WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A PART OF THE SOONER FAMILY OU is one of the most successful Division I athletics programs in the nation. Sooner teams have captured 26 national championships, and OU regularly fields teams ranking in the top 20 nationally. The University of Oklahoma is regarded as one of the finest academic institutions in the country and with its rich tradition of athletics excellence, the experience as a student-athlete here is exceptional. Participation in intercollegiate athletics provides the discipline required for success in the classroom and in the workplace beyond college. At the University of Oklahoma, our student-athletes have access to multiple resources including academic advising, tutoring, nutritional counseling, sports psychologists, and an incredible team of medical professionals to assist with injuries and rehabilitation. These resources allow our athletes to develop to their potential both in and out of the classroom. Our mission is to inspire champions today and prepare leaders for tomorrow by providing an excellent environment to enable our student-athletes to achieve their highest academic, athletic and personal aspirations. Our individual talents and collective efforts create our competitive advantage. Our core values include respect, accountability for self and others, a passion for comprehensive excellence, a commitment to continuous improvement, a celebration of diversity, and integrity in all of our affairs. “The foundation of our program is built on six pillars of success--belief, accountability, sacrifice, integrity, communication, and service. This foundation allows us to work together to create a culture where teamwork is paramount.� Head Coach Leeanne Crain
2012 OKLAHOMA BOOMER SOONER
QUICK FACTS........................................................4-5 ROWING TERMONOLOGY & FACTS........................6-7 2012 SCHEDULE & FACILITIES............................8-10 THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA......................11-14 SOONER SUPPORT & ACADEMICS.....................15-16 THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT...............................17-18 THE SOONER TRADITION..................................19-22 NORMAN & OKLAHOMA CITY...........................23-24 COMMUNITY SERVICE......................................25-26 SOONERSPORTS.COM & COMMUNICATIONS.....27-28
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SEASON REVIEW
SPRING AND FALL RESULTS...................................29 SPRING RESULTS..............................................30-35 FALL RESULTS..................................................36-41
THE SOONERS
MEET THE TEAM....................................................42 ROSTERS AND TEAM INFO................................43-45 VARSITY BIOS..................................................46-62 NOVICE BIOS....................................................63-73 ACADEMIC AWARDS.........................................74-76
BOOMER SOONER
ROWING MEDIA GUIDE THE STAFF
COACHING STAFF..................................................77 HEAD COACH LEEANNE CRAIN..........................78-79 ASSISTANT COACH EMMA GRESSON......................80 ASSISTANT COACH JOHN GARTIN..........................81 GRADUATE ASSISTANTS...................................82-83 SUPPORT STAFF...............................................84-85 ADMINISTRATION............................................86-89
HISTORY
HISTORY AND RECORDS........................................90 2008-2011 RESULTS........................................91-93 RESULTS BY OPPONENT.................................91-104
2012 WOMEN’S ROWING MEDIA GUIDE This season’s media guide was designed and produced by the OU Athletics Department in Norman, Okla., using Adobe InDesign and Adobe Photoshop. GUIDE DESIGN AND WRITING Ashley Elkins PHOTOGRAPHY Ty Russell, Jerry Laizure, Chesapeake Boathouse and OU Athletics Communications archives COVER DESIGN Kelsey Hargens PUBLICATION EDITS Kelsey Witten SOONERSPORTS.COM Visit the official Web site of University of Oklahoma Athletics for the latest news, features, statistics, meet previews and event recaps.
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ROWING 101 QUICK FACTS While most people have only begun to be aware of rowing in Oklahoma, it’s been around for longer than you might think. The first Oklahoma City rowing club was established in the 1970s. Both the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University have club crews, and the University of Tulsa has had a varsity women’s team since 1996. The Tulsa Rowing Club has been rowing since 1983 with both juniors and masters programs.
ROWING QUICK FACTS ROWING HISTORY Rowing was first introduced to central Oklahoma in the late seventies by Bob Stroud, founder and president of the Oklahoma City Rowing Club. Stroud and the early pioneers of Oklahoma rowing erected a boathouse on land between the North Canadian River and Lake Overholser. During the early eighties, the “Dust Bowl Regatta” was staged annually on the North Canadian River, attracting universities from throughout the Midwest. Olympic-level rowers have even competed in Oklahoma City where they were challenged by the Oklahoma wind during the 1989 U.S. Olympic Festival’s rowing event on Lake Overholser. In 1996, the framework for a new community rowing organization began to develop. That spring, former Oklahoma State University rowers Mike and Tempe Knopp began working to help energize the sport in Oklahoma City. After assisting Bob Stroud in renovating the “Stroud House” boathouse, recruitment began and soon rowers could be seen on the North Canadian River. Driven by the vision to build a program that could put Oklahoma City on the map as home to a community rowing organization as diverse and competitive as any found on the east and west coasts, local rowers Jan Robb, Robert Wood, Tempe Knopp, Kevin Casey, Jackie Hubbard, Diane Taylor, and Mike Knopp worked together to form a new community-based organization: the Oklahoma Association for Rowing (OAR). With the development of OAR came the start of a juniors program that helped several rowers earn collegiate athletic scholarships and was the foundation for one young rower, Carly York, who earned a spot on the United States Junior National Team. A strong masters program brought adults together to row for recreation and competitively, winning medals at races across the region. OAR volunteers also developed an at-risk youth program to share rowing’s lessons of teamwork and leadership with disadvantaged children. Information: courtesy of the Cheasapeake Boathouse website, located at ChesapeakeBoathouse.org.
University Information
Name of School......................................................... University of Oklahoma Location.................................................................................. Norman, Okla. Founded................................................................................................. 1890 Enrollment.......................................................................................... 29,721 Nickname...........................................................................................Sooners School Colors.......................................................................Crimson & Cream School President..................................................................... David L. Boren Director of Athletics................................................................Joe Castiglione School Web site......................................................................... www.ou.edu Athletics Web site............................................................. SoonerSports.com Conference Web site.............................................................Big12sports.com
ROWING TIME LINE BC
Oared vessels began to be used for transport, commerce, fishing, lifesaving and war, but, while there are occasional references in classical texts to boat racing, rowing primarily for exercise, non-ceremonial recreation or competition was not common before 1800.
1274
The first reference to a regatta appeared in Venetian documentation.
1805
The first boat race was held in Australia.
1834
The first college boat club was organized at Oxford University and the first recorded contest for the Head of the River was won by Brasenose.
1852
The first intercollegiate sporting event in the U.S. was a rowing race between Harvard and Yale.
1875
The oldest surviving organized women’s rowing program was established at Wellesly College.
1892
The first U.S. women’s rowing club was established in San Diego, Calif. It was named after four of the founding members - ZLAC.
1903
The American Rowing Association was formed.
1962
The first FISA (Federal Internationale des Societes d’Aviron) world rowing Championships were held in Switzerland. The National Women’s Rowing Association (NWRA) was formed.
1972
The passage of Title IX Omnibus Education Act by Congress changed the face of women’s rowing in the United States.
1997
The NCAA holds first Women’s Rowing Championship.
2008 2009
The Big 12 Conference hosts inaugural Rowing Championship. US Rowing partners with the Oklahoma City Boathouse Foundation and Oklahoma City University to launch a US Rowing National Hogh Performance Center on the Oklahoma River.
The University Of Oklahoma Establishes its first women’s rowing team led by Head Coach Leeanne Crain.
2010
Hosted the Big 12 Rowing Championship in Oklahoma City, Okla.
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ROWING TERMONOLOGY Backsplash
Half Pressure
The minor splash that can happen when the rower’s oar blade enters the water at a less than optimum angle; also a sign of inefficient blade work getting other rowers wet.
When rowers are rowing at half pressure, the are only pulling half-strength.
Blade
Refers to the task when rowers square their oar blades in the water to bring the boat to a stop as quickly as possible.
The flat surface of the oar, usually painted in team colors. Approximately seven inches across and 24 to 30 inches wide.
Bow & Bowball The bow is the front of the boat and the part that crosses the finish line first. Since rowers are seated backward, the bow of the boat is behind them. Look for the ball on the tip of the bow.
Catch One of the three distinct rowing stroke phrases, the “catch” is the point when a rower’s blade enters the water.
Check The slight amount of hesitation you’ll see in the boat as it’s being rowed. The rowers’ forward slide during the recovery interrupts the momentum of the boat. The rowers’ challenge is to slide forward with such control that the boat never checks.
Coxswain Often abbreviated “cox,” this member of the crew sits in a small seat either in the bow or the stern while steering the shell and coaching the rowers during a race.
Crab The term rowers use when the oar blade gets “caught” in the water. It is caused by a momentary flaw in oar technique and is very common. It may be minor, allowing the rower to quickly recover, or it may be so forceful that the rower is ejected from the boat. Often, crews must cease rowing for the rower to regain control of the oar.
Hold Water
Missing Water A rower’s oar blade isn’t set into the water at an appropriate depth and either partially or completely misses the water.
Oarlock A u-shaped swivel mounted at the end of the rigger that holds the oar in position and serves as the pivot point for the oar.
Port The left side of the boat when facing the bow. Since rowers are seated facing backward, port is on the rower’s right.
Power 10 When the coxswain calls a Power 10, rowers are to increase the pressure of their stroke, i.e. they pull harder.
Quad (4x) A four-person sculling shell (each person has two oars). It’s not to be confused with a “four” which refers to a four-person sweep boat (each person has one oar).
Stroke Rate The number of strokes per minute.
Recovery
Deck
The third phrase of the rowing stroke referring to the point in which the rower holds the oar blades out of the water as they slide forward to the catch.
The deck of the boat includes the covered portion of the bow and stern.
Rigger
Double (2x)
The metal bracing attached to the side of the boat that holds the oarlock. The oar passes through the oarlock which acts as a pivot point.
A two-person sculling shell (each person has two oars). A pair refers to a two-person sweep boat (each person has one oar).
Drive One of the three distinct rowing stroke phrases, the “drive” is the point when the rower drives back with his/her legs and pulls the oar through the water, propelling the shell forward.
Scull The proper term for a sculling oar; commonly used as a noun to refer to a boat or a verb referring to the act of rowing with two oar.
Seat
Eight
The rowers sit on a seat which slides along a rail and are identified by the seat they occupy.
An eight-person sweep boat (each person has one oar). The eight is the fastest boat on the water and is usually the premiere event at most regattas.
Shell
Feathering
Single (1x)
The position of the oar blades as they are turned parallel to the face of the water to cut down on wind resistance during the recover portion of the rowing stroke. Feathering too soon, before the blade has cleared the water, can result in a crab.
A single person in a sculling shell (two oars).
Finish
Starboard
The final part of the rower’s stroke where the blade comes out of the water; also refers to the end of a race, or to the way in which a crew completes a race.
The right side of the boat when facing the bow. Since rowers are seated facing backward, starboard is on the rower’s left.
Footstretcher
Stern
An adjustable bracket in the bottom of the rowing shell. Shoes are attached to the bracket giving the rower a way to secure his/her feet while rowing.
The back end of the boat.
Four A four-person sweep boat (each person has one oar).
Can refer to one cycle of the oar or the rower sitting nearest the stern who sets the cadence for the boat; all the other rowers follow his or her lead.
Gunwale (Gunnel)
Sweep Rowing
The top edge of the shell around the cockpit - the area where the rowers sit. The riggers are secured to the gunwale with bolts.
Rowing where each rower has one oar.
Another name for a rowing or sculling boat.
Skeg Short fin on the bottom of the shell that helps it maintain course.
Stroke
Way Enough Command to stop rowing.
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ROWING FACTS
THE EVENTS Events are divided into two disciplines: sweep rowing and sculling. Most collegiate programs row only sweep events, including eights, fours, and pairs. In sweep rowing, each athlete has one oar, and is designated as either a port or a starboard. Sweep boats typically carry a coxswain (pronounced cox-n) to steer and call commands to the crew. In sculling events include the single, double and quad. Sculling boats do not carry a coxswain. The eight is the fastest boat on the water. Athletes are identified by their seat in the boat. The athlete closest to the bow is seat No. 1 (or bow). The person in front of the bow is No. 2, then No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, No. 6, No. 7 and No. 8, a.k.a. the stroke. The stroke of the boat must be a strong rower with excellent technique, since the stroke sets the rhythm and number of strokes per minute the rest of the crew must follow. THE RACE All events in the spring “sprint” season are 2,000 meters, or approximately 1.25 miles. The race course is divided into six lanes and each 500-meter section is marked with buoys. The race begins with all boats aligned at the start in the lanes they’ve been assigned. Individuals in each lane hold the stern of each boat steady while an official, known as the aligner, ensures that each boat is even with the others and squarely facing the course. Each crew is allowed one false start; two means disqualification. If within the first 100 meters there is legitimate equipment breakage (e.g., an oar snaps in two), the race will be stopped and restarted with repaired equipment. The stroke rate (the number of rowing strokes per minute that a crew is taking ) is high at the start - maybe 45 to even 50 for an eight. Then, the crew will “settle” or shift into the body of the race and drop the rating down to approximately 38-40 for an eight strokes per minute. There may be pre-determined “moves” in a crew’s race plan or a crew may challenge or respond to an opponent’s move by elevating the stroke rating for a defined number of strokes. Typically, crews will sprint in the last 250 meters, bringing the stroke rating up again to finish the race. Unlike canoe/kayak competitions, rowers are allowed to leave their lanes without penalty, so long as they do not interfere with anyone else’s opportunity to win. An official follows the crews to ensure safety and fairness. RACE WATCHING The crew that’s making it look easy is most likely the one doing the best job. While you’re watching, look for continuous, fluid motion of the rowers. The rowing motion shouldn’t have a discernible end or beginning.
The most consistent speed. Shells don’t move like a car - they’re slowest at the catch, quickest at the release. The good crews time the catch at just the right moment to maintain the speed of the shell. Rowing looks graceful, elegant and sometimes effortless when it’s done well. Don’t be fooled. Rowers haven’t been called the world’s most physically-fit athletes for nothing. A 2,000-meter rowing race demands virtually everything a human being can physically bring to an athletic competition - aerobic ability, technical talent, exceptional mental discipline, ability to utilize oxygen efficiently and in huge amounts, balance, pain tolerance, and the ability to continue to work when the body is demanding that you stop. Race times can vary considerably depending upon the course and weather conditions. Tailwinds will improve times, while headwinds and crosswinds will hamper them. If a crew “catches a crab,” it means the oarblade has entered the water at an angle instead of perpendicularly. The oarblade gets caught under the surface and will slow or even stop a shell. A “Power 10” is a call by the coxswain for 10 of the crew’s best, most powerful strokes. Good coxswains read the course to know how many strokes remain for their crew to count down to the finish. Crews are identified by their oarblade design. The USA blades are red on top and blue on the bottom, with a white triangle at the tip. It doesn’t matter whether you win an Olympic medal or don’t make the finals- each crew still carries their boat back to the rack. Coxswains from first-place boats worldwide are thrown into the water by their crews. Coxswains don’t now and probably never did yell “stroke! stroke!” Similar to a jockey, their job is to implement the coach’s strategy during the race, in addition to steering and letting the rowers know where they stand in the race and what they need to do to win.
FACILITY INFORMATION Name of Facility................Chesapeake and Exchange Boathouses Location............................Oklahoma City, Okla. (Bricktown) Water.................................Oklahoma River
Synchronization. Rowers strive for perfect synchronization in the boat. Clean catches of the oarblade. If you see a lot of splash, the oarblades aren’t entering the water correctly. The catch should happen at the end of the recovery, when the hands are as far ahead of the rower as possible. Rowers who uncoil before they drop the oarblades are sacrificing speed and not getting a complete drive. Even oarblade feathering. When the blades are brought out of the water, they should all move horizontally close to the water and at the same height. It’s not easy, especially if the water is rough.
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OKLAHOMA ROWING RACE SCHEDULE
2011 SPRING SCHEDULE EVENT
DATE
OU INVITATIONAL LONGHORN INVITATIONAL SAN DIEGO CREW CLASSIC MICHIGAN/OHIO STATE BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPS CONFERENCE USA CHAMPIONSHIPS NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
March 9-11 March 16-18 March 31-April 1 April 14 April 28 May 12 May 25-27
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LOCATION OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. AUSTIN, TEXAS SAN DIEGO, CALIF. ANN ARBOR, MICH. OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. OAK RIDGE, TENN. WEST WINDSOR, N. J.
Oklahoma City’s BOATHOUSES Rowing is becoming a popular sport in Oklahoma with the addition of women’s rowing at OU and the new home of the USRowing High Performance Center. USRowing has partnered with the Oklahoma City Boathouse Foundation and Oklahoma City University to launch the USRowing National High Performance Center on the Oklahoma River. The National High Performance Center is the first of its kind for USRowing. The center focuses on training the next generation of world-class rowers with an emphasis on athletes under 23 years of age. Oklahoma City also will be developed as a national center for coaching education for USRowing.
Chesapeake Boathouse
The High Performance Center incorporates all aspects of elite athlete training with intensive coaching, sports nutrition, strength and cardiovascular conditioning, sports psychology and sports medicine, including sport-specific biometrics, injury prevention and rehabilitation. In addition to the Under-23 program, the High Performance Center will host senior and junior national team selection camps, elite training camps and training opportunities for international athletes. The OU Rowing team currently trains at the Exchange Boathouse located on the river west of Chesapeake.
The High Performance Center began operations in November 2009 at the Chesapeake Boathouse and is headquartered in the new Devon Boathouse, which opened in October 2010. High Performance Center programming will be incorporated throughout all of the new boathouses slated for construction on the Oklahoma River. The new OU boathouse, currently in the planning stages, will be built near the National Training Center and Sooner rowers will continue to train in facilities shared by the future national team athletes. The exposure to the best in the country will provide limitless opportunities for the OU rowers. The USRowing High Performance Center includes a year-round residency program for pre-elite male and female athletes. The program also works with the Oklahoma City business community to provide job and internship opportunities for athletes. The Under-23 program began athletes in residence in August 2009 with 40 on the roster, and has continued to add rowers.
Exchange Boathouse
FACILITY INFORMATION A commitment to excellence like the one made by the University of Oklahoma Athletics Department requires a promise to provide the best facilities possible for each of its student-athletes. For the Sooner rowing program, those facilities stretch from an on-campus workout facility to the rowing practice facility on the Oklahoma River in downtown Oklahoma City to the plans to build a state-of-the art OU boathouse on the river. In Norman, Sooner rowers have access to their own erg room on campus. When weather conditions or schedules require workout time away from the river, the on-campus erg room helps the student-athletes balance practice, classroom and study time while providing for a quality off-the-water workout. The erg room, which is located at the Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, is located within the same facility as the Henry J. Freede Sports Medicine Facility, the Siegfried Family Strength and Conditioning Facility and the Prentice Gautt Student-Athletic Academic Center. The complex of facilities gives the Sooner rowers a one-stop option for creating excellence in competition and the classroom.
Future Plans
FOR A GROWING PROGRAM
In 2007, Oklahoma City business leader Aubrey McClendon made the lead gift of $1 million toward the construction of a $5 million boathouse to be constructed along the banks of the Oklahoma River in the Bricktown district of Oklahoma City. The facility is being designed by the visionary Oklahoma City architect Rand Elliot, of Elliot and Associates. OU’s new boathouse will feature three boat bays, a repair bay, erg room, team locker room, event space, sports medicine facilities and coaches offices. The boathouse will be built to the east of the Chesapeake Boathouse on the north shore near Interstate 35. The Sooners will occupy the Chesapeake and Exchange Boathouses until OU’s new facility is completed. Additionally, there are plans on the drawing board for a complete on-campus facility that will include a rowing tank, erg room, locker rooms, sports medicine, hydrotherapy, equipment room, team room, and a coach’s office.
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The Bizzell Memorial Library, located at the heart of OU’s Campus
The University OF OKLAHOMA WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT OU? Created by the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature in 1890, the University of Oklahoma is a doctoral degreegranting research unversity serving the educational, cultural, economic and health-care needs of the state, region and nation. The Norman campus services as home to all of the unversity’s academic programs except health-related fields. Both the Norman and Health Sciences Center colleges offer programs at the Schusterman Center, the site of OU-Tulsa. The OU Health Sciences Center, which is located in Oklahoma City, is one of the only four comprehensive academic health centers in the nation with seven professional colleges. OU enrolls more than 30,000 students, has more than 2,400 full-time members, and has 20 colleges offering 158 majors at the baccalaureate level, 167 majors at the master’s level, 81 majors at the doctoral level, 26 majors at the doctoral professional level, and 24 graduate certificates. The unversity’s annual operating budget is $1.46 million. The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution.
FACTS ABOUT OU • OU ranks No. 1 in the nation among all public universities in the number of National Merit Scholars enrolled with a record of 225 National Merit Scholars in this year’s freshman class-29 more than the previous OU record. • OU has over a $1.5 billion impact on the state’s economy each year. • The Princeton Review ranks OU in the top 10 public universities in the nation in terms of academic execellence and cost for students. • This year, OU achieved the Carnegie Foundation’s highest tier of research activity classification, the first time a public institution in Oklahoma has received this outstanding recognition. • An OU Debate Team from the Shannon Self Debate Prgram has won the national championship in debate three of the last five years. The winning team in the Cross Examination Debate Association’s national championship was composed of OU students RJ Giglio and Nick Watts. • OU is a leader among all American universities in the international exchange and study abroad programs. This past year study abroad by OU students increased by 20 percent. OU currently offers programs in over 50 countries and 100 cities in six continents. Students from more than 100 countries are enrolled at OU. • OU Student Sarah Swenson was named a 2011 Rhodes Scholar, become OU’s 29th Rhodes Scholar. No other university in Oklahoma has had more than three. • OU student Eddie Shimp was named this year’s Goldwater Scholar for excellence in mathematics and scince, bringing to 31 the number of OU students named to that honor since 1995. This places OU in the top ranks of universities nationally. • The Joe C. and Carole Kerr McClendon Honors College offers the largest honors program among public universities in the United States. More than 3,500 students participate in small classes of 10 or less. • OU students Caleb Gayle and Austin Slaymaker were named 2010 Truman Scholars. This prestigious national award is given based on a studnet’s leadership potential, intellectual ability and the likelihood of “making a difference.” • OU student teamstop honors at this year’s Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup Collegiate Business Plan Competition in Oklahoma City, a competition designed to encourage students of Oklahoma universities and colleges to act upon their entrepreneurial ideas and develop skills to lead tomorrow’s innovative news businesses. • OU ranks in the top 10 in the nation among most wired colleges, one of only a few universities to achieve the ranking two years in a row.
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• OU’s entrepreneurship program in the Price College of Business in the top five in the nation among all public universities. • OU has surpassed its goal of $150 million in scholarships and is extending the Campaign for Scholarships for five more years, increasing the goal to $250 million. The success of the campaign has allowed OU to more than double its private schlarships in the last five years. • The Campaign for Scholarships is continuing, and in March 2008 surpassed its goal of raising $100 million for endowed scholarships. To date, almost $140 million in scholarship endowment have been donated or pledged. • OU has increased from 100 to 544, the number of endowed faculty positions in the past 15 years, demonstrating a strong commitment to excellence. • OU continues to set the pace in private fundraising records, with more than $1.8 billion in gifts and pledges since 1994, which has provided funding for dramatic capital improvements, the growth in faculty endowment and student scholarships. • OU Drama students won the largest number of awards of any university in America in the national Kennedy American College Theatre Competition. • OU has the academically highest ranked student body at a public university in Oklahoma history. • OU won the “PetroBowl” Championship in petroleum enginneering, making OU the only school to win the competition three times. • Since 1994, research and sponsored programs expenditures at OU have more than doubled, adn OU continues to set new records for funding for externally sponsored research, OU ended FY 2010 with total expenditures of more than $261 million. • The OU Health Science Center in FY 2010 continued its impressive rate of research for funding for externally sponsored research, OU ended FY 2010 with total expenditures of more than $261 million. • Since 1994, almost $2 billion in construction projects have been completed, are under way or are forthcoming on OU’s campuses, the largest of which is the $128 million Peggy and Charles Stephenson Oklahoma Cancer Center. • OU is home to one of the two largest natural history museums in the world associated with a unversity. The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History has more than 7 million artifcats and contains 195,000 sqaure feet on 40 acres of land. The museum exhibits include the largest Apatosaurus on display in the world and the oldest work of art ever found in North America--a lightening bolt painted on an extinct bison skull.
• The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art’s collection total more than 10,000 works of art, including OU’s Weitzenhoffer Collection of French Impressionism, one of the most important gifts of are ever given to a U.S. public university. Teh museum also shares the Eugene B. Adkins Collection, one of the most important private collections in the nation of works by the Taos artists as well as Native American works of art, with the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa. Additional collections have further strengthened the museum’s holdings in the areas of Native American and Southwest art. • OU’s Western History Collection is one of the largest collections in the world of documents and photographs, including a rare multivolume portfolio on the Indians of the United States and Alaska by Edward S. Curtis. • Set to open in 2011, the Peggy and Charles Stephenson Oklahoma Center is on track to become Oklahoma’s first and only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center. Achieving this designation, the gold standard for cancer research and care in the United States means that Oklahomans will no longer need to travel 450 miles out of state for comprehensive, state-of-the-art cancer care. The cancer center is the largest public-private biosciences initiative in Oklahoma history. • The University of Oklahoma has established a comprehensive diabetes center with operations on the OU campuses in Oklahoma City and Tulsa to provide statewide leadership in diabetes treatment, research, prevention, information, education and awareness. The Harold Hamm Oklahoma Diabetes Center provides access to the latest development in diabetes care and management through the clinical trials hosted by the center. • A major beautification campaign has transformed the appearance of the OU Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City. The project replaced a divided highway through campus with seven tiered gardens featuring traditional OU arches at each end. The pedistrian walkway’s landmarks include an OU Seed Sower sculpture at the west end, a clock tower at the east end, and a 70-foot granite fountain in the center.
FACTS ABOUT OU
The Clock Tower at the University of Oklahoma • For the outdoor improvements to the Norman campus--gardens, fountains, sculptures, benches--the University of Oklahoma has won first place in the education category for Beautification and Landscaping in the statewide environmental competition.Gifts of over $3 million have permanently endowed OU’s gardens. • OU has strong programs in international and area studies, with an International Program Center led by Zach P. Messitte, a foreign policy expert with a doctorate in international politics whose experience includes working for the United Nations and CNN. • With nearly 400 doctors, OU Physicians is the state’s largest physicians have expertise in the management of complex conditions that is unavailable anywhere else in the state, region or sometimes even the nation. Some have pioneered surgical procedures or innovations in patient care that are world firsts. • The University of Oklahoma maintains one of the three most important collections of early manuscripts in the history of science in the United States. It includes Galileo’s own copy of his work, which fist used the telescope to support the Copernican theory, with corrections in his own handwriting. • About 125 of OU Physicians is the state’s largest physican group. Our practice encompasses almost every adult and child specialty. Many OU Physicians have expertise in the management of complex conditions that is unavailable anywhere else in the state, region or sometimes even the nation. Some have pioneered surgical procedures or innovations in patient care that are world firsts.
• The University of Oklahoma maintains one of the three most important collections of early manuscripts in the history of science in the United States. It includes Galileo’s own copy of his work, which fist used the telescope to support the Copernican theory, with corrections in his own handwriting. • The University of Oklahoma Libraries has added its 5 millionth volume, continuing a commanding lead at the state’s largest research library and claiming one of the top spots in sixe among Big 12 libraries. • OU’s Julian P. Kanter Political Commercial Archive houses the world’s largest collection of political commericals. With more than 95,000 commercials, the archive includes political advertisments during back to 1936 for radioadn 1950 for television. • The highly aclaimed journal of international literature, World Literature Today, is published at the Unviersity of Oklahoma. • OU is home to the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, considered to be second in prestige only to the Nobel Prize and often referred to as the “American Nobel.” Twenty-eight Neustadt laureates, candidates and jurors have won the Nobel Prize in the past 40 years.
• OU’s 271-acre Research Campus is anchored by the Stephenson Researched Technology Center, where cutting-edge research into life science fields ranging from robotics to genomic studies is taking place, and the National Weather Center, which houses OU’s academic and research programs in meterology and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Norman-based weather, research and operations programs. • OU’s supercomputer debuted as the fastest in Oklahoma history and in the Big 12 and in the top 10 at U.S. universities (excluding federally funded national supercomputing centers). • Since its creation in 1998, OU’s office of Technology Development has created 36 compaines that have generated more than $84 million in capital, more than $10 million in cash and more than $30 million incurrent estimated equity value for the university. In addition, the companies have created in excess of 150 jobs, which pay on average nearly twice the median household income in Oklahoma.
• The OU Cousins program matches U.S. and international students to share informal and social experiences. Students may volunteer to live on international floors with half fo the residents from the United States and half from other countries. • Dance Magazine places the OU School of Dance in the top three of all dance programs in the country.
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FACTS ABOUT OU • The Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education is ranked among the top 10 percent of all graduate colleges of education by U.S. News & World Report.
• OU has been recognized as an outstanding unversity for Hispanic students by Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education magazine.
• The OU College of Law had a bar passage rate of 97 percent in 2010, which placed OU among the very best in the nation.
•The Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center houses the papers of more than 55 former members of Congress, making it the nation’s most comprehensive center for congressional studies.
• A major building project has doubled the size of the Law Center, refurbishing classrooms and creating a new library, a cutting-edge courtroom, and expanded student lounge and office facilities.
• OU President David Boren, a former U.S. senator and governor of Oklahoma, teaches an introductory course in political science each semester, and keeps in close touch with students. • OU has one of the oldest comprehensive colleges of fine arts in the Great Plains states, with highly regarded schools of Music, Drama, Art and Dance, and programs in opera, musical thater and sculpture. • OU has won awards for new initiatives to create a sense of family and community on campus. OU is one of the very few public universities to twice receive the Templeton Foundation Award as a “Character Building College” for stressing the value of community. • The University of Oklahoma has consistently been designated as one of America’s 100 Best College Buys by Institutional Research & Evaluation, an independent higher education research and consulting organization. • OU has established a faculty-in-residence program with faculty members and their families living in apartments in the student residence halls. • The Michael F. Price College is ranked as one of the nation’s top business schools at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Price College ranks in U.S. News & World Report’s top 15 in undergraduate business specialties for international business. • OU is one of a small number of Division I-A universities in the nation to received the CHAMPS award for preparing student-athletes for life. The award is based on academic excellence, athletic excellence, personal development, community service and career development. • The Oklahoma Daily, OU’s student newspaper, and Sooner yearbook are consistently ranked among the best in the country. • More Native American languages are taught for college credit at OU than any other university in the world. • The Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication at OU is home to the Native American Journalists Association, the oldest and largest international organization for indigenous journalists.
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• OU’s journalism and mass communication school was elevated to college status, thanks to a $22 million gift from Edward L. Gaylord on behalf of the Gaylord family of Oklahoma City. • The OU Health and Sciences Center is one of only four comprehensive academic health centers in the nation with seven professional schools. It includes the colleges of Allied Health, Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health and Graduate Studies. • The Donald W. Reynolds Department of Geriatric Medicine, established at the OU Health Sciecnes Center with an $11.2 million grant from the Reynolds Foundation, is one of the premier programs in education, research and service to elders. • OU is the only public university in Oklahoma to be included in the Fiske Guide to Colleges, which lists the top 10 percent of all U.S. universities. • The Department of Communication’s doctoral program is ranked among the top 20 programs in the country. • OU frequently host national and international scholars and policymakers during major national conferences and symposia. Over the past few years, guests have included former President George Bush; fomrer U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell; U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy; former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher; Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutul award-winning broadcast journalist Katie Couric; International Political Analyst Fareed Zakaria; and award-winning historian and author David McCullough. • OU’s A. Max Weitzenhoffer Musical Theatre Program is one of the very few university programs in the nation that provides students an opportunity to be in the same cast with professional Broadway actions in brand-new productions. • The OU Press is the oldest in the Great Plain states and ranks among the 20 most important university presses in the United States. It is a leading publisher of books about Native Americans and the American West. • The OU College of Law publishes the only law journal in the United States devoted exculsively to Native American legal issues. • OU finished among the top 25 eight times in the last teams in the last nine years in the U.S. Sports Academic Direcor’s Cup Standings, which measures the overall strength of each Division I-A athletics program.
• A $50 million gift from the George Kaiser Family Foundation--the largest single gift the unversity has ever received--helped create the OU School of Community Medicine. The school’s mission is to improve the overall health status of undeserved Oklahoma areas, both rural and urban, through community-based medicine. • In 1999, a $10 million grant to OU from the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation of Tulsa supported the purchase of the BP Amoco property in Tulsa, enabling OU to establish a new community-based campus for the University’s Tulsa programs. • In 2003, the Schusterman Family underlined their support of OU in Tulsa with announcement of a $10 million challenge grant for OU-Tulsa to help complete the first phase of the campus master plan for the Schusterman Center and allow OU-Tulsa to expand degree programming in key areas. • First-and-second-year students receive outstanding instruction and mentoring under a program that brings over 50 retired full professors back to campus to teach their introductory courses. • The OU Sooners have won 26 national championships in men’s and women’s sports with the latest coming in 2008 when the men’s gymnastics team won its fifth title in seven years. • Almost 100 Sooner student-athletes earned Academic All-Conference honors, and a total of 12 teams recorded GPAs of 3.0 or better. • More than 250 Sooner student-athletes were named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll. A total of 34 OU student-athletes recorded a 4.0 GPA. • The Athletics Department became just the second Division I winner of the Prism Award, recognizing best practices in sports management.
Sooner Support and ACADEMICS PRENTICE GAUTT ACADEMIC CENTER
In the 1950s, Prentice Gautt come to OU to play football, and, in the process, broke down barriers and crushed sterotypes. Today, OU student-athletes use the Prentice Gautt Academic Center to break another kind of sterotype. The center that today’s student-athlete’s use everybady now bears the name of the man who left an indelible legacy for Sooner Athletics and helped change a society in the process. The formal dedication of the Prentince Gautt Academic Center was held Friday, Sept. 17, 1999. The proposal to re-name the center was approved by the OU Board of Regents in March 1999. The proposal consultants of the Prentice Gautt Academic Center help student-athletes with a variety of academic tasks, from learning strategy instruction to any stage of the writing process including preparing for an essay exam and the formal research paper. The goal is to help student-athletes develop the strategies they need to be successful by encouraging the use of the center for all facets of the learning and writing process encountered in college. The Prentice Guatt Academic Center provides student athletes with a state-of-the-art academic support facility. The environment encourages a collaboration between staff membrs and student-athletes. In addition, it is highly conducive to learning in all areas of students’ academic endeavors and features seven learning centers.
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Senior Brooke Sheppard has received six different academic awards since becoming a sooner in the Fall 2008. This past year she was named a 2011 Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete, made the Conference USA Rowing All-Academic Team and was also named a member of the 2011 Big 12 Academic At-Large Team.
ACADEMICS Located on the second and third floor in the north end of the Gaylord family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, the Academic Center houses Acadmic Counseling offices, and Learning and Skill Development centers including the Kerr Foundation Computer Center, the Thompson Writing Center and centers for communication, reading, study skills, math and foreign language as well as learning enhancement and study areas.
Kerr Foundation Computer Center
In the 21st century, computers have become an integral part of the learning experience. Students need access to computers and their resources almost daily. The Kerr Foundation Computer Centers are here to meet these technological needs. We provide each student with the equipment and support necessary to succeed. The computer center is housed within the Prentice Gautt Academic Center and houses nearly 200 computers, available exclusively to our student-athletes. Students also enjoy a large amount of storage space on our athletic network. Laptop computers are checked out to students when the computer center is unavailable. This allows access to our network and resources 24 hours a day. The laptop program is very important in helping athletics stay on top of their schoolwork when traveling. Group training is provided for all new student-athletes during the first week of supervised study. This helps familarize each student with our resources and procedures. Individual training sessions
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are available to each student and lab technicans are always on hand to help. The Kerr Foundation Computer Center has been a model for other universities around the country. We plan on being a leader in the future as well. Upgrades are scheduled annually and there is a deep commitment from the Athletics Department ensures that the excellence in the computer center will continue for a long time.
Kerr Language Centers
To assist you in speaking, listening, reading and writing in other languages, the Kerr Foundation Foreign Language Center offers a multimedia environment that provides instruction in all foreign language and in English as a second languages and in English as a second language. On an individual basis, students have the option of working with computers, audio-visual equipment and tutors in order to enhance their language experience.
Thompson Writing Center
Because learning and writing are essential life long skills which can always be strengthened, the Writing Center offers personalized instruction to student-athletes generate ideas and strategies for writing assignments. Consultants help student-athletes organize papers, review gramattical basics, develop proofreading and library research skills, and design resumes.
Communication Center
This academic center focuses on developing communication and public speaking skills for student-athletes. The state-of-the-art center, coordinated by a broadcast professional, builds strong media relation skills through the use of video equipment.
Reading and Study Skills Center
If student-athletes have trouble with assigned textbook readings or studying, the Reading and Study Skills Center can help. It provides student-athletes with college reading strategies and individualized instruction to help plan, implement, monitor and evaluate reading assignments. The center has received certification by the College Reading and Learning Association.
Math Center
If performing math functions is a problem, the solution is the Math Center. As a supplement to class instruction, the Math Center provides all levels of math computations, concepts and problems to help studnet review course material.
The National SPOTLIGHT
Oklahoma Athletichs is a household name due to the overwhelming media attention that hoves around the Sooners. Writers and broadcasters representing the nation’s most recognized media outlets regularly interact with Sooner players and coaches and routinely spend time in Norman.
