Buckeyes Finish Second At South/Central Regional – Ohio State Buckeyes
5/13/2001 12:00:00 AM | Rowing
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%^$ COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State women’s rowing team finished second at%^$ the 2001 Lexus South/Central Regional Sunday in Oak Ridge, Tenn., and will%^$ now wait to see if that performance warrants an at-large selection to the%^$ NCAA Tournament later this month.%^$
The Buckeyes will find out their fate Tuesday, May 15. A total of 10%^$ teams will be selected by the NCAA to compete for the national%^$ championship May 24-27 at Lake Lanier in Gainesville, Ga.%^$
Ohio State scored 74 points at the regional competition Sunday to%^$ finish second to Michigan (120), who secured a spot in the NCAA%^$ Championship tournament with its performance.%^$
Andy Teitelbaum, Ohio State head coach, said the Buckeyes justified%^$ the No. 2 ranking in the region with their performance.%^$
“It was good racing,” Teitelbaum said. “It was close in the varsity%^$ events with Michigan and Iowa. We are glad we maintained our standing in%^$ the region. Hopefully we performed well enough to advance to the NCAA%^$ Tournament.%^$
“The first varsity eight had another great race with Michigan with%^$ just two and a half seconds separating us,” Teitelbaum said. “We are%^$ getting faster and hopefully will continue to get faster if we get%^$ selected to the NCAA Tournament. We raced solid and reinforced our%^$ standing in the region.”%^$
Three boats score in NCAA competition, the first varsity four, first%^$ varsity eight and the second varsity eight. Ohio State finished second in%^$ both varsity eight events and third in the varsity four competition.%^$
In the first varsity eight Grand Final, Ohio State finished with a%^$ time of 6 minutes 39.8 seconds. Michigan edged the Buckeyes with a time of%^$ 6:37.2.%^$
The Wolverines and Buckeyes finished in like fashion in the second%^$ varsity eight Grand Final. Michigan claimed victory with a time of 6:42.6%^$ while the Buckeyes came in at 6:50.1.%^$
Ohio State’s first varsity four finished third (7:28.8) behind Iowa%^$ (7:26.5) and Michigan (7:23.6).%^$
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2001 Lexus South/Central Regional
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Final Results
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| Team | Standings | Pts. |
| 1 | Michigan | 120 |
| 2 | Ohio State | 74 |
| 3 | Iowa | 49 |
| 4 | Minnesota | 16 |
| 5 | Michigan State | 14 |
| 6 | Clemson | 10.5 |
| 7 | Duke | 10 |
| 8 | North Carolina | 8 |
| 9 | Notre Dame | 7.5 |
| 10 | Kansas | 7 |
| 11 | Tennessee | 4 |
| 12 | Kansas State | 2 |
| 13 | Cincinnati | 0 |
| Indiana | 0 | |
| SMU | 0 | |
| Texas | 0 | |
| Tulsa | 0 |
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Grand Finals
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First Varsity Four
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| 1 | Michigan | 7:23.6 | |
| 2 | Iowa | 7:26.5 | |
| 3 | Ohio State | 7:28.8 | |
| 4 | Clemson | 7:39.5 | |
| 5 | Michigan State | 7:39.7 | |
| 6 | Kansas | 7:54.4 |
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Second Varsity Eight
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| 1 | Michigan | 6:42.6 | |
| 2 | Ohio State | 6:50.1 | |
| 3 | Iowa | 6:51.2 | |
| 4 | Clemson | 6:55.1 | |
| 5 | Michigan State | 6:55.6 | |
| 6 | Notre Dame | 7:03.6 |
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First Varsity Eight
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| 1 | Michigan | 6:37.2 | |
| 2 | Ohio State | 6:39.8 | |
| 3 | Iowa | 6:42.1 | |
| 4 | Michigan State | 6:42.4 | |
| 5 | Notre Dame | 6:53.9 | |
| 6 | Kansas | 7:04.2 |
