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Rowing closes season with 6th place finish in Pac-12 championship

UCLA rowing finished sixth at the Pac-12 championship, failing to qualify for the NCAA championship. (Daily Bruin file photo)

By Zoe Moskowitz

May 25, 2021 5:57 p.m.

The Bruins’ season has come to a close.

UCLA rowing finished in sixth place with a score of 17.5 in the Pac-12 championship at Lake Natoma. No. 1 Washington took home the trophy with a total score of 44.5, followed by No. 4 Stanford in second with a total of 40 and No. 7 California in third with a score of 31.5.

The second varsity eight crew had the best finish of the day, placing in fourth with a time of 6:56.7. The varsity eight and varsity four finished in sixth with times of 7:02.1 and 8:13.4, respectively, while the Bruins’ third varsity eight finished in fifth with a time of 7:21.3.

Junior port Paula Jaramillo – who rows on the second varsity eight boat – attributed the team-best success to their competitiveness and the unique connection they have built this year.

“The second varsity eight is a very special boat because of all of the hours of training, but also we just developed a very special bond throughout this season,” Jaramillo said. “We care and trust each other and every single person on that boat is so competitive and fierce.”

The Bruins’ performance did not qualify them for the NCAA postseason, so the Pac-12 championship race marked the end of their season. UCLA has not made an appearance in the postseason since 2014.

The meet also marked the end of 13 seniors’ careers as Bruins.

Senior starboard Leila Bernstein said that although the team met its goal of beating USC, the end of the day was filled with a mix of emotions – both disappointment at the end of the 2021 season and pride for what UCLA accomplished.

“We definitely wanted to beat USC, which we did, which was good, but there were mixed emotions,” Bernstein said. “You obviously had some of the seniors who were upset, but I think the coaches were very supportive of us, proud of us, and they said, ‘You know, we have done what we had come here to do.’”

The Bruins will begin their next season in spring 2022, with six international freshmen, as well as the incoming class of new recruits, joining the team in Westwood.

Jaramillo is looking forward to next season when the full team can come together and continue to build on the culture.

“I am so excited for next year – I think that this program is going to continue to get faster, and the freshmen and all the international freshmen who couldn’t join us this last year (will) come and raise the standard,” Jaramillo said. “I am more excited to continue spreading that energy that we have cultivated this year of love and trust and, of course, speed.”

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Zoe Moskowitz | Sports contributor
Moskowitz is currently a Sports contributor on the men's tennis beat. She was previously a reporter on the men's water polo beat.
Moskowitz is currently a Sports contributor on the men's tennis beat. She was previously a reporter on the men's water polo beat.
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