OCC third

The Orange Coast College varsity eight boat remained near the lead

with UC Davis and Gonzaga, but faded in the final 500 meters and

finished third in the 2,000-meter final Sunday at the Western

Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships on Lake Natoma.

OCC finished in 6:08.3, behind UC Davis (6:00.8) and Gonzaga

(6:02.2). The OCC boat included Ryan Costelloe, Chris Lentini, Odcar

Correa, Wes Temple, John Zeiser, Will Harris, Tom Redoutey, Nick

D’Antoni and coxswain Kate Mead.

The Pirates won the novice A division in 6:10.7, nearly four

seconds faster than runner-up UC Davis. The winning OCC boat included

Matt Chapman, Zack Papas, Russ McShane, Jeff Urelland, Jake Carr,

J.T. Eger, Brian Moran, Fred Fielding and coxswain Ashley Thomas.

UC Irvine was second (6:24.9) and OCC third (6;26.7) in the junior

varsity eight final won by UC Davis.

OCC was also second in the second novice eight race, finishing in

6:25.0, just more than eight seconds behind UC Davis.