|
|
 |
|
April 20, 2008 PLU Boat Wins Women’s Pairs at NCRC Championships VANCOUVER, Wash. – Amber Iverson and Kat Jenkins provided the highlight for the Pacific Lutheran rowers when they won the Women’s Pairs race at the NCRC Championships held Saturday, April 19, on Vancouver Lake. In a race shortened to 1000 meters because of difficult course conditions brought on by bad weather, Iverson and Jenkins finished in a time of 4:44.05, beating the Humboldt State team by 1.03 seconds. The best finish by a PLU men’s boat came in the 2nd Varsity 4 where the Lutes placed second in a time of 3:47.73, 3.43 seconds behind the winning Puget Sound entry. Only one other PLU boat finished in the top three in its race, that coming in the women’s Varsity Lightweight 4, and the Lutes’ A and B boats actually finished third and fourth in that competition. “Conditions on the race course were horrible,” said PLU head coach Tone Lawver. At one point the races were postponed due to weather, and then the race course was shortened to one-half the distance after the fifth of 21 races. Pacific Lutheran finished in sixth place out of seven teams in both the women’s and men’s NCRC team standings. Western Washington won the women’s competition with 60.5 points. PLU finished with 17 points, one-half point behind fifth-place Humboldt State. On the men’s side, Puget Sound easily won with 42 points while the Lutes ended up with 9.5 points. Individually, PLU men’s coach Beth Henderson received co-coach of the year honors, while sophomore Shayna Horrocks and senior Justin Hull earned all-conference recognition. - PLU -
|