dana Moffat, Juliane Faralisch and Charlotte Wesselmann. Moffat won gold with the U.S. this past summer at the World Champion-ships while her varsity eight teammate Sydney Payne won silver in the Canadian eight at the World Championships.

OREGON STATE has been one of the most improved programs this season, as the Beavers’ varsity eight boat landed a spot in the CRCA/USRowing poll for the first time since April 8, 2015. The Beavers currently rank at No. 19 in the nation in head coach Kate Maxim’s second season. Returning All-American senior Alina Hagstrom, who has raced in the V8 stroke seat all sea-son, tries to guide OSU to its first NCAA Championships berth since 2009. Hagstrom, along with freshman Zoe Adamson, raced at the U23 World Championships in Poznan, Poland last July. Hagstrom won gold in the women’s pair for Team USA, while Adamson earned a bronze medal in women’s quadruple scull for Great Britain.

STANFORD lands at No. 3 in the most recent CRCA/USRowing poll after another impressive season. Stanford, two-time NCAA Champions, won its first Pac-12 title in 2014. The Cardinal re-cently defeated rival Cal at the Big Row, winning four of six races. Stanford is familiar with Lake Natoma, competing against top competition against No. 2 Cal, No. 7 Brown and Notre Dame at the Lake Natoma Invitational in April. The Cardinal’s second var-sity eight and varsity four earned gold, while its varsity eight and third varsity eight boats earned silver.

UCLA heads into the Conference Championships with its most veteran team in the last several years, with 12 seniors on the ros-ters. The Bruins advanced each of its crews to the “Grand Final” races at the San Diego Crew Classic on April 6-7. UCLA’s varsity eight and second varsity eight boats each recorded fifth-place finishes. Head coach Amy Fuller Kearney, who has been at the head of the women’s rowing program for 18 years, tries to guide the Bruins back to an NCAA Championship appearance. They last reached NCAAs in 2014 and earned a berth for three-straight years from 2012-14.

USC ranks No. 13 in the latest CRCA/USRowing poll and heads into the Pac-12 Championships off of strong performances in its last three events. The varsity eight, second varsity eight and var-sity four boats all placed first at the Lake Natoma Invitational on April 14. The Trojans won the B Final at the Longhorn Invitational on April 27 and defeated crosstown rival UCLA for the 18th-straight time on May 11. USC’s V8 boat is led by 2018 CRCA All-American and All-Pac-12 recipient Radka Novotnikova. USC won its first and most recent Pac-12 Championship in 2007.

WASHINGTON has been ranked No. 1 in the CRCA/USRowing poll each of the last six weeks. The Huskies have continued its historically successful ways this season. They won the NCAA Championship in 2017 and placed second behind Pac-12 rival California last year. Five of the nine members of last year’s varsity eight remain on the team in 2019 and have dominated this sea-son as well. Washington has varsity eight wins over No. 3 Stan-ford, No. 4 Texas, No. 5 Michigan, No. 6 Ohio State and No. 15 USC. Additionally, UW won the varsity four and the third varsity eight at the San Diego Crew Classic, and finished second in the varsity eight and second varsity eight. The Huskies are the only team to finish in the top three in all five events – and they finished in the top two in each. Teammates Calina Schanze and Tabea Schendekehl also competed internationally this year, traveling to their native Germany in March and winning the German National pairs trial.

WASHINGTON STATE head coach Jane LaRiviere, in her 17th season, looks to guide the Cougs to its first Conference Champi-onship and seventh-straight NCAA Championship appearance. WSU ended the regular season on a solid note, claiming the Faw-ley Cup over Gonzaga for a third-straight year and 25th all-time on April 28. Washington State’s varsity eight boat is led by its only senior rower, the Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year and two-time NCAA Elite 90 Award winner, Paige Danielson.

The Pac-12 Championships are the last regatta before the NCAA Championships. The NCAA Women’s Rowing Selection Show will be broadcast on NCAA.com at 2 p.m. PT on Tuesday, May 21.

PAC-12 WOMEN’S ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS PREVIEW

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Pac-12 men’s rowing has won of the most decorated histories of any conference in the nation. The Pac-12 has won eight of the last 10 IRA Championships, and has 35 IRA national titles, the second most of any conference. Washington and California are also the only two programs in IRA history to win the title four-consecutive years. Pac-12 men’s rowing teams hold seven out of 10 IRA course records and have won the last 13-straight James Ten Eyck awards.

California and Washington have dominated the men’s Pac-12 Championships for the past 50 years, with either the Golden Bears or Huskies winning the event every year since 1971. In the last 10 years, Washington has claimed the Conference crown eight times including the last two, while the Bears won in 2016 and 2009.

