The WSU Women's Rowing team is arriving today in Sacramento, CA to prepare for this weekend's NCAA Rowing Championships at Lake Natoma. The official site can be found here. Racing starts on Friday morning and continues until Sunday for Div I and II.

WSU's rowing website reports that there were cheers and tears when the announcement was made that WSU had qualified for the championships. Having talked with Carly within seconds of the announcement, I can personally attest to hearing both.

Here's a complete list of all of the teams that qualified along with the 4 at large Varsity 8 boats 

TEAMS
Brown
California
Harvard
Michigan State
Ohio State
Princeton
Tennessee
Virginia
Washington
Washington State
Wisconsin
Yale

AT-LARGE EIGHTS
Clemson
Michigan
Southern California
Stanford

Jamcotimes will do the live splits and results while the NCAA site will have a live webcast, but so far I can't figure out where to find it. I'm too worn out from yelling Go Cougs!

The Pac-10 final for men's and women's rowing is this weekend (Sunday) on Lake Natoma near Sacramento, CA. My daughter Carly's WSU Cougars are seeded 2nd after Cal and are currently ranked 4th in the nation. Winning won't be easy, but could set up a national championship run. Wow. I never dreamed I be the parent of an NCAA Division 1 athlete, let alone a potential national champion.

If you want to see the races you can get the schedule at the WSU Cougars link above and  get live streaming at Pac-10.org, but you have to register. I don't know if there's any other way, sorry. Good luck Carly and Go Cougs (that hurts to say as a Washington Husky).

On another personal note, my 8 year old, Ryan, qualified for the 2nd round of the local Pitch, Hit & Run competition and will be testing his pitching skills at Garfield High School on Saturday the 24th. Isn't succeeding vicariously through one's children great?

Not everything can be about real estate. My daughter, Carly, is a member of the 5th ranked WSU Women's Rowing Team (that's Washington State University). Last week the varsity 8 beat their cross state rivals, the UW Huskies (my alma mater), on the Husky's home course, RESULTS. Carly was in the varsity 4 boat which took a close third, good for her first outing of the year in a 4 person shell.

This week the team is headed to Stanford for a two day regatta, DETAILS. I wish I could be there but the Seattle real estate market appears to be picking up somewhat and I've got appointments Saturday and Sunday (plus who'd want to miss what may be the coldest April 19th and 20th in Seattle's history. They're predicting snow. Yea). 

If you've got a rower in your family I'd love to have you share your thoughts. Hanging with my kids last weekend on the Montlake Cut made for a near perfect Saturday moring. The Husky in me hates to say it but, GO COUGS!