OU Rowing Travels to Cardinal Invitational

March 13, 2015 | Rowing

By: Athletics Communications

NORMAN -- The University of Oklahoma rowing squad is set to compete in its first invitational of the spring, as the team travels to Oak Ridge, Tenn. to compete in the Cardinal Invitational. This weekend will mark the first time the Crimson and Cream have competed at the Cardinal Invitational.

The Sooners will be joined by some of the top teams in the nation, as No. 2 Virginia, No. 9 Yale, No. 12 Notre Dame, No. 18 Louisville, Alabama, Kansas, Michigan State, Minnesota, Tennessee and UCF. The teams will compete in a series of varsity eight, second varsity eight, varsity four, second varsity and third varsity eight/novice eight races.

The competition will feature morning and afternoon races on Saturday and a morning session on Sunday. Full heat sheets and live results for the invitational can be found here.

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Tentative lineups for Saturday and Sunday are below.

First Varsity 8
Rower		Position
	Jade Nelson	C
	Jennifer O'Grady	S
	Maddie Wullschleger	7
	Elena Sloan	6
	Maegan Neihart	5
	Taylor Gillespie	4
	Stephanie Busse	3
	Kellie O'Reilly	2
	Reagan Collins	B

First Varsity 4
Rower		Position
	Nicasia D'Allesandro	C
	Natalie Grimes	S
	Victoria Wallace	3
	Katie Ognovich	2
	Victoria Baker	1

First Novice 8
Rower		Position
	Katie Grantham	C
	Jessica Sayer	S
	Lauren Bishop	7
	Angela Maidt	6
	Miranda Rauner	5
	Elizabeth Tracy	4
	Brooke Benge	3
	Katie King	2
	Madison Jordan	B

Second Varsity 8
Rower		Position
	Ashley Carpenter	C
	Jennie Franklin	S
	Marissa Beene	7
	Daisy Beals	6
	Taylor Spencer	5
	Abby Griffith	4
	Callie Kinsey	3
	Kim Moldenhauer	2
	Rachel Cantrell	B