SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With rain battering down all across Northern California, Saint Mary's rowing moved from Lake Natoma to the Port of Sacramento on Saturday for the Sacramento State Invite. With calmer conditions there, the Gaels were able to muscle their way to two second place finishes on the day, facing a lot of regional competition that they will be seeing more of as the season progresses.
 
In what goes in the books are their first official competition of the spring semester, the Gaels came out and earned a second place finish in the first varsity eight boat with a time of 7:03.3, a great time considering they were racing against the tide and with a slight crosswind. The Gaels second varsity eight boat finished with a time of 7:31.2, and in the varsity four race, the Gaels were second with a time of 8:34.2.
 
When looking at those results compared to how the Gaels did last year in the same event, the times are dramatically improved. SMC shaved off 27 seconds from last year in their 1v8+ boat, 18 seconds in the 2v8+ boat, and an impressive 42 seconds in their 1v4+ boat.
 
RESULTS
1v8+
1. Sacramento State - 6:57.5
2. Saint Mary's - 7:03.3
3. Portland - 7:05.5
4. Santa Clara - 7:33.5

2v8+
1. Sacramento State - 7:08.6
2. Portland - 7:26.6
3. Saint Mary's - 7:31.2
4. Sacramento State N8 - DNF

1v4+
1. Sacramento State - 8:07.7
2. Saint Mary's - 8:34.2
3. Portland - 8:42.9
 
LINEUPS
Event 1v8+                            2V8+                            1V4+
 
Boat  Evelyn                           Albert
                                     
Cox   Mavis Read-Kinney      Camille Bischoff          Madison Sciba
8       Emily Ferbet                 Danijela Concion         Madison Ciccolella
7       Olivia Watson               Carolyn Huckel            Kaitlin Quezon
6       Ella Heide                     Lea Glafkides              Kiki Koeppen
5       Emma Scanlan             Kendall Brazeel           Leah Ohms
4       Alyssa Teague              Vivian Hill       
3       Katherine Ferbet          Alyssa Terry        
2       Hathaway Scarpine      Ka'Nayah Landers-Daniels      
Bow  Faith Freligh                 Maddison Potts  
 
QUOTABLE
"Today was a great day of racing and learning for our team. We were excited to get ahead of conference rival Portland in the 1V8+ and the 1V4+ and get some valuable racing experience for a young 2V8+ that has shown a lot of upside. Our athletes did a great job managing a challenging few days with weather and race venue changes. Sac State put on a great race considering all the logistical challenges and we're looking forward to heading back to Sacramento next weekend to test our speed against some strong out of conference teams." – head coach, Brian Ebke
 
UP NEXT
Saint Mary's will be back in the same area next weekend for the Hornet Invite, once again hosted by Sacramento State, but this time taking place at Lake Natoma, where they were supposed to race this week. It's possible that event could get moved as well, with more stormy weather expected to continue, so stay tuned to SMCGaels.com for information about potential alterations to the schedule.