CALIFORNIA, looking to capture its first Pac-12 title since 2016 after finishing runner-up to Washington each of the last two sea-sons, is currently ranked fourth in the nation in the IRA/USRow-ing coaches poll. It closed out the season with a sweep of rival Stanford at the Big Row. The Golden Bears are led by first-year head coach Scott Frandsen, who helped Cal’s varsity eight to three-consecutive IRA Championships and Pac-12 titles (2000-02). The Golden Bears current varsity eight squad features sev-eral seniors with extensive international experience, including Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year Maarten Hurkmans. Hurk-mans is a member of the Netherlands’ senior national team and fellow seniors Ferdinand Querfeld (Austria) and Joachim Sutton (Denmark) also compete for their home country’s senior national teams.

OREGON STATE has been ranked in the national poll every week this season and lands at No. 17 in the most recent poll. OSU is seeking its seventh-straight trip to the IRA Championships. The Beavers have finished in the top-four at the Pac-12 Champion-ships every year since 1993 and look to capture its first Con-ference title. Freshman Jacoby Wilson, a native of Oregon, has been a standout for the team this season, joining the program last fall and working his way onto the Beavers’ varsity eight boat.

STANFORD taps in at No. 13 in the national poll and heads into the Pac-12 Championships aiming to claim its first-ever league title. Stanford’s varsity eight boat has competed well in its last couple of competitions, taking first place at the Cardinal’s own annual Stanford Invitational on April 14. They also won two of its varsity eight races against Pac-12 rival Oregon State on April 7 at the Pac-12 Challenge. The varsity eight is led by junior Brennan Wertz, who won gold at the 2018 Under 23 World Rowing Cham-pionships last July. Wertz is a two-time All-Pac-12 selection and earned Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year honors in 2017.

WASHINGTON has been ranked No. 2 in every national poll of the season. The Huskies are yet to lose a race in any boat this season and have compiled major victories (in all boats) over No. 4 California, No. 7 Northeastern, No. 8 Boston University, No. 13 Stanford and No. 17 Oregon State. Senior captain Ben Davison won the men’s single sculls in the fall at the Head of the Charles Regatta, beating a field of 30 of the world’s best scullers. Davison (USA M2x) and teammate Simon van Dorp (Netherlands M8+) also competed at the senior World Championships last summer. Washington has won the James Ten Eyck Trophy, honored to the team that accumulated the most points at the IRA National Championship, in 11 of the last 12 regattas. The Huskies look to complete the three-peat at the Pac-12 Championships and claim their 37th all-time.

Additionally, the UCLA and Washington State club crews com-pete in the men’s field at the Pac-12 Championships.

The Pac-12 Championships are the last regatta before the IRA-Championships for the men. The IRA will announce their national championship fields, seedings and lane draws via an online se-lection show. The webcast is scheduled for Tuesday, May 21 at 4 p.m. PT.

PAC-12 MEN’S ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS PREVIEW

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WOMEN’S NCAA DIVISION I RANKINGS CRCA/USROWING COACHES POLL - MAY 15

Rank Team (First Place Votes) Votes 1.............. WASHINGTON (22) ....................................... 472 2.............. CALIFORNIA (1) ........................................... 461 3.............. STANFORD (2) ............................................. 457 4................Texas .................................................................. 397 5................Michigan ............................................................ 377 6................Ohio State ........................................................... 350 7................Brown ................................................................ 340 8................Princeton ............................................................ 335 9................Yale .................................................................... 320 10..............Virginia ............................................................... 286 11..............Wisconsin ........................................................... 218 12.............. Iowa ................................................................... 180 13............ USC ............................................................ 166 14..............Rutgers .............................................................. 153 15.............. Indiana ............................................................... 151 16..............Harvard .............................................................. 147 17..............Duke .................................................................... 90 18..............Syracuse .............................................................. 84 19............ OREGON STATE ............................................. 82 20..............Oklahoma ............................................................. 75

Other Receiving Votes: University of Minnesota (32), UCLA (13), Michigan State University (13), University of Louisville (12), Uni-versity of Notre Dame (10), WASHINGTON STATE (6), U.S. Naval Academy (6), Southern Methodist University (6), University of Alabama (4), Cornell University (3), University of Central Florida (2), Dartmouth College (1), Columbia University (1).

MEN’S RANKINGS IRA/USROWING VARSITY EIGHT COACHES POLLS - MAY 15

Rank Team (First Place Votes) Votes 1................Yale (11) ............................................................ 2752.............. WASHINGTON .............................................. 2633................Harvard ............................................................. 2534.............. CALIFORNIA ................................................ 2435................Princeton ........................................................... 2306................Brown ............................................................... 2197................Northeastern ..................................................... 2118................Boston ............................................................... 1989................Syracuse ........................................................... 18710..............Dartmouth College .............................................. 17611..............U.S. Naval Academy ........................................... 16412..............Cornell ................................................................ 14713............ STANFORD ................................................. 14414..............Wisconsin ........................................................... 12715..............George Washington ............................................ 11916..............Columbia ........................................................... 10717............ OREGON STATE ............................................ 9818..............Pennsylvania ........................................................ 8419..............Florida Institute of Technology ............................... 8020..............Colgate ................................................................ 6521..............Drexel .................................................................. 5422..............Georgetown ......................................................... 5023..............Hobart College ...................................................... 3924..............St. Joseph’s ......................................................... 2625..............California, San Diego ............................................... 6

Other Receiving Votes: Marist College, Temple University, Bates Col-lege, MIT, Santa Clara University.

