Tulsa Rowers Finish Third at American Athletic Conference Championship

Friday, May 17

Oklahoma City, Okla.

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American Athletic Conference Championship

Tulsa Rowers Finish Third at American Athletic Conference Championship

5/17/2019 2:14:00 PM | Rowing

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The Tulsa rowing team tallied a third-place finish at the American Athletic Conference Championship at the US Rowing National High Performance Center in Oklahoma City, Okla.

"Mother nature made it a challenge on the hosting side, we had a lot of wind, but it is an outdoor sport so sometimes we have those challenges, but luckily we were able to race. I'm proud that we were able to host and bring this regatta to Oklahoma. As far as finishing third, I think that is a great result today. We've finished second four times and now we finish third, but the weather has really affected us with the river flooding on our home course. I feel like the Golden Hurricane rallied and put down some great races today in some very challenging conditions. It was good to see the team rally and go after it, and I think they put up a heck of a fight today."

Lindsey Smith, Julia Olawumi, Mikala Burns, Alessia Ruggiu and Madeline Oleksiak raced the Varsity 4+ to a second-place time of 8:17.024 to earn a silver medal. The Golden Hurricane finished behind UCF (8:07.240), but ahead of SMU (8:20.816), San Diego State (8:24.712), Temple (8:38.108), Old Dominion (8:41.923) and UConn (8:59.444).

Sam Barber, Sophia Camara, Bobbi Forster, Becky Coleman, Ellie Russell, Helen Leigh, Veronique Ulrich, Julia Herrel and Paige Hallam captured a third-place finish for the bronze medal in the Varsity 8+. SMU crossed the finish line first in a time of 7:13.415, followed by UCF (7:19.181), Tulsa (7:26.445), Temple (7:31.777), San Diego State (7:32.965), UConn (7:41.201) and Old Dominion (7:47.229).

In the 2^nd Varsity 8+, Madison Bickle, Karen Undset, Nicole Workman, Daniela Fusco-House, Sarolta Papp, Elizabeth McCabe, Elisa Vandersloot, Taylah Eder and Sydney Pirkle finished 2.5 seconds off of the podium with a fourth-place time of 7:22.932. UCF earned gold with a time of 7:09.336, followed by SMU (7:11.562) and Temple (7:20.466).

Tulsa also competed in the 2^nd Varsity 4+ event, which was not counted toward the overall conference standings, and recorded a fifth-place time of 8:56.927.

For their efforts, Ellie Russell was tabbed to The American First Team, while Sam Barber and Elizabeth McCabe were second-team selections.

Final Results
1.     UCF                      180
2.     SMU                    176
3.     Tulsa                    140
4.     Temple                124
5.     San Diego State 100
6.     UConn                  68
7.     Old Dominion      52

Varsity 8+
1. SMU – 7:13.415
2. UCF – 7:19.181
3. Tulsa – 7:26.445
4. Temple – 7:31.777
5. San Diego State – 7:32.965
6. UConn – 7:41.201
7. Old Dominion – 7:47.229

Varsity 8+
Sam Barber
Sophia Camara
Bobbi Forster
Becky Coleman
Ellie Russell
Helen Leigh
Veronique Ulrich
Julia Herrel
Paige Hallam

2^nd Varsity 8+
1. UCF – 7:09.336
2. SMU – 7:11.562
3. Temple – 7:20.466
4. Tulsa – 7:22.932
5. San Diego State – 7:26.922
6. UConn – 7:41.680
7. Old Dominion – 8:16.737

2^nd Varsity 8+
Madison Bickle
Karen Undset
Nicole Workman
Daniela Fusco-House
Sarolta Papp
Elizabeth McCabe
Elisa Vandersloot
Taylah Eder
Sydney Pirkle

Varsity 4+
1. UCF – 8:07.240
2. Tulsa – 8:17.024
3. SMU – 8:20.816
4. San Diego State – 8:24.712
5. Temple – 8:38.108
6. Old Dominion – 8:41.923
7. UConn – 8:59.444

Varsity 4+
Lindsey Smith
Julia Olawumi
Mikala Burns
Alessia Ruggiu
Madeline Oleksiak

2^nd Varsity 4+
1. UCF – 8:28.259
2. Temple – 8:36.991
3. SMU – 8:40.883
4. San Diego State – 8:53.105
5. Tulsa – 8:56.927
6. UConn – 9:20.423

2^nd Varsity 4+
Katie Shin
Nichole Backus
Amy Pitzel
Meredith Galloway
Helen Cassellius