The men’s gymnastics team has had regular television coverage thanks to consistent top-three rankings through the years. The nation will focus it’s eyes on Norman in April 2012 when the Sooners host the NCAA Men’s Gymnastics National Championships at Lloyd Noble Center.
And when they can’t come to campus, those same observers keep tabs on OU thanks to extensive televsion coverage. The Sooners are at the very center of the college athletics and everybody is watching.
The Women’s College World Series is hosted in Oklahoma City each year, with all games shown live across the nation.
In 2011, all 13 Oklahoma football games appeared on live television. OU ended the season with a streak of 125 consecutive televised games and has been shown on TV 335 times dating back to the 1953 season. During the 2010-2011 season, the men’s basketball team received live television coverage of 31 games, including nine nationally televised contests. The women’s basketball team was seen live for 25 games during the 2010-2011 season, including national coverage for 14 contests. The OU baseball team received television coverage for 20 games in 2011, including 6 on national networks. The softball team had nine games televised live in 2010, including three games on national networks. The women’s gymnastics team had three meets televised in 2010. The Sooners’ quad meet with Ohio State, Illinois and TWU was broadcasted locally, while the 2011 Big 12 Championship and 2011 NCAA Six were replayed nationally. OU’s wrestling and volleyball teams both had live television coverage during the 2010-2011 season. Wrestling’s match with Oklahoma State was covered live as a part of the Bedlam series on Dec. 12, 2010 and Feb. 20, 2011. Volleyball’s home game against Texas A&M was covered live on Nov. 2, 2010.
The popularity of the Sooners is evident in the immense amount of products and apparel purchased by fans. OU ranks 11th in the Collegiate Licensing Consortium. Since 2000, Oklahoma student-athletes have appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated 13 times. Sooner football is one of the most popular subjects for SI with 34 cover appearances. Over the past nine years, ESPN’s popular College Football Gameday production has broadcast on site from 24 of Oklahoma’s games. An average of over 3 million people logged on to SoonerSports.com every month last year, making the official Web site of the Oklahoma Athletics Department one of the top collegiate sites in the nation. Many former Sooners have gone on to successful careers as talent for the nation’s top media outlets including CBS’ Spencer Tillman and Stacey Dales, formerly with ESPN. Former OU athletes are often called on to provide color commentary during regional broadcasts due to their championship experience and athletics expertise.
THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT The University of Oklahoma athletics program boasts a tradition that few schools can rival. Over the years, Sooner squads have combined for 26 team national championships including eight in men’s gymnastics, seven in football, seven in wrestling, two in baseball, one in men’s golf and one in softball. The Sooner tradition isn’t something buried in the past. It inspires OU’s student-athletes to greater heights every season. In 2010-2011, the Sooners recorded their best-ever finish in the Learfield Sports Director’s cup at No. 10 Eighteen of Oklahoma’s 21 teams advanced to postseason competition during the 2010-11 school year. Highlights included teh men’s and women’s gymnastics teams finishing No. 3 nationally, the women’s track an dfield team finishing No. 4 and the men’s cross country team No. 5. The football team won it’s seventh Big 12 Championship in eleven seasons and won the 2011 Fiesta Bowl in its eighth BCS bowl appearance in eleven seasons in 2011, while the softball team advanced to the 2011 Women’s College World Series. Oklahoma’s student-athletes continue to lead in the classroom and their actions in the community are exemplary. With the Great Expectations campaign, Oklahoma continues to build the finest facilities in the nation. Each day, it becomes more evident that the University of Oklahoma has become one of the finest comprehensive athletics program in the country. When OU student-athletes raise the trophy of another championship, the hands responsible for hoisting that trophy symbolize thousands of Sooners around the globe.
The following represents a closer look at the tradition powering the Oklahoma Sooners: Oklahoma was playing football before it was a state. It’s only one of two Division I football programs to win seven or more national championships. And OU is the only Division I football program ever to record 47 straight victories. With Sam Bradford at No. 1, Gerald McCoy at No. 3 and Trent Williams at No. 4, Oklahoma became the first school ever to supply three of the first four NFL Draft picks in 2010. 2010 also marked only the second time that one school has produced the top pick in consecutive NBA (OU’s Blake Griffin went first in the 2009 hoops draft) and NFL Drafts. Bradford and Griffin were both named Rookie of the Year in their respecitve leagues, it was the first time in history that the two award winners came from the same university. Oklahoma gymnastics great Bart Conner won two NCAA all-around crowns and led the Sooners to two NCAA titles in 1977 and 1978. A three-time Olympian (1976, ‘80, ‘84), Conner won two gold medals in 1984. He was instrumental in the foundation of the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma defeated UCLA in the 2000 Women’s College World Series to capture the school’s first softball national championship. The Sooners won 66 games, broke 15 school records, had four All-Americans, the WCWS Most Outstanding Player, three WCWS all-tournament team members, a Big 12 title, a No. 1 ranking and the National Coaching Staff of the Year. The Sooners became just the second non-West Coast team in NCAA history to win a softball national championship.
The OU men’s basketball team has competed in 27 postseason tournaments in the last 30 years. In 2009 OU produced its 32nd winning season in the last 34 years. No other Big 12 team can boast as many winning campaigns in the span. Sooner football has accumulated seven national championships, 43 conference titles, 26 bowl championships, 152 All-Americans and had 350 players drafted by the NFL, including 41 first-round selections and four No. 1 picks: Lee Roy Selmon (1976), Billy Sims (1980), Brian Bosworth (1987—supplemental) and Sam Bradford (2010). Oklahoma’s storied wrestling program has amassed 23 conference titles and seven national championships. OU has produced 263 All-Americans and its 65 individual national champions ranks third all-time. The OU women’s basketball team advanced to its third overall and second-consecutive Final Four in 2010 after playing the nation’s toughest schedule. The Sooners, at some point, played all four No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Championship and 13 teams ranked in the final top 25. Oklahoma football has placed 28 former Sooners into the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, including three head coaches: Bennie Owen in 1951, Bud Wilkinson in 1969 and Barry Switzer in 2001. The Oklahoma men’s golf program has produced 47 All-Americans, eight three-time All-Americans, eight individual conference champions, 14 conference titles and the 1989 national championship.
A WINNING TRADITION
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The Sooner TRADITION A RICH HISTORY
The University of Oklahoma athletics program boasts a tradition that few schools can rival. Over the years, Sooner squads have combined for 26 team national championships including eight in men’s gymnastics, seven in football, seven in wrestling, two in baseball, one in men’s golf and one in softball. The Sooner tradition isn’t something buried in the past. It inspires OU’s student-athletes to greater heights every season. In 2010-2011, the Sooners recorded their best-ever finish in the Learfield Sports Director’s cup at No. 10 Eighteen of Oklahoma’s 21 teams advanced to postseason competition during the 2010-11 school year. Highlights included teh men’s and women’s gymnastics teams finishing No. 3 nationally, the women’s track an dfield team finishing No. 4 and the men’s cross country team No. 5. The football team won it’s seventh Big 12 Championship in eleven seasons and won the 2011 Fiesta Bowl in its eighth BCS bowl appearance in eleven seasons in 2011, while the softball team advanced to the 2011 Women’s College World Series. Oklahoma’s student-athletes continue to lead in the classroom and their actions in the community are exemplary. With the Great Expectations campaign, Oklahoma continues to build the finest facilities in the nation. Each day, it becomes more evident that the University of Oklahoma has become one of the finest comprehensive athletics program in the country. When OU student-athletes raise the trophy of another championship, the hands responsible for hoisting that trophy symbolize thousands of Sooners around the globe.
The Sooner Schooner
THE SOONER TRADITION The following represents a closer look at the tradition powering the Oklahoma Sooners: Oklahoma was playing football before it was a state. It’s only one of two Division I football programs to win seven or more national championships. And OU is the only Division I football program ever to record 47 straight victories. With Sam Bradford at No. 1, Gerald McCoy at No. 3 and Trent Williams at No. 4, Oklahoma became the first school ever to supply three of the first four NFL Draft picks in 2010. 2010 also marked only the second time that one school has produced the top pick in consecutive NBA (OU’s Blake Griffin went first in the 2009 hoops draft) and NFL Drafts. Bradford and Griffin were both named Rookie of the Year in their respecitve leagues, it was the first time in history that the two award winners came from the same university. Oklahoma gymnastics great Bart Conner won two NCAA all-around crowns and led the Sooners to two NCAA titles in 1977 and 1978. A three-time Olympian (1976, ‘80, ‘84), Conner won two gold medals in 1984. He was instrumental in the foundation of the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma defeated UCLA in the 2000 Women’s College World Series to capture the school’s first softball national championship. The Sooners won 66 games, broke 15 school records, had four All-Americans, the WCWS Most Outstanding Player, three WCWS all-tournament team members, a Big 12 title, a No. 1 ranking and the National Coaching Staff of the Year. The Sooners became just the second non-West Coast team in NCAA history to win a softball national championship. The OU men’s basketball team has competed in 27 postseason tournaments in the last 30 years. In 2009 OU produced its 32nd winning season in the last 34 years. No other Big 12 team can boast as many winning campaigns in the span. Sooner football has accumulated seven national championships, 43 conference titles, 26 bowl championships, 152 All-Americans and had 350 players drafted by the NFL, including 41 first-round selections and four No. 1 picks: Lee Roy Selmon (1976), Billy Sims (1980), Brian Bosworth (1987—supplemental) and Sam Bradford (2010).
Oklahoma’s storied wrestling program has amassed 23 conference titles and seven national championships. OU has produced 263 All-Americans and its 65 individual national champions ranks third all-time. The OU women’s basketball team advanced to its third overall and second-consecutive Final Four in 2010 after playing the nation’s toughest schedule. The Sooners, at some point, played all four No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Championship and 13 teams ranked in the final top 25. Oklahoma football has placed 28 former Sooners into the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, including three head coaches: Bennie Owen in 1951, Bud Wilkinson in 1969 and Barry Switzer in 2001. The Oklahoma men’s golf program has produced 47 All-Americans, eight three-time All-Americans, eight individual conference champions, 14 conference titles and the 1989 national championship. OU football has produced five Heisman Trophy winners: halfback Billy Vessels won the award in 1952, tailback Steve Owens won in 1969, halfback Billy Sims won in 1978, quarterback Jason White brought the trophy back to Norman in 2003 and fellow QB Sam Bradford took home the award last season. OU players have captured 63 national awards and the Sooners have also produced five Outland Trophies, four Walter Camp Trophies, four Butkus Award winners, four Davey O’Brien Awards, three Lombardi Awards, three Thorpe Awards, two Bronko Nagurski Awards, two Maxwell Awards, one Tatupu Award, one Johnny Unitas Award and one Bednarik award. The Oklahoma baseball team swept through its regional tournament and the World Series without a loss to capture the 1994 national championship. The Sooners topped off a 42-17 regular season with the school’s second national baseball title. Oklahoma golf’s Charlie Coe was one of the most celebrated amateur players in the history of the game. During his career, Coe captured U.S. amateur crowns in 1949, 1958 and 1959. He also played in 19 straight Masters Tournaments. Coe competed on the Walker Cup teams of 1949, 1951 and 1953. Oklahoma wrestling has produced 18 Olympians who have collectively won three gold and two silver medals. Brothers Dave and Mark Schultz both won gold in the 1984 games. Oklahoma baseball won the 1951 College World Series with a come-from-behind win over Tennessee in the championship game to become the first team in history to claim the title after winning the doubleelimination tournament without a defeat.
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Oklahoma baseball advanced to its 10th College World Series appearance in 2010 and finished the season ranked No. 5 nationally, the program’s highest finish since claiming OU’s second national title in 1994. Oklahoma basketball great Wayman Tisdale was a three-time All-American for the Sooners from 1983-85 and is the all-time leading scorer and rebounder in OU history. He was a member of the 1984 gold-medalwinning U.S. Olympic team and was recently named the greatest player ever in the Big Eight Conference by a panel of longtime conference media observers and officials. Tisdale’s No. 23 jersey was retired by Oklahoma in 1997 -- the first jersey ever retired by OU in any sport. Former OU letterwinners Michael Blackwood (track and field), Jonahthan Horton (men’s gymnastics) and Danny McFarlance (track and field) represented Oklahoma at the 2008 Olypmic Games in Beijing. Three-time OU All-American Anthony Kim won the 2008 AT&T National in early July, becoming the first American golfer since Tiger Woods to win twice in one year on the PGA Tour. Kim was also a member of the victorious U.S. squad at the 2008 Ryder Cup where he played a crucial role in winning the cup with a crushing defeat of Sergio Garcia. OU women’s gymnastics made its eighth-straight NCAA Championships in 2011 and its second straight NCAA top three finish. OU made back-to-back apperances in hte NCAA Super Six in 2010 and 2011, finishing a program best second place in 2010 and thrid place overall in 2011. The Sooners completed their third undefeated regular season in four years in 2011 and currently own the nationa’s longest regular season win streak at 29. OU women’s gymnastics became the first women’s sport at Oklahoma to be ranked No. 1 during the regular season in 2010. The Sooners were ranked first or second in every regular season poll in 2010, as the Sooners were the only squad in the country to score above a 196.000 in every meet.
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THE TRADITION CONTINUES OU football has produced five Heisman Trophy winners: halfback Billy Vessels won the award in 1952, tailback Steve Owens won in 1969, halfback Billy Sims won in 1978, quarterback Jason White brought the trophy back to Norman in 2003 and fellow QB Sam Bradford took home the award last season. OU players have captured 63 national awards and the Sooners have also produced five Outland Trophies, four Walter Camp Trophies, four Butkus Award winners, four Davey O’Brien Awards, three Lombardi Awards, three Thorpe Awards, two Bronko Nagurski Awards, two Maxwell Awards, one Tatupu Award, one Johnny Unitas Award and one Bednarik award. The Oklahoma baseball team swept through its regional tournament and the World Series without a loss to capture the 1994 national championship. The Sooners topped off a 42-17 regular season with the school’s second national baseball title. Oklahoma wrestling has produced 18 Olympians who have collectively won three gold and two silver medals. Brothers Dave and Mark Schultz both won gold in the 1984 games.
Oklahoma baseball won the 1951 College World Series with a come-from-behind win over Tennessee in the championship game to become the first team in history to claim the title after winning the doubleelimination tournament without a defeat. Oklahoma baseball advanced to its 10th College World Series appearance in 2010 and finished the season ranked No. 5 nationally, the program’s highest finish since claiming OU’s second national title in 1994. Oklahoma basketball great Wayman Tisdale was a three-time All-American for the Sooners from 1983-85 and is the all-time leading scorer and rebounder in OU history. He was a member of the 1984 gold-medalwinning U.S. Olympic team and was recently named the greatest player ever in the Big Eight Conference by a panel of longtime conference media observers and officials. Tisdale’s No. 23 jersey was retired by Oklahoma in 1997 -- the first jersey ever retired by OU in any sport.
Former OU letterwinners Michael Blackwood (track and field), Jonahthan Horton (men’s gymnastics) and Danny McFarlance (track and field) represented Oklahoma at the 2008 Olypmic Games in Beijing. OU women’s gymnastics made its eighth-straight NCAA Championships in 2011 and its second straight NCAA top three finish. OU made back-to-back apperances in hte NCAA Super Six in 2010 and 2011, finishing a program best second place in 2010 and thrid place overall in 2011. The Sooners completed their third undefeated regular season in four years in 2011 and currently own the nationa’s longest regular season win streak at 29. OU women’s gymnastics became the first women’s sport at Oklahoma to be ranked No. 1 during the regular season in 2010. The Sooners were ranked first or second in every regular season poll in 2010, as teh Sooners were the only squad in the country to score above a 196.000 in every meet.
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SOONER TRADITION SOONER TRADITIONS
The University of Oklahoma has a long and storied history. The rich tradition has given birth to some of the most recognized pageantry in all of college athletics. Here is a look at the origin of some of the elements that create the wonderful atmosphere so unique to OU:
SOONERS
College sports fans are hard-pressed to find a nickname that is as unique and as tied in to a state’s history as a Sooner. The University of Oklahoma is the only school known as Sooners and those who claim that they are Sooners say it with pride. The Oklahoma Territory opened with the Land Run of 1889. Settlers from across the globe, seeking free land, made their way to the prairies of the plains to stake their claim. One of the few rules to claiming a lot of land was that all participants were to start at the same time, on the boom of a cannon. All settlers who started then were labeled as “Boomers” and the ones who went early were called “Sooners.” OU athletic teams were called either Rough Riders or Boomers for 10 years before the current Sooner nickname emerged in 1908. The university actually derived its name from a pep club called “The Sooner Rooters.” The success of University of Oklahoma athletics teams over the years has made the nickname synonymous with winning.
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BOOMER SOONER
One of the most recognizable college fight songs in the country, Boomer Sooner immediately evokes enthusiasm from OU fans and sends chills down the spines of those who dare to oppose them. In 1905, Arthur M. Alden, a student in history and physiology whose father was a Norman jeweler, wrote the lyrics to the fight song, borrowing the tune from Yale University’s Boola Boola but improvising the words. A year later, an addition was made to it from North Carolina’s I’m a Tarheel Born and the two combined to form today’s university fight song. Though the tune was first made known by Yale, the everlasting success of Sooner squads has taken the melody of Boomer Sooner to national popularity. Boomer Sooner, Boomer Sooner Boomer Sooner, Boomer Sooner Boomer Sooner, Boomer Sooner Boomer Sooner, OK U! Oklahoma, Oklahoma Oklahoma, Oklahoma Oklahoma, Oklahoma Oklahoma, OK U! I’m a Sooner born and Sooner bred and when I die, I’ll be Sooner dead Rah Oklahoma, Rah Oklahoma Rah Oklahoma, OK U!
MASCOTS
The Sooner Schooner is a Conestoga, or covered wagon, reminiscent of the mode of travel used by pioneers who settled Oklahoma. The Schooner is powered by matching white ponies named Boomer and Sooner, and it ventures onto Owen Field in a triumphant victory ride after OU scores. Although the Schooner was introduced in 1964, it did not become the official mascot until 1980. The Schooner is well-recognized by college athletics fans across the country and makes regular appearances at university functions. During OU football and baseball games from 19151928, Mex the Dog wore a red sweater with a letter “O” on the side. Mex died of old age on April 30, 1928, and he was so popular among students and faculty that the university closed for his funeral and procession on May 2, 1928. In the fall of 2005, the OU Athletics Deparment introduced costumed mascots. The new characters will act as an extension of the Sooner Schooner and its horses to be enjoyed by fans -- especially children -- at all OU athletics contests. The costumes feature traditional collegiate gear as part of their regular uniform, but will don team uniforms for football and men’s and women’s basketball. They were voted “Most Collegiate” by the Universal Cheerleading Association (UCA).
The City of NORMAN HOME OF THE SOONERS
Norman is an ever-changing city of nearly 90,000 residents. Located in the heart of the state, it has grown to become the third largest city in Oklahoma. Despite its continuous growth, it has maintained the spirit of serenity of a small close-knit community. Since the Oklahoma land run of 1889, Norman has grown into a popular and smart city. The spirit of Norman and its citizens is unwavering and uncompromising. While other towns were clamoring to become the state capital, Norman residents desired to have the first state university. When the first OU president got off the train and saw a prairie, he saw opportunity. As home to the state’s premier educational institution, Norman boasts an excellent quality of life and is a city that thrives on and celebrates the diversity of its community. Legendary University of Oklahoma football coach Barry Switzer called Norman “a university town with a championship spirit.� Norman continually exhibits its love for sports by hosting numerous local and national athletic events.
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SPIRIT OF CHAMPIONS
In the last five years alone, Norman has served as host of the NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championship, an NCAA men’s golf regional, NCAA softball regionals, NCAA men’s and women’s gymnastics regionals, NCAA women’s tennis regionals, NCAA track and field regional and the NCAA women’s basketball regionals. In addition, the Big 12 Conference Men’s and Women’s Tennis, Track and Field, Wrestling, Women’s Golf, and Women’s Gymnastics Championships were held in Norman.
OKLAHOMA CITY
Oklahoma City, the capital of Oklahoma, is located just 18 miles from the Norman campus. It was the first city settled in the Land Run of 1889 because of its position as the center of the state. It is because of this central location that Oklahoma City has become known as the home of America’s Western heritage. Whether adventure, history, culture or sports, Oklahoma City offers a variety of attractions and activities different from any other place in the country. Oklahoma City was born on the afternoon of April 22, 1889, when the central portion of what is now Oklahoma was opened to settlement by presidential proclamation. Thousands crossed the borders of “unassigned lands” at the sound of gunfire at high noon. Never before or since has such a “run” occurred anywhere on the earth. By the time the dust had settled on that historic day, many people had staked their claim at “Oklahoma Station,” an area which was destined to become Oklahoma City, a leading city in America. In 1911, Oklahoma City officially became the capital after a statewide election moved the state seal from Guthrie.
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A SPORTS FANATIC’S PARADISE
Oklahoma City has become a haven for exciting sports action. It is home of the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder, two minor league sports teams and the host of the NCAA Women College Softball World Series and Big 12 Baseball and Softball Championships. The Oklahoma City RedHawks, 1996 American Association champions (then named the Oklahoma City 89ers), are the Triple-A baseball affiliate of the Houston Astros. The team plays in the 13,066-seat RedHawks Field at Bricktown, one of the most respected venues of all minor league sports. The ballpark served as a host to a 2004 NCAA baseball regional and the 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 Big 12 Baseball Championship. The Oklahoma City Barons are in their second seasonof play. The American Hockey League squad is the top minor league affiliate of the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers. In addition, the city has hosted numerous PGA and Senior PGA Tour events.
THUNDER UP
The Oklahoma City Thunder stands as the city’s staple sports symbol. The Thunder, who moved to Oklahoma City in 2008, have already claimed two playoff appearances and one division title. Oklahoma City reached the Western Conference Finals in 2011 where they fell to the NBA Champion Dallas Mavericks. The Thunder were led by two-time league scoring leader Kevin Durant. The Thunder’s home venue, Chesapeak Energy Arena, is considered one of the top atmosphere’s to catch an NBA game.
Making an impact in THE COMMUNITY MAKING COMMUNITY IMPACT
OU lives by a clear and strong motto in dealing with its student-athletes...Inspiring Champions for Today, Preparing Leaders for Tomorrow. To fulfill that promise, the athletics department and student-athletes take an active role in a number of community service projects. Sooner student-athletes are exposed to life outside of sports and school work with opportunities to serve and help others. The Student Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) is a committee made up of student-athletes from all 21 intercollegiate athletic teams at the University of Oklahoma. The group coordinates community service programs for the Sooners each month. “Giving back is something that benefits us as much as those we’re helping,” says OU head softball coach Patty Gasso. “It brings us back to reality and makes us realize that there is more to life than collegiate softball. I feel it’s our duty to help out because of the role we’re in as a Division I softball program.” The University of Oklahoma men’s golf program has held an annual Clubs for Kids event in early May at
the Lakeview Golf Course in Ardmore, Okla. Providing clubs and instruction, the event allows more than 1,000 southeastern Oklahoma youth an opportunity to interact with the OU golf team and coaches. Oklahoma women’s basketball teams have been extremely active in the community since head coach Sherri Coale’s arrival in 1996. In addition to projects with the United Way, Coaches vs. Cancer, Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity and the Children’s Miracle Network, Coale implemented the Sooner Big Sis Program which places women’s basketball players at elementary schools in Norman to serve as mentors and teachers’ aides. “I want our student-athletes to learn through their experience here,” says Coale, “how important it is to volunteer to be a part of whatever community they decide to reside in when their playing days are over.” Oklahoma’s student-athletes recognize that wearing the Crimson and Cream means representing a popular sports program and themselves as individuals. They are encouraged to respond to a public that adores them, while learning important lessons about making a positive impact in the lives of others and in the
community in which they live. Community service events for OU student-athletes from the past year included: Women’s basketball players and coaches visited the Children’s Hospital in Oklahoma City and participated in the Sooner Big Sis Program, an event in which each student-athlete selects a Norman elementary school class and visits the class weekly for an hour. The Oklahoma baseball team annually attends Willow Springs Boys Ranch to spend time with children and host a barbeque, in addition to visiting the “Miracle League” in Edmond and working with children at local elementary schools. The OU men’s gymnastics team participated in Adopt-An-Angel, Safe Trick-Or-Treat and volunteered at various elementary schools in the Norman area. The team earned the Volunteer of the Year award by the Norman United Way and Junior League of Norman. for its work at Norman’s Cleveland Elementary School.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT The OU Athletics Department participated in “Think if You Drink,” a community campaign to help promote safe and responsible drinking among student-athletes and students on campus.
Sooner football players spent more than 300 hours involved in various community projects during the course of the year including the Clinic for Kids, visiting elementary schools and conducting the annual food drive.
The football program participated in Special Spectators for children with terminal illnesses by visiting and playing with the children.
OU student-athletes hosted Safe Trick-or-Treat and provided candy, games and safe entertainment for hundreds of local children and their families at the Lloyd Noble Center.
OU student-athletes and coaches made contact with more than 1,000 Norman Public Schools students in 20 schools as visiting readers, tutors, mentors and other special events including speaking engagements. The OU women’s volleyball team visited Santa Fe High School, mentored children during lunch at Norman Lutheran Church, led FCA at Alcott Middle School, refereed and taught children’s volleyball for Jumping Juniors and the Homeschool Association and spoke to the young adults at Tulsa High School. Oklahoma men’s basketball has been involved with community organizations including the American Cancer Society, the American Lung Association, Boys and Girls Clubs, Boy Scouts of America, Citizens Caring for Children, Children’s Miracle Network, Food and Shelter for Friends, Sooner Reading Program, the Oklahoma Blood Institute, the Oklahoma Committee to Prevent Child Abuse and Special Olympics, among others. Bridge Builders, the African American Student-Athlete Network, organized student outreach programs at Marcus Garvey Leadership Charter School and Moon Middle School helping to impart ideas and strategies to young people that will help them be successful in sports as well as life. Oklahoma women’s basketball players supported the Special Olympics in Norman and Noble. The players were honorary hug givers and cheerleaders, encouraging Oklahoma’s special stars. The Sooners also assisted the United Way in its Meals on Wheels program. OU delivered, sacked and decorated bags that contained food items for emergency use during the winter months.
More than 450 hours of community service were put in by OU student-athletes through the Life Skills Program. Events included reading to school children, leading middle school FCA meetings, speaking to elementary school children, and visits to children’s hospital. The football, basketball, baseball, and gymnastics teams were involved with Special Spectators, a national organization that invites seriously ill children to attend a sporting event and meet the players and coaches. The Sooners hosted more than 20 children from several Oklahoma City hospitals who attended sporting events on the OU campus. OU participated in the Adopt-an-Angel Toy Drive in which toys and clothing were given by student–athletes and department staff to the Salvation Army, Women’s Resource Center and individuals in need during the holiday season. The women’s rowing squad participated in the campus-wide blood drive with the American Red Cross. There are over 100 donors whose donations will help save the lives of more than 500 people. Oklahoma rowing also volunteers at Habitat for Humanity regularly. The Sooner rowers were awarded the 2011 Champs/Life Skills award for their active participation in the Norman community.
The Oklahoma Rowing Team works on a house for Habitat for Humanity
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SOONERSPORTS.COM
IN THE SPOTLIGHT OKLAHOMA ATHLETICS ON THE WEB The University of Oklahoma, in conjunction with its multimedia rights partner, Sooner Sports Properties, signed on in 2007 to become a partner of CBS College Sports Network, the industry leader for online networks. It hosts Oklahoma’s official athletics website, providing Sooner fans with the most in-depth coverage and interactive content of OU sports that has ever been available. The new and improved website, SoonerSports.com, launched on July 1, 2007. SoonerSports.com was revamped in September, 2009. The OU Athletics Department and CBS College Sports Network committed considerable research, planning and design resources in developing the new SoonerSports.com. OU is recognized as a leader in intercollegiate athletics and its official site follows in that tradition. For many, the site serves as the front door to the Sooner experience. SoonerSports.com also provides an integral link between OU student-athletes, their families, coaches, Oklahoma students, fans, prospective student-athletes, alumni, media, donors, corporate partners, the University and peer institutions in the Big 12 Conference and the NCAA. The site strengthens Oklahoma’s commitment in bringing its fans the most extensive coverage of the Sooners direct from Norman. By utilizing the latest technology including webcasts, live stats, blogs, RSS feeds, wireless services and more, OU presents fans with unprecedented opportunities to access official Sooner news, features and multimedia. In addition to SoonerSports.com, OU manages subsidiary sites including Oklahoma All-Access, SoonerSportsMedia.com, TheSoonerClub.com and various championship and promotional sites throughout the year. OU’s official Online Store, Multimedia Store, Photo Store and online auction platform also give fans access to a variety of Sooner merchandise in one convenient location.
Sooner Sports Properties is a division of Learfield Sports, which administers multimedia rights for nearly 35 collegiate institutions and associations including fellow Big 12 members Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas State, Missouri and Texas A&M. The Dallas-based company also secures marketing partnerships for the Black Coaches Association (BCA) and provides exclusive sports programming to more than 1,000 radio stations throughout the country. Additionally, Team Services, LLC, a Learfield Sports company, specializes in venue naming rights, marketing research and sales consultation. CBS College Sports Network is the leading digital and cable programming company dedicated to college sports. Connecting more fans to more college sports than any other company, the network includes more than 175 official athletic sites. Further information is available at collegenetwork.cbssports.com. SOONERSPORTSMEDIA.COM The OU Athletics Department provides an innovative service for media covering the Sooners. Log on to SoonerSportsMedia.com and download high-resolution action photos, mug shots, official OU logos, online credentials and more. Visit the site to request an account for access. SOONER SOCIAL MEDIA OU ranks among the top three universities nationally in soical media with more than 307,000 followers on Facebook and 30,000 suscribers on Twitter. The OU rowing team also maintains a Twitter account specifically for coverage of Sooner rowing.
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COMMUNICATIONS
PETE MORIS
Assistant A.D./Communications | Football pmoris@ou.edu
MIKE HOUCK
Associate Director | Men’s Basketball mhouck@ou.edu
JARED THOMPSON
Associate Director | Women’s Basketball jaredthompson@ou.edu
CRAIG MORAN
Assistant Director | Baseball, Soccer cmoran@ou.edu
CASSIE CHANCE
Assistant Director | Softball, Volleyball cassie@ou.edu
DAVID BASSITY
Assistant Director | Track & Field, Football dbassity@ou.edu
JASON BODIN
BRANDON MEIER
Executive Director of Video Production/SoonerVision bmeler@ou.edu
SCOTT MATTHEWS
Director of Graphic Design smatthews@ou.edu
KELSEY HARGENS
Assistant Director of Graphic Design khargens@ou.edu
ANNA KREMER
Graphic Design Graduate Assistant jakremer@ou.edu
JASON MATHESON
Director of SoonerSports.com jmatheson@ou.edu
TORY KUKOWSKI
Assistant Director of Soonersports.com tkukowski@ou.edu
OU ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS
Graduate Assistant | Wrestling, Men’s Tennis jasonb@ou.edu
Communication Main Phone.................................................. (405)325-8231 Communication Fax............................................................... (405)325-7623
LESLIE KOCH
University Of Oklahoma Athletics Communications McClendon Center, Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Suite 2525, 180 W. Brooks St. Norman, OK 73019
Graduate Assistant | Women’s Gymnastics and Women’s Tennis lesali@ou.edu
DEBBIE COPP
Director of Publications dcopp@ou.edu
ASHLEY ELKINS
Student Assistant | Women’s Rowing ashley.d.elkins-1@ou.edu
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SoonerSports.com The latest, official information on the Oklahoma women’s rowing is available at SoonerSports.com. Log on for complete media services including statistics, rosters, bios, schedules and more. Rowing Online Official OU Athletics web site............................................ SoonerSports.com Big 12 Conference................................................................Big12sports.com OU Rowing on Twitter................................................. twitter.com/ourowing
Oklahoma’s 2011 Results SPRING AND FALL During the spring 2011 season, the Sooners again proved their growth taking second at the Big 12 Championship for the second year in a row and winning the Newport Autumn Rowing Festival to close out their fall 2011 season. In the spring of 2011 the squads kicked off their season at the OU Invitational hosted by Oklahoma and raced on the Oklahoma River. The varsity and novice squads picked up a total of 15 wins against Tulsa, SMU, Kansas and Creighton during the weekend. From there, the Sooners headed to Lady Bird Lake in Austin for the Longhorn Invitational. The OU squads came back to Norman with 10 wins during the weekend, and the varsity eight went 3-1 during their Head to Heads against Iowa, Wisconsin, Louisville and UCF.
The fall 2011 season began with the Head of the Oklahoma in Oklahoma City where the Sooners top boat defeated Stanford, Iowa and Tulsa in the OG&E 500-meter grand final night sprints. Stanford was coming off a second place finish at the NCAA Championship. The Sooners had nine out of 12 boats entered place in the top 10 during the weekend. From there Oklahoma’s varsity eight traveled to Boston, Mass. to compete at the Head of the Charles for its third appearance. The squad placed 20th out of the 37 boats in competition. Sooner rowing then swept the open fours at the Head of the Colorado in Texas.
Oklahoma picked up third and fifth place finishes at the San Diego Classic before traveling to Kansas City, Kan. for the Big 12 Championship.
After a short break, Oklahoma traveled to California for its final two regattas. At the Head of the Marina, the varsity eight placed first. The varsity pairs also claimed first at the day-long event.
The varsity eight was also invited to the Windermere Cup for the first time in Oklahoma Rowing history. This regatta has been around for 25 years. The varsity eight competed and placed second behind Washington and beating out Cambridge.
The rowing squads closed their fall season at its first trip to the Autumn Rowing Festival in Newport, Calif. , with the varsity eight claiming top honors with a win in the collegiate eights division.
The rowers closed their season at the Conference USA Championships in Tennessee. The team placed third overall, placing two athletes in the All-Conference team and three on the All-Academic Team. The 2011 varsity eight after winning the Newport Autumn Rowing Festival
2011 SPRING RESULTS
The University of Oklahoma rowing team completed its third season in spring 2011 with 14 athletes named to the Big 12 All-Academic First Team. The team also had 12 Conference USA Academic Medalists and 10 CRCA Scholar Athletes. As a junior Nicole Furmanek and senior Kelsey Witten earned spots on the 2011 Capital One Academic All District Team. Fourteen rowers were named members of the 2011 Big 12 Academic At-Large Team. Nicole Furmanek, Brooke Sheppard and Kelsey Witten were named to the 2011 Conference USA Rowing All-Academic Team for their classroom success as well as their contributions to the team. Kelsey Witten and Rebecca Staff were also selected to be a part of the Conference USA All-Conference team. “The team is continuing to develop and mature and I’m extremely proud of the accomplishments of the 2011 season,” Head Coach Leeanne Crain said. “I’m confident 2012 Media Guide 30
that the team is developing the skills and intensity needed to compete at a high level. The progress we’ve made in just three years has been remarkable.” The Sooners opened up the season with the OU Invitational in Oklahoma City March 11-13, racking up 15 wins against Tulsa, SMU, Kansas and Creighton. The first, second and third varsity eight, second varsity four and novice four went undefeated over the weekend. The University of Oklahoma women’s rowing team finished second overall in the event on the Oklahoma River. At the Longhorn Invitational, Oklahoma took 10 wins from Iowa, UCF and Louisville. The first novice eight finished the weekend with two wins. The first varsity eight went 3-1, claiming wins from Iowa, UFC and Louisville. The Sooners claimed 12 wins overall from the weekend, five in the varsity eight events, four in the varsity fours, and three in the novice eights.
The San Diego Crew Classic proved to be successful for Oklahoma rowers, who claimed third and fifth in grand final races and first and fifth in the petite final events. The varsity eight took first place in the petite finals of the women’s collegiate varsity invitational. The Sooners finished with a time of 6 minutes, 45.600 seconds over No. 11 ranked UCLA (6:45.960), Iowa (6:46.770), San Diego (6:51.120), Oregon State (6:51.740) and Purdue (7:05.610). The varsity four finished third in the grand final beating out no. 4 Stanford as well as Oregon State and Iowa. The novice eight took fifth in its grand final. Shortly after the San Diego Crew Classic Oklahoma Rowing received its first ever national ranking. The Sooners were ranked no. 19 in the CRCA/US Rowing poll. Texas was the only other Big 12 Conference and Conference USA team besides Oklahoma to receive a ranking.
2011 SPRING RESULTS The Sooners then headed to Ann Arbor, Mich., to face Michigan and Indiana. Due to weather conditions only the first, second and third varsity eight boats raced against Michigan and Indiana simultaneously. The varsity eight took second, the second varsity eight took third and the third varsity eight took second. Oklahoma claimed second at the Big 12 Championship in Kansas City, Kan. OU scored 85 points, behind No. 15 Texas with 111 points. The first varsity eight, second varsity eight, varsity four and second varsity four all placed second in their respective events. The novice teams took third and fourth in the regatta to help sustain the number two spot at the championship. The varsity eight squad accepted their first invite to the 25th annual Windermere Cup in Seattle, Wash. Oklahoma’s boat finished with a time of 6:57.100 to beat out Cambridge (7:05.300) for the second place spot behind Washington’s time of 6:42.600. Kelsey Witten, Rebecca Staff, Meghan Farrell, Sarah Kelle, Brooke Sheppard, Nicole Furmanek, Nicole Bladow, Meagan Harrell and Katie Klassen competed at Lake Washington.
finished strong taking home a third place finish overall behind Tennessee and No. 15 ranked Texas. The second varsity eight claimed bronze beating out Kansas for the spot. Oklahoma took fourth in the open four and novice eight grand final. The varsity four and varsity eight also took fourth in their respective events. Coxswain Kelsey Witten and rower Rebecca Staff were named to the All-Conference USA team. The Sooners closed their spring season at the Oak Ridge Invitational in Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oklahoma had two boats in the petite finals and two boats in the grand final. The squads faced three ranked opponents over the weekend. The open four finished third in the petite final and the varsity four placed first beating out Rhode Island and UCF in the petite final. The third varsity eight finished third in their event. Grand finals included the second varsity eight, claiming fifth and the varsity eight taking sixth.
