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Rowing Can't Defend Title
Lions finish second in a tight race for annual Karen Hock-Hjelm Cup against rival UCLA.
Women's rowing has won two fo the last three Cup titles.

Women's rowing has won two fo the last three Cup titles.

April 1, 2003

Marina del Rey, Calif. - The Loyola Marymount University women's rowing team competed against marina rival, UCLA, Saturday for the Karen Hock-Hjelm Cup in Ballona Creek. The Bruins won varsity race to capture the Karen Hock-Hjelm Cup for the first time since its founding in 2001.

The Lions still lead the Cup series with a record of 2-1.

In the Women's Novice Eights, the LMU Novice 8 could not recover from a quick UCLA start, as they finished with a first-place time of 6:49.3. The real race, though, was for second place. At about 1250 meters into the race, LMU had a three-seat advantage over the UCLA 2N8 boat, but the Bruin second novice eight (7:17.3) came from behind to finish second. Loyola Marymount followed for third in 7:20.1.

For the Karen Hock-Hjelm Cup, the varsity crews put up a close race, but UCLA would come out with the victory. The UCLA V8 crew maintained a six-seat advantage over LMU as they passed the UCLA Boathouse. They went on to win the race by slim 4-seconds in 6:29.7 to claim the Karen Hock-Hjelm Cup for 2003.

The Lions finished second in 6:33.3, and the UCLA 2V8 boat finished third in 7:02.5. Karen Hock-Hjelm was a member of LMU's national championship team in the 1980s and is inducted into the LMU Hall of Fame.

Karen Hock-Hjelm Cup
2001 - Loyola Marymount
2002 - Loyola Marymount
2003 - UCLA

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