Rowing Has Success at First Day of Longhorn Invitational

March 18, 2011

Austin, Texas – The Oklahoma rowing team had a good showing at the Longhorn Invitational in Austin, winning five of six races against the Iowa Hawkeyes. The Sooners racked up two novice eight wins, two varsity four wins and one varsity eight win.

The second novice eight defeated the Hawkeyes by almost 30 seconds, finishing with a time of 8 minutes 21.700 seconds to 8:49.000. OU then finished first in the first novice eight, finishing in 7:55.100 to Iowa's 8:00.200.

The Sooners also went undefeated in the varsity four events. The second varsity four took Iowa 8:50.400 to 8:58.330, while the first varsity four beat Iowa 8:28.800 to 8:52.700.

Oklahoma then went one and one in the varsity eight, with Iowa taking OU in the second varsity eight, 7:29.900 to 7:47.100. The Sooners went on to defeat Iowa in the first varsity eight 7:23.200 to 7:28.400.

The Sooners return to the water to face Wisconsin Saturday at 9:20 a.m. for day two of the Longhorn Invitational.

Friday Lineups

Varsity Eight Lineup

First Varsity Eight	Second Varsity Eight
Cox: Kelsey Witten	Cox: Amanda Hoffman
Stroke: Rebecca Staff	Stroke: Ashley La Follette
7: Meghan Farrell	7: Amber Coyne
6: Sarah Kelle	6: Rebecca Winchester
5: Brooke Sheppard	5: Brooke Holleman
4: Nicole Bladow	4: Kelsey O'Grady
3: Nicole Furmanek	3: Elizabeth Middleton
2: Morgan Whinery	2: Melissa Simpson
Bow: Meagan Harrell	Bow: Katie Klassen

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: Olivia Staff
2: Maggie Schaefer	2: Samantha Fahed
Bow: Kat Rabe	Bow: Katrin Passlack