LAKE NATOMA, Calif. – The Gaels took to the water on Saturday at the WCC Championship as junior Kelsey Shinn and sophomore Emily Sprigings from the Varsity Eight boat both earned spots on the All-Conference team.

The Gaels secured fifth place and a total of 17 points in the Championship standings just behind the Portland Pilots and ahead of Creighton. The second Varsity Four boat kicked off the competition as they raced a time of 8:17.73 for fifth place and came in only nine seconds behind Gonzaga. Next up, the Varsity Four boat recorded a sixth place finish (8:25.71) before the second Varsity Eight boat place fifth with a 7:16.79 finish time. In the last race, the Varsity Eight boat took fifth place (6:58.51) and rounded out the day for the Gaels.

FINAL 2019 WCC CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS

1.	Gonzaga	40 points
2.	San Diego	34 points
3.	LMU	34 points
4.	Portland	24 points
5.	Saint Mary's	17 points
6.	Creighton	13 points
7.	Santa Clara	5 points

 
2019 ALL-WEST COAST CONFERENCE WOMEN'S ROWING TEAM

CREIGHTON	McKinley Wilson, Mary Stanley
GONZAGA	Lauren English, Lindey English, Zoe Calambokidis, Lauren McCallum
LMU	Ellery Martin, Lauren Compeau
PORTLAND	Veronica Nicacio, Lauren Jesse
SAINT MARY'S	Emily Sprigings, Kelsey Shinn
SAN DIEGO	Kadee Sylla, Clare Adams, Kira McPohlin
SANTA CLARA	Leila Chihab, Mollie Mertes