BURNABY, British Columbia – Former Cougar rowers took gold, silver and bronze in the women's pair, as a combination of six former and current Washington State rowers competed at the  2017 RCA National Rowing Championships, the Canada Cup, at Burnaby Lake, Nov. 7-12. 

Lisa Roman (2010-12), Nicole Hare (2013-15, '17), Morgan Cathrea (2014-16), senior Emily Thomson, sophomore Ivy Elling Quaintance and freshman Emma Gribbon all represented Washington State rowing at the championships. 

Roman teamed up with her Canadian National teammate, Kristin Bauder to compete for Row Ontario as the B crew. The duo outstroked Roman's fellow-Olympians, Hare and Christine Roper by less than a second to win the championship with a time of 7:22.270. Hare and Roper's Alberta/Ontario C crew came in second with a time of 7:22.948, followed by Cathrea with Olivia King representing Rowing British Columbia as the C crew, in third with a time of 7:29.270.

In the first heats, Hare placed second, Roman third and Cathrea fourth, all advancing straight to the A/B Semifinals. Cathrea and Hare each won their A/B Semifinals, as Roman finished behind Hare in the heat, and all three advanced to the A Final and a chance to medal.  

Elling Quaintance and Thomson paired up to form Rowing Ontario/Rowing British Columbia F. The duo went onto win the B Final with a time at 7.37.253, finishing 0.6 seconds ahead of the second place crew to place seventh overall. The pair got to the B Final by starting competition placing eighth in the opening heat, then winning their Repechage heat to move on to the A/B Semifinal. A fifth place finish in the A/B Semifinal earned the pair a spot in the B Final. 

Cougar freshman, Emma Gribbon, placed 19th in the women's pair as one half of the Rowing British Columbia I crew, along with Danae McCulloch. They moved to the Repechage heats, but were unable to advance to finals.