The Conference USA Championships were next up on the Sooner schedule in Oak Ridge, Tenn. on Melton Hill Lake. The rowing team
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OU INVITATIONAL Oklahoma City, Okla. - Oklahoma River March 11-13 Varsity Eight 1. Oklahoma....................................7:03.850 2. Tulsa.......................................................7:13.600 1. Oklahoma....................................7:09.390 2. Kansas...................................................7:23.710 1. Oklahoma....................................7:34.700 2. Creighton...............................................8:08.550 1. Oklahoma....................................7:32.920 2. SMU...................................................... 8:03.020 Second Varsity Eight 1. Oklahoma....................................7:22.600 2. Tulsa.......................................................7:30.020 1. Oklahoma....................................7:32.330 2. Tulsa.......................................................7:41.030 3. Kansas....................................................7:43.090 1. Oklahoma....................................7:32.000 2. Oklahoma B.................................7:42.310 3. Creighton...............................................8:20.460 1. Oklahoma....................................7:47.560 2. SMU.......................................................8:19.310 Third Varsity Eight 1. Oklahoma....................................7:38.900 2. Kansas....................................................7:56.600 Varsity Four 1. Tulsa.......................................................8:03.740 2. Oklahoma....................................8:05.300 1. Oklahoma....................................8:14.750 2. Kansas....................................................8:19.960 1. Oklahoma....................................8:50.150 2. Oklahoma B.................................9:22.250 3. Creighton............................................. 11:15.540 1. Oklahoma....................................8:41.460 2. Oklahoma B................................ 8:51.090 3. SMU.......................................................9:53.190 Second Varsity Four 1. Oklahoma....................................8:11.210 2. Tulsa.......................................................8:22.080
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3. Tulsa B....................................................8:52.910 1. Oklahoma....................................8:12.580 2. Kansas....................................................8:29.510 Novice Eight 1. Tulsa.......................................................7:39.890 2. Oklahoma....................................7:40.350 1. Kansas....................................................7:47.050 2. Oklahoma....................................7:47.820 1. Oklahoma....................................8:07.720 2. Kansas B.................................................8:16.240 Second Novice Eight 1. Oklahoma....................................7:51.840 2. Kansas....................................................7:57.130 1. Kansas....................................................7:50.460 2. Oklahoma....................................7:51.620 Novice Four 1. Oklahoma....................................8:09.210 2. Oklahoma B.................................8:16.370 3. Kansas....................................................8:32.330 Lineups Varsity Eight Kelsey Witten (cox), Rebecca Staff (stroke), Meghan Farrell (7), Sarah Kelle (6), Brooke Sheppard (5), Nicole Bladow (4), Nicole Furmanek (3), Megan Harrell/Katie Klassen (2), Morgan Whinery (bow) Second Varsity Eight Amanda Hoffman (cox), Ashley LaFollette (stroke), Amber Coyne (7), Rebecca Winchester (6), Brooke Holleman (5), Olivia Staff (4), Elizabeth Middleton (3), Kelsey O’Grady (2), Katie Klassen/Meagan Harrell (bow) Third Varsity Eight Kiley Poppino/Teresa Le (cox), Samantha Fahed (stroke), Maureen Lewis (7), Maggie Schaefer (6), Lena Eagle Road (5), Mary Cox (4), Elise McCarthy/ Kaylee Johnson (3), Kiley Poppino/Kaylee Johnson (2), Sara Sherrer (bow) Varsity Four Carly Schueler (cox), Ally Gray (stroke), Lisa Jett/ Markayla Adam (3), Heather House/Melissa Simpson (2), Markayla Adam/Katherine Rabe (bow) Second Varsity Four Tricia Allen (cox), Katherine Rabe/Melea McCreary
(stroke), Katrin Passlack (3), Melea McCreary/Lisa Jett (2), Melissa Simpson/Heather House (bow) Third Varsity Four Tricia Allen (cox), Samantha Fahed (stroke), Maureen Lewis (3), Maggie Schaefer (2), Lena Eagle Road (bow) Novice Eight Jenny Winters (cox), Elizabeth Biggs (stroke), Ivy Brown (7), Kristin Clift (6), Ashlee Fitzpatrick (5) Aubrey Myers (4), Heather Morris (3), Valerie Senkowski (2), Rebecca Beu (bow) Second Novice Eight Teresa Le (cox), Belle Stixrood (stroke), Katie Markfort (7), Wava Denito (6), Rachel Santschi (5) Chelsea Downs (4), Marilyn Kozlowski (3), Kerianne May (2), Kristen Anthis (bow)
LONGHORN INVITATIONAL Austin, Texas - Lady Bird Lake March 18-20 Varsity Eight 1. Oklahoma....................................7:23.200 2. Iowa.......................................................7:28.400 1. Wisconsin...............................................7:20.000 2. Oklahoma....................................7:24.900 1. Oklahoma....................................7:16.500 2. Louisville...............................................7:18.300 1. Oklahoma....................................7:19.800 2. UCF........................................................7:31.200 Second Varsity Eight 1. Iowa.......................................................7:29.900 2. Oklahoma....................................7:47.100 1. Wisconsin..............................................7:28.300 2. Oklahoma....................................7:44.400 1. Oklahoma....................................7:48.800 2. Louisville...............................................8:03.200 1. Oklahoma....................................7:25.900 2. UCF........................................................7:35.400 Varsity Four 1. Oklahoma....................................8:28.800 2. Iowa.......................................................8:52.700
2011 SPRING RESULTS 1. Wisconsin...............................................8:16.600 2. Oklahoma....................................8:24.100 1. Oklahoma....................................8:53.000 1. Oklahoma....................................8:20.700 2. UCF........................................................8:29.300 Second Varsity Four 1. Oklahoma....................................8:50.400 2. Iowa.......................................................8:58.300 1. Wisconsin...............................................8:28.600 2. Oklahoma....................................8:33.800 1. UCF.........................................................8:24.200 2. Oklahoma....................................8:39.700 Novice Eight 1. Oklahoma....................................7:55.100 2. Iowa.......................................................8:00.200 1. Wisconsin...............................................7:43.400 2. Oklahoma....................................8:04.800 1. Oklahoma....................................8:21.100 2. Louisville................................................8:24.100 1. UCF.........................................................8:04.800 2. Oklahoma....................................8:08.500 Second Novice Eight 1. Oklahoma....................................8:21.700 2. Iowa.......................................................8:49.000 1. Wisconsin...............................................7:55.300 2. Oklahoma....................................8:04.300 1. Texas......................................................8:28.500 2. Oklahoma....................................8:38.800 Lineups Varsity Eight Kelsey Witten (cox), Rebecca Staff (stroke), Meghan Farrell (7), Sarah Kelle (6), Brooke Sheppard (5), Nicole Bladow (4), Nicole Furmanek (3), Morgan Whinery (2), Meagan Harrell (bow) Second Varsity Eight Amanda Hoffman (cox), Ashley LaFollette (stroke), Amber Coyne (7), Rebecca Winchester/ Maggie Schaefer (6), Brooke Holleman/Markayla Adam (5), Kelsey O’Grady/Rebecca Winchester (4), Elizabeth Middleton (3), Melissa Simpson (2), Katie Klassen (bow) Varsity Four Carly Schueler (cox), Ally Gray (stroke), Markayla Adam/Brooke Holleman (3), Maggie Schaefer/ Kelsey O”Grady (2), Katherine Rabe (bow)
Second Varsity Four Tricia Allen (cox), Melea McCreary (stroke), Olivia Staff (3), Samantha Fahed (2), Katrin Passlack (bow)
SAN DIEGO CREW CLASSIC San Diego, Calif. - Mission Bay April 2-3 Varsity Eight 1. Stanford.................................................6:24.000 2. Washington............................................6:29.940 3. Wisconsin...............................................6:30.750 4. Oklahoma....................................6:35.910 5. Oregon State..........................................6:47.350 6. Purdue...................................................6:53.530 Varsity Eight-Petite Final 1. Oklahoma....................................6:45.600 2. UCLA......................................................6:45.960 3. Iowa.......................................................6:46.770 4. San Diego...............................................6:51.120 5. Oregon State..........................................6:51.740 6. Purdue...................................................7:05.610 Second Varsity Eight 1. USC.........................................................6:41.600 2. Wisconsin...............................................6:43.490 3. Sacremento State...................................6:58.580 4. Oklahoma....................................7:03.660 5. Georgetwon...........................................7:10.960 6. Bates......................................................7:11.790 7. Loyola.....................................................7:32.110 Second Varsity Eight-Petite Final 1. Oregon State A.......................................6:54.600 2. Iowa.......................................................6:58.130 3. Oregon State B.......................................6:58.470 4. Alabama.................................................6:58.860 5. Oklahoma....................................7:06.060 6. Sacremento State...................................7:08.670 Varsity Four 1. UCLA......................................................7:19.800 2. Stanford.................................................7:24.270 3. Oklahoma....................................7:28.680 4. USC.........................................................7:38.860 5. San Diego...............................................7:43.850 6. Tulsa.......................................................7:45.820 Varsity Four-Grand Final 1. USC.........................................................7:30.900 2. UCLA......................................................7:33.420 3. Oklahoma....................................7:37.280 4. Stanford.................................................7:38.740 5. Oregon State..........................................7:47.570
6. Iowa.......................................................7:59.060 Novice Eight 1. UCLA......................................................7:12.000 2. Oklahoma....................................7:20.250 3. Alabama.................................................7:30.240 4. San Diego State......................................7:38.630 5. Cal-San Diego.........................................7:44.650 6. St. Mary’s................................................8:00.380 7. Arizona State..........................................8:01.520 Second Varsity Eight-Grand Final 1. Washington............................................7:10.500 2. UCLA......................................................7:13.560 3. Stanford.................................................7:15.940 4. Washington State...................................7:18.040 5. Oklahoma....................................7:32.370 6. Tulsa.......................................................7:36.660 Lineups Varsity Eight Kelsey Witten (cox), Rebecca Staff (stroke), Meghan Farrell (7), Sarah Kelle (6), Brooke Sheppard (5), Nicole Bladow (4), Nicole Furmanek (3), Morgan Whinery (2), Meagan Harrell (bow) Second Varsity Eight Amanda Hoffman (cox), Ashley LaFollette (stroke), Katie Klassen (7), Ally Gray (6), Amber Coyne (5), Rebecca Winchester (4), Elizabeth Middleton (3), Melissa Simpson (2), Markayla Adam (bow) Varsity Four Carly Schueler (cox), Katherine Rabe (stroke), Maggie Schaefer (3), Brooke Holleman (2), Kelsey O’Grady (bow) Novice Eight Jenny Winters (cox), ivy Brown (stroke), Elizabeth Biggs (7), Ashlee Fitzpatrick (6), Kristin Clift (5), Marilyn Kozlowski (4), Rebecca Beu (3), Valerie Senkowski (2), Heather Morris (bow)
MICHIGAN AND INDIANA Ann Arbor, Mich.- Belleville Lake April 16 Varsity Eight 1. Michigan................................................7:11.150 2. Oklahoma....................................7:13.790 3. Indiana...................................................7:15.660 Second Varsity Eight 1. Michigan................................................7:00.860 2. Indiana...................................................7:10.220 3. Oklahoma...............................................7:13.020
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Third Varsity Eight 1. Michigan................................................6:55.720 2. Oklahoma....................................6:58.070 3. Indiana...................................................7:02.830
Second Novice Eight 1. Texas......................................................7:37.900 2. Kansas....................................................7:46.300 3. Oklahoma....................................8:03.800
Lineups Varsity Eight Kelsey Witten (cox), Rebecca Staff (stroke), Meghan Farrell (7), Sarah Kelle (6), Brooke Sheppard (5), Nicole Bladow (4), Nicole Furmanek (3), Morgan Whinery (2), Meagan Harrell (bow)
Second Varsity Four 1. Tulsa.......................................................8:45.500 2. Oklahoma....................................8:53.600 3. Kansas....................................................9:05.100
Second Varsity Eight Amanda Hoffman (cox), Kelsey O’Grady (stroke), Katie Klassen (7), Rebecca Winchester (6), Brooke Holleman (5), Maggie Schaefer (4), Elizabeth Middleton (3), Heather House (2), Katherine Rabe (bow) Third Varsity Eight Carly Schueler (cox), Melea McCreary (stroke), Ally Gray (7), Amber Coyne (6), Olivia Staff (5), Lisa Jett (4), Katrin Passlack (3), Samantha Fahed (2), Melissa Simpson (bow)
BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP Kansas City, Kan.- Wyandotte County Lake April 30 Varsity Eight 1. Texas......................................................6:47.700 2. Oklahoma....................................6:57.900 3. Kansas State...........................................7:02.500 4. Kansas....................................................7:03.500 Second Varsity Eight 1. Texas......................................................6:55.900 2. Oklahoma....................................7:09.800 3. Kansas State...........................................7:14.400 4. Kansas....................................................7:16.500 Varsity Four 1. Texas......................................................7:44.100 2. Oklahoma....................................7:50.900 3. Kansas State...........................................8:10.900 4. Kansas....................................................8:16.000 Novice Eight 1. Texas......................................................7:18.300 2. Kansas....................................................7:23.000 3. Kansas State...........................................7:24.900 4. Oklahoma....................................7:29.600
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Lineups Varsity Eight Kelsey Witten (cox), Rebecca Staff (stroke), Meghan Farrell (7), Sarah Kelle (6), Brooke Sheppard (5), Nicole Bladow (4), Nicole Furmanek (3), Morgan Whinery (2) Meagan Harrell (bow) Second Varsity Eight Amanda Hoffman (cox), Kelsey O’Grady (stroke), Katie Klassen (7), Rebecca Winchester (6), Brooke Holleman(5), Ashley LaFollette (4), Elizabeth Middleton (3), Melissa Simpson (2), Katherine Rabe (bow) Varsity Four Carly Schueler (cox), Ally Gray (stroke), Heather House (3), Maggie Schaefer (2), Samantha Fahed (bow) Second Varsity Four Tricia Allen (cox), Lisa Jett (stroke), Olivia Staff (3), Melea McCreary (2), Katrin Passlack (bow) Novice Eight Jenny Winters (cox), Elizabeth Biggs (stroke), Ivy Brown (7), Markayla Adam (6), Kristin Clift (5), Marilyn Kozlowski (4), Valerie Senkowski (3), Heather Morris (2) Rebecca Beu (bow) Second Novice Eight Teresa Le (cox), Belle Stixrood (stroke), Kristen Anthis (7), Ashlee Fitzpatrick (6), Katie Markfort (5), Rachel Santschi (4), Elise McCarthy (3), Wava Denito (2) Aubrey Myers (bow)
WINDERMERE CUP Seattle, Wash.- Lake Washington May 7 Varsity Eight 1. Washington............................................6:42.600 2. Oklahoma....................................6:57.100 3. Cambridge.............................................7:05.300
Lineups Varsity Eight Kelsey Witten (cox), Rebecca Staff (stroke), Meghan Farrell (7), Sarah Kelle (6), Brooke Sheppard (5), Nicole Furmanek (4), Nicole Bladow (3), Meagan Harrell (2) Katie Klassen (bow)
CONFERENCE USA CHAMPIONSHIPS Oak Ridge, Tenn.- Melton Hill Lake May 14 Open Four 1. Texas......................................................7:44.300 2. Oklahoma....................................7:59.500 3. UCF.........................................................8:10.550 Open Four-Grand Final 1. Tennessee...............................................7:08.800 2. Texas......................................................7:13.410 3. Tennesse B..............................................7:22.160 4. Oklahoma....................................7:32.350 5. Tulsa.......................................................7:36.680 Novice Eight 1. Texas......................................................7:07.500 2. UCF.........................................................7:12.040 3. Oklahoma....................................7:16.230 Novice Eight-Grand Final 1. Texas......................................................6:43.500 2. Kansas A.................................................6:47.870 3. UCF.........................................................6:52.170 4. Oklahoma....................................6:52.770 5. Kansas State...........................................6:53.070 Varsity Four 1. Tennessee...............................................7:42.000 2. Oklahoma....................................7:44.000 3. Kansas....................................................7:47.270 Varsity Four-Grand Final 1. Texas......................................................7:17.200 2. Tennessee...............................................7:19.180 3. Tulsa.......................................................7:22.800 4. Oklahoma....................................7:25.590 5. Kansas....................................................7:32.840 6. UCF.........................................................7:35.300
2011 SPRING RESULTS Second Varsity Eight 1. Tennessee...............................................6:54.500 2. Kansas State...........................................7:03.620 3. Oklahoma....................................7:06.660 4. Kansas....................................................7:09.710 Second Varsity Eight-Grand Final 1. Texas......................................................6:38.800 2. Tennessee...............................................6:43.600 3. Oklahoma....................................6:50.060 4. UCF.........................................................6:53.010 5. Tulsa.......................................................6:55.980 6. Kansas State...........................................6:56.600 Varsity Eight 1. Tennessee...............................................6:40.000 2. Oklahoma....................................6:44.490 3. Kansas State...........................................6:44.770 4. Kansas....................................................6:55.330 Varsity Eight- Grand Final 1. Texas......................................................6:28.800 2. Tennessee...............................................6:29.260 3. UCF.........................................................6:40.070 4. Oklahoma....................................6:40.280 5. Tulsa.......................................................6:45.450 6. Kansas State...........................................6:46.610 Lineups Varsity Eight: Kelsey Witten (cox), Rebecca Staff (stroke), Meghan Farrell (7), Sarah Kelle (6), Brooke Sheppard (5), Nicole Furmanek (4), Nicole Bladow (3), Meagan Harrell (2), Katie Klassen (bow) Second Varsity Eight Amanda Hoffman (cox), Kelsey O’Grady (stroke), Brooke Holleman (7), Rebecca Winchester (6), Ashley LaFollette (5), Maggie Schaefer (4), Elizabeth Middleton (3), Melissa Simpson (2), Katherine Rabe (bow) Varsity Four Carly Schueler (cox), Ally Gray (stroke), Heather House (3), Morgan Whinery (2), Samantha Fahed (bow) Second Varsity Four Tricia Vanscoy (cox), Amy Coyne/ Lisa Jett (stroke), Olivia Staff (3), Melissa McCreary (2), Katrin Passlack (bow) Novice Eight Jenny Winters (cox), Markayla Adam (stroke), Ivy Brown (7), Kristin Clift (6), Elizabeth Biggs (5), Marilyn Kozlowski (4), Valerie Senkowski (3), Heather Morris (2), Rebecca Beu (bow)
OAK RIDGE INVITATIONAL Oak Ridge, Tenn.- Melton Hill Lake May 15 Open Four 1. Virginia...................................................7:32.800 2. Notre Dame............................................7:45.300 3. Louisville................................................7:48.380 4. Duke.......................................................7:49.770 5. Oklahoma....................................7:57.390 6. Tulsa.......................................................8:14.840 Open Four-Petite Final 1. Duke.......................................................7:48.800 2. Rhode Island..........................................7:54.300 3. Oklahoma....................................7:57.870 4. Tulsa.......................................................8:01.430 5. Tulsa B....................................................8:03.590 Varsity Four 1. Virginia...................................................7:25.300 2. Duke.......................................................7:36.990 3. Tulsa.......................................................7:41.330 4. Oklahoma....................................7:44.790 5. Rhode Island..........................................7:52.340 Varsity Four-Petite Final 1. Oklahoma....................................7:39.700 2. Rhode Island..........................................7:45.930 3. UCF.........................................................7:50.540 Third Varsity Eight-Grand Final 1. Virginia...................................................6:50.400 2. Clemson.................................................7:04.670 3. Oklahoma....................................7:07.360 4. Miami.......................................................7:09.11 5. UCF.........................................................7:14.820 6. Notre Dame............................................7:15.430
Varsity Eight 1. Virginia...................................................6:35.200 2. Notre Dame............................................6:43.410 3. Oklahoma....................................6:46.210 4. Rhode Island..........................................6:46.640 5. Tulsa.......................................................6:47.440 Varsity Eight-Grand Final 1. Virginia...................................................6:26.000 2. Clemson.................................................6:31.860 3. Duke.......................................................6:34.780 4. Notre Dame............................................6:35.180 5. Louisville................................................6:38.840 6. Oklahoma....................................6:47.270 Lineups Varsity Eight Kelsey Witten (cox), Rebecca Staff (stroke), Meghan Farrell (7), Sarah Kelle (6), Brooke Sheppard (5), Nicole Furmanek (4), Nicole Bladow (3), Meagan Harrell (2) Katie Klassen (bow) Second Varsity Eight Amanda Hoffman (cox), Kelsey O’Grady (stroke), Brooke Holleman (7), Rebecca Winchester (6), Ashley LaFollette (5), Maggie Schaefer (4), Elizabeth Middleton (3), Melissa Simpson (2) Katherine Rabe (bow) Third Varsity Eight Jenny Winters (cox), Lisa Jett/Amber Coyne (stroke), Maureen Lewis (7), Markayla Adam (6), Kristen Clift (5), Lena Eagle Road (4), Ivy Brown (3), Heather Morris (2) Elizabeth Biggs (bow) Varsity Four Carly Schueler (cox), Amber Coyne/Lisa Jett (stroke), Olivia Staff (3), Melea McCreary (2), Katrin Passlack (bow)
Second Varsity Eight 1. Virginia...................................................6:50.200 2. Louisville................................................6:57.330 3. Oklahoma....................................6:57.840 4. Duke.......................................................6:58.550 5. Tulsa.......................................................7:15.940 Second Varsity Eight-Grand Final 1. Virginia...................................................6:39.300 2. Clemson.................................................6:42.360 3. Notre Dame............................................6:44.920 4. Rhode Island..........................................6:52.450 5. Oklahoma....................................6:53.550 6. Louisville................................................6:53.800
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Head of the Oklahoma (Oct. 1-2) Oklahoma fielded 18 boats in the collegiate eight, collegiate four, open four and open pair events in the first regatta of the fall season. The Sooners’ varsity eight boat defeated Stanford, Iowa and Tulsa to claim first in the OG&E 500-meter grand final night sprints. Stanford placed second last year at the NCAA Championship. The second varsity eight placed fifth in the grand final night sprints.
Stanford in the 500-meter OG&E grand final with a time of 1:46.370. The University of Oklahoma Rowing team closed out action at the Head of the Oklahoma Sunday with the open pairs and open fours recording top collegiate finishes in their respective events.
The varsity eight placed fourth behind Stanford, Texas and Iowa in the collegiate eight Head to Head race, and the second varsity eight claimed eighth ahead of Kansas State.
The Sooners’ varsity open pairs came in second behind the U.S. National Team beating out Iowa and Big 12 foe Kansas. The varsity open four claimed first beating out Kansas and Colorado State. The Sooners had nine out of 12 boats entered place in the top 10.
The top boat in the collegiate four, led by coxswain Patricia Allen and rowers Maureen Lewis, Kristen Anthis, Kelsey O’Grady and Samantha Fahed finished second behind 2012 Media Guide 36
The varsity four took seventh behind Tulsa and the second varsity four claimed 12th ahead of Kansas State in the Collegiate Four Head to Head races.
Head of the Charles (Oct. 23) Oklahoma made its third appearance ever at the historic Head of the Charles event, fielding
one boat in the championship eight event in Boston. The team placed 20th out of the 37 boats competing. The Sooners tackled the three-mile racecourse beating out two of their Conference USA opponents in Alabama and Central Florida. The boat finished in a time of 17 minutes and 11.31 seconds. Coxswain Carly Schueler and rowers Rebecca Staff, Nikki Furmanek, Nicole Bladow, Brooke Sheppard, Kristin Clift, Olivia Staff, Kellie O’Reilly and Meghan Farrell participated in the race. Head of the Colorado (Oct. 29) The Sooners headed to Austin for the Head of the Colorado, also known as the Pumpkinhead Regatta. Oklahoma swept the open four event at the Head of the Colorado claiming the top four spots in Austin. The top boat in the varsity eight claimed second, finishing behind Texas by just five seconds. The other two boats in the open eight claimed fourth and sixth.
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Head of the Marina (Nov. 5) The Sooners traveled to Marina Del Ray, Calif. to compete at the Head of the Marina for the first time in school history. The varsity eight placed first beating out UC San Diego with a time of 18 minutes and 28 seconds. The Oklahoma contingent also claimed first and second ahead of UCLA in the open pairs event. The Sooners fielded nine boats in the competition. Novice rowers hit the water for the third time of the season claiming fourth and fifth place. Both squads beat out Loyola Marymount University.
Newport Autumn Rowing Festival (Nov. 6) Oklahoma made its first appearance in the Newport Autumn Rowing Festival in California as they closed their fall season. The varsity eight won their event defeating UCLA’s top two boats one day after claiming first at the Head of the Marina. The second varsity eight placed fourth trailing UCLA’s B boat by just one second. The Sooners did well in the open four event with all four entries placing in the top 10 of the 15 boats in the competition. Junior Heather House finished fourth in the grand final at the Conference USA Championships in the three seat of the varsity four in the Spring of 2011. This fall she won the open pair race at the Head of the Colorado.
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HEAD OF THE OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City, Okla. -Oklahoma River Oct. 1-2 Collegiate Eight (Oct. 1) 1. Stanford............................................... 13:16.927 2. Texas.................................................... 13:26.145 3. Iowa..................................................... 13:32.816 4. Oklahoma..................................13:40.263 5. Tulsa..................................................... 13:46.801 6. Texas “B”............................................... 13:52.640 7. Iowa..................................................... 14:01.937 8. Oklahoma “B”.............................14:06.402 9. Kansas State........................................ 14:09.528 10. Kansas Athletics................................. 14:10.428 11. Texas.................................................. 14:11.765 12. Kansas State “C”.................................. 14:24.466 13. Kansas Athletics “B”............................ 14:31.191 14. Southern Methodist........................... 14:34.073 15. Tulsa “B”.............................................. 14:39.045 16. Kansas State “B”................................. 14:41.089 17. Southern Methodist “B”...................... 15:02.257 18. University of Central Oklahoma.......... 15:10.590 19. Wichita State...................................... 15:11.308 20. Wichita State “B”................................. 16:46.357 Collegiate Eight Night Sprints-Grand Final (Oct. 1) 1. Oklahoma....................................1:30.440 2. Stanford.................................................1:30.622 3. Iowa.......................................................1:35.450 4. Tulsa.......................................................1:36.640 5. Oklahoma “B”...............................1:37.456 6. Iowa “B”..................................................1:40.206 Collegiate Four (Oct. 1) 1. Texas.................................................... 14:50.103 2. Stanford............................................... 14:56.649 3. Texas “B”............................................... 15:19.941 4. Tulsa..................................................... 15:26.085 5. Iowa..................................................... 15:32.183 6. Tulsa “B”................................................ 15:34.646 7. Oklahoma..................................15:42.297 8. Kansas State......................................... 15:45.466 9. Kansas Athletics................................... 15:36.317 10. Texas “C”............................................. 15:53.197 11. Kansas “C”........................................... 15:56.620 12. Oklahoma “B”...........................15:56.681 13. Kansas State “B”................................. 15:58.685 14. Tulsa “E”.............................................. 15:58.685
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15. Iowa................................................... 15:40.378 16. Tulsa “D”............................................. 16:11.282 17. Kansas “B”.......................................... 16:14.782 18. Oklahoma “C”...........................16:21.369 19. Southern Methodist........................... 16:21.692 20. Tulsa “C”.............................................. 16:24.165 21. Wichita State...................................... 16:30.141 22. Kansas State “D”................................. 16:32.151 23. Texas Crew.......................................... 16:33.937 24. Kansas Athletics “D”............................ 16:50.718 25. Womens Rowing “C”........................... 16:54.447 26. Kansas ............................................... 17:23.004 27. University Of Central Oklahoma.......... 17:38.196 28. Southern Methodist “B”...................... 17:58.419 29. Texas A&M.......................................... 18:00.099 30. Kansas “B”.......................................... 18:26.766 31. Colorado State.................................... 18:40.675 32. Kansas State....................................... 19:18.342 33. Colorado State “B”.............................. 19:19.165 34. University of Central Oklahoma “B”..... 20:06.183 Collegiate Four Night Sprints-Grand Final (Oct. 1) 1. Stanford.................................................1:46.201 2. Oklahoma............................................1:46.370 3. Kansas Athletics.....................................1:47.985 4. Tulsa.......................................................1:48.539 5. Tulsa “B”..................................................1:49.873 6. Iowa.......................................................1:50.957 Collegiate Four Night Sprints-Petite Final (Oct. 1) 1. Oklahoma “B”...............................1:48.911 2. Tulsa “D”.................................................1:51.245 3. Kansas Athletics “C”................................1:51.245 4. Iowa.......................................................1:53.739 5. Kansas Athletics “B”................................1:53.845 6. Tulsa “E”..................................................1:54.989 Novice Eight (Oct. 1) 1. Kansas State......................................... 15:00.932 2. Tulsa..................................................... 16:23.857 3. Wichita State........................................ 16:59.529 4. Colorado State...................................... 18:14.034 5. Oklahoma..................................18:21.432 6. Oklahoma “B”.............................19:20.119 Lineups Varsity Eight: Kiley Poppino (cox), Rebecca Staff (stroke), Nikki Furmanek (7), Nicole Bladow (6),
Brooke Sheppard (5), Kellie O’Reilly, Meghan Farrell (3), Sarah Kelle (2), Ashley LaFollette (bow) Second Varsity Eight Carly Schueler (cox), Olivia Staff (stroke), Katie Klassen (7), Rebecca Winchester (6), Brooke Holleman (5), Ivy Brown (4), Kristin Clift (3), Morgan Whinery (2), Heather House (bow) Varsity Four: Patricia Vanscoy(cox), Samantha Fahed (stroke), Kelsey O’Grady (3), Kristen Anthis (2), Maureen Lewis (bow) Second Varsity Four: Kiley Poppino(cox), Maggie Schaefer(stroke), Elizabeth Middleton (3), Elizabeth Biggs (2), Abby Seremek (bow) Third Varsity Four: Jenny Winters(cox), Markayla Adam (stroke), Amber Coyne (3), Heather Morris (2), Marilyn Kozlowski (bow) Novice Eight: Amy Miller (cox), Jennifer O’Grady (stroke), Ashley Keeter (7), Katherine Mason (6), Conner Jones (5), Haley Byrd (4), Megan Quinn (3), Jacy Glover (2), Anna Anthony (bow) Second Novice Eight: Abigail Moyer (cox), McKenzie Brunsdon (stroke), Andrea Dougherty (7), Zoe Meeker (6), Stephanie Rehm (5), Rebecca Seewald (4), Micah Thompson (3), Taylor Stevensons (2), Hannah Morgan (bow) Open Pairs (Oct. 2) 1. U.S. Rowing.......................................... 15:47.140 2. Oklahoma..................................17:05.713 3. Iowa..................................................... 17:12.762 4. Oklahoma “B”.............................17:26.994 5. Oklahoma “F”.............................17:35.326 6. Iowa “D”............................................... 17:40.591 7. Oklahoma “D”............................17:48.239 8. Iowa “B”................................................ 17:59.722 9. Iowa “C”................................................ 18:01.946 10. Oklahoma “E”...........................18:04.915 11. Kansas Athletics................................. 18:18.549 12. Oklahoma “C”...........................18:20.104 13. Texas Crew.......................................... 18:23.837 14. Oklahoma “H”...........................18:24.309 15. OCU/OKC Riversport........................... 18:27.156 16. Wichita State...................................... 18:28.780 17. Oklahoma “G”...........................18:41.973
2011 FALL RESULTS 18. University of Central Oklahoma “B”..... 18:52.961 19. University of Central Oklahoma.......... 19:06.446 20. Texas Crew “B”.................................... 19:21.874 21. Texas Crew “C”..................................... 20:25.070
Second Open Four Kiley Poppino(cox), Maggie Schaefer(stroke), Elizabeth Middleton (3), Elizabeth Biggs (2), Abby Seremek (bow)
Open Fours (Oct. 2) 1. Oklahoma..................................16:11.879 2. Oklahoma “B”.............................16:31.416 3. Oklahoma “C”.............................16:37.072 4. Kansas Athletics “B”.............................. 16:38.385 5. Oklahoma “D”............................16:44.273 6. Kansas Athletics “A”............................. 16:45.119 7. Kansas Athletics “C”.............................. 16:53.400 8. Texas Rowing Center............................. 17:11.773 9. Kansas.................................................. 17:33.945 10. OCU/OKC Riversport........................... 17:35.339 11. Colorado State.................................... 18:11.396 12. Kansas “B”.......................................... 18:20.308 13. University of Central Oklahoma “B”..... 18:43.574 14. University of Central Oklahoma.......... 18:45.019 15. Colorado State “B”.............................. 18:58.981
Third Open Four Jenny Winters(cox), Markayla Adam(stroke), Amber Coyne (3), Heather Morris (2), Marilyn Kozlowski (bow)
Lineups Varsity Open Pair: Rebecca Staff (stroke), Meghan Farrell (bow) Open Pair “B”: Nikki Furmanek (stroke), Sarah Kelle (bow) Open Pair “C”: Kellie O’Reilly (stroke), Brooke Sheppard (bow) Open Pair “D”: Nicole Bladow (stroke), Ashley LaFollette (bow) Open Pair “E”: Rebecca Winchester(stroke), Katie Klassen(bow) Open Pair “F”: Ivy Brown (stroke), Kristin Clift (bow) Open Pair “G”: Olivia Staff (stroke), Brooke Holleman (bow) Open Pair “H”: Kelsey O’Grady (stroke), Heather House (bow) Open Four Patricia Vanscoy (cox), Samantha Fahed (stroke), Kelsey O’Grady (3), Kristen Anthis (2), Maureen Lewis (bow)
HEAD OF THE CHARLES
Boston, Mass. -Charles River Oct. 23
Championship Eight (Oct. 23) 1. Virginia “B”........................................... 16:11.519 2 Harvard “B”........................................... 16:19.634 3. Michigan.............................................. 16:22.007 4. Yale...................................................... 16:24.041 5. Wisconsin............................................. 16:28.311 6. Princeton.............................................. 16:31.248 7. Cornell.................................................. 16:39.797 8. Brown “B” ............................................ 16:40.646 9. Stanford............................................... 16:44.675 10. Virginia .............................................. 16:45.648 11. A.U.S.R. Orca...................................... 16:46.350 12. Tennessee........................................... 16:52.475 13. Dartmouth......................................... 16:56.354 14. Pennsylvania...................................... 17:01.329 15. Skadi in Rotterdam............................. 17:01.978 16. Texas.................................................. 17:04.127 17. Minerva.............................................. 17:05.086 18. Rhode Island...................................... 17:07.802 19. Columbia ........................................... 17:10.653 20. Oklahoma................................17:11.314 21. Northeastern...................................... 17:12.480 22. Amsterdamsche................................. 17:13.854 23. Harvard.............................................. 17:15.395 24. Central Florida.................................... 17:16.191 25. Boston................................................ 17:16.805 26. M.I.T................................................... 17:19.893 27. Louisville ........................................... 17:25.333 28. Alabama............................................. 17:25.617 29. Boston College................................... 17:26.615 30. Bucknell............................................. 17:30.411 31. Drexel................................................. 17:42.967 32. U.S. Naval Academy ........................... 17:43.771 33. Brown................................................ 17:47.192 34. Georgetown ...................................... 17:53.265 35. Northeastern ..................................... 18:02.517 36. Fordham............................................. 18:07.346 37. Riverside Boat Club............................ 18:11.949
