SEATTLE – Seattle Pacific's women's rowing team delivered a competitive showing at its lone home regatta of the season, highlighted by a photo-finish in the varsity 8+ and multiple strong performances across the morning on the Lake Washington Ship Canal.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The varsity 8+ had the most exciting race of the day in the first flight, narrowly missing second place to Cal Poly Humboldt by two-hundredths of a second with a time of 7:06.803.
• The novice 4+ had a solid first flight, taking second place behind Western Washington with a time of 8:36.975.
• The second flight opened with the second varsity 8+ race, where the Falcons posted an 8:18.287.
• The varsity 4+ improved on their time from the first flight to the second flight, posting an 8:29.350 in the mid-morning session.

BEYOND THE RESULTS

• On Friday, the Falcons honored Brittan Dalberg, Gem Gatmaytan, Aleksia Haugen, Emma Jones, Bella Lisenby, Amelia Pape, Lexi Roybal, and Racquel Wesley at a team dinner before their final home race with the Falcons.
• Friday night also featured the christening of SPU rowing's newest boat, Miss Claudia, which was donated to the program by Daryl Vanderpol and named after his wife.
• The end of the Falcon Regatta featured an alumni race, where the Falcons welcomed back graduates of the program to compete against current Falcons. 

LINEUPS
Varsity 8+ - c: Lexi Roybal, 8: Solanes Capps-Mace, 7: Amelia Pape, 6: Emma Jones, 5: Miriam Dykstra, 4: Grace Combs, 3: Emmerson Spencer, 2: Bella Lisenby, 1: Gem Gatmaytan
 
Varsity 4+ - c: Sasha Kolobovnikov, 4: Kaitlin Hollebeek, 3: Brittan Dalberg, 2: Elizabeth Chapman, 1: Mia Vittori
 
2 Varsity 4+ - c: Aleksia Haugen, 4: Racquel Wesley, 3: Rachael Termure, 2: Erica Fisher, 1: Faith Akutagawa
 
Novice 4+ - c: Freya Myers-Arnoult, 3: Angelina Termure, 3: Joy Hill, 4: Lexi Shrock, 1: Karisma Magana
 
2 Varsity 8+ - c: Aleksia Haugen, 8: Racquel Wesley, 7: Rachael Termure, 6: Erica Fisher, 5: Faith Akutagawa, 4: Lexi Shrock, 3: Joy Hill, 2: Angelina Termure, 1: Karisma Magana
 
UP NEXT
The Falcons travel across the country for the Florida DII Spring Invite on April 3-5, hosted by Embry-Riddle (FL) in Clermont, Fla.
 
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