USC Women's Rowing Defeats UCLA in Crosstown Dual

MARINA DEL REY, CALIF. — The USC women's rowing team defeated UCLA 3.5-3 in the annual dual on Sunday (May 13). This victory over the Bruins extends USC's overall record competing against UCLA to 19-1. The Trojans were presented with the inaugural Amy Fuller Kearney-Lori Guerro Azbill Trophy for the UCLA-USC City Dual after the regatta. The Amy Fuller Kearney-Lori Guerro Azbill trophy commemorates former USC assistant coach Lori Guerro Azbill and long time UCLA coach Amy Fuller Kearney. 

"Today was another great race day," said head coach Josh Adam. "Thank you to UCLA for hosting a great regatta. And it was fun to race for the inaugural Trophy for this dual. Our depth in the 3V8, 1V4, and 2V8 showed how far we've come in a year. The 1V8 race was a tough one from wire to wire. We made some adjustments this past week and we learned some things about how those adjustments came through in racing. We see UCLA again in two weeks at the crew classic along with some other great crews. It's early season racing; but, as ever, the PAC-12 conference is full of speed."  

For a list of boatings and final times, see below.  

The dual was scored with the following system: the Varsity Eight race was worth three points, the Second Varsity Eight race was worth two points, the Varsity Four was worth one point, and the Third Varsity Eight were worth half a point.   

The Third Varsity Eight hit the water first and defeated UCLA's boat by a decisive nine seconds. USC's final time of 6:48.23 gave them the first half point of the day.  

The Varsity Four race was next on the water. The Trojan's crew defeated the Bruin's Crew by a whopping 14 second margin. USC's final time of 7:14.48 secured one point.   

Up next, the Trojan and Bruin Second Varsity Eight boats prepared to compete. The Second Trojan Eight boat placed first with a time of 6:35.45 to put another two points on the board for the Trojans.  

The Varsity Eight would close out the morning of racing as the Trojans fell to the Bruins by one second. USC's final time of 6:13.90 gave the Bruins their only three points of the day. Making the final score of USC with three and a half points  to UCLA's three points.  

The Women of Troy will now prepare to travel to San Diego, Calif. . for the San Diego Crew Classic on March 26 and March 27.  

USC-UCLA Dual
Marina del Rey, Calif.
Sunday, March 13, 2022