Rowing Kicks Off Spring Season In Ann Arbor – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/28/2002 12:00:00 AM | Rowing
March 28, 2002
About The Meet
The Ohio State women’s crew will travel to Ann Arbor, Mich. to compete in the ACC/Big Ten double duel against Duke and Virginia Saturday, with the first race begininng at 9 a.m.
Head coach Andy Teitelbaum said mother nature has hindered his team’s training and that could show on Saturday because of the fact Virginia has already raced twice this season.
“Virginia wasn’t as affected as we and Michigan have been, particularly as hard as we got hit over our spring break,” Teitelbaum said. “We are looking forward to great races on Saturday, but because of the loss of time because of the weather we do not know how fast we really are.”
Boat Lineups
Varsity Eight A Boat
Bow – Maxi Meissner
2 – Natalie Legge
3 – Didi Albrecht
4 – Conny Kirsch
5 – Heather Feldmann
6 – Franzi Scubert
7 – Kaja Fiserova
st. – Tanya Grigorieva
cox – Vikki Agate
Varsity Eight B Boat
bow – Heather Arndts
2 – Meghan McCartney
3 – Margot Schumway
4 – Amanda Spires
5 – Alex Leslie
6 – Anja Kalder
7 – Katie Buttine
st – Susi Wesenberg
cox – Ashley Orr
Varsity 4
bow – Maggie Kathman
2 – Becca Brinker
3 – Jesse Dolle
st – Angie Wendel
cox – Loreen Ellison
2nd Varsity 4
bow – Devon Walsh
2 – Nicole Ginn
3 – Meredith Corley
st – Liz Tuppen
cox – Jamie Berning (vs. UVA)/ Sara Fiebig (vs. Duke)
About Coach Teitelbaum
Now in his seventh year at the head of the Ohio State rowing program, Teitelbaum has guided the Buckeyes to national prominence. With a record of 38-15, including a 4th-place finish at the 2001 NCAA Championships, Teitelbaum’s career record at OSU now stands at 165-94.
Fall Wrap Up
The Ohio State women’s rowing team saw its fall season, with only one loss to a collegiate boat, end Nov. 12 at the Rivanna Romp.
Head coach Andy Teitelbaum said he is pleased with the success his team had in the 2001 fall season coming off their fourth-place finish at the NCAA championships last spring.
“We are really happy with the fall,” Teitelbaum said. “Last year we finished at the top of the nation and we felt going into the fall season, on paper, we were even stronger than we were a year ago.”
The team also had two achievements that have never before been accomplished in the history of the young program. First, the varsity eight boat had its highest finish in the Head of the Charles race, finishing fourth overall, the second collegiate boat to finish behind Princeton.
Second, the varsity eight “A” boat finished first at the Rivanna Romp for the first time in that event.
Those two accomplishments showed the team it was able to compete with the nation’s elite.
“We beat Virginia at the Romp and Clemson, Duke and everybody down there,” Teitelbaum said. “Also being the second college at the Head of the Charles showed us, more than anything else, that the talent is as rich as we thought it would was.”
The Buckeyes displayed the talent necessary to compete in the spring but Teitelbaum warns some teams don’t show its best in the fall. Also there were a lot of teams that were right on OSU’s heels.
“A lot of crews that do not necessarily show a lot of speed in the fall are amongst the best in the spring,” Teitelbaum said. “Even though we did well this fall there were many boats that were close to us, like Michigan State at the Head of the Ohio.
“While we see ourselves as definitely being in contention to move forward from our fourth place finish last year (in the NCAA tournament) there is nothing that is in the bag.”
Knowing the fall season is strictly an exhibition season the Buckeyes practice differently for these events than those in the spring. Teitelbaum said he is pleased with how they competed in the fall.
Teitelbaum wants his team to concentrate on becoming better during the offseason.
“Basically we are focusing on ourselves trying to take the talent that we have and to get it as strong and as fit as we can,” he siad. “Our expectations are the same as they were when the fall began ,which is winning the Big Ten conference and seeing if we can win the national championship.”
Going into the spring season Teitelbaum said the team’s goals haven’t changed since the fall began.
“The margin for error will be a small one and even with all the talent that we have it is going to take all the work that we can do now and between those races to make that happen,” Teitelbaum said.
