STANFORD, Calif. – The top-ranked Stanford lightweight rowing team will square off against the No. 2 Cal openweight squad in the 82nd edition of the Big Row on Saturday.
The Cardinal varsity eight will race against the 3V8 for the Golden Bears at 9:40 a.m. right after the Stanford 2V8 goes up against the Cal 4V8 at 9:30 a.m.
Last season when the two schools faced each other in the Big Row Stanford came out on top in both races. The varsity eight won by nearly 17 seconds and the 2V8 finished in first by 16 seconds.
Cal’s head coach is former Stanford head coach Al Acosta. The first-year head coach for the Golden Bears led the Cardinal lightweight program to four IRA National Championships in the last five years.
New head coach Derek Byrnes has Stanford firing on all cylinders. Last weekend the team captured three trophies at the WIRA Championships. The varsity eight is undefeated in seven races this spring and has the team atop the polls for the fifth straight week.
Complete coverage of this weekend’s races will be available on our twitter account @stanfordlwtcrew as well as on www.gostanford.com following the day’s events.
Schedule
A complete race schedule is linked to from this article.
Results
Race-by-race results will be available on twitter. Fans can follow @stanfordlwtcrew throughout the day for results.
Directions
The race course is located at the address: 3 Lagoon Drive, Redwood City, Calif. 94063
From US-101 take the Ralston Ave. exit and head East. The course will be 0.6 miles on the right hand side.
Admission
Admission is free of charge.