Tulsa Has Solid First Day at Louisville Cardinal Invitational
3/17/2018 5:44:00 PM | Rowing
Tulsa's Varsity 8+ and 2nd Varsity 8+ each earned a second-place mark at the Louisville Cardinal Invitational on Saturday at Melton Lake in Oak Ridge, Tenn. The regatta will conclude tomorrow with the final day of races.
"Racing this weekend is about learning where we want to be as a team," Head Coach Kevin Harris said. "With the teams that are here, it's a high level of racing as five teams competed in the NCAA Championship last year. We race them because we want to be one of them. I am proud of how the team handled it. There is a lot of speed in this field, and one of our goals this weekend is to prove that we can hang with this group. The women have done a great job in accomplishing the goals we've set for them, which was to solidify the race plan, stay on top of the speed and not get behind the strokes, and every boat is working hard to accomplish those goals."
The five NCAA Championship teams from a year ago are Michigan, Yale, Wisconsin, Virginia and Notre Dame.
Sam Barber, Helen Leigh, Ellie Russell, Lucy Coleman, Veronique Ulrich, Taylah Eder, Paige Hallam, Sophia Camara and Hannah Vissers raced the Varsity 8+ to a second place time of 6:19.08, topping Miami and Notre Dame in the afternoon set of races. The Varsity 8+ turned in a time of 6:20.39 for a fourth-place mark in the morning event.
The Golden Hurricane's 2nd Varsity 8+ also finished ahead of Notre Dame and Miami in the second set of races with a time of 6:42.97, and recorded a fourth-place finish in the morning.
TU's Varsity 4+, which consisted of Lindsey Smith, Mikala Burns, Julia Dunn, Madeline Lyons and Amy Pitzel tallied a third-place mark in a time of 7:20.22 for a two-second lead over Notre Dame.
In the 2nd Varsity 4+ races, Tulsa finished ahead of Minnesota and Miami.
"Racing this weekend is about learning where we want to be as a team," Head Coach Kevin Harris said. "With the teams that are here, it's a high level of racing as five teams competed in the NCAA Championship last year. We race them because we want to be one of them. I am proud of how the team handled it. There is a lot of speed in this field, and one of our goals this weekend is to prove that we can hang with this group. The women have done a great job in accomplishing the goals we've set for them, which was to solidify the race plan, stay on top of the speed and not get behind the strokes, and every boat is working hard to accomplish those goals."
The five NCAA Championship teams from a year ago are Michigan, Yale, Wisconsin, Virginia and Notre Dame.
Sam Barber, Helen Leigh, Ellie Russell, Lucy Coleman, Veronique Ulrich, Taylah Eder, Paige Hallam, Sophia Camara and Hannah Vissers raced the Varsity 8+ to a second place time of 6:19.08, topping Miami and Notre Dame in the afternoon set of races. The Varsity 8+ turned in a time of 6:20.39 for a fourth-place mark in the morning event.
The Golden Hurricane's 2nd Varsity 8+ also finished ahead of Notre Dame and Miami in the second set of races with a time of 6:42.97, and recorded a fourth-place finish in the morning.
TU's Varsity 4+, which consisted of Lindsey Smith, Mikala Burns, Julia Dunn, Madeline Lyons and Amy Pitzel tallied a third-place mark in a time of 7:20.22 for a two-second lead over Notre Dame.
In the 2nd Varsity 4+ races, Tulsa finished ahead of Minnesota and Miami.
MORNING RACES
Varsity 8+
1. Michigan – 6:10.29
2. Wisconsin – 6:14.74
3. Minnesota – 6:16.15
4. Tulsa – 6:20.39
Varsity 8+
Sam Barber
Lucy Coleman
Ellie Russell
Sophia Camara
Veronique Ulrich
Helen Leigh
Paige Hallam
Taylah Eder
Hannah Vissers
2nd Varsity 8+
1. Michigan – 6:16.60
2. Wisconsin – 6:18.86
3. Minnesota – 6:25.88
4. Tulsa – 6:32.76
2nd Varsity 8+
Eva Trabucco
Alessia Ruggiu
Lauren Vander Hoeven
Elisa Vandersloot
Elizabeth McCabe
Nicole Workman
Madeline Oleksiak
Sydney Pirkle
Julia Dunn
Varsity 4+
1. Michigan – 6:56.20
2. Wisconsin – 7:02.60
3. Minnesota – 7:04.90
4. Tulsa – 7:13.30
Varsity 4+
Lindsey Smith
Kristy Covre
Madeline Lyons
Amy Pitzel
Colleen Giesbrecht
2nd Varsity 4+
1. Michigan – 6:59.11
2. Tulsa – 7:18.57
3. Minnesota – 7:30.85
2nd Varsity 4+
Elizabeth Natho
Mikala Burns
Emily Williams
Daniela Fusco-House
Nichole Backus
3rd Varsity 4+
1. Notre Dame – 7:11.96
2. Michigan State – 7:25.31
3. Tulsa – 7:32.76
3rd Varsity 4+
Katie Shin
Stephanie Call
Annah Lance
Summer Neary
Meredith Galloway
AFTERNOON RACES
Varsity 8+
1. Virginia – 6:11.43
2. Tulsa – 6:19.08
3. Miami – 6:21.39
4. Notre Dame – 6:24.92
Varsity 8+
Sam Barber
Helen Leigh
Ellie Russell
Lucy Coleman
Veronique Ulrich
Taylah Eder
Paige Hallam
Sophia Camara
Hannah Vissers
2nd Varsity 8+
1. Virginia – 6:33.48
2. Tulsa – 6:42.97
3. Notre Dame – 6:46.27
4. Miami – 6:52.79
2nd Varsity 8+
Eva Trabucco
Alessia Ruggiu
Lauren Vander Hoeven
Elisa Vandersloot
Colleen Giesbrecht
Kristy Covre
Elizabeth McCabe
Sydney Pirkle
Madeline Oleksiak
Varsity 4+
1. Virginia – 7:07.75
2. Miami – 7:20.10
3. Tulsa – 7:20.22
4. Notre Dame – 7:24.66
Varsity 4+
Lindsey Smith
Mikala Burns
Julia Dunn
Madeline Lyons
Amy Pitzel
2nd Varsity 4+
1. Virginia – 7:13.44
2. Notre Dame – 7:22.72
3. Tulsa – 7:33.08
4. Miami – 7:38.79
2nd Varsity 4+
Elizabeth Natho
Daniela Fusco-House
Emily Williams
Nicole Workman
Nichole Backus
3rd Varsity 4+
1. Michigan State – 7:33.11
2. Minnesota – 7:42.89
3. Michigan State (3V4) – 7:51.97
4. Tulsa (3V4) – 7:56.15
3rd Varsity 4+
Katie Shin
Stephanie Call
Annah Lance
Summer Neary
Meredith Galloway
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