AMONG THE BEST IN THE NORTHWEST
Rowing for a conference championship last week, the Loggers showed the rest of the Northwest why they are among the elite in the region, winning the men’s title and finishing a close second on the women’s side. This week, the Loggers stay home for the annual Meyer-Lamberth Cup against Pacific Lutheran.
Last Week
The Puget Sound Logger men's crew program ran away with a conference title while the women's program battled with Western Washington, taking second at the Northwest Collegiate Rowing Conference Championships on Saturday at Vancouver Lake.
With less-than-ideal conditions, the Logger men won all but one race they entered to collect 42 points. Western Washington was the next closest of the six other schools competiting, finishing with 25 points. The titles is the Loggers 'sixth NCRC championship in the last eight years, including five straight from 2001-05.
On the women's side, the Loggers, ranked sixth in Division III, battled the three-time national champion Vikings in nearly every race. WWU took both Varsity 8+ races by about five seconds each time. The Loggers collected wins in the 2nd Novice 4 and the 2nd Novice 8+. Puget Sound finished with 52.5 points while the Vikings won their fourth straight NCRC title with 60.5 points. Lewis & Clark took third with just 20 points.
In the National Rankings
The Logger women jumped back up to sixth in last week’s Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association/USRowing national poll. Trinity (Conn.) and Williams each received five first place votes to tie for the top spot.
In the cMax Ratings, which predicts where boats would finish, the Loggers are ranked third, 11.6 seconds back of Trinity and 9.1 seconds back of Williams.
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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