Championship Eight Carly Schueler (cox), Rebecca Staff (stroke), Nikki Furmanek (7), Nicole Bladow (6), Brooke Sheppard (5), Kristin Clift (4), Olivia Staff (3), Kellie O’Reilly (2), Meghan Farrell (bow) Alternate: Ivy Brown
HEAD OF THE COLORADO
Austin, Texas -Lady Bird Lake Oct. 29
Open Pair (Oct. 29) 1. Oklahoma “D”............................... 20:41.6 2. Oklahoma “B”................................ 20:55.0 3. Oklahoma..................................... 21:00.3 4. Oklahoma “F”................................ 21:05.0 5. Southern Methodist.................................21:24.4 6. Texas........................................................21:26.1 7. Oklahoma “E”................................ 21:33.6 8. Oklahoma “C”................................ 21:57.8 9. Texas........................................................22:16.5 10. Texas......................................................22:29.2 11. Texas......................................................23:17.3 Open Eight (Oct. 29) 1. Texas........................................................16:09.4 2. Oklahoma..................................... 16:14.8 3. Texas........................................................16:48.0 4. Oklahoma “B”................................ 16:52.8 5. Texas........................................................16:52.9 6. Oklahoma “C”............................... 17:33.9 7. Southern Methodist.................................17:36.4 8. Southern Methodist “B”...........................18:04.3 9. Texas A&M...............................................19:45.2 10. Austin Rowing Club...............................19:54.0 Novice Eight (Oct. 29) 1. Southern Methodist.................................18:15.0 2. Texas........................................................18:38.2 3. Oklahoma..................................... 18:51.3 4. Texas........................................................19:04.5 5. Texas........................................................19:39.6 6. Oklahoma “B”................................ 20:02.6 7. Texas........................................................20:06.1 Second Novice Eight (Oct. 29) 1. Texas........................................................19:26.0 2. Oklahoma..................................... 20:23.7 3. Texas........................................................20:39.5 4. Texas........................................................20:56.9
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Open Four (Oct. 29) 1. Oklahoma..................................... 18:27.1 2. Oklahoma “C”................................ 19:11.7 3. Oklahoma “B”................................ 19:11.8 4. Oklahoma “D”............................... 19:29.7 5. Southern Methodist.................................19:35.0 6. Texas........................................................20:26.2 7. Southern Methodist.................................20:53.6 8. Texas A&M...............................................21:59.7 9. Baylor......................................................23:25.1 Lineups Varsity Open Pair Heather House (stroke), Brooke Holleman (bow) Second Varsity Open Pair Abbie Seremek (stroke), Elizabeth Middleton (bow) Third Varsity Open Pair Elizabeth Biggs (stroke), Belle Stixrood (bow) Forth Varsity Open Pair Kaylee Johnson (stroke), Marilyn Kozlowski (bow) Fifth Varsity Open Pair Chloe Troutt (stroke), Amber Coyne (bow) Sixth Varsity Open Pair Kristin Anthis (stroke), Maureen Lewis (bow) Varsity Eight Carly Schueler (cox), Rebecca Staff (stroke), Nikki Furmanek (7), Nicole Bladow (6), Brooke Sheppard (5), Kristin Clift (4), Olivia Staff (3), Kellie O’Reilly (2), Meghan Farrell (bow) Second Varsity Eight Kiley Poppino(cox), Ashley La Follette (stroke), Sam Fahed (7), Ivy Brown (6), Markayla Adam (5), Rebecca Winchester (4), Katie Klassen (3), Kelsey O’Grady (2), Heather Morris (bow) Third Varsity Eight Tricia Vanscoy(cox), Kristin Anthis (stroke), Maureen Lewis (7), Abbie Seremek (6), Elizabeth Middleton (5), Belle Stixrood (4), Elizabeth Biggs (3), Brooke Holleman (2), Heather House (bow)
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Novice Eight Amy Miller (cox), Cassie Preskitt (stroke), Emmie Preskitt (7), Megan Quinn (6), Laura Combs (5), Ashley Keeter (4), Jacy Glover (3), Haley Byrd (2), Jennifer O’Grady (bow) Novice Eight “B” Brianda Gonzalez (cox), Andrea Doughtery (stroke), Rachel Cantrell (7), Stefanie Tapke (6), Kathrine Mason (5), Conner Jones (4), Melanie Evans (3), Hannah Traphagan (2), Anna Anthony (bow) Second Novice Eight : Abby Moyer (cox), Micah Thompson (stroke), Rebecca Seewald (7), Shudiin Bohan (6), Sadie Grindinger (5), Hannah Morgan (4), Jess Willis (3), McKenzie Brunsdon (2), Ashley Callahan (bow) Varsity Four Carly Schueler(cox), Rebecca Staff (stroke), Brooke Sheppard (3), Nicole Bladow (2), Nikki Furmanek (bow) Second Varsity Four Kiley Poppino(cox), Meghan Farrell (stroke), Kristin Clift (3), Olivia Staff (2), Kellie O’Reilly (bow) Third Varsity Four Tricia Vanscoy (cox), Katie Klassen (stroke), Rebecca Winchester (3), Markayla Adam (2), Ivy Brown (bow) Fourth Varsity Four Jenny Winters (cox), Sam Fahed (stroke), Ashley LaFollette (3), Heather Morris (2), Kelsey O’Grady (bow)
HEAD OF THE MARINA
Marina Del Rey, Calif. -Marina Del Rey Harbor Nov. 5 Open Four (Nov. 5) 1. UCLA......................................................19:38.00 2. UCLA “B” ................................................20:37.00 3. Oklahoma ...................................20:43.00 4. Oklahoma “B”...............................20:46.00 5. UC San Diego..........................................22:04.00 6. Arizona State..........................................22:18.00 7. Loyla Marymount...................................22:52.00 8. Arizona State “B”....................................25:04.00
Novice Eight (Nov. 5) 1. UCLA......................................................19:05.00 2. UCLA “B”.................................................20:14.00 3. UC San Diego..........................................20:36.00 4. Oklahoma....................................20:47.00 5. Oklahoma “B”...............................20:54.00 6. Loyla Marymount...................................23:04.00 Open Pairs (Nov. 5) 1. Oklahoma....................................20:54.00 2. Oklahoma “C”...............................20:59.00 3. UCLA......................................................21:05.00 4. UCLA “B”.................................................21:31.00 5. Oklahoma “B”...............................21:52.00 6. UCLA “C”.................................................22:09.00 7. UCLA “D”................................................22:12.00 8. Oklahoma “D”..............................22:21.00 9. UCLA “G”.................................................22:47.00 10. UCLA “E”...............................................23:20.00 11. UCLA “F”...............................................23:25.00 12. UC San Diego........................................27:18.00 Open Eight (Nov. 5) 1. Oklahoma....................................18:28.00 2. UC San Diego.........................................20:47.00 3. UC San Diego “B”....................................21:22.00 Lineups Varsity Four: Carly Schueler (cox), Heather House (stroke), Brooke Holleman (3), Elizabeth Biggs (2), Chloe Troutt (bow) Second Varsity Four: Tricia Vanscoy (cox), Kristin Anthis (stroke), Elizabeth Middleton (3), Abby Seremek (2), Maureen Lewis (bow) Novice Eight Brianda Gonzalez(cox), Cassie Preskitt(stroke), Emmie Preskitt (7), Megan Quinn (6), Laura Combs (5), Ashley Keeter (4), Conner Jones (3), Haley Byrd (2), Jennifer O’Grady (bow) Second Novice Eight Amy Miller (cox), Anna Anthony (stroke), Rachel Cantrell (7), Andrea Dougherty (6), Jacy Glover (5), Melanie Evans (4), Micah Thompson (3), Hannah Traphagan (2), Stefanie Tapke (bow) Varsity Open Pair
2011 FALL RESULTS Varsity Eight Kiley Poppino (cox), Ashley LaFollette (stroke), Sam Fahed (7), Ivy Brown (6), Markayla Adam (5), Rebecca Winchester (4), Katie Klassen (3), Kelsey O’Grady (2), Heather Morris (bow)
AUTUMN ROWING FESTIVAL
Newport, Calif. -Newport Aquatic Center Nov. 6 Open Eight (Nov. 6) 1. Oklahoma....................................17:10.00 2. UCLA . ....................................................17:26.00 3. UCLA “B”.................................................17:41.00 4. Oklahoma “B”...............................17:42.00 5. Stanford Lightweights............................17:48.00 6. San Diego...............................................18:06.00 7. Gonzaga.................................................18:06.00 8. UCLA “C”.................................................18:14.00 9. San Diego “B”.........................................18:23.00 10. Oklahoma “C”.............................18:28.00 11. Stanford Lightweights “B”....................18:34.00 12. San Diego State “B”...............................18:53.00 13. San Diego State “A”...............................18:58.00 14. California Santa Barbara.......................19:02.00 15. San Diego “C”........................................19:10.00 16. California Santa Barbara “B”.................19:28.00 17. UC San Diego “B”..................................19:35.00 18. California State Long Beach..................19:44.00 19. San Diego “D”.......................................19:50.00 20. San Diego State “C”...............................20:02.00 21. California Irvine....................................20:16.00 22. Orange Coast College............................20:21.00 23. Chapman..............................................20:24.00 24. UC San Diego........................................20:39.00 25. Orange Coast College “B”......................21:03.00 26. Arizona State........................................21:51.00 27. California Irvine Alum...........................21:52.00 Novice Eight (Nov. 6) 1. UCLA......................................................18:53.00 2. USC . ......................................................19:07.00 3. San Diego...............................................19:32.00 4. Sacramento State...................................19:38.00 5. San Diego State......................................19:50.00 6. San Diego “B”.........................................19:57.00 7. UCLA “B”.................................................21:09.00 8. Orange Coast College..............................22:01.00 9. San Diego “B”.........................................22:06.00 10. Stanford Leightweights........................22:22.00 11. San Diego “C”........................................22:22.00 12. UC San Diego........................................22:26.00
13. USC “B”.................................................22:44.00 14. Oklahoma “B”.............................22:59.00 15. Oklahoma..................................24:09.00 16. Orange Coast College............................24:31.00 17. California Irvine ...................................24:57.00 18. California Irvine “B”..............................25:08.00 19. California Santa Barbara.......................27:20.00 Open Four (Nov. 6) 1. Oklahoma....................................19:22.00 2. Loyla Marymount ..................................19:57.00 3. San Diego...............................................20:04.00 4. Oklahoma “B”...............................20:12.00 5. Oklahoma “D”..............................21:14.00 6. San Diego “B”.........................................21:14.00 7. San Diego “C”..........................................21:24.00 8. Oklahoma “C”...............................21:26.00 9. San Diego “D”.........................................22:46.00 10. California Santa Barbara ......................23:14.00 11. Loyla Marymount “B” . .........................23:18.00 12. UC San Diego........................................23:22.00 13. California Santa Barbara “B” ................23:46.00 14. Cal Maritime.........................................26:45.00
(5), Stefanie Tapke (4), Melanie Evans (3), Hannah Traphagan (2), Hannah Morgan (bow) Open Four Carly Schueler (cox), Rebecca Staff (stroke), Nikki Furmanek (3), Nicole Bladow (2), Meghan Farrell (Bow) Second Open Four Kiley Poppino (cox), Brooke Sheppard (stroke), Kristin Clift (3), Olivia Staff (2), Kellie O’Reilly (Bow) Third Open Four Tricia Vanscoy (cox), Katie Klassen (stroke), Rebecca Winchester (3), Markayla Adam (2), Ivy Brown (Bow) Fourth Open Four Jenny Winters (cox), Sam Fahed (stroke), Ashley LaFollette (3), Heather Morris(2), Kelsey O’Grady (Bow)
Lineups Varsity Eight: Carly Schueler (cox), Rebecca Staff (stroke), Nikki Furmanek (7), Nicole Bladow (6), Brooke Sheppard (5), Kristin Clift (4), Olivia Staff (3), Kellie O’Reilly (2), Meghan Farrell (bow) Second Varsity Eight Kiley Poppino (cox), Ashley LaFollette (stroke), Sam Fahed (7), Ivy Brown (6), Markayla Adam (5), Rebecca Winchester (4), Katie Klassen (3), Kelsey O’Grady (2), Heather Morris (bow) Third Varsity Eight Tricia Vanscoy (cox), Heather House (stroke), Brooke Holleman (7), Elizabeth Biggs (6), Chloe Troutt (5), Elizabeth Middleton (4), Abby Seremek (3), Kristin Anthis (2), Maureen Lewis (bow) Novice Eight Amy Miller(cox), Cassie Preskitt (stroke), Emmie Preskitt (7), Megan Quinn (6), Laura Combs (5), Ashley Keeter (4), Rachel Cantrell (3), Haley Byrd (2), Jennifer O”Grady (bow) Second Novice Eight Brianda Gonzalez (cox), Anna Anthony (stroke), Jacy Glover (7), Andrea Dougherty (6), Micah Thompson
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Women’s Rowing
Meet your Oklahoma ROWING TEAM WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT YOUR ROWING SQUAD? College rowing is unique in that it consists of two separate categories for competition: varsity and novice. Freshman and walk-on athletes make up the novice squad. This group competes against other novice teams. Novice rowers spend their first year learning the fundamentals of rowing and competing for the first time. Recruited freshmen, upper classmen and more experienced athletes compete on the varsity team. Many novice team members become varsity rowers in their second or sophomore season of rowing. Varsity athletes compete against other varsity teams. Regional and national rankings as well as NCAA qualification are based only on team performance in varsity events.
Junior Carly Schueler is the varsity coxsawin for Oklahoma rowing. She led her team to three first place finishes this fall at the Head of the Colorado and the Autumn rowing Festival in Newport, California.
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VARSITY ROWING ROSTER Name Class Markayla Adam So. Patricia Allen Sr. Kristen Anthis Sr. Elizabeth Biggs So. Nicole Bladow Sr. Ivy Brown Sr. Kristin Clift So. Amber Coyne Sr. Samantha Fahed Sr. Meghan Farrell Jr. Nicole Furmanek Sr. Ally Gray Sr. Brooke Holleman Jr. Brooke Homer Sr. Heather House Jr. Kaylee Johnson Jr. Katie Klassen So. Marilyn Kozlowski So. Ashley LaFollette Jr. Maureen Lewis Sr. Elizabeth Middleton Jr. Heather Morris So. Aubrey Myers Jr. Kelsey O’Grady Jr. Kellie O’Reilly Fr. Kiley Poppino Sr. Maggie Schaefer So. Carly Schueler Jr. Abbie Seremek Fr. Brooke Sheppard Sr. Melissa Simpson So. Olivia Staff Jr. Rebecca Staff Jr. Belle Stixrood So. Chloe Troutt Jr. Rebecca Winchester Jr.
Height 5-9 5-1 5-7 5-10 5-8 6-0 6-1 5-9 5-7 5-9 5-7 5-11 5-11 5-8 5-8 5-4 5-8 5-8 5-6 5-5 5-5 5-7 5-4 5-9 5-8 5-0 5-4 5-4 5-7 6-0 5-7 5-10 6-0 6-0 6-1 6-0
Squad Hometown (Previous School) Varsity Niagra Falls, Ontario (A. N. Myer SS) Varsity Broken Arrow, Okla. (Broken Arrow High School) Varsity Muskogee, Okla. (Muskogee High School) Varsity Tulsa, Okla. (Bishop Kelley) Varsity Norman, Okla. (Norman North) Varsity Norman, Okla. (Home School) Varsity Anadarko, Okla. (Anadarko High School) Varsity Winter Park, Fla. (Trinity Preparatory) Varsity Longwood, Fla. (Lake Mary High School) Varsity Phoenix, Ariz. (Chapparral High School) Varsity Belleville, Ill. (Althoff Catholic High School) Varsity Valrico, Fla. (Bloomingdale High School) Varsity Edmond, Okla. (Heritage Hall) Varsity Mustang, Okla. (Mustang High School) Varsity Austin, Texas (Lake Travis High School) Varsity Sand Springs, Okla. (Charles Page) Varsity Niagra on the Lake, Ontario (Eden High School) Varsity Norman, Okla. (Norman High School) Varsity Westerville, Ohio (Westerville Central) Varsity El Reno, Okla. (El Reno High School) Varsity Colchester, Conn. (Bacon Academy) Varsity Davenport, Iowa (Bettendorf) Varsity Moore, Okla. (Westmoore) Varsity Ada, Okla. (Byng) Varsity Cheseapeake, Va. (Great Bridge) Varsity Dallas, Texas (Highland Park) Varsity Marietta, Ga. (George Walton Comprehensive) Varsity Pittsburgh, Pa. (Shaler Area) Varsity Oakpark, Ill. (Oak Parkand River Forest High School) Varsity Lawton, Okla. (Eisenhower High School) Varsity Pacifica, Calif. (California Virtual Academy) Varsity Phoenix, Ariz. (Pinnacle) Varsity Phoenix, Ariz. (Pinnacle) Varsity Plano, Texas (Plano West Senior) Varsity Paris, Texas (North Lamar) Varsity Washington, Okla. (Washington High School)
NOVICE ROWING ROSTER Name Class Anna Anthony Fr. Rachel Cantrell Fr. Laura Combs So. Andrea Dougherty Fr. Jacy Glover Fr. Brianda Gonzalez Fr. Sadie Grindinger Fr. Ashley Keeter Fr. Esther Lee Fr. Ashley Middaugh Fr. Amy Miller Fr. Kim Moldenhauer Fr. Hannah Morgan Fr. Abigail Moyer Fr. Jennifer O’Grady Fr. Cassandra Preskitt Fr. Emmie Preskitt Fr. Megan Quinn Jr. Rebecca Seewald Fr. Stefanie Tapke Fr. Micah Thompson Fr. Mariah Wall Jr.
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Height 5-7 5-5 5-11 5-5 5-6 5-5 5-8 5-9 5-10 5-9 4-11 6-0 5-4 4-11 5-8 5-6 5-10 5-11 5-11 5-6 5-6 5-4
Squad Hometown (Previous School) Novice Norman, Okla. (Mount Saint Mary) Novice Bixby, Okla. (Bixby High School) Novice Wichita, Kan. (Wichita High School East) Novice Edmond, Okla. (Bishop McGuiness) Novice Norman, Okla. (Norman North) Novice Mustang, Okla. (Mustang High School) Novice Flower Mound, Texas (Flower Mound High School) Novice San Antonio, Texas (MacArthur High School) Novice Norman, Okla. (Norman North High School)) Novice Lompoc, Calif. (Cabrillo High School) Novice Yukon, Okla. (Yukon High School) Novice Bremen, Germany (Okumenisches Gymnasium au Bremen) Novice Sand Springs, Okla. (Bishop Kelley High School) Novice Telford, Pa. (Souderton High School) Novice Ada, Okla. (Byng) Novice Broomfield, Colo. (Legacy High School) Novice Broomfield, Colo. (Legacy High School) Novice Frisco, Texas (Frisco High School) Novice Norman, Okla. (C.O.A.C.H. Home School) Novice Lenexa, Kan. (Shawnee Misson Northwest High School) Novice Velma, Okla. (Vlema-Alma High School) Novice Houston, Texas (Foster High School)
QUICK FACTS ABOUT ROWING SQUAD
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
ROWERS BY CLASS Freshmen Anna Anthony Rachel Cantrell Andrea Dougherty Jacy Glover Brianda Gonzalez Sadie Grindinger Ashley Keeter Esther Lee Ashley Middaugh Amy Miller Kim Moldenhauer Hannah Morgan Abigail Moyer Jennifer O’Grady Kellie O’Reilly Cassandra Preskitt Emmie Preskitt Rebecca Seewald Abbie Seremek Stefanie Tapke Micah Thompson
Sophomores Markayla Adam Rebecca Beu Elizabeth Biggs Kristin Clift Laura Combs Conner Jones Katie Klassen Marilyn Kozlowski Heather Morris Maggie Schaefer Melissa Simpson Belle Stixrood
Juniors Meghan Farrell Brooke Holleman Heather House Kaylee Johnson Ashley LaFollette Elizabeth Middleton Aubrey Myers Kelsey O’Grady Carly Schueler Olivia Staff Rebecca Staff Chloe Troutt Mariah Wall Rebecca Winchester
Seniors Patricia Allen Kristen Anthis Nicole Bladow Ivy Brown Samantha Fahed Nicole Furmanek Ally Gray Brooke Homer Maureen Lewis Kiley Poppino Brooke Sheppard
Bladow.......................................................................................Blade-O Dougherty............................................................................... Dow-tery Fahed......................................................................................FAH-head Furmanek........................................................................... FUR-man-ek Grindinger..............................................................................Grid-in-jur Kozlowski..................................................................... Cause-LOW-skee LaFollette................................................................................La-FALL-it Moldenhauer................................................. Hauer rhymes with Bauer Poppino................................................................................... Pop-i-no Schueler....................................................................................Shoe-ler Stixrood.............................................................................. STICKS-rood Tapke.........................................................................................Tap-Key
ROWERS BY GEOGRAPHY Arizona Meghan Farrell Olivia Staff Rebecca Staff
Florida Amber Coyne Samantha Fahed Ally Gray
California Ashley Middaugh Melissa Simpson
Kansas Laura Combs Stefanie Tapke
Canada Markayla Adam Katie Klassen
Ohio Ashley LaFollette
Colorado Cassandra Preskitt Emmie Preskitt Connecticut Elizabeth Middleton
Oklahoma Patricia Allen Kristen Anthis Anna Anthony Elizabeth Biggs Nicole Bladow Ivy Brown Rachel Cantrell Kristin Clift
Andrea Dougherty Jacy Glover Brianda Gonzalez Brooke Holleman Brooke Homer Kaylee Johnson Conner Jones Marilyn Kozlowski Esther Lee Maureen Lewis Amy Miller Hannah Morgan Aubrey Myers Jennifer O’Grady Kelsey O’Grady Rebecca Seewald Brooke Sheppard Micah Thompson Rebecca Winchester
Pennsylvania Abigail Moyer Carly Schueler Texas Sadie Grindinger Heather House Ashley Keeter Kiley Poppino Megan Quinn Belle Stixrood Chloe Troutt Mariah Wall Virginia Kellie O’Reilly
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Women’s Rowing
VARSITY ROWING
MARKAYLA ADAM
PATRICIA ALLEN
NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO SOPHOMORE
BROKEN ARROW, OKLA. SENIOR
Fall 2011 Rowed as a member of the third varsity four in the stroke seat and placed third in the bow seat of the third open four at the Head of the Oklahoma … Placed first in the five seat of the varsity open eight at the Head of the Marina.
Fall 2011 Finished second as coxswain of the varsity four grand final collegiate four night sprints and placed first in the open four at the Head of the Oklahoma …Placed fourth as coxswain of the second varsity four at the Head of the Marina.
Spring 2011 Placed third as a member of the third varsity eight in the six seat at the Oak Ridge Invitational … Finished fourth in the grand final in the novice eight at the Conference USA Championships … Helped lead team to second place overall finish at Big 12 Championships in the novice eight … Rowed in the bow seat of the second varsity eight to finish fifth in the petite final at the San Diego Crew Classic … Helped lead team to second-place finish at the OU Invitational.
Spring 2011 Finished third in the petite final of the Oak Ridge Invitational … Finished fourth in the grand final at the Conference USA Championships … Led team to second place overall finish at Big 12 Championships … Claimed wins over Iowa, Louisville and UCF at the Longhorn Invitational in the second varsity four as coxswain.
Fall 2010 Finished third in the open eight “B” and sixth in the open four “D” at the Head of the Colorado … Rowed in the collegiate eight “B” and collegiate four “B” in the Head of the Oklahoma, finished first and third in the petite final respectively. High School Rowed at A. N. Myer Secondary School ... A. N. Myer rower of the year recipient in 2008 ... Made the principal’s honor roll list 2007- 2010 ... Academic proficiency award recipient in 2007-2009 ... Rowed four years for St. Catherine’s Rowing Club ... Oarswoman of the Year nominee in 2009 ...Contributed to 14th place finish at the Head of the Charles in 2010 ... Highland danced at McMaster School of Highland Dance. Personal Full name is Markayla Michele Adam ... Parents are Bruce and Gale Adam ... Has two siblings, Maurita and Marissa ... Petroleum engineering major.
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Fall 2010 Led the championship four “D” at the Head of the Hooch … Led the open eight “D” and the open four “D” at the Head of the Colorado, finishing eighth and sixth respectively … Led the collegiate eight “D” and collegiate four “C” in the Head of the Oklahoma. Spring 2010 Led the second novice eight all season as the coxswain ... Member of the second-place team at the Big 12 Championship ... Placed second at the Big 12 Championship ... Earned a gold medal at the SIRA Championships ... Defeated Creighton in dual racing at the OU Invitational. Fall 2010 Coxswain for the novice eight during the fall season ... Finished fifth at the Head of the Colorado. Personal Full name is Patricia Lynn Allen ... Parents are Steve and Julie Vanscoy ... Has two siblings, Joey and Kaci ... Philosophy major.
VARSITY ROWING
KRISTEN ANTHIS
ELIZABETH BIGGS
MUSKOGEE, OKLA. SENIOR
TULSA, OKLA. SOPHOMORE
Fall 2011 Finished second in the two seat of the varsity four grand final collegiate four night sprints and first in the two seat of the varsity open four at the Head of the Oklahoma … Placed fourth in the stroke seat of the second varsity four at the Head of the Marina . Spring 2011 Rowed in the seven seat of the second novice eight to finish third at the Big 12 Championships … Member of the second novice eight in the bow seat in the OU Invitational. Fall 2010 Finished fourth as a member of the second novice eight at the Head of the Colorado. High School Participated in marching and concert band for seven years at Muskogee High School. Personal Full name is Kristen Michelle Anthis ... Parents are Stan and Cathy Anthis ... Has three siblings, Karen, Kevin, and Carla ... Film and video studies major.
Fall 2011 Finished first in the two seat of the second varsity four petite final night sprints and placed second in the two seat of the second open four at the Head of the Oklahoma… Rowed as a member of the third varsity open pair and placed sixth in the three seat of the third varsity eight at the Head of the Colorado … Placed third in the two seat of the varsity four at the Head of the Marina . Spring 2011 Finished fourth in the grand final as a member of the novice eight at the Conference USA Championships … Helped lead team to second-place overall finish at Big 12 Championships in the novice eight. Fall 2010 Member of the novice four at the Head of the Hooch … Finished second as a member of the novice four at the Head of the Colorado. High School Participated in soccer, cross country and tennis at Bishop Kelley High School ... Team won soccer 5A state championship in 2007 and 2008 ... National Merit Scholar ... AP Scholar with Distinction. Personal Full name is Eileen Elizabeth Biggs ... Parents are David Biggs and Joan Dinneen ... Has one sibling, Jordan ... Chemical engineering major.
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Women’s Rowing
VARSITY ROWING
NICOLE BLADOW
IVY BROWN
NORMAN, OKLA. SENIOR
NORMAN, OKLA. SENIOR
Awards and Honors Named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll two semesters. Fall 2011 Finished first in the six seat of the varsity eight grand final collegiate night sprints at the Head of the Oklahoma … Placed second in the six seat of the varsity eight and first in the two seat of the varsity four at the Head of the Colorado … Finished second in the third varsity open pair at the Head of the Marina … Helped team to two first place victories in the six seat of the varsity eight and the two seat of the varsity four at the Autumn Rowing Festival. Spring 2011 Placed second as a member of the varsity eight at the Windermere Cup … Helped lead team to second place overall finish at Big 12 Championship in the varsity eight … Rowed in the four seat of the varsity eight to finish first in the petite final at the San Diego Crew Classic. Fall 2010 Finished sixth in the championship eight “A” and 10th in the championship four at the Head of the Hooch … Rowed as a member of the collegiate eight “B” and collegiate four “A” in the Head of the Oklahoma, claiming first at the petite final and fourth at the grand final, respectively. Spring 2010 Placed seventh overall in the south region at the NCAA South/Central Regionals ... Helped lead team to second-place finish at the Big 12 Championship ... Placed second as a member of the first varsity eight at the Big 12 Championship at the bow seat ... Earned a silver medal at the SIRA Championships at the bow seat. Fall 2009 Rowed with the first novice eight during the fall season ... Placed third at the Head of the Hooch at the six seat. High School Participated in swimming ... Named to all-state team in swimming ... State finalist in swimming ... Member of the Sooner Swim Club for four years. Personal Full name is Nicole Marie Bladow ... Parents are Amy and Terry ... Father played football at Montana State ... An academic all-star as a swimmer at the University of Maine ... International studies major.
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Fall 2011 Placed fourth in the six seat of the second varsity eight at the Head of the Colorado … Placed first in the six seat of the varsity eight at the Head of the Marina … Placed fourth in the six seat of the second varsity eight at the Autumn Rowing Festival. Spring 2011 Placed third as a member of the third varsity eight in the six seat at the Oak Ridge Invitational … Finished fourth in the grand final as a member of the novice eight at the Conference USA Championships … Helped lead team to second place overall finish at Big 12 Championships in the novice eight … Helped lead team to second-place finish at the OU Invitational. Fall 2010 Rowed five seat of the novice eight “B” to finish 12th at the Head of the Hooch … Finished sixth in the first novice eight “B” in the six seat at the Head of the Colorado. High School Participated in soccer and volleyball as a homeschooled student. Personal Full name is Ivy Elizabeth Brown ... Parents are Les and Heidi Brown ... Has four siblings, Tucker, Brianna, Asher and Keely ... Health and exercise science major.
VARSITY ROWING
SAMANTHA FAHED
MEGHAN FARRELL
LONGWOOD, FLA. SENIOR
PHOENIX, ARIZ. JUNIOR
Awards and Honors Named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll three semesters. Fall 2011 Finished second in the stroke seat of the varsity four grand final night sprints and placed first in the open four at the Head of the Oklahoma … Helped the varsity eight to a first place finish in the seven seat at the Head of the Marina. Spring 2011 Finished first in the petite finals of the Oak Ridge Invitational as a member of the varsity four in the bow seat … Helped lead team to second-place overall finish at Big 12 Championships in the varsity four … Claimed a win over Iowa at the Longhorn Invitational in the second varsity four.
Fall 2011 Finished first in the three seat of the varsity eight grand final collegiate night sprints and second in the bow seat of the varsity open pair at the Head of the Oklahoma… Finished second in the bow seat of the varsity eight at the Head of the Colorado … Claimed a second place finish in the bow seat of the third varsity open pair at the Head of the Marina … Placed first in the varsity open eight and first in the varsity open four at the Autumn Rowing Festival. Spring 2011 Finished fourth in the grand final as a member of the varsity eight at the Conference USA Championships … Placed second as a member of the varsity eight at the Windermere Cup … Helped lead team to second place overall finish at Big 12 Championships in the varsity eight.
Fall 2010 Finished eighth in the stroke seat of the open eight “D” at the Head of the Colorado … Rowed as a member of the collegiate eight “D” in the Head of the Oklahoma.
Fall 2010 Rowed as a member of the open four “A” and open eight “A” at the Head of the Colorado, finishing second in both races … Rowed as a member of the collegiate eight “A”, open four “A” and collegiate single at the Head of the Oklahoma, claiming third in the grand final, second and fifth respectively.
Spring 2010 Member of the second-place team at the Big 12 Championship ... Placed third at the Big 12 Championship as a member of the varsity four at the stroke position ... Earned a bronze medal at the SIRA Championships at the three seat ... Recorded wins over SMU and Kansas as a member of the second varsity eight at the stroke position at the OU Invitational.
Spring 2010 Placed second at the Big 12 Championship as a member of the first varsity eight in the five seat ... Earned a silver medal at the SIRA Championships at the five seat ... Placed second in the Cal Cup at the San Diego Crew Classic at the five seat.
Fall 2009 Rowed at the two seat to place 12th at the Boot of the Oklahoma in the stampede qualifier and fourth in the Petite Final ... Finished fourth in the varsity four stampede qualifier at the stroke position. At Central Florida Placed third novice eight at South/Central NCAA Regional at UCF ... Dual wins in novice eight over Texas, Oregon State, Stanford and Miami. High School Participated in lacrosse and weight lifting in high school ... Member of the honor roll all four years of high school. Personal Parents are Clara and Sam Fahed ... Has three siblings: Sydney, Shelby and Savannah ... Psychology major.
Fall 2009 Finished second in the Grand Final at the bow position at the Boot of the Oklahoma ... Rowed three seat to finish 32nd at the Head of the Charles with the championship eight. High School Member of the Tempe Junior Crew for two years ... Team captain 2008-09 ... Named Novice of the Year 2007-08 ... Placed sixth at Youth Nationals in varsity double in 2008 ... Placed fifth at Youth Nationals in varsity quad in 2009 ... Placed first at Club Nationals in varsity quad in 2009 ... Placed first at Club Nationals in varsity double in 2009 ... Placed third at Club Nationals in varsity single. Personal Full name is Meghan Elizabeth Farrell ... Parents are Echo and Bob Farrell ... Has one sibling, Maddie ... Health and exercise science major.
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Women’s Rowing
VARSITY ROWING
NICOLE FURMANEK
ALLY GRAY
BELLEVILLE, ILL. SENIOR
VALRICO, FLA. SENIOR
Awards and Honors 2010 Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete ... Named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll two semesters. Fall 2011 Finished first in the seven seat of the varsity eight at the grand final collegiate eight night sprints at the Head of the Oklahoma … Placed first in the bow seat of the varsity open pair at the Head of the Marina … Helped team to place first at the Autumn Rowing Festival. Spring 2011 Finished fourth in the grand final as a member of the varsity eight at the Conference USA Championships … Placed second as a member of the varsity eight at the Windermere Cup … Helped lead team to second place overall finish at Big 12 Championships in the varsity eight. Fall 2010 Finished second as a member of the open eight “A” at the Head of the Colorado. Spring 2010 Placed second at the Big 12 Championship as a member of the first varsity eight at the four seat ... Earned a silver medal at the SIRA Championships at the four seat ... Placed second in the Cal Cup at the San Diego Crew Classic at the four seat. Fall 2009 Rowed three seat to place sixth in the collegiate eight stampede qualifier and second in the Grand Final at the Boot of the Oklahoma. At Murray State University Placed second at the Head of the Hooch ... Placed third at SIRAs. High School Participated in swimming, soccer and basketball ... Captain of swim team ... Given the Joe Dressler Sportsmanship-Citizen award, Young Woman of Achievement award for community service and the Rotary Club Service award ... State runner-up in soccer in 2008 ... Member of the honor roll. Personal Parents are Celeste and Phil Furmanek ... Has two siblings, Erin and Erik ... Grandfather, Ray Sonnemberg, played basketball for St. Louis University ... Elementary education major.
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Awards and Honors Named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll four semesters ... 2011 Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete … Member of the 2011 Big 12 Academic At-Large Team. Spring 2011 Finished first in the petite final of the Oak Ridge Invitational … Placed fourth in the grand final as a member of the varsity four at the Conference USA Championships … Helped lead team to second place overall finish at Big 12 Championships in the varsity four. 2011 Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete … Member of the 2011 Big 12 Academic At-Large Team. Fall 2010 Rowed seven seat as a member of the championship eight “C” at the Head of the Hooch. Rowed five seat at Head of Colorado as a member of the open eight. Spring 2010 Member of the second-place team at the Big 12 Championship ... Placed third at the Big 12 Championship as a member of the second varsity eight at the seven seat ... Earned a silver medal at the SIRA Championships at the stroke position ... Placed first in the third final at the San Diego Crew Classic at the seven seat. Fall 2009 Rowed three seat to finish first against SMU as a member of the first varsity eight at the three seat ... Rowed seven seat to place sixth in the open eight and three seat to finish fifth in the open four at the Head of the Colorado. At Central Florida Was a member of the first novice eight that went 38-4 during the season ... Won duals over Texas, Virginia, Michigan State, UCLA, Washington State, Stanford and Miami ... Won a bronze medal at the South/Central NCAA Regionals, becoming the first crew to medal in UCF novice program history. Personal Full name is Alexandra Nicole Gray ... Parents are Ellen Toon and Gary Gray ... Has two siblings, Michael and Grant ... Economics and psychology major.
VARSITY ROWING
BROOKE HOLLEMAN
BROOKE HOMER
EDMOND, OKLA. JUNIOR
MUSTANG, OKLA. SENIOR
Awards and Honors Named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll two semesters ... 2011 Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete … Member of the 2011 Big 12 Academic At-Large Team. Fall 2011 Placed third in the bow seat of the varsity open pair and rowed the two seat of the third varsity eight at the Head of the Colorado … Finished third in the three seat of the varsity open four at the Head of the Marina. Spring 2011 Finished third in the grand final at the Conference USA Championships in the seven seat of the second varsity eight … Helped lead team to second place overall finish at Big 12 Championships in the second varsity eight. Fall 2010 Rowed as a member of the collegiate eight “C”, collegiate four “C”, and open pair “D” in the Head of the Oklahoma, claiming third at the petite final, 21st and 14th respectively. Spring 2010 Member of the second-place team at the Big 12 Championship ... Placed second at the Big 12 Championship as a member of the first novice eight at the stroke position ... Earned a silver medal at the SIRA Championships as a member of the second varsity eight at the five seat. Fall 2009 Rowed seven seat to finish third at the Hood of the Hooch in novice eight ... Placed sixth in the open eight at the five seat at the Head of the Colorado. High School Member of the Chesapeake Junior Crew for three years ... Placed third at Head of the Hooch in women’s four in 2007 ... U.S. Rowing Junior National Champions in women’s double and quad in 2008 ... State champions in volleyball 2005 and 2006 ... State runner-up in soccer in 2005 ... Placed fifth at Junior Nationals in 2006 with volleyball club team ... Was a Heritage Hall Merit Scholar ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Member of the Cum Laude Society.
Awards and Honors Named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll two semesters. Fall 2010 Claimed third in the four seat of the collegiate eight “C at the petite final of the Head of the Oklahoma. Spring 2010 Placed second in the “C/D” semifinal to advance and finish sixth in the “C” final at the NCAA South/Central Regionals ... Member of the second-place team at the Big 12 Championship ... Placed third at the Big 12 Championship as a member of the second varsity eight at the four seat ... Placed first in the third final at the San Diego Crew Classic at the three seat. Fall 2009 Placed second as a member of the varsity four at the stroke position against SMU ... Placed eighth in the open four at the three seat at the Head of the Colorado. Spring 2009 Placed second at the Big 12 Championship in second novice eight ... Advanced to the “C” final at the NCAA South/ Central Regional. Fall 2008 Placed second in third novice eight event at Head of Colorado and ninth in second novice eight at Head of the Hooch. Personal Full name is Brooke Ashley Homer ... Parents are Whitney Twiehause and Blair Homer ... Has five siblings: Zach, Tyler, Gwen, Shelby and Riley ... Cousin, Jared Homer, played football at Northwestern State University ... Health and exercise science major.
Personal Full name is Brooke Elizabeth Holleman ... Parents are Stacy and Bill Holleman ... Has two siblings, Brett and Michael ... Mother, Stacy, played softball and volleyball at Oklahoma Baptist University ... Geography major.
