July 14, 2000
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THE UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA July 14, 2000 |
| The University of Victoria will be engraved on the venerable Sports Council Cup, thanks to the Vikes women’s eights Henley victory at Henley-on-Thames, England, earlier this month. The Vikes captured the open women’s title wiath a three-quarter length victory in the dual race format over an Upper Thames Rowing Club/Kinston combination crew. The time over the 1,500- “We knew we had to go hard in the first 500 metres and neutralize their course advantage,” says coach Rick Crawley. “The team executed the plan perfectly, actually leading slightly after 500 metres.” Earlier in the day, the UVic women faced Britain’s U23 crew racing as University of London/Tyrian and won a hard-fought battle by half a length in a time of 5.01 minutes. “Henley rowing is quite unique,” says Vikes coxswain Carolyn Rudden. “Posts mark the course from start to finish with log booms in between. If you hit one in the narrow two-lane course, you’re history.” The course was lined with 50,000 people along the tow path, cheering on the crews. The Vikes will next compete at the Henley Royal where they will face a challenge from Washington and the University of Virginia, who are the second and third-ranked crews in the U.S. |