PHILADELPHIA (May 11) -- Seattle Pacific University claimed national championships in both the women's varsity pair and novice four with both crews finishing their seasons unbeaten at the 64th annual Dad Vail Regatta on the Schuykill River Saturday.

Winning for the 12th time in as many outings, the SPU novice four scored nearly two-length victory over second-place Georgia in 7 minutes, 24.7 seconds. The Bulldogs were timed in 7:31.4. Earlier in the day, the Falcons had won their semifinal heat.

The novice four lineup was stroke Sarah Zorn, Shannon Buehler, Heidi Visser; bow Andi Martineau and coxswain Emily Thomas.

In the women's pair, Kimberly Tschetter and Trisha Sawatzky and rowed to a 10-second win over Bucknell in 8:08.1. They finished the season 7-0.

That gave Seattle Pacific its fourth national title in the last three seasons. The women's varsity four had won crowns in 2000 and '01. Tschetter was a member of the varsity four a year ago.

Taking a bronze was the SPU lightweight four. Georgia was first in 7:25.3, followed by Carnegie Mellon in 7:49.3 and SPU in 7:49.5. The lineup was stroke Andrea Reichert, Julie Vieselmeyer, Elyse Cansler, bow Erin Cox and cox Joanna Hodgkiss.

Grand Final Results

Women's Varsity Pair: 1-Seattle Pacific 8:08.1; 2-Bucknell 8:18.2; 3-New York U. 8:19.1; 4-Carnegie Mellon 8:24.6; 5-Penn State 8:41.2; 6-Tennessee-Knoxville 9:20.2

Women's Lightweight Four: 1-Georgia 7:25.3; 2-Carnegie Mellon 7:49.3; 3-Seattle Pacific 7:49.5; 4-Tennessee-Chattanooga 7:59.5; 5-New York Maritime 8:03.2; 6-Marrietta 8:11.2

Women's Frosh/Novice Four: 1-Seattle Pacific 7:24.7; 2-Georgia 7:31.4; 3-Massachusetts 7:36.7; 4-Bowdoin 7:38.3; 5-Loyola (Md.) 7:38.5; 6-Pittsburgh 7:53.0