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VARSITY ROWING
HEATHER HOUSE
KAYLEE JOHNSON
AUSTIN, TEXAS JUNIOR
SAND SPRINGS, OKLA. JUNIOR
Awards and Honors Named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll for the spring 2010 semester ... Member of the 2011 Big 12 Academic At-Large Team.
Awards and Honors Named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll two semesters.
Fall 2011 Claimed third in the bow seat of the varsity open pair and rowed the bow seat of the third varsity eight at the Head of the Colorado … Placed third in the stroke seat of the varsity four at the Head of the Marina.
Fall 2011 Claimed a first place finish in the stroke seat of the fourth varsity open pair at the Head of the Colorado … Placed first in the bow seat of the varsity open pair at the Head of the Marina.
Spring 2011 Finished first in the petite finals of the Oak Ridge Invitational in the varsity four … Finished fourth in the grand final at the Conference USA Championships in the three seat of the varsity four … Helped lead team to second place overall finish at Big 12 Championships in the varsity four.
Spring 2011 Claimed a win over Kansas in the third varsity eight at the OU Invitational.
Fall 2010 Finished eighth at the Head of the Colorado. Spring 2010 Placed first in the “C/D” semifinal to advance and finish fourth in the “C” final at the NCAA South/Central Regionals ... Member of the second-place team at the Big 12 Championship ... Placed second at the Big 12 Championship with the first novice eight at the three seat... Earned a silver medal at the SIRA Championships at the bow seat.
Fall 2010 Claimed third in the petite final as a member of the collegiate eight “C” in the Head of Oklahoma. Spring 2010 Member of the second-place team at the Big 12 Championship ... Placed second at the Big 12 Championship as a member of the second novice eight at the bow seat ... Earned a gold medal at the SIRA Championships at the bow seat ... Rowed three seat to defeat Creighton in dual racing at the OU Invitational. Fall 2009 Rowed at the bow seat to place fifth in novice eight at the Head of the Colorado.
Fall 2009 Finished third in the novice eight at the bow seat at the Head of the Hooch ... Placed second in the novice eight at the seven seat at the Head of the Colorado.
High School Attended Charles Page High School ... Participated in soccer four years ... Team captain for soccer as a senior ... Drumline section leader in band.
High School Member of the Austin Rowing Club ... Team captain 2008-09 ... Central District regional champions in lightweight double ... Placed fifth at youth nationals in lightweight double in 2008 ... Central District regional champions in quads ... Placed sixth at youth nationals in quads ... Named Texas champion in quads and placed fifth at club nationals in doubles in 2009... Also participated in volleyball, soccer and track ... Soccer team was regional champions in 2006.
Personal Parents are Jody and Janet Johnson ... Has two siblings, Kortni and Kellie ... Anthropology major.
Personal Full name is Heather Ann House ... Parents are Katherine and Dwain House ... Has one sibling, Holly ... Political science major.
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VARSITY ROWING
KATIE KLASSEN
MARILYN KOZLOWSKI
NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO SOPHOMORE
NORMAN, OKLA. SOPHOMORE
Fall 2011 Helped the varsity eight earn a first place finish in the three seat at the Head of the Marina … Finished fourth in the three seat of the second varsity eight and rowed the stroke seat of the third varsity four at the Autumn Rowing Festival. Spring 2011 Finished fourth in the grand final as a member of the varsity eight at the Conference USA Championships … Placed second as a member of the varsity eight at the Windermere Cup … Helped lead team to second place overall finish at Big 12 Championships in the second varsity eight … Claimed wins over Louisville and UCF at the Longhorn Invitational in the second varsity eight … Two seat of the varsity eight at the OU Invitational, claiming wins over Tulsa, Kansas, Creighton and SMU. Fall 2010 Member of the open eight “A” and the open four “B” at the Head of the Colorado, finishing second and third, respectively … Member of the collegiate eight “A”, open four “B”, and open pair “C” in the Head of the Oklahoma, claiming third at the grand final, fourth and ninth, respectively.
Fall 2011 Competed in the bow seat of the third varsity four and finished third in the bow seat of the third varsity open four at the Head of the Oklahoma … Claimed first in the bow seat of the fourth varsity open pair at the Head of the Colorado. Spring 2011 Finished fourth in the grand final as a member of the novice eight at the Conference USA Championships … Helped lead team to second place overall finish at Big 12 Championships in the novice eight … Rowed in the four seat of the novice eight to finish fifth in the grand final at the San Diego Crew Classic … Three seat of the second novice eight at the OU Invitational. High School Participated in basketball and jazz band at Norman High School ... School mascot 2009-2010 ... AP Scholar ... Named valedictorian in 2010. Personal Full name is Marilyn Beth Kozlowski ... Parents are Eric and Ellen Kozlowski ... Has two siblings, Alyssa and Jill ... Health and exercise science major.
Summer 2010 Member of Canadian Junior National Development team for CanAmMex ... Won bronze in the junior women’s pair at U.S. Club Nationals ... Won gold in the junior women’s pair at the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta. High School Rowed for four years at Eden High School ... Ontario Ergometer Champion ... Placed second in junior women’s four at The Royal Canadian Henley in 2009 ... Oarswoman of the Year recipient in 2008 ... gold at Canadian Secondary School Rowing Championship four in 2008 ... bronze at CSS Rowing Championship four in 2009 ... Won bronze in the senior women’s double at the Stotesburg Cup Regatta ... Junior women’s silver double at Head of the Fish in 2009 ... Won bronze in the senior women’s 63kg pair at the Canadian Secondary School Championship in 2010 ... Junior women’s four gold at Ontario Championship in 2009 with Ridley Graduate Boat Club ... Named team MVP in 2008 and 2010. Personal Full name is Katherine Anne Klassen ... Parents are Rudy and Gerda Klassen... Has three siblings, Daniel, Isaiah and Jonathon ... Daniel is a heavyweight rower at Yale ... Health and exercise science major.
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VARSITY ROWING
ASHLEY LAFOLLETTE
MAUREEN LEWIS
WESTERVILLE, OHIO JUNIOR
EL RENO, OKLA. SENIOR
Awards and Honors Member of the 2011 Big 12 Academic At-Large Team. Fall 2011 Finished first in the bow seat of the varsity eight grand final collegiate eight night sprints and at the Head of the Oklahoma… Earned a first place finish in the stroke seat of the varsity eight at the Head of the Marina. Spring 2011 Finished third in the grand final at the Conference USA Championships in the five seat of the second varsity eight … Helped lead team to second place overall finish at Big 12 Championships in the second varsity eight. Fall 2010 Rowed as a member of the open eight “B” at the Head of the Colorado, finishing third … Member of the collegiate eight “B” and collegiate four “A” in the Head of the Oklahoma, claiming first at the petite final and fourth at the grand final respectively. Spring 2010 Finished fourth in the “C” finals after placing first in the “C/D” semifinal at the NCAA South/Central Regionals ... Member of the second-place team at the Big 12 Championship ... Placed second at the Big 12 Championship as a member of the first novice eight at the bow seat ... Earned a silver medal at the SIRA Championships at the stroke position ... Finished second in the Grand Final at the San Diego Crew Classic at the seven seat. Fall 2009 Rowed at the two seat to place second in varsity four against SMU ... Placed third in the open eight at the bow seat at the Head of the Colorado. High School Member of the Westerville Rowing Club for five years ... Team captain 2008-09 ... Placed fifth at youth nationals in 2006-07 ... Placed 10th at youth nationals in 2007-08 ... Placed 12th at youth nationals in 2008-09 ... Also participated in swimming ... A member of the honor roll and merit roll all four years of high school. Personal Parents are Danette and Bob LaFollette ... Has two siblings, Abbey (twin) and Andrew ... Father wrestled at Taylor University ... Anthropology major.
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Awards and Honors 2010 Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete ... Named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll four semesters. Fall 2011 Earned a second place finish in varsity four grand final collegiate four night sprints and a first place finish in the varsity open four at the Head of the Oklahoma. Spring 2011 Placed third as a member of the third varsity eight in the six seat at the Oak Ridge Invitational. Fall 2010 Finished eighth in the open eight “D” and in the open four “D” at the Head of the Colorado … Rowed in the collegiate eight “D” in the Head of the Oklahoma. Spring 2010 Placed second in the “C/D” semifinal to advance and finish sixth in the “C” final at the NCAA South/Central Regionals ... Member of the second-place team at the Big 12 Championship ... Earned a bronze medal at the SIRA Championships at the bow seat. Fall 2009 Placed fourth in the varsity eight in the five seat against SMU ... Rowed at the bow seat to place eighth in the open four at the Head of the Colorado. Spring 2009 Advanced to the “C” final at the NCAA South/ Central Regional with the second novice eight. Fall 2008 Placed second in third novice eight event at Head of Colorado. High School Made all-state tennis in 2008 ... A four-time state qualifier in tennis ... Girl’s State delegate ... Valedictorian and an Oklahoma Academic Scholar ... Member of National Honor Society. Personal Full name is Maureen Michelle Lewis ... Parents are Rachel and Richard Lewis ... Has three siblings: John, Michael and David ... Zoology major.
VARSITY ROWING
ELIZABETH MIDDLETON
HEATHER MORRIS
COLCHESTER, CONN. SOPHOMORE
DAVENPORT, IOWA SOPHOMORE
Awards and Honors Named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll two semesters ... Member of the 2011 Big 12 Academic At-Large Team. Fall 2011 Helped second varsity four to a first place finish in the petite final collegiate four night sprints and finished second in the three seat of the second open four at the Head of the Oklahoma … Claimed second in the bow seat of the second varsity open pair and rowed the five seat of the third varsity eight at the Head of the Colorado. Spring 2011 Finished third in the grand final at the Conference USA Championships in the three seat of the second varsity eight … Helped lead team to second place overall finish at Big 12 Championships in the second varsity eight. Fall 2010 Finished eighth in the open eight “D” at the Head of the Colorado … Claimed third as a member of the collegiate eight “C” in the Head of the Oklahoma at the petite final. Spring 2010 Finished sixth in the “B” final at the NCAA South/Central Regionals ... Member of the second-place team at the Big 12 Championship ... Placed second at the Big 12 Championship as a member of the first novice eight at the two seat ... Earned a gold medal at the SIRA Championships at the five seat.
Fall 2011 Placed fourth in the bow seat of the second varsity eight and finished fourth in the two seat of the fourth varsity four at the Head of the Colorado … Claimed a first place finish in the bow seat of the varsity eight at the Head of the Marina … Finished fifth in the bow seat of the second varsity eight and rowed the two seat of the fourth varsity four at the Autumn Rowing Festival. Spring 2011 Finished third in the grand final of the Oak Ridge Invitational in the third varsity eight … Finished fourth in the grand final at the Conference USA Championships in the three seat of the novice eight … Helped lead team to second place overall finish at Big 12 Championships in the novice eight. Fall 2010 Finished sixth in the first novice eight “B” at the Head of the Colorado. High School Participated in basketball and tennis at Bettendorf High School. Personal Full name is Heather Nicole Morris ... Parents are David and Phyllis Morris, Heidi and Steve Milford ... Has four siblings, Dani, Gregory, Megan and Emily ... Zoology major.
Fall 2009 Rowed at the three seat to place fifth in the novice eight at the Head of the Colorado. High School Participated in soccer, basketball and track ... All-state in soccer in 2008 ... Team captain in soccer and track in 2009 ... Helped soccer team to division championships in 2008 and 2009 ... Earned high honors in academics all four years of high school. Personal Parents are David and Patricia Middleton ... Has three siblings: Daniel, Taylor and Christine ... Sister, Christine, was a track and field athlete at Sacred Heart University ... Zoology major.
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VARSITY ROWING
AUBREY MYERS
KELSEY O’GRADY
MOORE, OKLA. JUNIOR
ADA, OKLA. JUNIOR
Spring 2011 Helped lead team to second place overall finish at Big 12 Championships in the second novice eight … Four seat in the novice eight at the OU Invitational. Fall 2010 Finished 12th in the novice eight “B” at the Head of the Hooch … Finished sixth in the first novice eight “B” at the Head of the Colorado. High School Participated in gymnastics, track and field, cross country and swimming and diving at Westmoore High School. Personal Full name is Aubrey Elizabeth Myers ... Parents are Richard and Deborah Myers ... Has four siblings, Darrell, Jim, Jeff, and Rachel ... Special Education major ... Sister, Rachel, is a cheerleader at OU.
Awards and Honors Named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll two semesters ... 2011 Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete … Member of the 2011 Big 12 Academic At-Large Team. Fall 2011 Placed second in the three seat of the varsity four grand final collegiate four night sprints at the Head of the Oklahoma … Helped the varsity eight to a first place finish in the two seat at the Head of the Marina. Spring 2011 Helped lead team to second place overall finish at Big 12 Championships in the second varsity eight … Member of the second varsity eight in a tri-meet against Michigan and Indiana ... Placed third in the varsity four seat at the San Diego Crew Classic. Fall 2010 Finished fourth in the open eight “C” at the Head of the Colorado … Member of the collegiate eight “B” and collegiate four “B” in the Head of the Oklahoma, claiming first and third at the petite final respectively. Spring 2010 Placed seventh overall in the south region at the NCAA South/Central Regionals ... Member of the second-place team at the Big 12 Championship ... Placed second at the Big 12 Championship at the seven seat ... Earned a silver medal at the SIRA Championships at the three seat ... Finished second in the Grand Final at the San Diego Crew Classic at the five seat. Fall 2009 Placed second in the novice eight at the three seat at the Boot of the Oklahoma ... Rowed at the bow seat to place second in the novice eight at the Head of the Colorado. High School Participated in basketball, softball, track and cross country ... A state qualifier in track and cross country ... Named high school region’s female Scholar Athlete of the Year. Personal Full name is Kelsey Katherine O’Grady ... Parents are Stephen and Jill O’Grady ... Has two siblings, Jennifer and Collin ... Anthropology major.
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VARSITY ROWING
KELLIE O’REILLY
KILEY POPPINO
CHESAPEAKE, VA. FRESHMAN
DALLAS, TEXAS SENIOR
Fall 2011 Finished first in the four seat of the varsity eight grand final collegiate eight night sprints and rowed the stroke seat of the third varsity open pairs at the Head of the Oklahoma … Claimed a second place finish in the two seat of the varsity eight and placed third in the bow seat of the second varsity four at the Head of the Colorado … Rowed the two seat in the championship eight at the Head of the Charles … Competed in the bow seat of the fourth varsity open pair at the Head of the Marina … Helped the varsity eight claim first in the two seat and placed fourth in the bow seat of the second varsity four to win the Autumn Rowing Festival. High School Rowed for Great Bridge Crew Club ... Placed second in the Women’s Senior Double at the Stotesbury Cup Regatta ... Claimed 3rd all four years at the Hampton Roads erg pull ... Took fifth at the SRAA Nationals in the Women’s Jr. Four (at Grand Finals) ... Helped her club claim second in the Women’s Jr. Four at the Virginia Scholastic Rowing Championships (States) ... Placed first in the Women’s Senior Double at the Virginia Scholastic Rowing Championships (States) ... Claimed third in the Women’s Varsity Four at the Virginia Scholastic Rowing Championships (States) ... Placed sixth in the Women’s Senior Double at the SRAA Nationals. Personal Parents are Lisa and Sean O’Reilly ... Has one sibling, Ashley ... Health and exercise science major.
Awards and Honors Named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll three semesters. Fall 2011 Placed first as coxswain of the varsity eight grand final collegiate eight night sprints, gained a first place finish in the second varsity four petite final collegiate four night sprints and finished second in the second open four at the Head of the Oklahoma … Coxed the second varsity eight to fourth place and claimed third in the second varsity open four at the Head of the Colorado … Helped the varsity eight to a first place finish in the coxswain seat at the Head of the Marina … Claimed a fourth place finish in the second varsity eight and fourth place finish in the second varsity four at the Autumn Rowing Festival. Spring 2011 Member of the third varsity eight at the OU Invitational. Fall 2010 Competed in the open eight “D” at the Head of the Colorado … Finished 21st in the collegiate eight “D” at the Head of the Oklahoma. Spring 2010 Member of the second-place team at the Big 12 Championship ... Placed second at the Big 12 Championship as a member of the second novice eight at the stroke position ... Earned a gold medal at the SIRA Championships at the stroke position ... Rowed at the two seat to defeat Creighton in dual racing at the OU Invitational. Fall 2009 Was the coxswain for the varsity eight and varsity four teams during the fall season ... Placed fourth in the varsity eight against SMU ... Placed 23rd in the collegiate four stampede qualifier at the Boot of the Oklahoma. High School Won first place at the St. Louis Sprints and first in the novice eight ... Placed fifth at Head of the Hooch women’s double ... Placed third at the U.S. Rowing Youth National Championship in women’s lightweight four in 2007... Placed second at the Head of the Colorado in women’s junior novice four in 2006. Personal Full name is Kiley Frazier Poppino ... Parents are Shannon and Al Poppino ... Has one sibling, Alex ... Multi-disciplinary studies major.
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VARSITY ROWING
MAGGIE SCHAEFER
CARLY SCHUELER
MARIETTA, GA. SOPHOMORE
PITTSBURGH, PA. JUNIOR
Fall 2011 Claimed a first place finish in the stroke seat of the second varsity four petite final collegiate four night sprints and placed second in the second open four at the Head of the Oklahoma. Spring 2011 Finished third in the grand final at the Conference USA Championships in the four seat of the second varsity eight … Helped lead team to second place overall finish at Big 12 Championships in the varsity four … Member of the second varsity eight in a tri-meet against Michigan and Indiana … Three seat in the varsity four to finish third in the grand final at the San Diego Crew Classic. Fall 2010 Sat three seat in the championship eight “C” at the Head of the Hooch … Finished fourth in the open eight “C” at the Head of the Colorado. High School Member of the Atlanta Junior Rowing Association for four years ... Team cocaptain 2009-2010 ... Placed third at Head of the Hooch in 2007 and 2008 ... Placed 15th at Junior Club Nationals ... Contributed to second-place finishes at Georgia Tech University’s erging competition in 2007 and 2008 and a first-place finish in 2009. Personal Full name is Margaret Ward Schaefer ... Parents are John and Mary Schaefer ... Has three siblings, Mary Glenn, Jack and Caleb ... Politcal science major.
Awards and Honors Named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll two semesters ... 2011 Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete … Member of the 2011 Big 12 Academic At-Large Team. Fall 2011 Placed second as coxswain of the varsity eight and finished first in the varsity four at the Head of the Colorado … Placed fourth in the coxswain seat of the varsity four at the Head of the Marina … Led the varsity eight and the varsity four to two first place finishes at the Autumn Rowing Festival. Spring 2011 Led the varsity four all season as the coxswain … Finished first in the petite final of the Oak Ridge Invitational … Helped lead team to a second-place overall finish at Big 12 Championships … Led the varsity four to finish third in the grand finals at the San Diego Crew Classic. Fall 2010 Led the open eight “C” and the open four “C” at the Head of the Colorado, finishing fourth and fifth respectively … Led the collegiate eight “C”and collegiate four “B” in the Head of the Oklahoma. Spring 2010 Led the first novice eight all season as the coxswain ... Placed seventh overall in the south region at the NCAA South/Central Regionals ... Finished sixth in the “B” final at the NCAA South/Central Regionals ... Member of the second-place team at the Big 12 Championship ... Placed second at the Big 12 Championship ... Earned a silver medal at the SIRA Championships ... Finished second in the Grand Final at the San Diego Crew Classic. Fall 2009 Coxswain for the novice eight during the fall season ... Placed second at the Boot of the Oklahoma ... Finished third at the Head of the Hooch ... Placed second at the Head of the Colorado. High School Member of the Steel City Rowing Club for five years ... A member of the National Honor Society and National Spanish Honor Society. Personal Full name is Carly Rae Schueler ... Parents are Jeanne Elbicki and James Schueler ... Has one sibling, Lauren ... Zoology major.
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VARSITY ROWING
ABBIE SEREMEK OAKPARK, ILL. FRESHMAN
Fall 2011 Finished first in the second varsity four petite final collegiate four night sprints and placed second in the bow seat of the second open four at the Head of the Colorado … Claimed a second place finish in the stroke seat of the second varsity open pair and placed sixth in the third varsity eight at the Head of the Colorado … Placed fourth in the two seat of the second varsity four at the Head of the Marina … Rowed the three seat of the third varsity eight at the Autumn Rowing Festival. High School Rowed with Lincoln Park Juniors in Chicago for 3 years …Lettered in Volleyball for two years …Lincoln Park Juniors Midwest Championship 2010. Personal Parent is Joyce Seremek …One sibling, Kate …Undecided on major.
BROOKE SHEPPARD LAWTON, OKLA. SENIOR
Awards and Honors 2010 Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete ... 2011 Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete … 2011 Conference USA Rowing All-Academic Team … Member of the 2011 Big 12 Academic At-Large Team. Fall 2011 Claimed first in the five seat of the varsity eight and rowed the bow seat of the third varsity open pair … Helped the varsity eight to a first place finish at the Autumn Rowing Festival. Spring 2011 Finished fourth in the grand final as a member of the varsity eight at the Conference USA Championships … Helped lead team to second place overall finish at Big 12 Championships in the varsity eight. Fall 2010 Finished third at the Head of the Colorado. Spring 2010 Finished fourth in the “C” finals after placing first in the “C/D” semifinal at the NCAA South/Central Regionals ... Member of the second-place team at the Big 12 Championship ... Earned a silver medal at the SIRA Championships at the six seat. Fall 2009 Rowed at the five seat with the varsity eight that placed first against SMU. Spring 2009 Earned a silver medal at the SIRA Championships in novice four ... Won the first novice eight race at the Big 12 Championships ... Selected to attend the U.S. Rowing National freshman team camp. Fall 2008 Placed second at Head of Colorado. High School Participated in volleyball, swimming, track and field in high school ... A National Merit Scholar finalist and academic all-stater ... U.S. Presidential Scholar and Valedictorian ... Named Outstanding Key Club Lt. Governor. Personal Parents are Drs. Cindy and Ernest Sheppard ... Has two siblings, Scott and Wade ... Father was a quarterback for Texas Tech ... Aunt, Jill Berg, played tennis at OU ... Human resources management and finance major.
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VARSITY ROWING
MELISSA SIMPSON
OLIVIA STAFF
PACIFICA, CALIF. SOPHOMORE
PHOENIX, ARIZ. JUNIOR
Spring 2011 Placed third in the grand final as a member of the second varsity eight at the Conference USA Championships … Helped team finish second in the second varsity eight in the two seat at the Big 12 Championships … Rowed two seat as team finished fifth in the second varsity eight grand final at the San Diego Crew Classic … Claimed wins over Louisville and UCF at the Longhorn Invitational as a member of the second varsity eight in the two seat. Fall 2010 Finished sixth in the two seat of the championship eight “A” at the Head of the Hooch … Rowed in the open eight “B” two seat finishing third … Rowed as a member of the collegiate eight “B” in the three seat and the collegiate four “B” three seat at the Head of the Oklahoma. High School Member of the NorCal Crew for four years ... Received coaches’ award for 2008-2009 season ... Grand finalist at the 2009 Southwest Junior Regional Championships ... Placed 15th out of 74 in 2009 Head of the Charles Regatta. Personal Full name is Melissa Simpson ... Parents are Laure and Tim Simpson ... Has two siblings, Michelle and Summer ... Meteorology major.
Awards and Honors Member of the 2011 Big 12 Academic At-Large Team. Fall 2011 Placed second in the three seat of the varsity eight and claimed third in the two seat of the second varsity four at the Head of the Colorado … Rowed the three seat of the championship eight at the Head of the Charles … Helped varsity eight claim first in the three seat and gained a fourth place finish in the second varsity four at the Autumn Rowing Festival. Spring 2011 Finished third in the grand final of the Oak Ridge Invitational as a member of the open four in the three seat … Placed fourth in the grand final as a member of the open four in the three seat at the Conference USA Championships … Led the team to finish second as a member of the second varsity four in the three seat at the Big 12 Championships … Finished second as a member of the third varsity eight in the sixth seat to defeat Indiana. Spring 2010 Placed seventh overall in the south region at the NCAA South/Central Regionals ... Finished sixth in the “B” final at the NCAA South/Central Regionals ... Member of the second-place team at the Big 12 Championship ... Placed second at the Big 12 Championship as a member of the first novice eight at the five seat ... Earned a gold medal at the SIRA Championships with the second novice eight at the three seat. High School Three-year letter winner at Pinnacle High School in soccer... Led Pinnacle High School to Arizona state finals in 2005-2006 ... Named team MVP in 2006-2007 season ... Two-time all-state honoree (2005-06, 2006-07) ... Helped club team `91 Sereno win three straight state championships in 2007, 2008 and 2009 ... Member of the National Honor Society. Personal Full name is Olivia Brianne Staff ... Born in Vancouver, B.C. ... Daughter of Brian Staff and Valerie McQuaid ... Twin sister, Rebecca, also attends OU and is a member of the rowing team ... A dual-sport athlete at OU, competing in soccer and rowing ... Has dual citizenship in Canada and Great Britain ... Mechanical engineering major.
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VARSITY ROWING
REBECCA STAFF
BELLE STIXROOD
PHOENIX, ARIZ. JUNIOR
PLANO, TEXAS SOPHOMORE
Awards and Honors 2010 Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association All-South Region ... 2010 All-Conference-USA team ... Named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll four semesters ... 2011 Rowing All-Conference USA Team … Member of the 2011 Big 12 Academic At-Large Team. Fall 2011 Placed first in the stroke seat of the varsity eight grand final collegiate eight night sprints at the Head of the Oklahoma … Claimed first in varsity open pair at the Head of the Marina … Helped varsity eight win first at the Autumn Rowing Festival. Spring 2011 Placed fourth in the grand final of the varsity eight at the Conference USA Championships … Finished second as a member of the varsity eight in the stroke seat at the Windermere Cup … Led team to finish second as a member of the varsity eight in the stroke seat at the Big 12 Championships. Fall 2010 Rowed in the open eight “A” and open four “A” placing second in the stroke seat at the Head of the Colorado.
Fall 2011 Competed in the bow seat of the third varsity open pair and placed sixth in the four seat of the third varsity eight at the Head of the Colorado. Spring 2011 Rowed in the stroke seat of the second novice eight to finish third at the Big 12 Championship … Member of the second novice eight in the stroke seat in the OU Invitational. Fall 2010 Finished 11th as a member of the novice eight “A” at the Head of the Hooch. High School Played softball at Plano West Senior High School ... Played volleyball and basketball at Shepton High School 2006-2008 ... Basketball co-captain freshman and sophomore year ... Academic achievement award recipient in 2007. Personal Full name is Belle Stixrood ... Parents are David and Laurie Stixrood ... Has three siblings, Sally, Alex and Kendall ... Broadcast and electronic media major.
Spring 2010 Placed second at the Big 12 Championship ... Earned a silver medal at the SIRA Championships ... Placed second in the Cal Cup at the San Diego Crew Classic. Fall 2009 Placed first against SMU with the varsity eight at the six seat. High School Member of the Tempe Junior Crew ... Named co-captain in 2008-09 ... Placed fifth at U.S. Youth Nationals in Quad in 2009 ... Placed first at Canadian Junior World Trials in singles in 2009 ... Placed eighth at Crash-B Indoor World Championships in 2009 ... Participated in basketball and volleyball ... State runner-up in basketball in 2006-07 and 2007-08 ... Member of the National Honor Society . Personal Parents are Valerie McQuaid and Brian Staff ... Has two siblings, Natalie, and twin sister Olivia, a member of the OU rowing team ... Has dual citizenship in Canada and Great Britain ... Selected to participate in Great Britain’s “Tall and Talented” program to identify potential national team members ... Psychology major.
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VARSITY ROWING
CHLOE TROUTT
REBECCA WINCHESTER
PARIS, TEXAS SOPHOMORE
WASHINGTON, OKLA. SOPHOMORE
Awards and Honors Named to the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll for the 2009 fall semester.
Awards and Honors Member of the 2011 Big 12 Academic At-Large Team.
Fall 2011 Competed in the stroke seat of the fifth varsity open pair at the Head of the Colorado … Claimed third in the bow seat of the varsity four at the Head of the Marina … Competed in the five seat of the third varsity eight at the Autumn Rowing Festival.
Fall 2011 Claimed fourth in the four seat of the second varsity eight and placed second in the three seat of the third varsity four at the Head of the Colorado … Placed first in the four seat of the varsity eight at the Head of the Marina … Helped the second varsity eight place fourth in the four seat and competed in the three seat of the third varsity four.
Fall 2010 Rowed six seat as a member of the championship eight “C” at the Head of the Hooch … Finished fourth in the open eight “C” at the Head of the Colorado … Sat six seat in the collegiate eight “C” and the two seat in the collegiate four “C” at the Head of the Oklahoma.
Spring 2011 Finished third in the grand final at the Conference USA Championships in the six seat of the second varsity eight … Led team to second place overall finish at Big 12 Championships in the second varsity eight …Rowed in the four seat of the second varsity eight that finished fifth in the petite final at the San Diego Crew Classic.
Spring 2010 Placed seventh overall in the south region at the NCAA South/Central Regionals ... Finished sixth in the “B” final at the NCAA South/Central Regionals ... Earned a gold medal at the SIRA Championships as a member of the second varsity eight at the six seat.
Spring 2010 Member of the second-place team at the Big 12 Championship ... Placed second at the Big 12 Championship as a member of the first varsity eight in the two seat ... Earned a silver medal at the SIRA Championships in the two seat ... Recorded wins over Tulsa, SMU, Creighton and Kansas in dual racing at the OU Invitational in the two seat.
Fall 2009 Rowed with novice eight during the fall season ... Placed second at the four seat at the Boot of the Oklahoma ... Finished third at the four seat at the Head of the Hooch ... Rowed at the four seat to place second at the Head of the Colorado.
Fall 2009 Rowed in the five seat to finish third in the novice eight at the Head of the Hooch.
High School Participated in golf, tennis, track and basketball ... District champions in volleyball in 2007, basketball in 2008 and golf in 2009 ... Member of the National Honor Society in 2009 ... A Texas Scholar in 2009. Personal Full name is Chloe Brin Troutt ... Parents are Tim and Bonnie Troutt ... Has two siblings, Ethan and Abby ... Father Tim played football and baseball at Northwestern Oklahoma State University ... Cousin Amanda played basketball at Lewis and Clark State College ... Zoology major.
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High School Participated in basketball and track ... Placed sixth at the state track meet in discus throw in 2009 ... Regional champion in discus in 2008 ... Basketball team won state titles in 2004 and 2005. Personal Full name is Rebecca Nicole Winchester ... Parents are Mike and Pam Winchester ... Has four siblings: Carolyn, James, Emily and Kaitlyn ... Father played football at OU... Sister, Carolyn, played basketball at OU ... Brother, James, plays football at OU ... Health and exercise science major.
NOVICE ROWING
ANNA ANTHONY
RACHEL CANTRELL
NORMAN, OKLA. FRESHMAN
BIXBY, OKLA. FRESHMAN
Fall 2011 Rowed as a member of the novice eight in the bow seat at the Head of the Oklahoma…Placed six in the bow seat of the “B” novice eight at the Head of the Colorado … Finished sixth the stroke seat of the second novice eight at the Head of the Marina… Rowed the stroke seat of the second novice eight at the Autumn Rowing Festival. High School Lettered in cross country for four years …2011 Regional Track Runner-up …2011 Rocket Award for Track …2011 Top Ten in Graduating Class …2010 Placed 3rd in Cross Country State …Cheered for two years …2010 Cheer-State Runner-Up …Vice President of National Honor Society …French Club …Vice President of Student Council …Member of Young Democrats …Vice President of Key Club.
Fall 2011 Placed six in the seven seat of the “B” novice eight at the Head of the Colorado … Finished fifth in the seven seat of the second novice eight at the Head of the Marina… Competed in the three seat of the novice eight at the Autumn Rowing Festival. High School Swim Captain …Individual State Qualifier for Swimming …2010 Swimming State Runner-Up …National Honor Society …Senior Class President …Homecoming Court …FCCLA President. Personal Parents are Debbie and Randy Cantrell …one sibling, J.J. …Speech & Language Pathology major. da played basketball at Lewis and Clark State College ... Zoology major.
Personal Parents are Bob and Holly Anthony …Four siblings, Aaron, Joe, Mary and Mikee …Psychology/International Area Studies major.
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NOVICE ROWING
LAURA COMBS
ANDREA DOUGHERTY
WICHITA, KAN. SOPHOMORE
EDMOND, OKLA. FRESHMAN
Fall 2011 Finished third in the five seat of the novice eight at the Head of the Colorado… Placed sixth in the five seat of the novice eight at the Head of the Marina … Rowed the five seat of the novice eight at the Autumn Rowing Festival. High School Lettered in Cross Country for four years …Cross Country Team Captain for two years …State Cross Country Qualifier for three years …2010 National Merit Scholar …Valedictorian …Spanish Club …National Honor Society …Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Personal Parent is Charlene Combs …two siblings, Kevin and Brett …Chemical Engineering major.
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Fall 2011 Placed sixth in the seven seat of the second novice eight at the Head of the Oklahoma … Finished sixth in the stroke seat of the “B” novice eight at the Head of the Colorado … Placed fifth in the five seat of the second novice eight at the Head of the Marina … Competed in the six seat of the second novice eight at the Autumn Rowing Festival. High School Captain for varsity rowing team …Lettered in rowing for two years …Received the Novice Spirit Award …Member of National Honor Society …Clancy Spirit Club …Mentor in Big Sisters Little Sisters …Spanish Club. Personal Parents are Diane and Doug Dougherty …Has two siblings, Joseph and Emily …Undecided on major.
NOVICE ROWING
JACY GLOVER
BRIANDA GONZALEZ
NORMAN, OKLA. FRESHMAN
MUSTANG, OKLA. SOPHOMORE
Fall 2011 Finished fifth in the two seat of the novice eight at the Head of the Oklahoma… Placed third in the three seat of the novice eight at the Head of the Colorado … Helped the second novice eight claim fifth in the five seat at the Head of the Marina … Rowed the seven seat of the second novice eight at the Autumn Rowing Festival. High School 2011 Fox 25 Scholar Athlete of the Week …2010 All-State Alternate Catcher …2010 Softball Team Captain …Valedictorian …Senior Class Secretary … Fellowship of Christian Athletes Leadership Team …National Honor Society.
Fall 2011 Led the second novice eight to a sixth place finish in the coxswain seat at the Head of the Colorado… Placed fourth as the coxswain of the novice eight at the Head of the Marina … Coxed the second novice eight at the Autumn Rowing Festival. High School All State Track …Played Basketball …French Club. Personal Parents are Martin and Edelia Gonzalez…two siblings, Martin Jr. and Eric … Health and Exercise Science major.
Personal Parents are Dennis and Sherry Glover …one sibling, Cody …Pre-Dentistry major.
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NOVICE ROWING
SADIE GRINDINGER
ASHLEY KEETER
FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS FRESHMAN
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS FRESHMAN
Fall 2011 Placed second in the five seat of the second novice eight at the Head of the Colorado. High School Played Basketball …Member of South Bench Club and Salt and Light Bible Study. Personal Parents are Steve and Sue Grindinger …One sibling, Steven …Pre-Nursing major.
Fall 2011 Placed fifth in the seven seat of the novice eight at the Head of the Oklahoma … Claimed third in the four seat of the novice eight at the Head of the Colorado … Finished fourth in the four seat of the novice eight at the Head of the Marina … Rowed in the four seat of the novice eight at the Autumn Rowing Festival. High School Lettered in basketball for two years …Academic All-District Team …Lettered in Soccer for two years …Regional Runner up for Soccer …Academic All-State for Cross Country and Soccer …Lettered in Cross Country for four years … Regional Competitor for Cross Country …National Honor Society Officer. Personal Parents are Jim Keeter and Lee Ann Johnson …Has three siblings, Joshua, Lyndsey and MacKenzie …Civil Engineering major.
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NOVICE ROWING
ESTHER LEE
ASHLEY MIDDAUGH
NORMAN, OKLA. FRESHMAN
LOMPOC, CALIF. FRESHMAN
High School Volleyball … National Honors Society.
Fall 2011 Placed sixth in the six seat of the second novice eight at the Head of the Oklahoma.
Personal Parents are Sophia and John Lee…three siblings, Daniel, Joseph and Ruby … Microbiology/Pre-Medicine major.
High School 2011 Legion of Academic Merit Award …National Honors Society …Cabrillo High School Marching Band. Personal Parents are Mickey and Juli Middaugh …one sibling, Amy…Meteorology major.
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NOVICE ROWING
AMY MILLER
KIM MOLDENHAUER
YUKON, OKLA. FRESHMAN
BREMEN, GERMANY FRESHMAN
Fall 2011 Led the novice eight in the coxswain seat at the Head of the Oklahoma … Placed third in the coxswain seat of the novice eight at the Head of the Colorado … Earned a fifth place finish as the coxswain of the Head of the Marina … Coxed the novice eight at the Autumn Rowing Festival. High School Member of Student Council …Chess Club …Member of National Honor Society. Personal Parent is DiAnna Miller …Has two siblings, Veronica and Kimberly …Math major.
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High School Member of Student Council from 2007-2010. Personal Parents are Britta and Ulf Moldenhauer …No siblings …International Business major.
