Tulsa Rowing Adds Five Open Weight Rowers to 2016 Signing Class

Kevin Harris, Tulsa Head Rowing Coach, announced that the Golden Hurricane signed five open weight rowers to round out its 2016 early period signings. Daniela Fusco-House, Helen Leigh, Alessia Ruggiu, Veronique Ulrich and Elisa Vandersloot will join eight new lightweights and coxswains to make a total of 13 athletes signed by the Golden Hurricane.

"This is an excellent group of athletes and I am very pleased with these recruits," Harris said. "This is the most capable and geographically diverse group of athletes we have seen at Tulsa. They have rowed some quality meters and will add to what we are doing here. Our success in signing these women is a direct result of having a recruiting coordinator and the exposure from our trip to England last June. Coach Hassall and our entire staff did a great job signing these athletes to Tulsa."

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Daniela Fusco-House (Stowe School, Buckingham, United Kingdom) is a sculler for her school and for Hollowell Rowing Club. Fusco-House is coached at Stowe by Michael Righton and at Hollowell by Andrew Rudkin. She has rowed and sculled at many events in England including the Henley Women's and Royal Henley Regattas. Fusco-House earned top finishes throughout 2015, racing to gold and silver medals at the Abingdon, Birmingham and Evesham Regattas in the 1x and 2x. She has also had a successful run in head races, most recently crossing the Atlantic to finish 19th in the Youth 1x at the 2015 Head of the Charles Regatta. Fusco-House will study exercise sports science at Tulsa.

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Helen Leigh (Flixton Girls School, Manchester, United Kingdom) is a sculler for both her high school and the Agecroft Rowing Club. She is coached by Stephen Hitchen. Leigh has successfully transitioned from a cycling background into becoming an effective sculler. She finished in the quarterfinals of the Henley Women's Regatta and the C-Finals of the British Junior Rowing Championships in the U19 Single. Leigh has also participated in junior national team trials for British Rowing. She wishes to earn a degree in exercise sports science at Tulsa.

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Alessia Ruggiu (Liceo Scientifico Galileo Galile, Trieste, Italy) is a sculler for Saturnia Rowing Club in Trieste and is coached by Spartaco Barbo. Ruggiu helped her club win the 2014 Junior 8 at the Italian Junior and again at the Italian Club Championships. She has also been a successful small boat athlete finishing fourth in the Lightweight 2x at the 2015 Italian Under-23 Championships. Ruggiu will study athletic training at Tulsa.

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Veronique Ulrich (Central Memorial High School, Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is a rower for the Calgary Rowing Club and Team Alberta. She is coached by Chris Davidson. As a young rower, she has already competed with Team Alberta in the Canada Summer Games and Western Canada Summer Games. Ulrich finished third in the Youth 2- at the RCA National Championships in 2014. In summer of 2015, she rowed the U19 2- to a fourth-place finish at the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta and a second-place mark at the Western Canada Games. Ulrich will study engineering at Tulsa.

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Elisa Vandersloot (Blessed Trinity Secondary School, Grimsby, Ontario, Canada) is a sculler for her high school and the St. Catharines Rowing Club where she is coached by Michelle Fisher, Kathy Boyes and Mark Welsh. Vandersloot has been a standout among the young women in her area. She has had top finishes in the finals at Canadian Scholastics, Royal Canadian Henley Regatta and the Stotesbury Cup Regatta over the course of her career. Last summer her U19 8 and 4+ finished second at the Row Ontario Championships. Recently she participated in the RCA National Championships and also raced a Youth 4+ that finished sixth of 86 entries at the 2015 Head of the Charles Regatta. Vandersloot will be one of six St. Catharines Rowing Club alumnae rowing at Tulsa in 2016. She will study graphic design and art.

Tulsa Rowing Adds Five Open Weight Rowers to 2016 Signing Class

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