The San Diego Crew Classic gets its party started on Mission Bay Friday afternoon, so consider this your reminder that the Classic is now a three-day event. That change last year allowed the once eights-only Crew Classic to continue expanding, and the Masters Quad event they added proved popular enough to merit a full progression this year: heats on Friday with Saturday Finals.
Information on how to watch the regatta's Youtube coverage is included below, but if you plan to go enjoy the racing--along with the vendors, food trucks and beer tent--in person, you will need a ticket for admission to Crown Point. Tickets can be purchased here, and be sure to check here for parking tips and here for the hospitality options, including Brunch by the Bay and the VIP tents.
The Friday racing will feature mostly masters finals--and what better way to start a weekend of racing at the beach than to get your final out of the way--but will wrap up with the first-ever ACRA Collegiate Invite. That new event encourages ACRA club teams to make the trip by giving them a chance to race an ACRA-only final on the first day before doubling up into the Collegiate Cal Cup events where club and varsity teams compete together.
Those Cal Cup heats will be a highlight mid-morning Saturday, along with the heats for the top NCAA women's programs racing in the premier Jessop-Whittier Cup event. Three ranked teams from the latest CRCA poll make the trip this year: #3 Washington, #4 Texas--winners of the Jessop-Whittier a year ago--and #7 Cal will race SMU, Washington State, Notre Dame and the University of San Diego.
On the men's side, 16 colleges entered the Cal Cup, but for folks looking for news on the men's premier event--the Copley Cup--that will be college-free this year. The top race for men will instead feature a crew from the UK Armed Forces, a club making their Crew Classic debut, against a group of mostly Brown alums racing as Club Nautico de San Juan in a final-only race on Sunday.
Saturday's college racing--to include JV, 3V, novice and fours heats as well--will get bracketed by youth rowers: U16s and the quads in the morning, and then afternoon builds towards those Masters Quad finals with the racing for the youth eights. With 19 youth women's eights and 13 youth men's eights and nearly as many B crews in their own event, this is by far the biggest age category at the regatta.
On Sunday, all the A Finals will run first, from 7:15am until 12:30pm, with B Finals starting at 1:10 pm.
You can check out all the entries along with times for heats and finals at the links below, and the schedule is the best way to track down where all of the masters, club, and adaptive racing fits into the weekend with the college and junior crews.
How to Watch
Streaming will be available on Youtube (all times Pacific):
For college fans, here are your key times to tune in
The Youth Quad heats run Saturday starting at 8:11am, with Sunday A finals set for 8:03 (women) and 8:11 (Men); while the Youth Eight heats start Saturday at 2:00pm, with Sunday A finals at 11:50 (Women) and 11:58 (Men).
Check back with row2k for photo galleries and reports on the racing throughout the weekend.
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