PAC-12 IN THE RANKINGS

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PREVIOUS PAC-12 ROWING CHAMPIONS

WOMEN’S TEAM CHAMPIONS

1987 . . . . . . . Washington 1988 . . . . . . . Washington 1989 . . . . . . . Washington 1990 . . . . . . . UCLA 1991 . . . . . . . UCLA 1992 . . . . . . . Washington 1993 . . . . . . . Washington 1994 . . . . . . . California 1995 . . . . . . . Washington 1996 . . . . . . . Washington 1997 . . . . . . . Washington 1998 . . . . . . . Washington 1999 . . . . . . . Washington 2000 . . . . . . . Washington 2001 . . . . . . . Washington 2002 . . . . . . . Washington 2003 . . . . . . . Washington 2004 . . . . . . . California 2005 . . . . . . . California 2006 . . . . . . . California 2007 . . . . . . . USC 2008 . . . . . . . California 2009 . . . . . . . California 2010 . . . . . . . California 2011 . . . . . . . California 2012 . . . . . . . California 2013 . . . . . . . California 2014 . . . . . . . Stanford 2015 . . . . . . . California 2016 . . . . . . . California 2017 . . . . . . . Washington 2018 . . . . . . . Washington

MEN’S TEAM CHAMPIONS

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NCAA/IRA TEAM CHAMPIONS FROM THE PAC-12

NCAA WOMEN’S TEAM CHAMPIONS

1997 ..................................................WASH1998 .................................................. WASH2001 .................................................. WASH2005 .................................................. WASH2006 .................................................... CAL2009 .................................................. STAN2016 .................................................... CAL2017 .................................................. STAN2018 .................................................... CAL

INTERCOLLEGIATE TEAM CHAMPIONS FROM THE PAC-12 (MEN’S EIGHT)(IRA: pre-1979, 97-current; Cincinnati Regatta: 1982-96)

1923 ..................................................WASH1924 ..................................................WASH1926 ..................................................WASH1928 ....................................................CAL1932 ....................................................CAL1934 ....................................................CAL1935 ....................................................CAL1936 ..................................................WASH1937 ..................................................WASH1939 ....................................................CAL1940 ..................................................WASH1941 ..................................................WASH1948 ..................................................WASH1949 ....................................................CAL1960 ....................................................CAL1961 ....................................................CAL1964 ....................................................CAL1970 ..................................................WASH1976 ....................................................CAL1984 ..................................................WASH1997 ..................................................WASH1999 ....................................................CAL2000 ....................................................CAL2001 ....................................................CAL2002 ....................................................CAL2006 ....................................................CAL2007 ..................................................WASH2009 ..................................................WASH2010 ....................................................CAL2011 ..................................................WASH2012 ..................................................WASH2013 ..................................................WASH2014 ..................................................WASH2015 ..................................................WASH2016 ....................................................CAL

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PAC-12 IN THE OLYMPICS

The Pac-12 has established itself as the most dominant Olympic sports conference in the country, laying claim to 360 medals in the last five Olympiads. In the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, Conference representatives collected 55 medals (25 gold, 13 silver, 17 bronze), a total that would have ranked fifth in the overall medal count by country. 29 current and former men’s and women’s rowers from the Pac-12 competed at the 2016 Olympics. Four former Pac-12 standouts earned one gold, one silver and one bronze

2016 OLYMPIANS

WOMEN’S ROWINGCalifornia: Cory Bosworth, Bermuda (women’s coach); Cailiegh Filmer, Canada; Laurel Korholz, USA (women’s assistant coach).Oregon State: Devery Karz, USA.Stanford: Elle Logan, USA; Grace Luczak, USA; Chierika Ukoga, Nigeria.UCLA: Meaghan Volker, Australia.USC: Anna Wierzbowska, Poland.Washington: Megan Kalmoe, USA; Adrienne Martelli, USA; Patricia Obee, Canada; Kerry Simmonds, USA; Katelin Snyder, USA. Washington State: Nicole Hare, Canada; Lisa Roman, Canada.

MEN’S ROWINGCalifornia: Will Dean, Canada; Nareg Guregian, USA; Marko Marjonvic, Serbia; Olivier Siegelaar, Netherlands; Stanford: Austin Hack, USA; Natan Wegrzycki-Szymczyk, Poland.Washington: Will Crother, Canada; Sam Dommer, USA; Rob Gibson, Canada; Conlin McCabe, Canada; Rob Munn, USA; Sam Ojserkis, USA; Hans Struzyna, USA.

Gold Medals: Silver Medals: Bronze MedalsEight (W): USA - Lightweight Double Sculls (W): Canada Eight (M): Netherlands Elle Logan, STAN; Kerry Simmonds, WASH Patricia Obee, WASH Olivier Siegelaar, CAL