Beavers Race to Three Wins in Fall Opener

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Oregon State men's rowing team got its fall season off to a fast start Sunday registering a three wins at the Portland Fall Classic in interim head coach Gabe Winkler’s debut at the helm of the Beavers’ rowing program.

“It was a solid day overall,” Winkler said. “I’m pretty happy with how things went especially with the new guys. The freshmen, in their first college race, had a really solid day.”

Racing with even lineups, Winkler sent three Varsity 8 crews out to race on the 5,000-meter course along the Willamette River Sunday morning. The OSU ‘A’ boat coxed by Jacqueline Logsdon raced to victory with a time of 15-minutes, 48.86-seconds, seven seconds ahead of the Beavers’ ‘B’ boat coxed by Eric Sumner.

OSU’s ‘C’ coxed by Ben Augeri, which raced in the Junior Varsity field posted the third-fastest time of the day overall at 16:00.80 winning the JV race.

Oregon State also put four freshmen in the Varsity 4+ coxed by Zackerie Moffitt, which covered the course in 18:01.22 to earn a gold medal finish.

“Everything went in the right direction today and now we’ve got a few days to get ready for next weekend. It’s a big one.”

The Beavers return to competition next Saturday at the Head of the Lake regatta in Seattle.

RESULTS
Men's Collegiate Varsity 8+
1. Oregon State A 15:48.86
2. Oregon State B 15:55.94

Men’s Collegiate Junior Varsity 8+
1. Oregon State C 16:00.80

Men's Varsity 4+
1. Oregon State 18:01.22
2. Western Washington 18:12.95
3. Seattle Univ. 19:30.84
4. Oregon 19:58.76
5. Reed College 20:13.41

LINEUPS:
OSU Varsity 8 ‘A’
Cox – Jacqueline Logsdon
8 – Spencer Smith
7 – Josh West
6 – Michael Jagielski
5 – Kelly Murray
4 – Levent Arabaci
3 – Aidan Daly-Jensen
2 – Nile Dreiling
1 – Chris Dominic

OSU Varsity 8 ‘B’
Cox – Eric Sumner
8 – Bobby Vernazza
7 – Andrew Satterlee
6 – Grant Van Kampen
5 – Tyler MacDonald
4 – Jesse Maritz
3 – Collin Griffitts
2 – Alec Martin
1 – Max Cantrell
 
OSU Varsity 8 ‘C’
Cox – Ben Augeri
8 – Martin Forde
7 – Henry Prosser
6 – Nathan Smith
5 – Clark Fisher
4 – Rafael Gorriaran
3 – Taylor Heen
2 – Jack Brobston
1 – Nick Aerne

OSU Varsity 4+
Cox – Zackerie Moffitt
4 – Austin Erickson
3 – Baxter Call
2 – Sasha Kosek
1 – Callum Davies