1998 NCAA ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS
May 29-31, 1998
Lake Lanier
Gainesville, Georgia
Women's Crew Repeats as NCAA Team and Varsity 8 Champions
Huskies dominate field en route to 1998 title.
May 31, 1998
LAKE LANIER, Ga. (AP) -- Fittingly, for the second year in a row, the NCAA
Women's Rowing Championship came down to the final
race. Following the Fours and Varsity II (junior varsity)
competition, Washington, Brown and Virginia were
deadlocked for first place with 43 points each. The only
three schools from the team competition to qualify all three
boats in the finals, the top finisher among the three in the
Varsity I race was set to take home the championship
trophy.
Rowing into a stiff headwind the Huskies exploded off of
the start line. Within the first 100 meters Washington built a
half-boat lead with Michigan and Brown in pursuit. The
Huskies crossed the 500-meter mark with a four-seat lead
over Michigan.
"We didn't know about the three-way tie at the start of our
race," said senior Denni Nessler. "Our plan was to get off
the line strong and to get out in front of everyone."
The Husky Fours finished fourth at the NCAAs in only their third race as a team. The Fours are (from left): Noelle Anderson, Adriana Geyser, Nicole Rogers, Nicole Borges, Lara Tilmanis (coxswain).
Washington's Junior Varsity 8 crew sprinted past Brown in the final 500 meters of their championship race to claim second place at the NCAA finals.
The Husky Junior Varsity 8 show off their second place plaques.
