Returning yesterday morning at 6 a.m., the crew was back on the river in the afternoon with two practices scheduled for today.
The boat will be racing at Brown this weekend and at home against Princeton next weekend. The crew hopes to have more time to practice together as a boat.
"We've had some really fast practices and know we can do the same at races," Nuzum said.
"There are four guys in the boat sub-six minutes for the 2000-meter erg," senior Shahm Al Wir added.
The women's heavyweight crew viewed the San Diego race as a way to see where it was compared to the other crews. The varsity boat came in second in the heats behind Michigan and fourth in the finals behind Washington, Michigan and Northeastern. The team has been improving a great deal recently.
"We have a lot more depth this year," senior Anne Lesburg said. "At NCAA's last year, Washington appeared to be a huge powerhouse, but this year its crew seems to be within our reach."