MISSION BAY – The No. 2 California men's rowing team had its freshmen 8+ complete in two finals at the San Diego Crew Classic in Mission Bay on Sunday afternoon. The Golden Bears won the varsity 8+ Cal Cup before barely getting edged out later in the afternoon in the open 8+ Anderson Borthwick Memorial Trophy.
 
In the Cal Cup final, Cal jumped ahead and took a half-boat lead by the 500-meter mark over UCSD. The Bears slowly extended their lead over the second half of the race and took an open-water lead over Gonzaga, who pushed past the Tritons for second place, and cruised to the win in a time of 5:58.607.
 
In the Anderson Borthwick Memorial Trophy Final, the Bears and Club Nautico de San Juan separated themselves from the pack right off the start and were even with each other through the 500-meter mark. San Juan took a two-seat lead at the halfway mark. Cal maintained contact all the way through the second half of the race and made a move to push past San Juan but ultimately came up just short finishing less than a second behind San Juan in a time of 5:55.357.

"Four 2Ks in two days can be a lot and I think the freshmen handled it really well," Cal assistant coach Brandon Shald said. "Being the freshmen eight, I think the thing that was great is we've really focused on the middle part of the race and putting emphasis on starts as well. They haven't done anything for sprint or any sort of lifting and the fact that they got organized and had the ability to do that without ever rehearsing was the best part of the best part of the weekend."

 
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The Bears will co-host the Cal/Stanford Invitational April 5-6 at the Redwood Shores.          
 
Sunday Results
 
V8+ Cal Cup Final
1. Cal - 5:58.607
2. Gonzaga – 6:01.497
3. UCSD - 6:04.539
4. San Diego - 6:08.592
5. UCLA - 6:10.506
6. Marietta College - 6:17.943    
7. UC Davis - 6:20.116
8. UCSB - 6:35.126
 
Open 8+ Anderson Borthwick Memorial Trophy Final
1. Club Nautico De San Juan - 5:54.952
2. Cal – 5:55.357
3. Potomac Rowing Club - 6:27.613
 
Saturday Results
 
Cal Cup heat 1
1. Cal - 5:55.344
2. UCSB - 6:24.870
3. UC Irvine - 6:34.680
 
Open 8+ Anderson Borthwick Memorial Trophy Prelim
1. Cal - 5:57.886
2. Club Nautico De San Juan - 6:12.002       
3. Potomac Rowing Club - 6:28.307
4. Community Rowing Inc. - 8:07.492
 
Freshmen 8+ Lineup
Coxswain – Jake Bazulto
8. Osian James
7. Nat Gauden
6. Alec Wild
5. James O'Meara
4. Andreas Simoni
3. Johannes Benien
2. Xavier Gagnon
1. Leo Shetler
 
 
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