SEATTLE, Wash. – The Lewis & Clark Pioneers closed their 2024 fall season with the Head of the Lake Regatta, a highly attended event with a racecourse on the historic Montlake Cut.
THE BASICS
8:02 AM, Men's Collegiate JV 8+, 5th place, 17:55.6
8:07 AM, Women's Collegiate JV 8+, A boat, 6th place, 19:51.6
8:07 AM, Women's Collegiate JV 8+, B boat, 7th place, 21:23.5
HOW IT HAPPENED
Conditions were ideal for racing on Sunday morning with mild temperatures, overcast skies, and flat water on the course. Crews launched from the University of Washington boathouse into Union Bay and rowed up through the Montlake cut and Portage Bay into Lake Union to reach the start line.
The men's 8+ was the first race of the day for the Pioneers in the Men's Collegiate JV 8+ event, making it down the course in a time of 17:55.6. The Pioneers placed 5th in a 5-boat field, beating their time from 2023 and passing two boats on the course competing in the prior flight of the Men's Championship 8+. Sophie Homolka was at the helm for the Pioneers, with Lewis Grimes in stroke, Devon Hall in seven, Eliot Woods in six, Sam Hall in five, Caleb Novotny in four, Paul Kelly in three, Gavin O'Loughlin in two, and Jackson Sheire in the bow.
Lewis & Clark entered two eights in the Collegiate Women's JV 8+ event against a 7-boat field. The Pioneers A boat finished in 6th with a time of 19:51.6, followed by the Lewis & Clark B boat in seventh with a time of 21:23.5. Ella Radvany coxed the A boat, with Mariah Schafhausen in stroke, Roma Taylor in seven, Sadie Meredith-Andrews in six, Libby Barrese in five, Clare Kimmel in four, Lily Snider in three, Charlie Bastunskiy in two, and Zoe Mitchell in the bow. In the B Boat, Morgan Anderson sat in the driver's seat, with Carson Cook in stroke, Nora Barnard in seven, Sydney Case in six, Lyndsay Morris in five, junior-novice Emma Wind in four, freshman-novice Carmen Aaronson in three, Jocelyn Brandon in two, and Masha Glazneva the bow.
BY THE NUMBERS
- The Pioneers brought 10 novices on the trip to experience their first large-scale regatta
- All boats improved on the Lewis & Clark times from 2023, which positions returning athletes well for the spring
- The men's 8+ beat the Lewis & Clark 2023 time by 10 seconds
- The W Squad A boat beat the Lewis & Clark 2023 time by one second
- The W Squad B boat beat the Lewis & Clark 2023 time by 45 seconds
WHAT'S NEXT
The Pioneers close out their fall season with the Head of the Lake Regatta. They begin winter training later in the week to prepare for the start of the spring season in February.
