ROW ON YOU BEARS! Defending IRA champ, California Golden Bears started the season in dominant (even if fully expected) fashion by winning all 5 events at the San Diego Crew Classic last weekend: Third Varsity 8, Freshman 8, Second Varsity 8, and Varsity 8 (5:35.50 in a course record to beat Yale and Stanford) all won their respective events with phenomenal time (by 5+ seconds in the most competitive races). In the final Open event, Freshman 8 just edged Third Varsity 8 for that win.
Before the event (but after my crew preview has been written), I heard back from Calympian Scott Frandsen, who is also the associate head coach on the team.