• Final Results (pdf)

VANCOUVER, Wash. – Two men's crews posted second-place finishes Saturday for the Seattle Pacific rowing team at the Northwest Collegiate Rowing Conference (NCRC) Invitational on Vancouver Lake.
 
The first-year Falcons continued an impressive start to the season with a second-place time of 7-minutes, 18.1-seconds in the men's novice four event. The only boat to beat them was NCAA Division I competitor Oregon State, which had a winning time of 7:02.5.
 
SPU crossed the finish line well ahead of Division II rivals Humboldt State (7:42.7) and Western Washington (8:34.5).
 
In an event rarely contested by the Falcons men, the first of two races for eight-oared varsities saw Oregon post a winning time of 6:41.5. SPU was second in 6:56.7 followed by Western Washington (7:03.9) and Puget Sound (7:04.3).
 
The top-three finishers in the men's varsity four competition crossed within seven seconds of each other. Western Washington was first with a time of 6:53.3, followed by Lewis & Clark (6:58.1), SPU (7:00.4) and Humboldt (7:11.1).
 
A pair of women's crews represented Seattle Pacific, including the eighth-ranked varsity eight that raced twice. The Falcons registered a time of 7:14.4 in the first of three heats and finished second to No. 2-ranked Humboldt State's winning mark of 6:58.6. Oregon was third in 7:43.0.
 
That heat result sent the SPU women into the petite final where they clocked a first-place time of 7:23.2. They edged second-place Willamette (7:24.5) by three seats.
 
Humboldt won the grand final (7:05.4) followed by Puget Sound (7:14.1), Lewis & Clark (7:19.2) and Pacific Lutheran (7:24.1).
 
The Falcons finished third in the women's varsity four event. Their time of 8:28.4 trailed race winner Humboldt State (7:47.6) and runner-up Puget Sound (8:20.0).
 
The SPU rowers travel even farther south next weekend, visiting Dexter Lake near Eugene, Ore. on April 14 for the annual Covered Bridge Regatta.
 
 
NCRC INVITATIONAL
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Vancouver Lake/Vancouver, Wash.
(all races 2,000 meters)
 
Men's Novice Four
1, Oregon State, 7:02.5; 2, Seattle Pacific, 7:18.1; 3, Humboldt State, 7:42.7; 4, Western Washington, 8:34.5.
 
Men's Varsity Eight
1, Oregon, 6:41.5; 2, Seattle Pacific, 6:56.7; 3, Western Washington, 7:03.9; 4, Puget Sound, 7:04.3.
 
Men's Varsity Four
1, Western Washington, 6:53.3; 2, Lewis & Clark, 6:58.1; 3, Seattle Pacific, 7:00.4; 4, Humboldt State, 7:11.1.
 
Women's Varsity Eight
Heat I -- 1, Humboldt State, 6:58.6; 2, Seattle Pacific, 7:14.4; 3, Oregon, 7:43.0.
Heat II – 1, Puget Sound, 7:09.9; 2, Lewis & Clark, 7:13.3; 3, Mills, 7:32.1.
Heat III – 1, Pacific Lutheran, 7:16.9; 2, Willamette, 7:19.7; 3, Chapman, 8:10.0.
Petite Final – 1, Seattle Pacific, 7:23.2; 2, Willamette, 7:24.5; 3, Humboldt State “B”, 7:25.5; 4, Mills, 7:36.0.
Grand Final – 1, Humboldt State, 7:05.4; 2, Puget Sound, 7:14.1; 3, Lewis & Clark, 7:19.2; 4, Pacific Lutheran, 7:24.1.
 
Women's Varsity Four
1, Humboldt State, 7:47.6; 2, Puget Sound, 8:20.0; 3, Seattle Pacific, 8:28.4.