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The Loyola Marymount University women's crew team won the Varsity 8 Cal Cup at the 004 San Diego Crew Classic on Sunday afternoon
lt;bgt;LMU Women's Varsity 8 won the 004 San Diego Crew Classiclt;/bgt;lt;brgt; The Loyola Marymount University women's crew team won the Varsity 8 Cal Cup at the 004 San Diego Crew Classic on Sunday afternoon. The Cal Cup Championship in the prestigious 31st Annual San Diego Crew Classic is the first in program history and places the Lions among the nation's best in the sport. lt;pgt; lt;Pgt;13; The Lions Varsity 8 team of Blake Boyer (coxswain), Sarah Daum, Erin Ludwig, Beth Henderson, Vanessa Glendenning, Naomi Hoogesteger, Lot Keijzer, Kathryn Holzberger and Caitlin McLain finished the Grand Final in a time of 7:1.70. LMU finished nearly four seconds faster than second place Miami and eight seconds better than third place UCLA. The Bruins had defeated the Lions in a head-to-head competition a week ago. lt;pgt; lt;Pgt;13; Clemson finished fourth (7:.89), Navy in fifth (7:4.89) and Louisville in sixth (7:3.93). LMU reached the Grand Final by posting the fastest time of the Heat races on Saturday. The Cal Cup featured 18 teams overall. lt;pgt; lt;Pgt;13; Also claiming a first place finish on Sunday was the LMU Men's Varsity 8. The Lions took first in the Cal Cup Third Race in a time of 6:9.. The Lions also edged out UCLA by over three seconds and Saint Mary's by just under four seconds. San Diego, UC San Diego and Arizona State rounded out the Cal Cup-Third finish. lt;pgt; lt;Pgt;13; The Women's JV8 raced in its finals on Saturday afternoon and finished third in the JV8 Third race. The Lions finished in a time of 7:17.76 edging out San Diego in a photo finish for third. Winning the event was Sacramento State in a time of 7:11.70. lt;pgt; lt;Pgt;13; lt;bgt;San Diego Crew Classiclt;/bgt;lt;brgt; The Gonzaga University women's varsity crew returned to form on Sunday morning as the Bulldogs won the 3rd Final at the 004 San Diego Crew Classic holding off their nearest challenger by twoseconds. Gonzaga will return to action on Saturday, April 10, as the Bulldogs host Western Washington University in a home regatta at Silver Lake on the outskirts of Spokane. Start time for that regatta will be released later this week.lt;pgt; In the 3rd Final all six boats got an even start as the tide was going against the crews on the Mission Bay course. Gonzaga and Colgate slowly pulled away from the competition with the Bulldogs racing in lane one and Colgate in lane four. With 00 meters remaining Gonzaga pulled away to finish with a time of 7:08.97, two-seconds ahead of Colgate at 7:10.94. San Diego, Temple, San Diego State and Santa Clara rounded out the field of six boats.lt;pgt; Gonzaga's varsity boat consisted of coxswain Courtney Serpa, stroke Maria Bokulich, Carolyn Schepper, Kari Durgan, Jessica Kocarnik, Kristi Aamodt, Karen O'Hagan, Jenni Cooper and bow Mariah Smith-Miloff.lt;pgt; 004 SAN DIEGO CREW CLASSIClt;brgt; (April 4, 004 - Mission Bay - ,000 meters)lt;brgt; Women's Cal Cup 3rd Finallt;brgt; 1. Gonzaga - 7:08.97lt;brgt; . Colgate - 7:10.94lt;brgt; 3. San Diego - 7:1.17lt;brgt; 4. Temple - 7:17.10lt;brgt; . San Diego State - 7:19.9lt;brgt; 6. Santa Clara - 7:.37lt;brgt; lt;Pgt;
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