NOVICE ROWING
HANNAH MORGAN
ABIGAIL MOYER
SAND SPRINGS, OKLA. FRESHMAN
TELFORD, PA. FRESHMAN
Fall 2011 Placed sixth in the bow seat of the second novice eight at the Head of the Oklahoma … Finished second in the four seat of the second novice eight at the Head of the Colorado … Rowed the bow seat of the second novice eight at the Autumn Rowing Festival. High School Lettered in Softball for three years...Team Captain of the Softball Team … Lettered in Track for two years …Ran Cross Country …Placed 3rd at 2011 Girls State Track …Member of National Honor Society. Personal Parents are Tom and Brenda Morgan …No siblings …Undecided major.
Fall 2011 Led the second novice eight to a sixth place finish in the coxswain seat at the Head of the Oklahoma …Placed second in the coxswain seat of the second novice eight at the Head of the Colorado. High School Played Softball …Member of the link crew. Personal Parents are Lorrie and Curry Moyer …two siblings, Elizabeth and Micah … Pre-Pharmacy major.
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NOVICE ROWING
JENNIFER O’GRADY
CASSANDRA PRESKITT
ADA, OKLA. FRESHMAN
BROOMFIELD, COLO. FRESHMAN
Fall 2011 Placed fifth in the stroke seat of the novice eight at the Head of the Oklahoma … Claimed third in the bow seat of the novice eight at the Head of the Colorado … Helped the eight to a fourth place finish at the Head of the Marina … Competed in the bow seat of the novice eight at the Autumn Rowing Festival. High School Played basketball …Student Council …Ran Cross Country …Valedictorian … Fellowship of Christian Athletes …Class Representative. Personal Parents are Steve and Jill O’Grady…two siblings, Kelsey and Colin…International Business major.
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Fall 2011 Claimed third in the stroke seat of the novice eight at the Head of the Colorado … Helped the novice eight place fourth in the stroke seat at the Head of the Marina… Competed in the novice eight at the Head of the Marina. Personal Parents are Liz and Lowell Preskitt …Has two siblings, Emmie and Carlie … Zoology major.
NOVICE ROWING
EMMIE PRESKITT
MEGAN QUINN
BROOMFIELD, COLO. FRESHMAN
FRISCO, TEXAS JUNIOR
Fall 2011 Placed third in the seven seat of the novice eight at the Head of the Colorado … Finished fourth in the seven seat of the novice eight at the Head of the Marina … Competed in the seven seat of the novice eight at the Autumn Rowing Festival. High School Lettered in varsity gymnastics for three years …Ran hurdles for track and received two varsity letters …Most outstanding female newcomer for track in 2008 …Academic All-Team…Academic Letter for 4.0 GPA …Played in the orchestra. Personal Parents are Liz and Lowell Preskitt …Has two siblings, Cassie and Carlie … Chemistry major.
Fall 2011 Finished fifth in the three seat of the novice eight at the Head of the Oklahoma … Claimed third in the six seat of the novice eight at the Head of the Colorado … Helped novice eight to finish fourth in the six seat at the Head of the Marina … Rowed the six seat of the novice eight at the Autumn Rowing Festival. High School Cheerleading …Member of the band. Personal Parents are Tim and Cindy Quinn …No Siblings …Interior Design major.
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NOVICE ROWING
REBECCA SEEWALD
STEFANIE TAPKE
NORMAN, OKLA. FRESHMAN
LENEXA, KAN. FRESHMAN
Fall 2011 Placed sixth in the four seat of the second novice eight at the Head of the Oklahoma …Finished second in the seven seat of the second novice eight at the Head of the Colorado. High School Member of Norman Ballet Company …Senior Class President …R.Y.L.A. Scholar …President Rotary Interact Club Personal Parents are David and Kim Seewald…one sibling, Rachel…International Business major.
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Fall 2011 Finished sixth in the six seat of the “B” novice eight at the Head of the Colorado … Claimed fifth in the bow seat of the second novice eight at the Head of the Marina … Competed in the four seat of the second novice eight at the Autumn Rowing Festival. High School Member of National Honor Society …Varsity Drill Team …Competitive Dance …Fashion Careers Club …Coalition for African Charities. Personal Parents are Jeanie and Dan Tapke …one sibling, Michael …Undecided on major.
NOVICE ROWING
MICAH THOMPSON
MARIAH WALL
VELMA, OKLA. FRESHMAN
HOUSTON, TEXAS JUNIOR
Fall 2011 Claimed sixth in the three seat of the second novice eight at the Head of the Oklahoma … Finished second in the stroke seat of the second novice eight at the Head of the Colorado … Helped the second novice eight finish fifth at the Head of the Marina … Rowed the five seat of the second novice eight at the Autumn Rowing Festival. High School Played Softball for four years …2011 and 2010 Female Athlete of the Year … State Champion in Discus for two years …2010 Academic All-State for Softball …Class Valedictorian …Member of National Honor Society …2010 All-State Pitcher …FCA All-State Athlete …2009 State Runner-up in Softball …2008 State Semi-Finalist Softball.
High School Bowling Regional Champion 2007-2009 …Made honor roll for four years … Chinese club …played basketball …Member of the drill team …ran track … color guard. Personal Parents are Bobby and Dale Wall …Two siblings, April and Tracie … Elementary Education major.
Personal Parents are Mike and Denise Thompson …No Siblings …Broadcast Journalism major.
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Oklahoma Rowing ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE LEADERS IN THE CLASSROOM Oklahoma Rowing has become known for its academic excellence. The team overall does extremely well inside the classroom. There were 19 individuals that were given academic-specific awards during the 2011 season. Seniors Nicole Furmanek and Brooke Sheppard are two of the most awarded scholars. Both individuals were recognized as 2011 Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athletes, named to the 2011 Big 12 Academic At-Large Team and made members of the 2011 Conference USA Rowing All-Academic Team. Furmanek was also made a member of the 2011 Capital One Academic All-District Team.
Nicole Furmanek
Brooke Sheppard
ACADEMIC AWARDS
AWARDS Big 12 All-Academic First Team
Nicole Bladow.............................................. 2011 Mary Cox...................................................... 2011 Lena Eagle Road........................................... 2011 Samantha Fahed.......................................... 2011 Nicole Furmanek.......................................... 2011 Ally Gray....................................................... 2011 Meagan Harrell............................................ 2011 Amanda Hoffman......................................... 2011 Brooke Holleman......................................... 2011 Heather House............................................. 2011 Ashley LaFollette.......................................... 2011 Melea McCreary........................................... 2011 Elizabeth Middleton..................................... 2011 Kelsey O’Grady............................................. 2011 Katrin Passlack............................................. 2011 Katherine Rabe............................................ 2011 Rebecca Staff............................................... 2011 Carly Schueler.............................................. 2011 Brooke Sheppard.......................................... 2011 Kelsey Witten............................................... 2011
Big 12 All-Academic Second Team
Lisa Jett........................................................ 2011 Sarah Kelle................................................... 2011 Olivia Staff................................................... 2011 Rebecca Winchester..................................... 2011
Capital One Academic All-District Team
Nicole Furmanek.......................................... 2011 Kelsey Witten............................................... 2011
Conference USA All-Academic Team
Nicole Furmanek.......................................... 2011 Brooke Sheppard.......................................... 2011 Kelsey Witten......................................2010, 2011 Chelsea Moore............................................. 2010
Conference USA All-Conference Team
Rebecca Staff......................................2010, 2011 Kelsey Witten............................................... 2011 Chelsea Moore............................................. 2010 Meagan Harrell............................................ 2010
Big 12 Gerald Lage Academic Award
Nicole Furmanek.......................................... 2011 Kelsey Witten............................................... 2011
Conference USA Academic Medal
Elizabeth Biggs............................................ 2011 Kristin Clift................................................... 2011 Mary Cox...................................................... 2011 Nicole Furmanek.......................................... 2011 Katherine Klassen........................................ 2011 Marilyn Kozlowski........................................ 2011 Teresa Le...................................................... 2011 Kelsey O’Grady............................................. 2011 Katrin Passlack............................................. 2011 Valerie Senkowski........................................ 2011 Brooke Sheppard.......................................... 2011 Kelsey Witten............................................... 2011
Jan Meyers Award
Katie Klassen................................................ 2011 Teresa Le...................................................... 2011 Olivia Staff................................................... 2010 Brook Sheppard........................................... 2009 *Award-given to OU freshmen student-athletes who best combine excellence in scholarship with potential excellence in their chosen field of athletic endeavor.
Dan Gibbons Outstanding Scholar-Athlete
Katrin Passlack............................................. 2011 Kelsey Witten............................................... 2010
Athletcis Council Service Award
Brooke Sheppard.......................................... 2011
CO-SIDA Academic All District Kelsey Witten............................................... 2010
CRCA All-South Regional First Team
Nicole Furmanek...............................................2011 Rebecca Staff....................................................2010
CRCA All-Region Second Team
Chelsea Moore..................................................2010
CRCA Scholar-Athletes
Nicole Bladow.............................................. 2010 Teddi Dwyer................................................. 2009 Nicole Furmanek.................................2010, 2011 Ally Gray....................................................... 2011 Amanda Hoffman......................................... 2010 Brooke Holleman......................................... 2011 Maureen Lewis............................................. 2010 Chelsea Moore....................................2009, 2010 Kelsey O’Grady............................................. 2011 Katrin Passlack....................................2010, 2011 Lauren Price................................................. 2010 Katherine Rabe...................................2010, 2011 Carly Schueler.............................................. 2011 Brooke Sheppard.................................2010, 2011 Kelsey Witten......................................2010, 2011 *Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association
Kelsey Witten
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AWARDS
LETTER WINNERS -A-
Adam, Markayla................................ 2011 Allen, Patricia.................................2010, 2011 Anthis, Kristin...........................................2011
-BBeau, Rebecca.............................................. 2011 Biggs, Elizabeth................................. 2011 Bladow, Nicole.......................... 2010, 2011 Blanche, Elizabeth........................................ 2010 Bowers, Cara................................................ 2009 Brannin, Caroline......................................... 2009 Brown, Brandi.............................................. 2009 Brown, Haley............................................... 2010 Brown, Ivy......................................... 2011 Burguiere, Jeneva......................................... 2009
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Clift, Kristin....................................... 2011 Coyne, Amber.................................... 2011 Blanche, Elizabeth........................................ 2010 Bowers, Cara................................................ 2009 Brannin, Caroline......................................... 2009 Brown, Brandi.............................................. 2009 Brown, Haley............................................... 2010 Brown, Ivy......................................... 2011 Burguiere, Jeneva......................................... 2009
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Dodd, Ashley................................................ 2009 Dwyer, Teddi................................................ 2009
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Harrell, Meagan........................2009, 2010, 2011 Hemmingway, Lindsey................................. 2009 Hoffman, Amanda...............................2010, 2011 Holasek, Laurel . .......................................... 2009 Holleman, Brooke..................... 2010, 2011 Homer, Brooke................ 2009, 2010, 2011 House, Heather......................... 2010, 2011
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Jett, Lisa..............................................2010, 2011
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Kelle, Sarah...............................2009, 2010, 2011 Klassen, Katie...........................................2011 Kozlowski, Marilyn...................................2011
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LaFollette, Abigail........................................ 2010 LaFollette, Ashley..........................2010, 2011 Lee, Mackenzie............................................. 2010 Lewis, Maureen............... 2009, 2010, 2011
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McCreary, Melea..................................2010, 2011 McDonald, Heather...................................... 2009 Middleton, Elizabeth....................2010, 2011 Moore, Chelsea....................................2009, 2010 Morris, Heather.........................................2011
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Passlack, Katrin...................................2010, 2011 Poppino, Kiley................. 2009, 2010, 2011 Price, Lauren.......................................2009, 2010
Fahed, Samantha..................... 2010, 2011 Farrell, Meghan........................ 2010, 2011 Furmanek, Nicole...................... 2010, 2011
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Gaines, Monique.................................2009, 2010 Gero, Paige................................................... 2010 Gray, Alexandra........................ 2010, 2011
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-TTroutt, Chloe................................................. 2010
-W-
Whinery, Morgan................................2010, 2011 Winchester, Rebecca................. 2010, 2011 Winters, Jenny............................................. 2011 Witten, Kelsey...........................2009, 2010, 2011 *Red denotes current rowers
O’Grady, Kelsey......................... 2010, 2011
Eagle Road, Lena.................................2010, 2011 Engles, Elena................................................ 2009
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Schaefer, Maggie............................... 2011 Schueler, Carly.......................... 2010, 2011 Senkowski, Marilyn...................................... 2011 Sheppard, Brooke............ 2009, 2010, 2011 Sherrer, Sarah............................................... 2010 Simpson, Melissa............................... 2011 Smith, Erin................................................... 2009 Staff, Olivia.............................. 2010, 2011 Staff, Rebecca........................... 2010, 2011 Stixrood, Belle................................... 2011 Stewart, Izzy................................................ 2009
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Rabe, Katherine........................2009, 2010, 2011 Randolph, Madelyn...................................... 2009 Rowley, Taylor.............................................. 2010
Oklahoma COACHING STAFF Oklahoma hired current Head Coach Leeanne Crain as the team’s first rowing coach in 2008. Crain held previous positions as the head coach at the University of Central Florida, University of San Diego and was an assistant coach at UCLA. Since her arrival at Oklahoma, the team has placed second in the Big 12 Championship and third in the Conference USA Championship last spring. Assistant and novice coach Emma Gresson is in her second season with the Sooners. A New Zealand native, Gresson previously worked in Florida with the Orlando Area Rowing Society (OARS). Since arriving at Oklahoma in summer 2010, she has been in charge of recruiting and developing the novice squad. OU’s newest addition, John Gartin, joined the staff in June 2011. Gartin heads up recruiting and works with both novice and varsity squads. Gartin comes to OU from Nova Southeastern University, where he was head coach from 2003 until 2011.
Coach Crain
COACHING STAFF
LEEANNE CRAIN HEAD COACH 4th SEASON A proven winner in the rowing community, Leeanne Crain has brought immediate success to the University of Oklahoma rowing program. Named the program’s first head coach, Crain came to OU after four seasons at the University of Central Florida. She was previously the head coach at the University of San Diego for 10 years. During the 2011 season, the Sooners continued to show growth, finishing second at the Big 12 Championship and third at the Conference USA Championship. At the Longhorn Invitational, OU’s varsity eight defeated Iowa, Louisville, and UCF; losing only one race to Wisconsin by a narrow margin. The San Diego Crew Classic was highlighted by a third place finish in the varsity four and a varsity eight win over no. 14 ranked UCLA in the petite final of the prestigious Jessop-Whittier Cup. OU completed its third season with numerous academic and athletic honors. Fourteen athletes were named to the Big 12 All-Academic At-Large Team, six athletes named to the Big 12 All-Academic First Team, and two earned Big 12 All-Academic Second Team honors. The team also had 12 Conference USA Academic Medalists and 10 CRCA National Scholar-Athletes. Nicole Furmanek and Kelsey Witten, both from the varsity eight, were selected to the Capital One Academic All-District Team. Three athletes earned C-USA All-Academic team recognition and two were named to the C-USA All-Conference team. In addition, Witten and Furmanek received the Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award presented by the Big 12. In the program’s second year, Crain led the Sooners to a second-place finish at the Big 12 Championship. Rebecca Staff and Chelsea Moore were named to the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association All-South Region team. Three Sooners earned All-Conference USA honors in 2010. In the inaugural season of Sooner rowing, OU finished no lower than second in events entered at the first Big 12 Rowing Championship. OU placed fifth in the varsity four and sixth in the novice eight at the NCAA South/Central Region meet. Sooner rowers have fared well in the classroom with 11 CRCA Scholar-Athletes in her tenure at OU. Moore and Kelsey Witten were named to the Conference USA All-Academic team and Witten earned a spot on the College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-District first team. At UCF, Crain developed the Knights into one of the nation’s premier programs. During her four seasons, UCF rowers compiled two All-America honors and seven all-region honors, while 20 Knights earned CRCA
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COMING TO OU... “Building a program from the ground up at a premier Division I institution is a unique opportunity. To be a part of an athletics department with such a rich tradition of excellence is an incredible experience. Once I stepped on campus, I knew I wanted to be a Sooner.”
PROGRAM PHILOSOPHY “Our primary goal is to establish the expectations and culture that will guide us in future years as we strive to develop a winning tradition in our sport. We hope to attract the most talented prospects in the country and abroad so that we can quickly become a national powerhouse in rowing.”
COACHING STYLE “My coaching idol is the legendary John Wooden. I’ve had a lot of great coaches in my time, and I think I’ve learned something from each of them. My own style is pretty laid back, but I’m very competitive. I do my best to draw that competitive nature out in the student-athletes I coach. I believe balance is the key to success, and I see it as my responsibility to educate my teams on the importance of excelling in all areas of their lives-in the classroom, on the water and in their personal lives. I want them to be prepared and ready for success at all times.”
LEEANNE CRAIN National Scholar-Athlete recognition, including a nation-leading seven honorees in 2006. Her 2006-07 team recorded the best season in UCF history, opening the season with nine consecutive victories and earning the school’s first NCAA Championships berth. The squad also claimed the overall trophy at the Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships and earned UCF’s highest all-time national ranking (No. 9) in the US Rowing/ CRCA Coaches Poll. Crain’s 2005-06 varsity eight squad earned the program’s first top-20 ranking in the US Rowing/CRCA Coaches Poll and claimed the team’s ninth Florida Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championship while finishing fourth in its region at the South/Central Regional Championships. The Knights also claimed the program’s first All-American in Krystina Sarff. During the 2004-05 season, Crain’s team received its first ranking in the NCAA South Region Poll, won the Petrakis Cup and Metro Cup regattas and won the overall points trophies at the FIRA and SIRA Championships. In her first season at the helm, UCF’s varsity eight team earned a the silver medal at both the FIRA and SIRA Championships, while the lightweight eight finished third at the San Diego Crew Classic and advanced to the finals of the Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championship.
Not only were Crain’s team successful in the competitive realm, they were strong academically. Women’s rowing had the highest grade point average of all 17 teams at UCF in 2006. In the fall of 2007, five of the team members carried 4.0 GPAs, while 14 were on the dean’s list and 33 of the 44 listed on the varsity roster made athletic director’s honor roll. Prior to her arrival at Central Florida, Crain spent 10 seasons as head coach at the University of San Diego where she was named West Coast Conference Coach of the Year in 1997 and 2003. While at USD, she coached two All-Americans and had two rowers named to the CRCA All-Region Team. Her student-athletes accounted for 15 All-WCC honors and six Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association all-conference honors. In addition, 16 earned WCC All-Academic distinctions, 13 received CRCA National Scholar-Athlete recognition and two were named All-Americans by the National Strength and Conditioning Association. At USD, Crain coached 2004 Olympic silver medalist Ali Cox, a four-time U.S. National Team member who competed in the women’s eight at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. Crain began her coaching career in 1990 as an assistant coach at UCLA, helping the Bruins to a Pac-10 title. She joined the UCLA coaching staff after an outstanding four-year career as a member
EDUCATION
UCLA , 1988 Bachelor of Arts in psychology
COACHING EXPERIENCE
2008-present, Oklahoma Head Coach 2003-08, Central Florida Head Coach 1993-2003, San Diego Head Coach 1990-91, UCLA Assistant Coach
ROWING EXPERIENCE
1988, 1990, U.S. National Team 1985-88, UCLA
COACHING RECORD
OU ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Three CRCA Division I All-Region Selections 2011 No. 19 USRA/CRCA National Ranking Five Conference USA All-Academic Team Selections Five Conference USA All-Conference Selections 22 CRCA National Scholar Athletes Two Capital One All-Distric Team Three CRCA All-Region Seclections
2007 NCAA Championship Appearance (UCF) 2006 No. 2 NCAA Regional Ranking - Varsity Eight (UCF) 2006 Florida State Championship Team Overall Points Champion (UCF) 2005 Florida State Championship Team Overall Points Champion (UCF) Seven CRCA Division I All-Region Selections (UCF) Two CRCA Division I All-Americans (UCF) 1997, 2003, West Coach Conference Coach of the Year (USD) 15 WCC All-Conference Selections (USD) Two Division I All-Region Selections (USD) One Division I All-American (USD)
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COACHING STAFF
EMMA GRESSON ASSISTANT COACH NOVICE COACH 2nd Season
Emma Gresson, a native of Hamilton, New Zealand, joined the Oklahoma rowing staff as an assistant coach in August 2010. Gresson previously worked with the Orlando (Fla.) Area Rowing Society (OARS), assisting with the juinors girls’ program and coaching co-coordinating the men’s masters program. “I am thrilled to have Emma on board as a member of our coaching staff,” said Oklahoma head coach Leeanne Crain. “I know she will do a great job guiding our novice athletes in their first year of collegiate rowing. She is a perfect fit for our program. Her passion, enthusiasm, and love of the sport will factor significantly in the growth and development of our novice team.” While with OARS, the junior girls won two state titles, added a regional win and a second-place finish at the regional championship. In both roles with the junior girls’ and men’s masters, she taught new athletes basic rowing skills and technique as well as developing competitive crews. In addition to her position at OARS, Gresson worked in the athletics academics office at her alma mater, the University of Central Florida. Gresson competed collegiately at UCF and was successful as a member of the varsity eight. She graduated with a degree in psychology from UCF in 2009. Gresson is a two-time Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal recipient. In her native New Zealand, Gresson attended Otago University and was a member of the university’s varsity squad. While there, she was selected for the Otago RegionalPerformance Center. In 2006, Gresson placed first in the New Zealand National Championship regatta in the U21 eight. She was chosen for the New Zealand University team, where she competed in a Trans-Tasman dual against Australia. That same year, she placed second at New Zealand National Championship regatta in the women’s club eight. “To work with Coach Crain at the University of Oklahoma is the opportunity of a lifetime,” Gresson said. “Crain has great experience with successful programs all over the country and the OU rowing team has the support and backing that programs require to be successful at the NCAA level.”
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EDUCATION
University of Central Florida Bacehlor’s in Psychology, 2009
ROWING EXPERIENCE
University of Central Florida
COACHING EXPEREIENCE
2010-present, Oklahoma Assistant Coach 2009, Orlando Area Rowing Society
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JOHNASSISTANT GARTINCOACH
RECRUITING COORDINATOR 2nd Season
Former Nova Southeastern University head coach John Gartin was named an assistant coach of the University of Oklahoma rowing program on June 13, 2011. Gartin spent eight seasons as the Sharks’ head coach prior to coming to Norman. “John’s credentials are impressive and I am thrilled to have someone of his caliber join our staff, “ Oklahoma head coach Leeanne Crain said. “He has had proven success at the regional and national levels and will bring a great deal of experience to our program.” Gartin led the Sharks to the 2009 NCAA Division II national championship in the varsity four and his teams made seven NCAA Championship appearances, including 2011 and six straight years from 2004-09. His squads won four Sunshine State Conference team championships from 2007-09 and again in 2011.
EDUCATION
Gartin’s team won two Florida Intercollegiate Rowing Association team championships in 2009 and 2011 and won three FIRA varsity eight championships (2007, 2009, 2011). His teams also won the Dad Vail varsity four Division II/III championship in 2010 and the lightweight varsity four in 2006. The varsity eight also won the DII/DIII championship at the 2005 Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association meet.
South Carolina M.A. Geography, May 1999 Old Dominon B.S. Geography, August 1994
In eight seasons at the helm, his varsity eight posted a 329-92 regular season record and 128 boats finished first in their respective events. He coached eight Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association All-Americans and 35 All-Sunshine State Conference rowers. Two of his student-athletes were named SSC Rower of the Year and the varsity eight earned SSC Boat of the Year on three occasions. Eleven NSU student-athletes were recognized by the CRCA as national scholar-athletes.
2011-present, Assistant Coach, University of Oklahoma 2003-2011, Head Coach, Nova Southeastern 1999-2001, Volunteer Rowing Coach, San Diego State
In addition to the national honors, several rowers earned numerous honors from Nova Southeastern including and scholar athlete of the year and student life achievement awards. Gartin is a two-time SSC Rowing Coach of the Year and served as the chair of the NCAA Division II rowing commitee from September 2009 until his departure from NSU. He also served as the chair of the NCAA Divsion II south regional advisory committee. Gartin was a coach’s representative to the SIRA and a member of the CRCA Division II awards commitee. He is a former vice-president of FIRA.
COLLEGIATE COACHING EXPERIENCE
COACHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS
2009 NCAA Championship: Varsity 4+ 7 NCAA Championship appearances: 2004-2009, 2011 8 CRCA Pocok All-Americans 35 All-Sunshine State Conference Rowers Two SSC Rowers of the Year SSC Boat of the Year: Varsity 8+ 2007, 2008 and 2011 11 CRCA National Scholar Athletes SSC Coach of the Year, 2008 & 2011
Prior to his time at NSU, Gartin was the head master women’s coach at the San Diego Rowing Club and a rowing instructor at the Mission Bay Aquatic Center in San Diego. He was a volunteer assistant coach at San Deigo State and began his coaching career as the head master men’s and women’s coach at the Mission Bay Rowing Association in San Diego. Gartin has taught geography at several universities as an adjunct faculty member. He received his bachelor of science degree in geography from Old Dominon University and his master’s in geography from the University of South Carolina.
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MEAGAN HARRELL GRADUATE ASSISTANT COACH Former Sooner Meagan Harrell joined the women’s rowing coaching staff as a graduate assistant in August after competing under Head Coach Leeanne Crain since OU’s inaugural season in 2008. Harrell competed for four years at the varsity level, contributing to a second place finish in the Big 12 championship last spring and placed seventh overall in the south region at the NCAA South/ Central Regionals in 2010. As a member of the varsity eight squad, Harrell earned a silver medal at the SIRA Championships in the the spring of 2010 and was selected to the 2010 All-Conference USA team. In the Spring of 2009 she won the varsity four event at the Big 12 Championship. She also qualified for the Grand Final at the NCAA South Central Regionals in the varsity four. Before coming to the University of Oklahoma Harrell rowed for Central Florida. During the 2005-06 season she recorded four straight wins against Iowa, Kansas State, Duke and Texas duirng her first season.Harrell also placed first at the Petrakis Cup, won the second varsity eight at SIRA Championship and stroked the varsity eight at Head of Oklahoma to a fifth-place finish before taking medical harships the rest of the year as a UCF sophomore. The Chesapeake, Va. native will assist Emma Gresson with the management of the novice squad.
HARRELL’S FINAL SEASON Spring 2011 Finished sixth in the grand final of the Oak Ridge Invitational as a member of the varsity eight at the two seat … Finished fourth in the grand final as a member of the varsity eight at the Conference USA Championship … Placed second as a member of the varsity eight at the Windermere Cup … Helped lead team to second place overall finish at Big 12 Championship in the varsity eight … Rowed bow seat to defeat Indiana in a tri-meet…Rowed in the bow seat of the varsity eight to finish first in the petite final at the San Diego Crew Classic … Claimed wins over Iowa, Louisville and UCF at the Longhorn Invitational in the varsity eight … Rowed in the two seat of the varsity eight and the second varsity eight at the OU Invitational, claiming wins over Tulsa, Kansas, Creighton and SMU. Fall 2010 Finished sixth in the championship eight “A” at the Head of the Hooch … Finished second as a member of the open eight “A” at the Head of the Colorado… Finished 15th in the seven seat in the champion eight at the Head of the Charles … Rowed as a member of the collegiate eight “A”, open four “A”, and open pair in the Head of the Oklahoma, claiming third at the grand final second and fourth, respectively.
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KELSEY WITTEN
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
Former Sooner Kelsey Witten joined the women’s rowing coaching staff as a graduate assistant in August 2011 after competing under Head Coach Leeanne Crain since OU’s inaugural season in 2008. Witten competed with the Sooners for three seasons. She spent one season with the novice squad and two seasons with the varsity team. Her awards include being named to the 2010 College Sports Information Directors of American at-large first team, a 2010 Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete and making the 2010 and 2011 Conference USA All-Academic team. Witten was also named to the Conference USA All Conference Team in 2011. As coxswain of the varsity eight in 2011, Witten helped the Sooners to a second place finish at the Big 12 Championship, fourth place finish in Conference USA and a first place performance in the petite final of the Whittier Cup at the San Diego Crew Classic. Witten and the varsity eight placed 15th in the prestigious champion eight category of the Head of the Charles in 2010. As the first novice coxswain in fall 2008, Witten placed second at the Head of the Colorado. In the spring of 2009, she placed second at the SIRA Championship in the novice four. Witten and the novice eight qualified to the grand finals of the San Diego Crew Classic and South/Central Regional. Witten also won the first novice eight event at the 2009 Big 12 Championship. Before joining the Oklahoma Rowing team in the fall of 2008, Witten was the editor of Sooner Yearbook at the University of Oklahoma. The Springfield, Mo., native will assist Leeanne Crain with the management of the varsity squad.
WITTEN’S FINAL SEASON Spring 2011 Led the varsity eight as coxswain … Finished sixth in the grand final of the Oak Ridge Invitational … Finished fourth in the grand final as a member of the varsity eight at the Conference USA Championship … Placed second as a member of the varsity eight at the Windermere Cup … Led team to second place overall finish at Big 12 Championship in the varsity eight … Defeated Indiana in a tri-meet… Coxed the varsity eight to win the petite final at the San Diego Crew Classic … Claimed wins over Iowa, Louisville and UCF at the Longhorn Invitational in the varsity eight … Rowed in the varsity eight at the OU Invitational, claiming wins over Tulsa, Kansas, Creighton and SMU. Fall 2010 Finished sixth in the championship eight “A” and seventh in the championship four “A” at the Head of the Hooch … Rowed as a member of the open four “A” and open eight “A” at the Head of the Colorado, finishing second in both races … Finished 15th in the champion eight at the Head of the Charles … Rowed as a member of the collegiate eight “A” and open four “A” at the Head of the Oklahoma, claiming third in the grand final night sprints, second in the open four and fifth in the head race.
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ASHLEY HANAK ATHLETIC TRAINER Ashley Hanak in in her first year on staff with the Women’s Rowing team. Before coming on staff she worked full time as a Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer with the football team at Oklahoma from 2008-2011. Ashley received her bachelor’s degree in Sports and Exercise Science at The University of Georgia and became a Certified Athletic Trainer in the Spring of 2008. She received her master’s degree in Human Relations from the University of Oklahoma in the Spring of 2011.
EBY KREBS
ATHLETIC TRAINER GRADUATE ASSITANT Eby Krebs, a Kansas native, is in her second season with the OU women’s rowing program. She earned her Bachelors of Science in Athletic Training at the University of Kansas in 2010. In 2010 Krebs earned her NATABOC certification and a Oklahoma medical licensure. She also began an graduate assistantship at OU. She is currently working on her masters in human relations.
NANCY DERRICK
STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING
Nancy Derrick is in her fourth season at OU and works directly with softball, volleyball and rowing. Previously, she was an assistant strength coach at the University of Louisiana-Monroe (2006-08) and a graduate assistant at Auburn (2004-06). Derrick received a bachelor’s in science and health promotion in 2004 and a master’s degree in exercise physiology from Auburn. Derrick was a member of the Auburn women’s basketball team for four years.
JAYE AMUNDSON
ACADEMIC ADVISOR
Jaye is completing her fifth year as an athletic academic advisor. She work with women’s rowing, volleyball, women’s golf, and men’s tennis. Jaye received a Bachelor’s of Science degree majoring in Social Science Education from North Dakota State University. She received her Masters of Education from the University of Oklahoma. Jaye played women’s basketball for North Dakota State from 1997-2001. She has one daughter, Gray.
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MARCO GRIEGO
EQUIPMENT MANAGER
Marco Griego joins the Oklahoma rowing program as an assistant director of equipment operations. Marco is responsible for all equipment and apparel ordering, distribution and storing for the women’s basketball and rowing teams. He also works closely with Nike, the official apparel supplier of Oklahoma Athletics. Marco oversees the undergraduate manager staff for those sports. He also is in charge of men’s basketball equipment operations.
ASHLEY ELKINS
MEDIA RELATIONS
Ashley Elkins is in her second year working in the OU Communications Office, serving as a volunteer student assistant and now works as the media contact for rowing. Ashley handles all media requests, is responsible for the creation of the team’s annual media guide and manages all content on SoonerSports.com The Edmond, Okla. native is working towards a bachelors degree in journalism with an emphasis in public relations.
SHELLEY HARMON
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Shelley Harmon is in her 21st year with the OU athletics department and third year with the rowing team. In addition to rowing, Harmon provides clerical support to nine other sports teams. In that role, she handles correspondence for all the coaches, interacts with other department staff on behalf of the teams and performs other duties as needed. For Harmon though, her dedication to OU athletics and its student-athletes goes beyond the usual job duties. Fall 2008, she led the effort among her co-workers to raise the money to place a bench near the McCasland Field House in memory of Javier Restrepo, youngest son of Sooner volleyball coach Santiago Restrepo and his wife, Heidi. Known as Javi by all, the child died in the summer of 2009 after a courageous battle with Leukemia Harmon and her husband, Mike, have been married for 36 years and have two children, Amy (33) and Jason (30). A gifted artist, Harmon’s cross stich and embroidery are popular gifts for the children of department employees and she is most willing to be an on-site “grandparent” for the coaches’s children.
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DAVID L. BOREN UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT
for Gifted and Talented classes was provided in 1976 and, from 1976 through 1978, Oklahoma ranked first among all states in the percentage increases of funding for higher education.
David L. Boren, who has served Oklahoma as governor and U.S. senator, being the thirteenth president of the University of Oklahoma in November 1994. He is the first person in state history to have served in all three positions. Boren is widely respected for his academic credentials, his longtime support of education, and for his distinguished political career as a reformer of the American political system. A graduate of Yale University in 1963, Boren majored in American history, graduated in the top one percent of his class and was elected Phi Beta Kappa. He was selected as a Rhodes Scholar and earned a master’s degree in politics, philosophy and economics from Oxford University, England, in 1965. In 1968, he received a law degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Law, where he was on the Law Review, elected to the Order of the Coif, and won the Bledsoe Prize as the outstanding graduate by a vote of the faculty. As Oklahoma’s governor from 1974 through 1978, Boren promoted key educational initiatives that have had an enduring impact on Oklahoma. Established during his tenure were the Oklahoma Arts Institute, the Scholar-Leadership Enrichment Program, and the Oklahoma Physicians Manpower Training Program, which provides scholarships for medical students and medical personnel who commit to practice in underserved rural areas. Also, the first state funding
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One of Boren’s most far-reaching projects in promoting quality education at all levels is the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence, which he founded in 1985. The foundation recognizes outstanding public school students and teachers and helps establish private local foundations to help give academic endowment grants to local public schools. As a senator, he was the author of the National Security Education Act in 1992, which provides scholarships for study abroad and for learning additional languages, as well as legislation to restore the tax deductibility of gifts of appreciated property to universities in 1993. Boren, also a former state legislator, spent nearly three decades in elective politics before becoming the president of the University of Oklahoma. Boren was the youngest governor in the nation when he served from 1974 to 1978. Known as a reformer, Boren campaigned with a broom as his symbol. During his term, he instituted many progressive programs, including conflict-of-interest rules, campaign-financing disclosure, stronger open meeting laws for public bodies, more competitive bidding on state government contracts, and reform of the state’s prison system, including expanded education programs for first-time offenders and the largest expansion of the work-release program in state history. During his time in the U.S. Senate from 1979 to 1994, Boren served on the Senate Finance and Agriculture Committees and was the longest-serving chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. From his days as a state legislator and governor of Oklahoma to Washington, Boren carried a commitment to reform, leading numerous efforts to make government work better for American citizens. As chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, he strengthened oversight of secret government programs and reformed the procedures for Presidential notice of such programs to Congress.
For more than 10 years, he led the fight for congressional campaign finance reform and for legislation discouraging administration and congressional staff from cashing in on government experience and contacts by becoming lobbyists. In addition, he introduced legislation seeking to limit gifts and travel subsidies that government workers, including members of Congress, can receive from lobbyists. Boren also chaired the special 1992-93 Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress, which produced proposals to make Congress more efficient and responsive by streamlining congressional bureaucracy, reducing staff sizes and reforming procedures to end legislative gridlock. Boren left the U.S. Senate in 1994 with an approval rating of 9l percent after being reelected with 83 percent of the vote in 1990, the highest percentage in the nation in a U.S. Senate contest in that election year. Boren served from 1988 to 1997 as a member of the Yale University Board of Trustees. His university experience also includes four years on the faculty of Oklahoma Baptist University, where he was chairman of the Department of Political Science and chairman of the Division of Social Sciences. In 1993, the American Association of University Professors presented Boren with the Henry Yost Award as Education Advocate of the Year. In April 2004, Boren received the Mory’s Cup from the Mory’s Association at Yale University. In making the presentation to Boren it was noted that he was the first Yale graduate in the university’s history extending over three centuries to have served as a Governor, U.S. Senator and President of a major university. Under Boren’s leadership, the University of Oklahoma has developed and emerged as a “pacesetter university in American public higher education,” with 20 major new programs initiated since his inauguration. They include establishment of the Joe C. and Carole Kerr McClendon Honors College, the Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West, a new expository writing program for freshmen modeled on the program at Harvard, an interdisciplinary religious
ADMINSTRATION studies program, the Artist-in-Residence Program, the International Programs Center, and the Faculty-inResidence Program putting faculty family apartments in student residence halls. The Retired Professors Program has been started, bringing 50 retired full professors back to the University to teach freshmen. The number of new facilities started or completed on the campus during the Boren years has matched the explosion in new programs. Since 1994, almost $1.9 billion in construction projects have been completed or are under way on OU’s three campuses. Among the largest of the recent projects are the $67 million National Weather Center on OU’s Norman campus, the $90 million OU Cancer Institute on OU’s Health Sciences Center campus in Oklahoma City and the $35 million OU-Tulsa Schusterman Center Clinic .
