NCRC CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK

The Logger varsity boats took a break from competition last week but the novice rowers traveled up to Bellingham to take on Western Washington. This week, the entire team heads down to Vancouver for the NCRC Championships on Vancouver Lake.

Last Week

Taking on the three-time defending Division II national champions, the Puget Sound Logger novice rowers did a good job of competing with the Western Washington Vikings in a dual regatta on Lake Samish in Bellingham, Wash.

In the novice four, the Loggers raced two boats, finishing second and third to the Vikings. In the Novice 8+ races, the two squads split, with Western winning the first race by about 15 seconds and the Loggers taking the second race by about nine seconds.

In the National Rankings

The Logger women dropped one spot to seventh in last week's Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association/USRowing national poll. Trinity (Conn.) has the top ranked V8+ in DIII.

The Loggers at the NCAA Championships

The Loggers best finish at the national championships came in their first experience as they finished second at the 2003 championships.

Year - Finish (Champion)
2007 - Fourth (Williams)
2006 - Sixth (Williams)
2005 - Fourth (Ithaca)
2004 - Fourth (Ithaca)
2003 - Second (Colby)

The Coach

Sarah Canfield begins her third season as the Crew Program Director and Head Women's Coach at University of Puget Sound. She came to Washington after three years in Massachusetts, acting as the Novice coach for Boston College in 2004-2005 and Smith College from 2002-2004. While at Smith, she was also the Interim Head Coach for the fall season 2003.

The U.S. Rowing Level III certified coach has spent recent summers coaching community rowing programs, working with adult and junior rowers. She was the Head Coach of the Kenai Crewsers Rowing Club in Alaska for two seasons and has spent the past two summers coaching with Boulder Community Rowing in Colorado. She enjoys being able to combine coaching with her love of the outdoors, spending her free time mountain biking, camping or hiking with her dog Chloe.

Canfield graduated from the University of Kansas receiving her Masters in Social Welfare in 2002. She rowed for two years with the KU Club team and four years with the Jayhawk's Varsity Women's Rowing program. She was a four-time recipient of the Jayhawk Scholar award and member of the Commissioner's Honor Roll for the Big XII conference. She received the team's Senior Academic Award in 2002.

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