Lucy (red shirt) and Sophie Sandahl, with parents Jeannie and Michael. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)
Lucy
Sophie
Two sisters, one vibrant sports dynasty.
Sophie and Lucy Sandahl, who were standout athletes and students on Whidbey Island after their family moved west from South Carolina, are once again busy being awesome.
The duo, who currently attend Seattle Pacific University, are both members of the NCAA D-II school’s rowing team and have had a notable impact on the program’s success this season.
Sophie, who started at Coupeville High School, then graduated from Oak Harbor after a stellar swimming career, is a junior studying art history.
Meanwhile, CHS grad Lucy — a key member of Wolf volleyball and track and field teams — is a sophomore pursuing a physiology degree.
The older Sandahl is a rower who often finds herself camped in the bow, while lil’ sis is a coxswain.
The sisters, who are joined on the SPU team by Oak Harbor grad Jessica Vester, have both played key roles for the Falcons as a new season gets up and going.
In the season-opening PLU Invite in Lakewood, Lucy led a varsity eight-woman crew to a two-second win, spurring SPU to a time of eight minutes, 15.3 seconds on a 2000-meter course.
Sophie, rowing with a varsity four-woman unit, also won, in a race in which the Falcons destroyed their closest rival by 12-plus seconds.
Rowing has also taken the sisters to Oklahoma this year, where the duo participated in a meet featuring D-I power Kansas and three-time D-II national champion Central Oklahoma.
The Sandahl siblings return to action Apr. 9, when SPU hosts the Falcon Regatta.
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