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SEATTLE – Seattle Pacific begins its 33rd season of intercollegiate crew competition on Saturday, March 20. The Falcons row in their annual dual regatta against Pacific Lutheran on American Lake in Lakewood, Wash. The opening event on the six-race card starts at 7:40 a.m.

Saturday's schedule begins with the men's varsity eight race at 7:40 a.m. and concludes with the men's varsity four event at 9:25 a.m.

Last year's dual regatta was hosted by the Falcons on the Lake Washington Ship Canal. SPU swept all five races by decisive margins on Mar. 21, 2009. The SPU women's varsity eight registered a time of 7-minutes, 24.52-seconds in its initial outing while PLU was a distant second in 7:57.08.

The Falcons were also victorious in the women's varsity and second varsity four events. The SPU men defeated the Lutes in varsity four and novice four races.

Keith Jefferson is in his 20th year as head coach of the Falcons crews. He took over the head coaching post prior to the 1990-91 season after serving as an assistant on the staff since 1987. Jefferson was an SPU oarsman from 1980 to 1983.

Last season, Jefferson directed the SPU women's eight to a third-place performance at the NCAA Division II Championships.

Six rowers and sophomore coxswain Annie Mulder return from last year's bronze-medal varsity eight boat. The returning rowers are: Katie Degner, Katja Ibsen, Eleni Johnsen, Emily Pitts, Lacey Sheridan and Katy Stine. All but Johnsen will compete in the Falcons' varsity eight on Saturday.

On the men's side, SPU returns the bow pair from its varsity four crew that placed fourth at the 2009 Northwest Collegiate Rowing Conference (NCRC) championships. Carter Swanson, now a senior, occupied the bow last season while sophomore David Peterson rowed in the No. 2 seat. Peterson will assume the stroke seat in the Falcons varsity eight boat and Swanson rows in the No. 7 position.

The PLU dual is the first of eight regattas on the 2010 schedule for the Seattle Pacific crews. The season concludes for the men at the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association (WIRA) Championships, May 1-2 in Rancho Cordova, Calif.

The Falcons seek to make consecutive appearances in the NCAA Regatta for the first time in school history.

The final regatta on the women's slate is the NCAA Championships, May 28-30 also on Lake Natoma in Rancho Cordova.

Next week, the Seattle Pacific crews return to American Lake for the annual Daffodil Cup, Saturday, March 27 at 9 a.m. That regatta features numerous collegiate crews from throughout the Northwest, including PLU, Puget Sound, Western Washington and Washington State along with many others.


SEATTLE PACIFIC – PACIFIC LUTHERAN DUAL SCHEDULE
(all races 2,000 meters)

7:40 a.m. – Men's Varsity Eight
7:50 a.m. -- Women's Varsity Four
8:00 a.m. – Women's Novice/Second Varsity Four
8:25 a.m. – Men's Novice Four
9:20 a.m. – Women's Varsity Eight
9:25 a.m. -- Men's Varsity/Lightweight Four


SEATTLE PACIFIC LINEUPS

RACE 1 (7:40 am) -- Men's Varsity Eight
Shell: Tharreo
cox – Jarvin Garcia (Fr./North Plains, Ore.)
stroke – David Peterson (So./Spokane, Wash.)
7 – Carter Swanson (Sr./Littleton, Colo.)
6 – Greg Ballard (Jr./Wenatchee, Wash.)
5 – Donovan Fisk (Fr./Santa Barbara, Calif.)
4 – Wes Plinke (So./Hillsboro, Ore.)
3 – Phillip Mach (So./Seattle, Wash.)
2 – Dain Carley (So./Maple Valley, Wash.)
bow – Will Kolb (So./Hesperus, Colo.)

RACE 2 (7:50 am) -- Women's Varsity Four
Shell: Cherubim
cox – Annie Mulder (So./Grand Rapids, Mich.)
stroke – Katy Stine (So./South Berwick, Maine)
3 – Emily Pitts (Jr./Normandy Park, Wash.)
2 – Lacey Sheridan (Jr./Sacramento, Calif.)
bow – Kristin Lorenzen (So./Beaverton, Ore.)

RACE 3 (8:00 am) -- Women's Novice Four
Shell: Seraphim
cox – Missy Spoelstra (So./Highland, Calif.)
stroke – Dani Ferrigno (Fr./Kirkland, Wash.)
3 – Sarah Lanter (Fr./Woodinville, Wash.)
2 – Belle Fritsch (Fr./Geneva, Ill.)
bow – Mackenzie Oscar (So./Bellevue, Wash.)

RACE 4 (8:25 am) -- Men's Novice Four
Shell: Steadfast
cox – Jarvin Garcia (Fr./North Plains, Ore.)
stroke – Dain Carley (So./Maple Valley, Wash.)
3 – Wes Plinke (So./Hillsboro, Ore.)
2 – Phillip Mach (So./Seattle, Wash.)
bow – Matt Norgren (So./Eden Prairie, Minn.)

RACE 5 (9:20 am) -- Women's Varsity Eight
Shell: J & P
cox – Annie Mulder (So./Grand Rapids, Mich.)
stroke – Katie Degner (Sr./Hillsboro, Ore.)
7 – Emily Pitts (Jr./Normandy Park, Wash.)
6 – Katy Stine (So./South Berwick, Maine)
5 – Lauren Anderson (Jr./Fort Collins, Colo.)
4 – Lacey Sheridan (Jr./Sacramento, Calif.)
3 – Katja Ibsen (So./Livermore, Calif.)
2 – Kristin Lorenzen (So./Beaverton, Ore.)
bow – Alli Agnew (Fr./Issaquah, Wash.)

RACE 6 (9:25 am) -- Men's Varsity Four
Shell: Steadfast
cox – Jarvin Garcia (Fr./North Plains, Ore.)
stroke – Dain Carley (So./Maple Valley, Wash.)
3 – Wes Plinke (So./Hillsboro, Ore.)
2 – Phillip Mach (So./Seattle, Wash.)
bow – Will Kolb (So./Hesperus, Colo.)

RACE 6 (9:25 am) -- Men's Lightweight Four
Shell: Seraphim
cox – Kristi Tamaki (Jr./Santa Barbara, Calif.)
stroke – David Peterson (So./Spokane, Wash.)
3 – Carter Swanson (Sr./Littleton, Colo.)
2 – Greg Ballard (Jr./Wenatchee, Wash.)
bow – Donovan Fisk (Fr./Santa Barbara, Calif.)