ROWING HOSTS THE WIRA CHAMPIONSHIPS THIS WEEKEND ON LAKE NATOMA

Athletics News


Apr 26, 2017





Race schedule & lane assignments/live race resultsLive video stream of the eventGOLD RIVER, Calif. – The Sacramento State women's varsity eight, second varsity eight, novice eight and a pair of varsity four boats will each compete at this weekend's 31-school Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association (WIRA) Championships at the Sacramento State Aquatic Center on Lake Natoma.For the fourth straight year, the WIRA regatta will not serve as Sacramento State's conference championship as the program is currently in the American Athletic Conference. Prior to 2014, the WIRA's served as the Hornets' conference championship event.Saturday's schedule consists of 53 races (26 on the women's side, 27 on the men's side) beginning at 8 a.m. and continuing until approximately 5:10 p.m. Sunday's competition, which includes the grand final for every event, consists of 28 races (15 on the women's side, 13 on the men's side) beginning at 8 a.m. and running until 12:40 p.m. The awards ceremony will take place approximately 20-30 minutes after the conclusion of Sunday's final race.A total of seven schools will challenge for this year's Div. I varsity eight championship, consisting of No. 1 seed Stanford Lightweights, No. 2 San Diego State, No. 3 Loyola Marymount, No. 4 Sacramento State, No. 5 Saint Mary's, No. 6 Santa Clara and No. 7 Seattle. Each of the seven boats will be racing in a heat on Saturday at 8:50 a.m. for lane placement in the grand final on Sunday at 9 a.m.Over the last 18 years in varsity eight action, the Hornets' top boat has four first-place finishes (2000-01, 2006, 2010) at the WIRA Championships, five second-place finishes (1999, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2014), four third-place finishes (2005, 2011-12, 2016), three fourth places finishes (2003, 2007, 2015), a fifth-place (2013) and a sixth-place finish in 2008.Sacramento State will also compete in the second varsity eight heat on Saturday at 9:20 a.m. Five boats will race in the heat for lane placement in Sunday's grand final at 9:30 a.m. Those boats are No. 1 seed Stanford Lightweights, No. 2 San ...

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