SAN DIEGO, Calif. (April 6, 2024) – The Washington State women's rowing team had a strong day on the water with a pair of second place finishes and a third-place finish to advance to the Sunday finals in all three events.
In their first race of the morning, the Cougar varsity eight finished in second with a time of 6:48.27 behind the University of Washington (6:37.92) and in front of Southern Methodist (7:04.64). The teams remained close, keeping around a boat's length between each other for most of the race before Washington pulled away from WSU in the final 200 meters, while the Cougs were able to pull away from SMU.