Presidential Travel Scholarships, students from 111 countries on campus, more reciprocal international exchange agreements than any other university and the new International Programs Center are all making OU more international. The new Honors College helps to assure that no students need to leave Oklahoma to find an educational experience to match their potential. In 1995, Boren launched the “Reach for Excellence” fundraising campaign with a five-year goal of $200 million, which was twice as large as any fundraising drive in Oklahoma history. The drive exceeded $500 million, raising OU into the top 15 public universities in the United States in private endowment per capita. Since 1994, endowed professorships have increased from 100 to 557 and the OU donor base has grown from 18,000 to more than 125,000 friends and alumni. During the first 10 years of Boren’s tenure over $1 billion in private gifts were donated to the university.
Above all, the Boren years have been marked by an emphasis on putting students first. There is not a university president in the country that is more committed to students as his number one priority. He teaches a freshman-level course in political science each semester and is one of the few presidents of major universities to teach. Boren is married to Molly Shi Boren, a former judge and English teacher. Mrs. Boren is President Emeritus of the Oklahoma Arts Institute, which provides education programs in nine arts disciplines for high school students from across the state who are gifted in the arts. Molly Boren has two degrees from the University of Oklahoma, a master’s degree in English and a Juris Doctorate from the OU College of Law. A native of Seminole, Boren has two children, Carrie Christine Boren, an Episcopal minister, and David Daniel Boren, a member of the United States Congress from Oklahoma. Devoting much of his life to public service, Boren drew from the example of his parents, the late Congressman Lyle H. Boren and Christine Boren.
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JOE CASTIGLIONE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS
For Castiglione, though, it’s not just about the championships and trophies. The victories that he celebrates with his Sooners include graduation rates that continue to climb, record-setting grade point averages and academic honors. The true measure of achievement for Castiglione and, by extension, the department’s coaches and staff, is measured in the success of the student-athletes in relation to the department’s mission statement “Inspiring champions today … Preparing leaders for tomorrow”
Principle Centered Leader... Visionary ....Passionate Advocate for Student-Athletes ... Establishes Standards of Excellence & Cultural Values ... Builder of Championship Programs. Excellence is a word that is often overused yet, when The University of Oklahoma is mentioned with the word excellence, the meaning comes through. From one of the best universities in the nation to a department of intercollegiate athletics that is second to none, excellence is the norm. As successful at the last 10 years have been, on campus and in competition, a new standard has been set and leading that effort is Joe Castiglione, the Sooner AD since 1998. Castiglione’s Sooner team has created a place where competitive dreams come true and academic goals are the expectations, not the exceptions. Through his leadership and the support of the University’s administration, there is a department-wide commitment, involving student-athletes, coaches and staff, to that standard. With the support of OU President David L. Boren and OU’s seven-member Board of Regents and Castiglione’s leadership, the OU athletics department represents a climate that creates lofty goals, high standards and a commitment to ethical behavior that is second to none.
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Since arriving at OU in 1998 after an outstanding administrative career at Missouri, Castiglione has seen the Sooners finish in the top 30 of the Learfield Director’s Cup in 10 of the last 12 years. OU finished 12th after the 2009-10 academic year, a position that marked an all-time best performance in the annual ranking of programs that succeed across the board. Through his insistence that daily and long-term decisions be made in a financially responsible manner, the department has closed the books in the black in each of the last 12 years. His understanding of how the department fits into the University’s academic mission led to a decision in June 2009 to increase the direct support provided by the department on an annual basis to $4 million dollars. Through direct and indirect support, OU Athletics, under Castiglione’s leadership, provides more than $7 million annually to OU’s Academics Budget. The 11th director of athletics in University of Oklahoma history, Castiglione is quick to give full credit to the student-athletes and coaches, the staff, OU President David L. Boren, the OU Board of Regents, the donors and the fans for the success experienced during his tenure. It was that commitment to a team approach emphasis that was one of the many qualities that the search committee recognized when they recommended Castiglione to university administration in 1998. In recognition of the performance of OU’s teams on the field and in the classroom, of the fiscal stability created during his tenure, the dramatic increases in donor giving, facility construction and renovations, and the cutting-edge programs that the department has begun
during his tenure, Castiglione was named National Athletic Director of the Year in May 2009 by the Sports Business Journal. That award was one of several earned by Castiglione and the department. The 2007 PRISM Award winner, presented by the School of Sports Management at the University of Massachusetts, OU was just the second Division I winner and all of the programs recognized by the selection panel were started under Castiglione’s leadership with the full support of university administration. His peers have honored him for the department’s achievements as well. In October 2004, the Bobby Dodd Foundation named him Athletics Director of the Year. In 2003, he was inducted into the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators Hall of Fame. In June 2001, he received the General Robert R. Neyland Athletic Director Award for lifetime achievement from the All-American Football Foundation. The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) named him Central Region AD of the Year in 2000. The achievement that may bring him the most pride, though, came in May 2007 when he completed his master’s of education degree from OU. To understand the need for education and lifelong learning, OU’s student-athletes just have to look at their AD who started and completed his master’s degree while running the department and maintaining his priorities to his family. He quickly put his experience to use as an adjunct professor in the College of Education, teaching graduate classes in Marketing Development and Leadership in Higher Education. Castiglione was instrumental in the athletics department’s major campaign, Great Expectations: The Campaign For Sooner Sports. The campaign ended in November of 2003 with more than $125 million raised. The figure has grown to more than $220 million since then as funds continue to be raised for facility improvements and scholarship endowments. The largest fund-raising effort in OU athletics history includes projects that impact each of OU’s nearly 500
ADMINSTRATION student-athletes and has become a national model for intercollegiate athletics. Hired on April 30, 1998, Castiglione joined the Sooner family after serving as athletics director at Missouri. In his 17-year career with the Tigers, Castiglione, who was named director of athletics at Missouri on Dec. 15, 1993, was credited with rebuilding sports programs, hiring outstanding coaches, implementing an innovative master plan for facilities, inspiring record-setting increases in fund-raising and balancing the budget in each of his five years as athletics director. A 1979 Maryland graduate, Castiglione received the University’s Distinguished Alumnus Award in April 2007. He began his career as the sports promotions director at Rice. He then worked a year as director of athletic fund-raising at Georgetown before being hired in 1981 at Missouri as director of communications and marketing.
His commitment to the success of student-athletes has gone beyond the Norman campus and he has served at national and conference level. He chairs the NCAA’s Football Academic Progress Rate (APR) Working Group and is currently serving on the Gatorade Collegiate Advisory Board and the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame Board of Directors. He served two previous terms and is the current chair of the Big 12 Board of Athletics Directors and is a past president of both the Division I-A Athletic Directors Association and NACDA. He served a four-year term on the NCAA Championship/Competition Cabinet and the NCAA Baseball Committee and is a past member of the NCAA Football Special Events Certification Committee. He recently served on the NCAA Diversity Leadership Strategic Planning Committee and the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Discussion Group. A member of the Phi Delta Theta Foundation Board of Trustees, he is a highly requested speaker at annual conventions and continuing education institutes.
His involvement in the local community has led to service with civic clubs, churches and charities, including the United Way of Norman. Castiglione served his third term as OU’s campus co-chair this past year, which resulted in the highest recorded contributions ever by faculty, staff and students to the United Way of Norman’s annual campaign. A native of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Castiglione is married to the former Kristen Bartel, a 1990 graduate of the University of Missouri. They are the parents of two sons, Joseph Robert, Jr. and Jonathan Edmund.
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History and Records OF OKLAHOMA ROWING A GROWING PROGRAM Oklahoma rowing began in August of 2008. That year, the sport was officially added, and current coach Leeanne Crain was named the first head coach of the program. During the first season, the squads saw success with both the novice eight and varsity four claiming first place in their respective events at the 2009 Big 12 championships. Since its beginning, rowing has claimed second at the Big 12 Championship in 2010 and 2011. The 2011 spring squad also claimed third place overall at the Conference USA Championship behind Tennessee, and the varsity eight was invited to the Windermere cup for the first time in Oklahoma Rowing history. The team also ended their fall 2011 season by winning the Newport Autumn Rowing Festival in Newport, Calif.
Rebecca Staff
•2010 CRCA First-Team All-Region team
Samantha Fahed
• 2011Big 12 Academic At-Large Team
SEASON RESULTS 2008-2009
Competition
Date
Event
Head of the Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Okla.
10/4/08 10/5/08
Open Four Open Pair
17:07.049 21:03.731
9/32 14/14
Head of the Colorado Austin, Texas
10/25/08 10/25/08 10/25/08 10/25/08
First Novice Eight First Novice Eight Second Novice Eight Open Four
19:58.400 21:39.100 24:28.300 20:45.100
2/20 7/20 3/5 3/20
Head of the Hooch Chattanooga, Tenn.
11/1/08 11/1/08 11/1/08
Championship Four Novice Eight Novice Eight
20:12.900 18:25.100 19:10.200
21/28 5/17 9/17
Longhorn Invitational Austin, Texas
3/20/09 3/20/09 3/21/09 3/21/09 3/21/09
First Novice Eight Varsity Four First Novice Eight First Novice Eight Varsity Four
7:48.100 8:21.900 7:04.500 7:35.600 7:32.500
2/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 2/2
4/3/09 Varsity Four 4/4/09 First Novice Eight 4/4/09 Second Novice Eight (H) 4/5/09 First Novice Eight (GF)
7.37.080 7:21.510 7:21.510 7:47.330
1/3 2/7 2/7 4/6
4/18/09 Varsity Eight (H) 4/18/09 Novice Eight (H) 4/18/09 Novice Four (H) 4/19/09 Varsity Eight (PF) 4/19/09 Second Novice Eight (PF) 4/19/09 Novice Four (GF)
6:58.040 7:30.020 8:18.600 7:08.000 7:45.000 8:09.300
5/6 5/6 1/6 2/6 4/6 2/6
Second Novice Eight First Novice Eight Varsity Four
7:21.300 6:51.400 7:24.600
2/4 1/4 1/4
5/16/09 Second Novice Eight (H) 5/16/09 First Novice Eight (H) 5/16/09 First Novice Eight (S) 5/16/09 Varsity Four (H) 5/16/09 Varsity Four (S) 5/17/09 Second Novice Eight (GF) 5/17/09 First Novice Eight (GF) 5/17/09 Varsity Four (GF)
7:22.500 6:50.690 6:37.300 7:21.680 7:12.940 7:03.000 6:42.200 7:09.900
6/6 4/5 3/6 3/5 3/5 4/4 6/6 5/6
San Diego Crew Classic San Diego, Calif. SIRA Championships Oak Ridge, Tenn. Big 12 Championships Wyandotte, Kan. NCAA South Central/Regional Oak Ridge, Tenn.
2009-2010
Competition
5/2/09 5/2/09 5/2/09
Time Place
Date
Event
10/3/09 10/3/09 10/3/09 10/3/09 10/3/09 10/3/09 10/3/09 10/3/09 10/3/09 10/3/09
Collegiate Eight Collegiate Eight Collegiate Eight Collegiate Four Collegiate Four Collegiate Four Collegiate Four Novice Eight Collegiate Eight Collegiate Eight
14:52.128 15:26.956 15:46.964 16:50.418 17:00.186 18:23.350 18:35.260 17:05.290 1:45.050 1:35.560
6/20 12/20 16/20 4/29 9/29 21/29 23/29 2/4 4/4 2/4
Head of the Charles Boston, Mass.
10/18/09
Championship Eight
19:25.311
32/32
Head of the Colorado Austin, Texas
10/31/09 10/31/09 10/31/09 10/31/09
Open Eight Open Eight Novice Eight Novice Eight
16:12.400 16:28.000 17:27.400 19:07.200
3/11 6/11 2/11 5/11
Boot of the Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Okla.
Time Place
Head of the Colorado
10/31/09 10/31/09 10/31/09 10/31/09
Open Four Open Four Open Four Open Four
17:43.100 18:00.300 18:39.100 18:57.900
1/14 2/14 5/14 8/14
Head of the Hooch Oak Ridge, Tenn.
11/7/09 11/7/09 11/7/09 11/7/09 11/7/09 11/7/09 11/8/09 11/8/09 11/8/09
Championship Eight Championship Eight Novice Eight Novice Eight Novice Eight Championship Four Open Pair Open Pair Open Pair
14:58.800 15:18.500 15:18.200 16:49.000 17:45.000 16:28.000 16:54.300 17:02.400 17:44.300
12/33 19/33 3/16 11/16 13/16 11/40 11/29 14/29 20/29
OU Invitational Oklahoma City, Okla.
3/13/10 3/13/10 3/13/10 3/13/10 3/13/10 3/13/10 3/13/10 3/13/10 3/13/10 3/13/10 3/14/10 3/14/10 3/14/10 3/14/10 3/14/10 3/14/10 3/14/10 3/14/10 3/14/10 3/14/10
First Varsity Eight First Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four Varsity Four First Novice Eight First Novice Eight Second Novice Eight Second Novice Eight First Varsity Eight First Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four Varsity Four First Novice Eight First Novice Eight Second Novice Eight Second Novice Eight
7:04.890 7:02.900 7:23.900 7:03.700 8:15.390 8:13.87 7:17.050 7:16.100 8:05.240 7:58.180 7:11.000 7:01.510 7:29.680 7:35.650 8:17.630 8:19.960 7:27.860 7:15.440 8:11.030 8:05.330
1/2 1/2 2/2 1/2 2/3 1/2 1/2 1/2 3/3 2/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 2/3 1/2 1/2 1/2 2/2 1/2
Longhorn Invitational Austin, Texas
3/19/10 3/19/10 3/19/10 3/19/10 3/20/10 3/20/10 3/20/10 3/20/10 3/20/10 3/20/10 3/20/10 3/20/10 3/20/10 3/20/10 3/21/10 3/21/10 3/21/10 3/21/10 3/21/10
First Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four First Novice Eight First Varsity Eight First Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four Varsity Four First Novice Eight First Novice Eight Second Novice Eight Second Novice Four First Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four First Novice Eight Second Novice Eight
7:31.500 7:53.300 9:28.300 8:14.100 6:27.400 6:45.400 6:50.700 6:55.500 7:51.100 8:09.700 7:04.700 7:15.600 8:16.000 8:26.400 6:40.800 6:54.810 8:00.460 7:05.700 7:59.920
1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 1/2 2/2 2/2 1/2 2/2 2/2 1/2 2/2
San Diego Crew Classic San Diego, Calif.
3/27/10 First Varsity Eight (H) 3/27/10 Second Varsity Eight (H) 3/27/10 Second Varsity Eight (CF) 3/27/10 First Novice Eight (H) 3/28/10 First Varsity Eight (GF) 3/28/10 First Novice Eight (GF)
7:05.100 7:26.550 7:15.500 7:48.680 7:07.290 7:27.760
1/7 5/5 1/3 2/6 2/6 3/6
SIRA Championship Oak Ridge, Tenn.
4/17/10 First Varsity Eight (H) 4/17/10 Second Varsity Eight (H) 4/17/10 Varsity Four (H) 4/18/10 First Varsity Eight (GF) 4/18/10 Second Varsity Eight (GF) 4/18/10 Varsity Four (GF)
6:37.400 6:47.000 7:41.850 6:55.090 7:16.890 7:02.330
1/5 1/5 2/6 2/6 2/6 3/6
91
Women’s Rowing
SEASON RESULTS SIRA Championship Big 12 Championship Oklahoma City, Okla.
4/18/10 4/18/10
First Novice Eight First Novice Eight
7:48.680 7:26.500
2/6 1/4
5/1/10 5/1/10 5/1/10 5/1/10 5/1/10
First Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four First Novice Eight Second Novice Eight
6:41.860 7:02.700 7:47.110 7:04.400 7:30.700
2/4 3/4 3/4 2/4 2/3
NCAA South/Central Regionals Oak Ridge, Tenn.
5/15/10 First Varsity Eight (H) 5/15/10 First Varsity Eight (S) 5/15/10 Second Varsity Eight (H) 5/15/10 Second Varsity Eight (S) 5/15/10 Varsity Four (H) 5/15/10 Varsity Four (S) 5/15/10 Open Four (H) 5/15/10 Open Four (S) 5/15/10 First Novice Eight (H) 5/15/10 First Novice Eight (R) 5/16/10 First Varsity Eight (BF) 5/16/10 Second Varsity Eight (CF) 5/16/10 Varsity Four (CF) 5/16/10 Open Four (CF) 5/16/10 First Novice Eight (BF)
6:54.840 6:55.440 7:06.590 7:03.500 8:05.680 7:56.500 8:07.140 8:02.240 7:20.850 7:15.650 6:54.940 7:00.060 7:51.260 8:07.910 7:11.740
3/6 6/6 4/5 1/5 4/5 1/5 4/5 2/4 6/7 4/6 6/6 4/6 4/6 6/6 6/6
2010-2011
Competition
Date
Event
Head of the Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Okla.
10/9/10 10/9/10 10/9/10 10/9/10 10/9/10 10/9/10 10/9/10 10/9/10 10/9/10 10/9/10 10/9/10 10/9/10 10/10/10 10/10/10 10/10/10 10/10/10 10/10/10 10/10/10 10/10/10 10/10/10
Collegiate Eight Collegiate Eight Collegiate Eight Collegiate Eight Collegiate Eight Collegiate Eight Collegiate Eight Collegiate Four Collegiate Four Collegiate Four Collegiate Four Collegiate Four Open Four Open Four Open Pair Open Pair Open Pair Open Pair Collegiate Singles Collegiate Singles
14:33.504 14:55.632 15:17.194 15:46.798 1:28.200 1:35.800 1:35.800 15:57.864 16:26.837 16:59.601 1:55.900 1:50.400 15:49.497 16:24.177 17:23.895 17:27.289 17:46.720 18:14.916 18:12.260 18:39.004
6/26 11/26 15/26 22/26 1/6 3/6 3/6 8/32 15/32 21/32 3/6 4/6 2/9 4/9 4/14 5/14 9/14 14/14 4/14 4/14
Head of the Charles Boston, Mass.
10/23/10
Championship Eight
16:48.612
15/30
Head of the Colorado Austin, Texas
10/30/10 10/30/10 10/30/10 10/30/10 10/30/10 10/30/10 10/30/10 10/30/10 10/30/10 10/30/10 10/30/10 10/30/10
Open Eight Open Eight Open Eight Open Eight Open Four Open Four Open Four Open Four First Novice Eight First Novice Eight Second Novice Eight Novice Four
17:24.300 18:19.400 18:26.200 18:57.100 20:14.400 21:05.500 21:23.200 21:27.000 21:23.300 22:10.800 23:45.100 24:00.100
2/11 3/11 4/11 8/11 2/14 3/14 5/14 6/14 5/12 6/12 4/5 2/9
11/6/10 11/6/10 11/6/10
Championship Eight Championship Eight Championship Eight
16:20.700 17:20.400 17:22.200
6/35 28/35 29/35
Head of the Hooch Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Time Place
Head of the Hooch
11/6/10 11/6/10 11/6/10 11/6/10 11/6/10 11/6/10 11/6/10 11/7/10 11/7/10 11/7/10 11/7/10 11/7/10 11/7/10
Championship Four Championship Four Championship Four Championship Four Novice Eight Novice Eight Novice Four Open Pair Open Pair Open Pair Open Pair Championship Single Championship Single
17:53.000 18:08.100 18:46.400 18:52.000 18:52.500 18:57.200 21:22.800 19:04.300 19:22.200 19:54.700 21:08.300 21:42.100 23:26.400
7/42 10/42 27/42 28/42 11/46 12/46 19/37 4/32 9/32 14/32 27/32 11/18 16/18
OU Invitational Oklahoma City, Okla.
3/12/11 3/12/11 3/12/11 3/12/11 3/12/11 3/12/11 3/12/11 3/12/11 3/12/11 3/12/11 3/12/11 3/12/11 3/12/11 3/13/11 3/13/11 3/13/11 3/13/11 3/13/11 3/13/11 3/13/11 3/13/11 3/13/11 3/13/11 3/13/11 3/13/11
Varsity Eight Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Third Varsity Eight Varsity Four Varsity Four Second Varsity Four Second Varsity Four Novice Eight Novice Eight Second Novice Eight Second Novice Eight Varsity Eight Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four Varsity Four Varsity Four Varsity Four Novice Eight Novice Four Novice Four
7:03.850 7:09.390 7:22.600 7:32.330 7:38.900 8:05.300 8:14.750 8:11.210 8:12.580 7:40.350 7:47.820 7:51.840 7:51.620 7:34.700 7:32.920 7:32.000 7:42.310 7:47.560 8:50.150 9:22.250 8:41.460 8:51.090 8:07.720 8:09.210 8:16.370
1/2 1/2 1/2 1/3 1/2 2/2 1/2 1/3 1/2 2/2 2/2 1/2 2/2 1/2 1/2 1/3 2/3 1/2 1/3 2/3 1/3 2/3 1/2 1/3 2/3
3/18/11 3/18/11 3/18/11 3/18/11 3/18/11 3/18/11 3/19/11 3/19/11 3/19/11 3/19/11 3/19/11 3/19/11 3/19/11 3/19/11 3/19/11 3/19/11 3/19/11 3/20/11 3/20/11 3/20/11 3/20/11 3/20/11
Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four Second Varsity Four Novice Eight Second Novice Eight Varsity Eight Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four Varsity Four Second Varsity Four Novice Eight Novice Eight Second Novice Eight Second Novice Eight Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four Second Varsity Four Novice Eight
7:23.200 7:47.100 8:28.800 8:50.400 7:55.100 8:21.700 7:24.900 7:16.500 7:44.400 7:48.800 8:24.100 8:53.000 8:33.800 8:04.800 8:21.100 8:04.300 8:38.800 7:19.800 7:25.900 8:20.700 8:39.700 8:08.500
1/2 2/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 2/2 1/2 2/2 1/2 2/2 1/2 2/2 2/2 1/2 2/2 2/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 2/2 2/2
4/2/11 Varsity Eight 4/2/11 Second Varsity Eight 4/2/11 Varsity Four 4/2/11 Novice Eight 4/3/11 Varsity Eight (PF) 4/3/11 Second Varsity Eight (PF)
6:35.910 7:03.660 7:28.680 7:20.250 6:45.600 7:06.060
4/6 4/7 3/6 2/7 1/6 5/6
Longhorn Invitational Austin, Texas San Diego Crew Classic San Diego, Calif.
SEASON RESULTS San Diego Crew Classic
4/3/11 Varsity Four (GF) 4/3/11 Second Varsity Eight (GF)
7:37.280 7:32.370
3/6 5/6
Head of the Charles Boston, Mass.
10/23/11
Varsity Eight
17:11.314
20/37
Head of the Colorado Austin, Texas
10/29/11 Fourth Varsity Open Pair 10/29/11 Second Varsity Open Pair 10/29/11 Varsity Open Pair 10/29/11 Sixth Varsity Open Pair 10/29/11 Fifth Varsity Open Pair 10/29/11 Third Varsity Open Pair 10/29/11 Second Novice Eight 10/29/11 Novice Eight 10/29/11 Second Novice Eight 10/29/11 Varsity Open Four 10/29/11 Third Varsity Open Four 10/29/11 Second Varsity Open Four 10/29/11 Fourth Varsity Open Four
20:41.600 20:55.000 21:00.300 21:05.000 21:33.600 21:57.800 20:23.700 18:51.300 20:02.600 18:27.100 19:11.700 19:11.800 19:29.700
1/11 2/11 3/11 4/11 7/11 8/11 2/3 3/7 6/7 1/9 2/9 3/9 4/9
11/5/11 Varsity Open Four 11/5/11 Second Varsity Open Four 11/5/11 Novice Eight 11/5/11 Second Novice Eight 11/5/11 Varsity Open Pairs 11/5/11 Third Varsity Open Pairs 11/5/11 Second Varsity Open Pairs 11/5/11 Fourth Varsity Open Pairs 11/5/11 Varsity Open Eight
20:43.000 20:46.000 20:47.300 20:54.000 20:54.000 20:59.000 21:52.000 22:21.000 18:28.000
3/8 4/8 4/6 5/6 1/12 2/12 5/12 8/12 1/3
Autumn Rowing Festival 11/6/11 Varsity Eight 17:10.000 Newport, Calif. 11/6/11 Second Varsity Eight 17:42.000 11/6/11 Third Varsity Eight 18:28.000 11/6/11 Third Novice Eight 18:28.000 11/6/11 Second Novice Eight 22:59.000 11/6/11 Novice Eight 24:09.000 11/6/11 Varsity Open Four 19:22.000 11/6/11 Second Varsity Open Four 20:12.000 11/6/11 Fourth Varsity Open Four 21:14.000 11/6/11 Third Varsity Open Four 21:26.000 EVENT KEY (PF)- Petite Final (H)- Preliminary Heat (GF)- Grand Final Semi-final (S)(DF)- “D” Final Repechage (R)(CF)- “C” Final
1/27 4/27 10/27 10/19 14/19 15/19 1/14 4/14 5/14 8/14
Michigan and Indiana Ann Arbor, Mich.
4/16/11 4/16/11 4/16/11
Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Third Varsity Eight
7:13.790 7:13.020 6:58.070
2/3 3/3 2/3
Big 12 Championship Kansas City, Kan. Windermere Cup Seattle, Wash.
4/30/11 4/30/11 4/30/11 4/30/11 4/30/11 4/30/11
Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four Novice Eight Second Novice Eight Second Varsity Four
6:57.900 7:09.800 7:50.900 7:29.600 8:03.800 8:53.600
2/4 2/4 2/4 4/4 3/3 2/3
5/7/11
Varsity Eight
6:57.100
2/3
Conference USA Championships 5/14/11 Open Four (H) Oak Ridge, Tenn. 5/14/11 Open Four (GF) 5/14/11 Novice Eight (H) 5/14/11 Novice Eight (GF) 5/14/11 Varsity Four (H) 5/14/11 Varsity Four (GF) 5/14/11 Second Varsity Eight (H) 5/14/11 Second Varsity Eight (GF) 5/14/11 Varsity Eight (H) 5/14/11 Varsity Eight (GF)
7:59.500 7:32.350 7:16.230 6:52.770 7:44.000 7:25.590 7:06.660 6:50.060 6:44.490 6:40.280
2/3 4/5 3/3 4/5 2/4 4/6 3/4 3/6 2/4 4/6
Oak Ridge Invitational Oak Ridge, Tenn.
7:57.390 7:57.870 7:44.790 7:39.700 7:07.360 6:57.840 6:53.550 6:46.210 6:47.270
5/6 3/5 4/5 1/3 3/6 3/5 5/6 3/5 6/6
2011-2012
Competition
Head of the Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Okla.
5/15/11 Open Four (H) 5/15/11 Open Four (PF) 5/15/11 Varsity Four (H) 5/15/11 Varsity Four (PF) 5/15/11 Third Varsity Eight (GF) 5/15/11 Second Varsity Eight (H) 5/15/11 Second Varsity Eight (GF) 5/15/11 Varsity Eight (H) 5/15/11 Varsity Eight (GF)
Date
Event
10/1/11 Collegiate Eight 10/1/11 Collegiate Eight “B” 10/1/11 Collegiate Eight (GF) 10/1/11 Collegiate Eight “B” (GF) 10/1/11 Collegiate Four 10/1/11 Collegiate Four “B” 10/1/11 Collegiate Four “C” 10/1/11 Collegiate Four (GF) 10/1/11 Collegiate Four “B” (GF) 10/1/11 Novice Eight 10/1/11 Novice Eight “B” 10/2/11 Open Pairs 10/2/11 Open Pairs “B” 10/2/11 Open Pairs “F” 10/2/11 Open Pairs “D” 10/2/11 Open Pairs “E” 10/2/11 Open Pairs “C” 10/2/11 Open Pairs “H” 10/2/11 Open Pairs “G” 10/2/11 Open Fours 10/2/11 Open Fours “B” 10/2/11 Open Fours “C” 10/2/11 Open Fours “D”
Time Place 13:40.263 14:06.402 1:30.440 1:37.456 15:42.297 15:56.681 16:21.369 1:46.370 1:48.911 18:21.432 19:20.119 17:05.713 17:26.994 17:35.326 17:48.239 18:04.915 18:20.104 18:24.309 18:41.973 16:11.879 16:31.416 16:37.702 16:44.273
4/20 8/20 1/6 5/6 7/34 12/34 18/34 2/6 1/6 5/6 6/6 2/21 4/21 5/21 7/21 10/21 12/21 14/21 17/21 1/15 2/15 3/15 5/15
Head of the Marina Marina Del Rey, Calif.
93
Women’s Rowing
RESULTS BY OPPONENT Opponent
Date
Location
Event
Time
Place
OU Finish Time
OU Place
4/18/09 4/18/09 4/19/09 5/16/09 4/3/10 4/3/10 4/3/10 4/3/10 4/3/10 4/3/10 4/17/10 4/17/10 4/18/10 4/18/10 4/18/10 4/18/10 4/18/10 5/15/10 5/15/10 5/15/10 5/15/10 5/15/10 5/16/10 5/16/10 4/2/11 4/3/11 Arizona State 3/27/10 4/2/11 11/5/11 11/5/11 11/6/11
Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif.
Novice Four (H) Varsity Eight (H) Varsity Eight (PF) Second Novice Eight (H) Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four Varsity Four Novice Eight Second Novice Eight Varsity Eight (H) Varsity Four (H) Varsity Eight (GF) Second Varsity Eight (GF) Varsity Four (GF) Novice Eight (GF) Second Novice Eight (GF) Second Varsity Eight (S) Varsity Four (S) Open Four (S) First Novice Eight (H) First Novice Eight (R) Varsity Four (S) First Novice Eight (BF) Novice Eight (H) Second Varsity Eight (PF)
9:01.350 6:56.730 7:09.600 6:49.890 6:46.100 7:08.400 7:58.500 8:03.200 7:01.000 7:34.400 6:40.560 7:39.100 7:03.990 7:27.970 6:47.000 7:20.100 7:34.050 7:16.770 8:00.940 8:05.210 7:15.400 7:22.180 7:44.300 7:06.190 7:30.240 6:58.860
5/6 4/6 3/6 3/6 2/3 2/3 1/4 2/4 1/2 1/2 3/5 1/5 6/6 5/6 1/6 2/6 2/4 4/5 2/5 4/4 4/7 5/6 3/6 3/6 3/7 4/6
8:18.60 6:58.04 7:08.00 7:22.500 6:37.500 7:05.500 8:07.900 8:07.900 7:02.100 7:40.900 6:37.400 7:41.850 6:55.090 7:16.890 7:02.330 7:28.760 7:26.500 7:03.500 7:56.500 8:02.240 7:20.850 7:15.650 7:51.260 7:11.740 7:20.250 7:06.060
1/6 5/6 2/6 6/6 1/3 1/3 3/4 3/4 2/2 2/2 1/5 3/5 2/6 2/6 3/6 4/6 1/4 1/5 1/5 2/4 6/7 4/6 4/6 6/6 2/7 5/6
San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. Marina Del Rey, Calif. Marina Del Rey, Calif. Newport, Calif.
Varsity Eight (H) Novice Eight (H) Open Four Open Four Open Eight
9:27.890 8:01.520 20:37.00 25:04.00 21:51.00
7/7 7/7 2/8 8/8 26/27
7:05.10 7:20.250 20:43.00 and 20:46.00 20:43.00 and 20:46.00 17:10.00/17:42.00/18:28.00
1/7 2/7 3 and 4/8 3 and 4/8 1, 4 and 10/27
4/2/11
San Diego, Calif.
Second Varsity Eight (H)
7:11.790
6/7
7:03.660
4/7
3/27/10
San Diego, Calif.
Novice Eight (H)
8:45.340
6/6
7:48.680
2/6
4/2/11
San Diego, Calif.
Novice Eight (H)
7:44.650
5/7
7:20.250
2/7
Cal State Long Beach
4/4/09
San Diego, Calif.
Second Novice Eight (H)
8:25.940
7/7
7:32.68
2/7
5/7/11
Seattle,Wash .
Varsity Eight
7:05.300
3/3
6:57.100
2/3
4/18/10
Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Novice Eight (GF)
8:56.590
6/6
7:28.760
4/6
4/18/09 4/19/09
Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Novice Four (H) Novice Four (GF)
8:22.550 8:48.000
2/6 6/6
8:00.50 8:09.30
1/6 2/6
Date
Location
Event
Time
Place
OU Finish Time
OU Place
Alabama
Bates College
California
Cal-San Diego
Cambridge
Central Oklahoma
Charleston
Opponent
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RESULTS BY OPPONENT Opponent Clemson
Colorado
Creighton
Duke
Georgetown
Grand Valley
Indiana
Iowa
Opponent
Date
Location
Event
Time
Place
OU Finish Time
OU Place
5/16/09 5/16/09 5/17/09 5/15/10 5/15/11 5/15/11 5/15/11
Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Varsity Four (S) Novice Eight (H) Varsity Four (GF) Varsity Eight (S) Third Varsity Eight (GF) Second Varsity Eight (GF) Varsity Eight (GF)
7:28.440 6:46.980 7:01.200 6:36.620 7:04.670 6:42.360 6:31.860
2/6 3/5 2/6 3/6 2/6 2/6 2/6
7:12.94 6:50.69 7:09.90 6:55.460 7:07.360 6:53.550 6:47.270
3/6 4/5 5/6 6/6 3/6 5/6 6/6
4/4/09
San Diego, Calif.
Novice Eight
8:06.510
6/7
7:27.51
2/7
3/13/10 3/14/10 3/14/10 3/14/10 3/13/11 3/13/11 3/13/11
Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla.
Novice Eight Varsity Eight Varsity Four Novice Eight Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four
7:53.000 7:34.950 9:11.260 8:09.760 8:08.550 8:20.460 11:15.540
2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 3/3 3/3
7:16.100 7:01.51 8:19.960 8:05.330 7:34.700 7:42.310 8:50.150/9:22.250
1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 2/3 1/3 and 2/3
5/17/09 5/15/10 5/16/10 5/15/11 5/15/11 5/15/11 5/15/11 5/15/11
Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Novice Eight Second Varsity Eight (H) Second Varsity Eight (CF) Open Four (H) Open Four (PF) Varsity Four (H) Second Varsity Eight (H) Varsity Eight (GF)
6:37.700 7:14.630 6:59.230 7:49.770 7:48.800 7:36.990 6:58.550 6:34.780
5/6 5/5 3/6 4/6 1/5 2/5 4/5 3/6
7:42.20 7:06.590 7:00.600 7:57.390 7:57.870 7:44.790 6:57.840 6:47.270
6/6 4/5 4/6 5/6 3/5 4/5 3/5 6/6
4/2/11
San Diego, Calif.
Second Varsity Eight (H)
7:10.960
5/7
7:03.660
4/7
4/18/10
Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Varsity Eight (GF)
6:56.430
4/6
6:55.090
2/6
4/18/09 5/16/09 5/17/09 4/17/10 4/17/10 4/18/10 4/18/10 4/18/10 4/18/10 5/15/10 5/15/10 5/16/10 5/16/10 5/16/10 4/16/11 4/16/11 4/16/11
Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Ann Arbor, Mich. Ann Arbor, Mich. Ann Arbor, Mich.
Novice Eight (H) Varsity Four (H) Novice Eight (GF) Varsity Eight (H) Varsity Four (H) Varsity Eight (GF) Second Varsity Eight (GF) Varsity Four (GF) Novice Eight (GF) Second Varsity Eight (S) Varsity Four (H) Second Varsity Eight (CF) Varsity Four (CF) Novice Eight (BF) Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Third Varsity Eight
7:07.000 7:35.940 6:49.000 6:38.380 7:39.890 6:55.050 7:11.600 8:28.430 7:16.100 7:10.050 8:16.700 6:53.600 8:03.920 7:07.620 7:15.660 7:10.220 7:02.830
1/6 4/6 3/4 2/5 2/5 3/6 1/6 6/6 1/6 2/5 5/5 1/6 6/6 4/6 3/3 2/3 3/3
7:30.02 7:21.68 7:03.000 6:37.400 7:41.850 6:55.090 7:16.890 7:02.330 7:28.760 7:03.500 8:05.680 7:00.600 7:51.260 7:11.740 7:13.790 7:13.020 6:58.070
5/6 3/5 4/4 1/5 3/5 2/6 2/6 3/6 4/6 1/5 4/5 4/6 4/6 6/6 2/3 3/3 2/3
3/20/09 3/21/09
Austin, Texas Austin, Texas
Varsity Four Novice Eight
8:56.100 7:36.500
2/2 2/2
8:21.900 7:35.600
1/2 1/2
Date
Location
Event
Time
Place
95 Women’s Rowing OU Finish Time OU Place
RESULTS BY OPPONENT Opponent Iowa
Jacksonville
Kansas
Date
Location
Event
Time
Place
OU Finish Time
OU Place
5/15/10 5/16/10 5/16/10 3/18/11 3/18/11 3/18/11 3/18/11 3/18/11 3/18/11 4/3/11 4/3/11 4/3/11
Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif.
