LOWELL, Ore. – Both Stanford varsity eights beat Oregon State in their annual matchup, on Saturday at Dexter Lake in central Oregon.
Stanford raced three boats for the first time this season. The 1V8 and 2V8 earned 10-second victories over their Oregon State counterparts, followed by the 3V4+ in action for the first time, finishing fourth among a five-boat field.
Because of a mishap, the 1V8 had to be rerun. The Oregon State boat hit debris at 750 meters, and lost its skeg, causing the boat to veer off-course. The race was halted and restarted 40 minutes later.
Instead, Stanford's second varsity, with Wilder Fulford at stroke, became the opening-event winner.
However, the crosswind that benefited the Cardinal 2V8 changed to a headwind by the time the first varsity finally raced. In both the first and second varsity races, Stanford took control at 500 meters on the way to controlling the action.
Luke Smith, a freshman, rowed stroke for the Stanford 1V8 for the first time, after sitting in the bow seat in Stanford's most recent previous action, at the Pac-12 Invitational on April 6-7.
"We've trained hard for the last three weeks since the Pac-12 Invite, and we boated some new configurations of athletes in our Varsity and Second Varsity Eights today," said Ted Sobolewski, Stanford's Farwell Family Director of Men's Rowing. "We still have work to do, but there was definite progress across the board and we're happy to come away with wins in both eights."
Stanford next takes on Cal in the renewal of the Big Row at Redwood Shores on Saturday, May 4.
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Stanford vs. Oregon State
1V8+ -- 1, Stanford 5:59.0; 2, Oregon State 6:10.7.
2V8+ -- 1, Stanford 6:01.1; 2, Oregon State 6:11.5.
3V4+ -- 1, OSU 'A' 6:52.1; 2, OSU 'B' 6:52.6; 3, OSU 'C' 7:00.0; 4, Stanford 7:01.2; 5, OSU 'D' 7:06.4.
Stanford lineups vs. Oregon State
1V8
C: Kannan Alford
8: Luke Smith
7: Caspar Griffin
6: Jacopo Mascitelli
5: Tom Corbett
4: James Pullinger
3: Travis Senf
2: Hylton Harvey
1: James Fetter
2V8
C: Fleur Blase
8: Wilder Fulford
7: Sandro Scalfi
6: Arthur Scott
5: Schuyler Audley-Williams
4: Nick Woehrle
3: John Salvi
2: Tibor Thompson
1: Ben Felter
3V4+
C: Noah Tan
4: Joseph Guman
3: Joey O'Brien
2: Callen Berwick
1: Jack Griffin
