Tulsa Rowing Earns Runner-up Finish at Big 12 Championship

Sunday, May 18

Sarasota, Fla.

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Big 12 Championship

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Tulsa Rowing Earns Runner-up Finish at Big 12 Championship

5/18/2025 12:31:00 PM | Rowing

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SARASOTA, Fla. — In its first year as an affiliate member of the Big 12, the Tulsa rowing squad put together two second-place performances, two third-place marks and a fourth-place tally for 65 points at the Big 12 Championship in Sarasota, Florida's Nathan Benderson Park Sunday morning to finish as the conference runner-up.

Seniors Kristina Harris, Taylor Hopkins, Ashley Johnson, Anna Shaw and Anastasiia Ustiuzhanina were named to the All-Big 12 Team, becoming TU's first student-athletes to earn Big 12 honors.

The Golden Hurricane outscored Kansas (52 pts), Kansas State (49 pts), Old Dominion (24 pts) and West Virginia (19 pts) and finished 19 points shy of the conference champion and nationally-15^th-ranked UCF Knights, who swept all six races to earn the automatic bid to the NCAA Rowing Championship.

"It was a really exciting end to our season," Head Coach Brandon Campbell said. "All crews did a fantastic job, especially given some of the challenges we've had over the last couple of months. It's been a pleasure to coach them this year, and it's pleasing to see so many of them come away with medals."

Tulsa will keep an eye out for an at-large bid to the NCAA Championship (May 30-June 1) at Lake Mercer in West Windsor, N.J. The Selection Show will air live on NCAA.com at 4 p.m. Central on Tuesday, May 20.

Final Team Standings
1. UCF – 84 pts
2. Tulsa – 65 pts
3. Kansas – 52 pts
4. Kansas State – 49 pts
5. Old Dominion – 24 pts
6. West Virginia – 19 pts

All-Big 12 Team
Kristina Harris
Taylor Hopkins
Ashley Johnson
Anna Shaw
Anastasiia Ustiuzhanina

Race Results
1v8+
1. UCF – 6:22.086
2. Tulsa – 6:38.866
3. Kansas – 6:47.506
4. Kansas State – 6:52.462
5. Old Dominion – 6:57.606
6. West Virginia – 6:59.686

2v8+
1. UCF – 6:35.960
2. Tulsa – 6:51.955
3. Kansas – 6:55.107
4. Kansas State – 6:57.191
5. West Virginia – 7:08.767
6. Old Dominion – 7:22.951

1v4+
1. UCF – 7:22.231
2. Kansas State – 7:29.291
3. Tulsa – 7:51.771
4. Old Dominion – 7:57.129
5. Kansas – 8:05.449
6. West Virginia – 8:08.045

2v4+
1. UCF – 7:33.980
2. Kansas State – 7:47.864
3. Tulsa – 7:51.796
4. Kansas – 7:52.900
5. Old Dominion – 8:11.192
6. West Virginia – 8:15.092

3v8+
1. UCF – 7:00.147
2. Kansas – 7:15.845
3. Kansas State – 7:17.597
4. Tulsa – 7:49.787
5. West Virginia – 7:58.003

3v4+
1. UCF – 7:50.026
2. Old Dominion – 8:28.138

Tulsa's Lineups
1v8+
C: Bri Gfroerer
8: Anna Shaw
7: Hannah Elsobky
6: Emily Bell
5: Anna Kublova
4: Darya Vyrupayeva
3: Kate Agare
2: Kristina Harris
B: Letizia Susenna

2v8+
C: Anna Lackner
8: Ella Abraham
7: Ashley Johnson
6: Mia Lowes
5: Taylor Hopkins
4: Seraina Hatt
3: Olivia Johnson
2: Hela Belhadj
B: Steffi Brewer

1v4+
C: Gizelle Medina
4: Vanja Bogdanovic
3: Molly Morris
2: Anastasiia Ustiuzhanina
B: Danica Swetz

2v4+
C: Aubrey Duggan
4: Linzi Foutch
3: Jurgita Staskunaite
2: Sydney Wahle
B: Taylor Korb

3v8+
C: Cali Campbell
8: Sarah Menefee
7: Juliana Partida
6: Emma Oller
5: Mia Ward
4: Abbey Tillotson
3: Olivia Brett
2: Sienna Lopez
1: Hannah Evans