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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Sunday, March 13
Oklahoma City, Okla.
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OU Invitational
Rowing Finishes Second at OU Invitational
March 13, 2011 | Rowing
March 13, 2011
OKLAHOMA CITY – The University of Oklahoma women's rowing team concluded the OU Invitational Sunday afternoon, finishing second overall in the event on the Oklahoma River. The Sooners racked up four varsity eight wins on the weekend and claimed four second varsity eight wins and three varsity four wins to tally 98 points.
“I thought we learned a lot this weekend,” Head Coach Leeanne Crain said. “Multiple races allowed us to look at some different lineups which will benefit us in the coming weeks.”
The Sooners went undefeated in both sessions Sunday. OU claimed scoring wins over Creighton in the varsity four finishing with times of 8:50.150 (A), 9:22.250 (B) over Creighton's 11:15.540. The second varsity eight finished with times of 7:32.000 (A) and 7:42.310 (B) defeating Creighton's 8:20.460. The varsity eight (7:34.700) had a margin of more than 30 seconds over Creighton (8:08.550). The novice eight defeated Kansas 8:07.120 to 8:16.240. OU finished out the morning with 72 points.
Oklahoma competed against Kansas and SMU in the afternoon session. The varsity team beat SMU in every race by more than a 30 second margin. The varsity four raced two boats against SMU, finishing with times of 8:41.460 (A) and 8:51.090 (B) over SMU's 9:53.190. The second varsity eight finished in 7:47.560, defeating SMU's 8:19.330. The first varsity eight clinched the sweep over SMU with a time of 7:32.920 over SMU's 8:03.230.
The novice eight raced two boats against Kansas, with both the A boat (8:09.210) and B boat (8:16.370) topping the Jayhawks (8:32.330).
San Diego won the two-day event, finishing with a perfect score of 104. While the Sooners did not face USD this weekend, the two teams meet April 2-3 at the San Diego Crew Classic.
“USD had a perfect record over the weekend,” Crain said. “Our one loss in the varsity four ended up being the difference. It will be great to go head-to-head against them in San Diego.”
Tulsa took third with 50 points, SMU placed fourth (26), Kansas was fifth (22) and Creighton finished at the back of the pack with no points.
OU returns to action next weekend, March 18-20, for the Longhorn Invitational in Austin, Texas.
| Final Point Totals | |
| San Diego | 104 |
| Oklahoma | 98 |
| Tulsa | 50 |
| SMU | 26 |
| Kansas | 22 |
| Creighton | 0 |
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Varsity Eight Lineup |
| First Varsity Eight | Second Varsity Eight | Third Varsity Eight |
| Cox: Kelsey Witten | Cox: Amanda Hoffman | Cox: Teresa Le |
| Stroke: Rebecca Staff | Stroke: Ashley La Follette | Stroke: Samantha Fahed |
| 7: Meghan Farrell | 7: Amber Coyne | 7: Maureen Lewis |
| 6: Sarah Kelle | 6: Rebecca Winchester | 6: Maggie Schaefer |
| 5: Brooke Sheppard | 5: Brooke Holleman | 5: Lena Eagle Road |
| 4: Nicole Bladow | 4: Olivia Staff | 4: Mary Cox |
| 3: Nicole Furmanek | 3: Elizabeth Middleton | 3: Kaylee Johnson |
| 2: Katie Klassen | 2: Kelsey O'Grady | 2: Kiley Poppino |
| Bow: Morgan Whinery | Bow: Meagan Harrell |
Bow: Sara Sherrer |
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Novice Eight Lineup |
| First Novice Eight | |
| Cox: Jenny Winters | |
| Stroke: Elizabeth Biggs | |
| 7: Ivy Brown | |
| 6: Kristin Clift | |
| 5: Ashlee Fitzpatrick | |
| 4: Aubrey Myers | |
| 3: Heather Morris | |
| 2: Valerie Senkowski | |
| Bow: Rebecca Beu |
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Varsity Four Lineup |
| First Varsity Four | Second Varsity Four | |
| Cox: Carly Schueler | Cox: Tricia Vanscoy | |
| Stroke: Ally Gray | Stroke: Melea McCreary | |
| 3: Markayla Adam | 3: Katrin Passlack | |
| 2: Melissa Simpson | 2: Lisa Jett | |
| Bow: Kat Rabe | Bow: Heather House |
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Varsity Eight Lineup |
| First Varsity Eight | Second Varsity Eight | |
| Cox: Kelsey Witten | Cox: Amanda Hoffman | |
| Stroke: Rebecca Staff | Stroke: Kelsey O'Grady | |
| 7: Meghan Farrell | 7: Amber Coyne | |
| 6: Sarah Kelle | 6: Rebecca Winchester | |
| 5: Brooke Sheppard | 5: Brooke Holleman | |
| 4: Nicole Bladow | 4: Morgan Whinery | |
| 3: Nicole Furmanek | 3: Elizabeth Middleton | |
| 2: Meagan Harrell | 2: Melissa Simpson | |
| Bow: Ashley La Follette | Bow: Katie Klassen |
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Novice Eight Lineup |
| First Novice Eight | Second Novice Eight |
| Cox: Jenny Winters | Cox: Teresa Le |
| Stroke: Elizabeth Biggs | Stroke: Belle Stixrood |
| 7: Ivy Brown | 7: Katie Markfort |
| 6: Kristin Clift | 6: Wava Denito |
| 5: Ashlee Fitzpatrick | 5: Rachel Santschi |
| 4: Aubrey Myers | 4: Marilyn Kozlowski |
| 3: Heather Morris | 3: Chelsea Downs |
| 2: Valerie Senkowski | 2: Elise McCarthy |
| Bow: Rebecca Beu |
Bow: Kristen Anthis |
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Varsity Four Lineup |
| First Varsity Four | Second Varsity Four | ||
| Cox: Carly Schueler | Cox: Tricia Vanscoy | ||
| Stroke: Ally Gray | Stroke: Melea McCreary | ||
| 3: Markayla Adam | 3: Katrin Passlack | ||
| 2: Olivia Staff | 2: Lisa Jett | ||
| Bow: Kat Rabe | Bow: Heather House |
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