Open Four (S) Varsity Eight (BF) Open Four (CF) Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four Second Varsity Four Novice Eight Second Novice Eight Varsity Eight (PF) Second Varsity Eight (PF) Varsity Four (GF)
7:58.700 6:42.320 7:52.550 7:28.400 7:29.900 8:52.700 8:58.300 8:00.200 8:49.000 6:46.770 6:58.130 7:59.060
1/4 3/6 4/6 2/2 1/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 3/6 2/6 6/6
8:02.240 6:54.940 8:07.910 7:23.200 7:47.100 8:28.800 8:50.400 7:55.100 8:21.700 6:45.600 7:06.060 7:37.280
2/4 6/6 6/6 1/2 2/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/6 5/6 3/6
4/18/09 4/19/09 4/19/09 4/17/10 4/17/10
Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Varsity Eight (H) Varsity Eight (PF) Varsity Eight (PF) Varsity Eight (H) Second Varsity Eight (H)
7:09.070 7:26.000 8:04.000 6:59.830 7:17.820
6/6 6/6 5/6 4/5 4/5
6:58.04 7:08.00 7:45.00.00 6:37.400 6:47.000
5/6 2/6 4/6 1/5 1/5
4/18/09 4/18/09 4/18/09 4/19/09 5/2/09 5/2/09 5/2/09 5/16/09 5/17/09 3/14/10 3/14/10 3/14/10 3/14/10 3/14/10 3/14/10 3/13/10 3/13/10 3/13/10 3/14/10 5/1/10 5/1/10 5/1/10 5/1/10 5/1/10 5/15/10 5/15/10 5/16/10 5/16/10 3/12/11 3/12/11 3/12/11 3/12/11 3/12/11 3/12/11 3/12/11 3/12/11 3/12/11 3/12/11 4/30/11 4/30/11 4/30/11 4/30/11
Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Kansas City, Kan. Kansas City, Kan. Kansas City, Kan. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Kansas City, Kan. Kansas City, Kan. Kansas City, Kan. Kansas City, Kan.
Novice Four (H) Novice Eight (H) Varsity Eight (H) Novice Four (GF) Novice Eight Second Novice Eight Varsity Four Second Novice Eight (H) Second Novice Eight (GF) Varsity 1 Eight Second Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four Varsity Four Novice 1 Eight Second Novice Eight Second Novice Eight Second Novice Eight Second Novice Eight Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four Novice 1 Eight Second Novice Eight Varsity Eight (H) Novice Eight (H) Second Varsity Eight (CF) Varsity Four (CF) Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Third Varsity Eight Varsity Four Second Varsity Four Novice Eight Novice Eight Second Novice Eight Second Novice Eight Novice Four Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four Novice Eight
8:30.910 7:16.220 6:52.470 8:35.400 7:09.700 7:36.600 7:36.400 7:05.990 6:48.800 7:30.600 7:32.580 8:05.330 8:12.700 8:48.200 7:47.640 7:49.930 7:52.100 7:51.900 8:04.120 7:06.120 6:55.400 7:44.870 7:07.170 7:34.800 7:21.480 7:28.060 7:00.560 7:40.550 7:23.710 7:43.090 7:56.600 8:19.960 8:29.510 7:47.050 8:16.240 7:57.130 7:50.460 8:32.330 7:03.500 7:16.500 8:16.000 7:23.000
3/6 3/6 3/6 5/6 4/4 3/4 2/4 1/6 2/4 2/2 2/2 2/2 1/3 3/3 2/2 1/3 2/3 1/2 1/2 4/4 2/4 2/4 3/4 3/3 6/6 7/7 5/6 2/6 2/2 3/3 2/2 2/2 2/2 1/2 2/2 2/2 1/2 3/3 4/4 4/4 4/4 2/4
8:00.50 7:30.02 6:58.04 8:09.30 6:51.4 7:21.3 7:24.6 7:22.500 7:03.000 7:11.000 7:29.680 7:35.650 8:17.630 8:17.630 7:27.860 8:05.240 8:05.240 7:58.180 8:11.030 6:41.860 7:02.700 7:47.110 7:04.400 7:30.700 6:54.840 7:20.850 7:00.600 7:51.260 7:09.390 7:32.330 7:38.900 8:14.750 8:12.580 7:47.820 8:07.720 7:51.840 7:51.620 8:09.210/8:16.370 6:57.900 7:09.800 7:50.900 7:29.600
1/6 5/6 5/6 2/6 1/4 2/4 1/4 6/6 4/4 1/2 1/2 1/2 2/3 2/3 1/2 3/3 3/3 2/2 2/2 2/4 3/4 3/4 2/4 2/3 3/6 6/7 4/6 4/6 1/2 1/3 1/2 1/2 1/2 2/2 1/2 1/2 2/2 1 and 2/3 2/4 2/4 2/4 4/4
2012 Media Guide 96
RESULTS BY OPPONENT Opponent Kansas
Kansas State
Louisville
Date
Location
Event
Time
Place
OU Finish Time
OU Place
4/30/11 4/30/11 5/14/11 5/14/11 5/14/11 5/14/11 5/14/11
Kansas City, Kan. Kansas City, Kan. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Second Novice Eight Second Varsity Four Novice Eight (GF) Varsity Four Varsity Four (GF) Second Varsity Eight Varsity Eight
7:46.300 9:05.100 6:47.870 7:47.270 7:32.840 7:09.710 6:55.330
2/3 3/3 2/5 3/4 5/6 4/4 4/4
8:03.800 8:53.600 6:52.720 7:44.000 7:25.590 7:06.660 6:44.490
3/3 2/3 4/5 2/4 4/6 3/4 2/4
3/20/09 4/18/09 5/2/09 5/2/09 5/2/09 5/16/09 5/17/09 3/19/10 3/19/10 3/19/10 3/19/10 3/27/10 3/27/10 4/17/10 4/18/10 4/18/10 5/1/10 5/1/10 5/1/10 5/1/10 5/15/10 5/15/10 5/16/10 4/30/11 4/30/11 4/30/11 4/30/11 5/14/11 5/14/11 5/14/11 5/14/11 5/14/11 5/14/11
Austin, Texas Oak Ridge, Tenn. Kansas City, Kansas Kansas City, Kansas Kansas City, Kansas Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Kansas City, Kan. Kansas City, Kan. Kansas City, Kan. Kansas City, Kan. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Novice Eight Varsity Eight (H) Novice Eight Second Novice Eight Varsity Four Novice Eight (H) Novice Eight (GF) Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four Novice Eight Second Varsity Eight Novice Eight Second Varsity Eight (H) Second Varsity Eight (GF) Varsity Four (GF) Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four Novice Eight Varsity Four (S) First Novice Eight (R) Varsity Four (CF) Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four Novice Eight Novice Eight (GF) Varsity Four (H) Second Varsity Eight (H) Second Varsity Eight (GF) Varsity Eight (H) Varsity Eight (GF)
7:41.500 6:42.900 6:57.600 7:42.500 7:41.600 6:58.040 6:42.300 7:39.270 8:08.400 9:37.800 8:28.200 7:21.020 7:54.410 7:02.330 7:36.840 7:17.820 6:55.170 7:04.970 7:51.090 7:19.150 8:08.120 7:41.00 7:55.630 7:02.500 7:14.400 8:10.900 7:24.900 6:53.070 8:03.930 7:03.620 6:56.600 6:44.770 6:46.610
1/2 1/6 2/4 4/4 4/4 5/5 1/4 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 3/3 4/6 3/5 6/6 4/6 3/4 4/4 4/4 4/4 3/5 6/6 5/6 3/4 3/4 3/4 3/4 5/5 4/4 2/4 6/6 3/4 6/6
7:48.1 6:58.04 6:51.4 7:21.3 7:24.6 6:50.69 7:03.000 7:31.500 7:53.300 9:28.300 8:14.100 7:15.500 7:48.680 6:47.000 7:16.890 7:02.330 6:41.860 7:02.700 7:47.110 7:04.400 7:56.500 7:15.650 7:51.260 6:57.900 7:09.800 7:50.900 7:29.600 6:52.770 7:44.000 7:06.660 6:50.060 6:44.490 6:40.280
2/2 5/6 1/4 2/4 1/4 4/5 4/4 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/3 2/6 1/5 2/6 3/6 2/4 3/4 3/4 2/4 1/5 4/6 4/6 2/4 2/4 2/4 4/4 4/5 2/4 3/4 3/6 2/4 4/6
4/18/09 4/19/09 3/20/10 3/20/10 3/20/10 3/20/10 5/15/10 5/16/10 5/16/10 3/19/11 3/19/11 3/19/11 3/19/11 5/15/11 5/15/11 5/15/11 5/15/11
Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Novice Eight (H) Varsity Eight (PF) Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four Novice 1 Eight Varsity Four (S) Varsity Eight (BF) Second Varsity Eight (CF) Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four Novice Eight Open Hour (H) Second Varsity Eight (H) Second Varsity Eight (GF) Varsity Eight (GF)
7:51.110 8:04.600 6:37.400 6:54.900 7:58.400 7:53.900 8:33.340 6:41.720 6:54.590 7:18.300 8:03.200 9:06.000 8:24.100 7:48.380 6:57.330 6:53.800 6:38.840
6/6 5/6 1/2 1/2 1/2 2/2 4/5 2/6 2/6 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 3/6 2/5 6/6 5/6
7:30.02 7:08.00 6:45.400 6:55.500 8:09.700 7:15.600 7:56.500 6:54.940 7:00.600 7:16.500 7:48.800 8:53.000 8:21.100 7:57.390 6:57.840 6:53.550 6:47.270
5/6 2/6 2/2 2/2 2/2 1/2 1/5 6/6 4/6 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 5/6 3/5 5/6 6/6
97
Women’s Rowing
RESULTS BY OPPONENT Opponent
Loyola Marymount
Miami
Michigan
Michigan State
Minnesota
Murray State
Northwestern State
Notre Dame
Date
Location
Event
Time
Place
OU Finish Time
OU Place
3/27/10 4/2/11
San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif.
Second Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight (H)
7:20.970 7:32.110
2/3 7/7
7:15.500 7:03.660
1/3 4/7
5/15/10 5/15/11
Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Varsity Eight (H) Third Varsity Eight (GF)
7:11.660 7:09.110
5/6 4/6
6:54.840 7:07.360
3/6 3/
5/16/09 5/17/09 5/17/09 5/15/10 4/16/11 4/16/11 4/16/11
Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Ann Arbor, Mich. Ann Arbor, Mich. Ann Arbor, Mich.
Novice Eight (H) Varsity Four (GF) Novice Eight (GF) Novice Eight (R) Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Third Varsity Eight
6:39.800 7:01.600 6:34.700 7:03.100 7:11.150 7:00.860 6:55.720
2/6 3/6 4/6 1/6 1/3 1/3 1/3
7:22.500 7:09.90 7:42.20 7:15.650 7:13.790 7:13.020 6:58.070
6/6 5/6 6/6 4/6 2/3 3/3 2/3
4/18/09 5/16/09 5/16/09 5/15/10
Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Novice Four (H) Varsity Four (S) Novice Eight (S) Novice Eight (H)
8:47.680 7:23.570 6:40.500 7:08.120
3/6 5/6 5/6 3/7
8:18.60 7:12.94 6:37.30 7:20.850
1/6 3/6 3/6 6/7
4/4/09 4/4/09 3/28/10 5/15/10 5/15/10 5/16/10
San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Novice Eight (GF) Second Novice Eight (H) Novice Eight (GF) Second Varsity Eight (H) Varsity Four (H) Varsity Eight (BF)
7:39.160 7:21.700 7:28.310 7:03.55 7:40.460 6:47.360
4/7 1/7 4/6 3/5 2/5 5/6
7:27.51 7:32.68 7:27.760 7:06.590 8:05.680 6:54.940
2/7 2/7 3/6 4/5 4/5 6/6
4/18/09 4/19/09
Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Novice Four (H) Novice Four (GF)
8:34.160 8:16.000
2/6 3/6
8:18.60 8:09.30
1/6 2/6
4/18/09 4/19/09
Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Novice Four (H) Novice Four (GF)
8:48.270 8:36.360
4/6 4/6
8:18.60 8:00.50
1/6 1/6
5/16/09 5/16/09 5/15/10 5/15/10 5/15/10 5/15/10 5/15/10 5/16/10 5/16/10 5/15/11 5/15/11 5/15/11 5/15/11 5/15/11
Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Novice Eight (S) Second Novice Eight (H) Varsity Eight (S) Second Varsity Eight (H) Open Four (H) First Novice Eight (H) First Novice Eight (R) Varsity Eight (BF) Open Four (CF) Open Four (H) Third Varsity Eight (GF) Second Varsity Eight (GF) Varsity Eight (H) Varsity Eight (GF)
6:43.600 6:52.110 6:44.790 7:03.030 7:58.230 7:06.280 7:05.910 6:44.520 7:42.500 7:45.300 7:15.430 6:44.920 6:43.410 6:35.180
6/6 4/6 5/6 2/5 3/5 2/7 2/6 4/6 1/6 2/6 6/6 3/6 2/5 4/6
6:37.30 7:22.500 6:55.460 7:06.590 8:07.140 7:20.850 7:15.650 6:54.940 8:07.910 7:57.390 7:07.360 6:53.550 6:46.210 6:47.270
3/6 6/6 6/6 4/5 4/5 6/7 4/6 6/6 6/6 5/6 3/6 5/6 3/5 6/6
2012 Media Guide 98
RESULTS BY OPPONENT Opponent
Date
Location
Event
Time
Place
OU Finish Time
OU Place
4/17/10
Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Varsity Four (H)
8:10.180
4/5
7:41.850
3/5
4/17/10
Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Second Varsity Eight (H)
8:18.810
5/5
6:47.000
1/5
5/16/09 5/16/09 5/16/09 11/8/09 5/15/10 5/15/10 5/15/10 5/16/10
Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Varsity Four (S) Varsity Four (GF) Novice Eight (H) Championship Four Varsity Eight (H) Varsity Eight (S) Open Four (H) Varsity Eight (BF)
7:11.550 6:59.700 6:44.410 16:54.000 6:48.000 6:41.590 7:48.500 6:40.200
2/6 1/6 2/5 21/40 1/6 4/6 2/5 1/6
7:12.94 7:09.90 6:50.69 16:28.000 6:54.840 6:55.460 8:07.140 6:54.940
3/6 5/6 4/5 11/40 3/6 6/6 4/5 6/6
4/3/10 4/3/10 4/3/10
Tuscaloosa, Ala. Tuscaloosa, Ala. Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four
6:57.500 7:12.300 8:26.800
3/3 3/3 4/4
6:37.500 7:05.500 8:07.900
1/3 1/3 3/4
3/27/10
San Diego, Calif.
Varsity Eight (H)
7:40.100
5/7
7:05.10
1/7
4/5/09 4/2/11 4/3/11 4/3/11 4/3/11
San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif.
Novice Eight (GF) 7:18.630 2/6 Varsity Eight (H) 6:47.350 5/6 Varsity Eight (PF) 6:51.740 5/6 Second Varsity Eight (PF) 6:54.600/6:58.470 1/6 and 3/6 Varsity Four (GF) 7:47.570 5/6
7:47.33 6:35.910 6:45.600 7:06.060 7:37.280
5/6 4/6 1/6 5/6 3/6
4/18/09 4/19/09 4/19/09 4/17/10 4/18/10 4/18/10 4/18/10 4/18/10 4/18/10 4/2/11 4/3/11
Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif.
Varsity Eight (H) Varsity Eight (PF) Novice Four (GF) Second Varsity Eight (H) Varsity Eight (GF) Second Varsity Eight (GF) Varsity Four (GF) Novice Eight (GF) Second Novice Eight (GF) Varsity Eight (H) Varsity Eight (PF)
6:46.470 7:27.600 8:24.900 6:51.470 6:50.600 7:20.080 8:16.310 7:24.010 7:48.670 6:53.530 7:05.610
2/6 1/6 4/6 2/5 1/6 3/6 5/6 3/6 3/4 6/6 6/6
6:58.04 7:45.00 8:09.30 6:47.000 6:55.090 7:16.890 7:02.330 7:28.760 7:26.500 6:35.910 6:45.600
5/6 3/6 2/6 1/5 2/6 2/6 3/6 4/6 1/4 4/6 1/6
5/15/11 5/15/11 5/15/11 5/15/11 5/15/11
Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Open Four (PF) Varsity Four (H) Varsity Four (PF) Second Varsity Eight (GF) Varsity Eight (H)
7:54.590 7:52.340 7:45.930 6:52.450 6:46.640
2/5 5/5 2/3 4/6 4/5
7:57.870 7:44.790 7:39.700 6:53.550 6:46.210
3/5 4/5 1/3 5/6 3/5
3/27/10 3/28/10 3/28/10 4/2/11 4/2/11
San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif.
Varsity Eight (H) Varsity Eight (GF) Novice Eight (GF) Second Varsity Eight (H) Second Varsity Eight (PF)
7:11.660 7:11.66 7:38.970 6:58.580 7:08.670
3/6 3/6 5/6 3/7 6/6
7:07.290 7:07.290 7:27.760 7:03.660 7:06.060
2/6 2/6 3/6 4/7 5/6
Southeastern Nova Ohio
Ohio State
Old Dominion
Orange Coast
Oregon State
Purdue
Rhode Island
Sacramento State
99
Women’s Rowing
RESULTS BY OPPONENT Opponent
San Diego
San Diego State
Santa Clara
SMU
St. Joseph’s
St. Mary’s
Stanford
Tampa
Tennessee
Date
Location
Event
Time
Place
OU Finish Time
OU Place
4/3/09 4/4/09 3/27/10 3/27/10 3/27/10 3/28/10 4/2/11 4/3/11
San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif.
Varsity Four Second Novice Eight (H) Varsity Eight (H) Second Varsity Eight (H) Novice Eight (H) Varsity Eight (GF) Varsity Four (H) Varsity Eight (PF)
7:58.450 7:49.000 7:05.100 7:23.810 7:50.930 7:05.100 7:43.850 6:51.120
3/3 5/7 1/6 4/5 3/6 1/6 5/6 4/6
7:37.08 7:32.68 7:07.290 7:26.500 7:48.680 7:07.290 7:28.680 6:45.600
1/3 2/7 2/6 5/5 2/6 2/6 3/6 1/6
4/3/09 4/2/11
San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif.
Varsity Four Novice Eight (H)
7:56.470 7:38.630
2/3 4/7
7:37.08 7:20.250
1/3 2/7
4/4/09 3/27/10
San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif.
Novice Eight (GF) Varsity Eight (H)
7:54.680 7:52.260
5/7 6/7
7:27.51 7:05.10
2/7 1/7
4/19/09 9/19/09 9/19/09 9/19/09 3/13/10 3/13/10 3/13/10 3/27/10 4/17/10 4/17/10 5/15/10 5/15/10 3/13/11 3/13/11 3/13/11
Oak Ridge, Tenn. Dallas, Texas Dallas, Texas Dallas, Texas Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. San Diego, Calif. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla.
Varsity Eight (PF) Varsity Eight Varsity Eight Varsity Four Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four Second Varsity Eight (H) Varsity Eight (H) Varsity Four (H) Second Varsity Eight (S) Varsity Four (S) Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four
7:07.600 29:26.000 30:15.000 36:11.000 7:13.500 7:12.930 8:29.330 7:22.890 7:01.450 8:14.220 7:28.350 8:41.680 8:03.230 8:19.330 9:53.190
1/6 2/4 2/4 3/3 2/2 2/2 2/2 3/5 5/5 5/5 5/5 5/5 2/2 2/2 3/3
7:08.00 28:52.000/31:22.000 28:52.000/31:22.000 32:34.000/32:46.000 7:02.900 7:03.700 8:13.870 7:26.500 6:37.400 7:41.850 7:03.500 7:56.500 7:32.920 7:47.560 8:41.460 and 8:51.090
2/6 1 and 4/4 1 and 4/4 1 and 2/3 1/2 1/2 1/2 5/5 1/5 3/5 1/5 1/5 1/2 1/2 1/3 and 2/3
3/27/10 3/28/10
San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif.
Varsity Eight (H) Varsity Eight (GF)
7:12.280 7:22.050
2/7 5/6
7:05.10 7:07.290
1/7 2/6
3/27/10 4/2/11
San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif.
Varsity Eight (H) Novice Eight (H)
7:12.280 8:00.380
2/7 6/7
7:05.10 7:20.250
1/7 6/7
3/27/10 3/28/10 4/2/11 4/2/11 4/3/11 4/3/11
San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif.
Varsity Eight (H) Varsity Eight (GF) Varsity Eight (H) Varsity Four (H) Varsity Four (GF) Second Varsity Eight (GF)
7:05.100 7:16.730 6:24.000 7:24.270 7:38.740 7:15.940
1/6 4/6 1/6 2/6 4/6 3/6
7:07.290 7:07.290 6:35.910 7:28.680 7:37.280 7:32.370
2/6 2/6 4/6 2/6 3/6 5/6
4/18/09
Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Novice Four (H)
8:54.940
5/6
8:00.50
1/6
5/16/09 4/18/10 5/15/10 5/15/10 5/15/10
Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Varsity Four (H) Novice Eight (GF) Varsity Eight (H) Varsity Four (H) Open Four (H)
7:36.260 7:42.220 4:49.26 7:58.220 8:18.550
5/5 5/6 2/6 3/5 5/5
7:21.68 7:28.760 6:54.840 8:05.680 8:07.140
3/5 4/6 3/6 4/5 4/5
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RESULTS BY OPPONENT Opponent
Date
Location
Tennessee
5/15/10 5/16/10 5/14/11 5/14/11 5/14/11 5/14/11 5/14/11 5/14/11 5/14/11
Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Chattanooga, Tenn. Chattanooga, Tenn. Chattanooga, Tenn. Chattanooga, Tenn. Chattanooga, Tenn. Chattanooga, Tenn. Chattanooga, Tenn.
3/21/09 3/22/09 5/2/09 5/2/09 5/2/09 3/20/10 3/20/10 3/20/10 3/20/10 3/20/10 3/20/10 5/1/10 5/1/10 5/1/10 5/1/10 5/1/10 5/15/10 3/19/11 4/30/11 4/30/11 4/30/11 4/30/11 4/30/11 4/30/11 5/14/11 5/14/11 5/14/11 5/14/11 5/14/11 5/14/11 5/14/11
Texas
Trinity
Tulsa
Event
Time
Place
OU Finish Time
OU Place
First Novice Eight (H) 7:15.860 5/7 First Novice Eight (BF) 7:08.070 5/6 Open Four (GF) 7:08.800/7:22.160 1/5 and 3/5 Varsity Four (H) 7:42.000 1/4 Varsity Four (GF) 7:19.180 2/6 Second Varsity Eight (H) 6:54.500 1/4 Second Varsity Eight GF) 6:43.600 2/6 Varsity Eight (H) 6:40.000 1/4 Varsity Eight (GF) 6:29.260 2/6
7:20.850 7:11.740 7:32.350 7:44.000 7:25.590 7:06.660 6:50.060 6:44.000 6:40.280
6/7 6/6 4/5 2/4 4/6 3/4 3/6 2/4 4/6
Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Kansas City, Kan. Kansas City, Kan. Kansas City, Kan. Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Austin, Texas Kansas City, Kan. Kansas City, Kan. Kansas City, Kan. Kansas City, Kan. Kansas City, Kan. Kansas City, Kan. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Novice Eight Novice Eight Novice Eight Second Novice Eight Varsity Four Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four Novice 1 Eight Second Novice Eight Novice 2 Four Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four Novice 1 Eight Second Novice Eight Varsity Eight (H) Second Novice Eight Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four Novice Eight Second Novice Eight Second Varsity Four Open Four (H) Open Four (GF) Novice Eight (H) Novice Eight (GF) Varsity Four (GF) Second Varsity Eight (H) Varsity Eight (GF)
7:11.600 7:42.000 6:59.300 7:07.800 7:41.200 6:24.400 6:45.200 7:40.400 6:53.900 7:54.900 8:15.300 6:41.120 6:54.610 7:41.010 7:00.700 7:25.390 6:59.300 8:28.500 6:47.700 6:55.900 7:44.100 7:18.300 7:37.900 8:45.500 7:44.300 7:13.410 7:07.500 6:43.500 7:17.200 6:38.800 6:28.800
2/2 2/2 3/4 1/4 3/4 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/3 4/6 1/2 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/3 1/3 1/3 2/5 1/3 1/5 1/6 1/6 1/6
7:04.5 7:43.47 6:51.4 7:21.3 7:24.6 6:27.400 6:50.700 7:51.100 7:04.700 8:16.000 8:26.400 6:41.860 7:02.700 7:47.110 7:04.400 7:30.700 6:54.840 8:38.800 6:57.700 7:09.800 7:50.900 7:29.600 8:03.800 8:53.600 7:59.500 7:32.350 7:16.230 6:52.770 7:25.590 6:50.060 6:40.280
1/2 1/2 1/4 2/4 1/4 2/2 2/2 2/2 1/2 2/2 2/2 2/4 3/4 3/4 2/4 2/3 3/6 2/2 2/4 2/4 2/4 4/4 3/3 2/3 2/3 4/5 3/3 4/5 4/6 3/6 4/6
3/27/10
San Diego, Calif.
Varsity Eight (H)
7:16.890
3/7
7:05.10
1/7
4/18/09 4/19/09 4/19/09 3/13/10 3/13/10 3/13/10 3/13/10 3/13/10 3/14/10 3/28/10 4/18/10 4/18/10 4/18/10 5/15/10 5/16/10
Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. San Diego, Calif. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Novice Eight (H) Novice Four (GF) Varsity Eight (PF) Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four Varsity Four Novice Eight Novice Eight Varsity Eight (GF) Varsity Eight (GF) Second Varsity Eight (GF) Varsity Four (GF) Second Varsity Eight (S) Second Varsity Eight (CF)
7:16.020 8:05.100 7:16.300 7:13.770 7:19.300 8:09.960 8:37.460 7:24.690 7:23.710 7:22.390 7:00.740 7:23.380 6:51.470 7:12.250 7:06.400
2/6 1/6 4/6 2/2 1/2 1/3 3/3 2/2 2/2 6/6 5/6 4/6 2/6 3/5 6/6
7:30.02 8:09.30 7:08.00 7:04.890 7:23.900 8:15.390 8:15.390 7:17.050 7:15.440 7:07.290 6:55.090 7:16.890 7:02.330 7:03.500 7:00.600
5/6 2/6 2/6 1/2 2/2 2/3 2/3 1/2 1/2 2/6 2/6 2/6 3/6 1/5 4/6
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RESULTS BY OPPONENT
Opponent Tulsa
UC Davis
Date
Location
Event
5/16/10 5/16/10 5/16/10 3/12/11 3/12/11 3/12/11 3/12/11 3/12/11 3/12/11 4/2/11 4/3/11 5/14/11 5/14/11 5/14/11 5/14/11 5/15/11 5/15/11 5/15/11 5/15/11 5/15/11
Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla. San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn.
4/4/09 3/27/10
San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif.
Novice Eight Novice Eight (H)
3/21/09 5/16/09 5/17/09 5/16/09 3/21/10 3/21/10 3/21/10 3/21/10 3/21/10 5/15/10 5/16/10 5/16/10 3/20/11 3/20/11 3/20/11 3/20/11 3/20/11 5/14/11 5/14/11 5/14/11 5/14/11 5/14/11 5/14/11 5/15/11
Austin, Texas Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn.
4/5/09 3/27/10 3/28/10 4/2/11 4/2/11 4/3/11 4/3/11 4/3/11
San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif.
Time
Place
OU Finish Time
OU Place
Varsity Four (CF) 7:34.200 1/6 Open Four (CF) 7:45.920 2/6 Open Four (CF) 7:46.450 3/6 Varsity Eight 7:13.600 2/2 Second Varsity Eight 7:30.020 2/2 Second Varsity Eight 7:41.030 2/3 Varsity Four 8:03.740 1/2 Second Varsity Four 8:22.080/8:52.910 2/3 and 3/3 Novice Eight 7:39.890 1/2 Varsity Four (H) 7:45.820 6/6 Second Varsity Eight (GF) 7:36.660 6/6 Open Four (GF) 7:36.680 5/5 Varsity Four (GF) 7:22.800 3/6 Second Varsity Eight (GF) 6:55.980 5/6 Varsity Eight (GF) 6:45.450 5/6 Open Four (H) 8:14.840 6/6 Open Four (PF) 8:01.430/ 8:03.590 4/5 and 5/5 Varsity Four (H) 7:41.330 3/5 Second Varsity Eight (H) 7:15.940 5/5 Varsity Eight (H) 6:47.440 5/5
7:51.260 8:07.910 8:07.910 7:03.850 7:22.600 7:32.330 8:05.300 8:11.210 7:40.350 7:28.680 7:32.370 7:32.350 7:25.590 6:50.060 6:40.280 7:57.390 7:57.870 7:44.790 6:57.840 6:46.210
4/6 6/6 6/6 1/2 1/2 1/3 2/2 1/3 2/2 3/6 5/6 4/5 4/6 3/6 4/6 5/6 3/6 4/5 3/5 3/5
3/7 5/6
7:27.51 7:48.680
2/7 2/6
Varsity Four Novice Eight (S) Novice Eight (GF) Second Novice Eight (H) Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four Novice 1 Eight Second Novice Eight Open Four (S) Open Four (CF) First Novice Eight (BF) Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four Second Varsity Four Novice Eight Open Four (H) Novice Eight (H) Novice Eight (GF) Varsity Four (GF) Second Varsity Eight (GF) Varsity Eight (GF) Varsity Four (PF)
8:49.400 6:34.900 2/6 6:31.200 3/6 6:38.000 1/6 6:42.470 2/2 6:50.800 1/2 7:51.800 1/2 7:11.800 2/2 7:38.400 1/2 8:04.650 3/4 7:55.800 5/6 7:03.530 2/6 7:31.200 2/2 7:35.400 2/2 8:29.300 2/2 8:24.200 1/2 8:04.800 1/2 8:10.550 3/3 7:12.040 2/3 6:52.170 3/5 7:35.300 6/6 6:53.010 4/6 6:40.070 3/6 7:50.540 3/3
8:20.400 6:37.300 7:42.200 7:22.500 6:40.800 6:54.810 8:00.460 7:05.700 7:59.920 8:02.240 8:07.910 7:11.740 7:19.800 7:25.900 8:20.700 8:39.700 8:08.500 7:59.500 7:16.230 6:52.770 7:25.590 6:50.060 6:40.280 7:39.700
3/6 6/6 6/6 1/2 2/2 2/2 1/2 2/2 2/4 6/6 6/6 1/2 1/2 1/2 2/2 2/2 2/3 3/3 4/5 4/6 3/6 4/6 1/3
Novice Eight (GF) Second Varsity Eight (H) Novice Eight (GF) Varsity Four (H) Novice Eight (H) Varsity Eight (PF) Varsity Four (GF) Second Varsity Eight (GF)
7:35.960 7:07.230 7:22.450 7:19.800 7:12.000 6:45.960 7:33.420 7:13.560
7:47.33 7:26.500 7:27.760 7:28.680 7:20.250 6:45.600 7:37.280 7:32.370
5/6 5/5 3/6 3/6 2/7 1/6 3/6 5/6
7:29.280 8:03.330
UCF
UCLA
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RESULTS BY OPPONENT
Opponent
UC San Diego
UC Santa Barbara USC
Vanderbilt
Vasper Boat Club
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Location
Event
Time
Place
OU Finish Time
OU Place
4/4/09 4/4/09
San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif.
Novice Eight Second Novice Eight (H)
8:08.260 8:11.400
7/7 6/7
7:27.51 7:32.68
2/7 2/7
4/4/09
San Diego, Calif.
Second Novice Eight (H)
7:45.630
4/7
7:32.68
2/7
4/5/09 3/28/10 4/2/11 4/2/11 4/3/11
San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif.
Novice Eight (GF) Novice Eight (GF) Second Varsity Eight (H) Varsity Four (H) Varsity Four (GF)
7:56.700 7:39.400 6:41.600 7:38.860 7:30.900
6/6 6/6 1/7 4/6 1/6
7:47.33 7:27.760 7:03.660 7:28.680 7:37.280
5/6 3/6 4/7 3/6 3/6
4/18/09 11/16/10 11/16/10 11/7/10
Oak Ridge, Tenn. Chattanooga, Tenn. Chattanooga, Tenn. Chattanooga, Tenn.
Novice Four (H) Novice Eight Novice Eight Open Pair
10:15.020 20:37.800 21:38.500 21:46.000
6/6 30/46 37/46 31/32
8:18.60 18:52.500/18:57.200 18:52.500/ 18:57.200 19:04.300/19:22.200/19:54.700/21:08.300
1/6 11 and 12/46 11 and 12/46 4, 9, 14 and 27/32
10/23/10
Boston, Mass.
Championship Eight
16:17.276
6/30
16:48.612
15/30
5/16/09 5/16/09 5/16/09 5/16/09 5/16/09 5/17/09 5/17/09 3/27/10 5/15/10 5/15/10 5/15/10 10/23/10 10/23/10 5/15/11 5/15/11 5/15/11 5/15/11 5/15/11 5/15/11
Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. San Diego, Calif. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Boston, Mass. Boston, Mass. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Novice Eight (H) Novice Eight (S) Novice Eight (S) Varsity Four (H) Varsity Four (S) Varsity Four (GF) Novice Eight (GF) Second Varsity Eight Varsity Eight Varsity Four Open Four Championship Eight Championship Eight Open Four (H) Varsity Four (H) Third Varsity Eight (GF) Second Varsity Eight (H) Second Varsity Eight (GF) Varsity Eight (H)
6:39.500 6:31.300 6:39.680 7:14.230 7:13.230 7:10.900 6:27.600 7:02.800 6:28.800 7:30.900 7:37.900 15:56.817 16:21.977 7:32.800 7:25.300 6:50.400 6:50.200 6:39.300 6:35.200
1/5 1/6 4/6 2/5 4/6 6/6 1/6 1/5 1/6 1/5 1/5 2/30 8/30 1/6 1/5 1/6 1/5 1/6 1/5
6:50.69 6:37.30 6:37.30 7:21.68 7:12.94 7:09.90 7:42.20 7:26.500 6:55.460 8:05.680 8:07.140 16:48.612 16:48.612 7:57.390 7:44.790 7:07.360 6:57.840 6:53.550 6:46.210
4/5 3/6 3/6 3/5 3/6 5/6 6/6 5/5 6/6 4/5 4/5 15/30 15/30 5/6 4/5 3/6 3/5 5/6 3/5
4/18/09
Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Novice Four (H)
9:20.390
6/6
8:00.50
1/6
4/4/09 4/5/09 4/2/11 4/3/11 5/7/11
San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. Seattle, Wash.
Novice Eight Novice Eight (GF) Varsity Eight (H) Second Varsity Eight (GF) Varsity Eight
7:08.180 7:16.970 6:29.940 7:10.500 6:42.600
1/7 1/6 2/6 1/6 1/3
7:27.51 7:47.33 6:35.910 7:32.370 6:57.100
2/7 5/6 4/6 5/6 2/3
4/5/09 3/27/10 3/28/10 4/3/11
San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif.
Novice Eight (GF) Novice Eight (H) Novice Eight (GF) Second Varsity Eight (GF)
7:28.870 7:33.900 7:17.200 7:18.040
3/6 1/6 1/6 4/6
7:47.33 7:48.680 7:27.760 7:32.370
5/6 2/6 3/6 5/6
Washington
Date
Washington State
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Women’s Rowing
RESULTS BY OPPONENT
Opponent
Date
Location
Event
Time
Place
OU Finish Time
OU Place
William and Mary
4/18/10
Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Second Novice Eight (GF)
8:22.360
4/4
7:26.500
1/4
10/10/10 10/10/10
Oklahoma City, Okla. Oklahoma City, Okla.
Collegiate Singles Collegiate Singles
18:04.982 18:45.459
2/15 7/15
18:12.260/18:39.004 18:12.260/18:39.004
4 and 5/15 4 and 5/15
5/16/09 5/16/09 5/17/09 5/17/09 5/15/10 5/15/10 5/15/10 5/15/10 5/16/10 3/19/11 3/19/11 3/19/11 3/19/11 3/19/11 3/19/11 4/2/11 4/2/11
Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas Austin, Texas San Diego, Calif. San Diego, Calif.
Varsity Four (H) Varsity Four (S) Varsity Four (GF) Novice Eight (GF) Varsity Eight (S) Second Varsity Eight (H) Novice Eight (H) Novice Eight (R) Novice Eight (BF) Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four Second Varsity Four Novice Eight Second Novice Eight Varsity Eight (H) Second Varsity Eight (H)
7:05.100 7:07.080 7:03.100 6:27.630 6:34.810 6:52.100 6:57.200 7:07.910 7:02.000 7:20.000 7:28.300 8:16.600 8:28.600 7:43.400 7:55.300 6:30.750 6:43.490
1/5 1/6 4/6 2/6 2/6 1/5 1/7 3/6 1/6 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 3/6 2/7
7:21.68 7:12.94 7:09.90 7:42.20 6:55.460 7:06.590 7:20.850 7:15.650 7:11.740 7:24.900 7:44.400 8:24.100 8:33.800 8:04.800 8:04.300 6:35.910 7:03.660
3/5 3/6 5/6 6/6 6/6 4/5 6/7 4/6 6/6 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 4/6 4/7
4/18/09 4/19/09 4/19/09
Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn. Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Novice Eight (H) Varsity Eight (PF) Second Novice Eight (PF)
7:25.910 7:25.500 7:37.900
4/6 5/6 2/6
7:30.02 7:08.00 7:45:00
5/6 2/6 4/6
Xavier
11/6/10
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Novice Four
26:14.400
37/37
21:22.800
19/37
10/23/10 10/23/10
Boston, Mass. Boston, Mass.
Championship Eight Championship Eight
15:58.467 17:32.298
4/30 28/30
16:48.612 16:48.612
15/30 15/30
Winnipeg
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Yale
2011 team during a fall practice
Brooke Holleman
•2011 CRCA Scholar-Athlete and Big 12 All-Academic First Team.
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