Rowing Plays Host to 2003 ACC/Big Ten Double Duals – Ohio State Buckeyes
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April 9, 2003
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ABOUT THE REGATTA
The Ohio State rowing team will play host to the first of two regattas on Griggs Reservoir, at 9 a.m., Saturday, when the 2003 ACC/Big Ten Double Duals takes to the Scioto River.
The event will include Michigan and Ohio State from the Big Ten and Virginia and Duke from the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Four individual dual meets will take place over the course of the day with each Big Ten team taking on each ACC team. The morning will feature Ohio State vs. Duke and Michigan vs. Virginia and Ohio State vs. Virginia and Michigan vs. Duke will race in the afternoon.
Each dual meet will consist of six races: a first and second varsity 8, a first and second varsity 4 and a first and second novice 8 race.
COACH TEITELBAUM ON THE REGATTA
“The ACC/Big Ten Double Duals is always a great event,” Andy Teitelbaum, Ohio State head coach, said. “We’ve had a strong rivalry with Virginia since the varsity program started here and with the addition of Duke, it’s even more of an intense regatta.”
“We need to go faster (than we did at the Windermere Collegiate Crew Classic.) It’s important that we win this weekend so we can position ourselves to be in the NCAA championships again. That is what teams are shooting for right now.”
TAKING ON THE ACC
A pair of strong teams from the ACC will arrive at the Scioto River this weekend as Duke and Virginia face off against the Buckeyes and Wolverines. Virginia comes off an outstanding 2002 campaign, where the team took fourth overall at the NCAA championships.
The Cavaliers began its 2003 season at the Winderemere Collegiate Crew Classic in Redwood Shores, Calif., March 29-30. While they took two of three races from both Stanford and Southern California on Saturday, the Virginia first varsity 8 lost all three races to Cal, Stanford and USC.
Duke, meanwhile, participated in the San Diego Crew Classic last weekend, with its first 8 posting an impressive ninth-place finish in competition for the Jessop-Whittier Cup.
THE 2002 ACC/BIG TEN DOUBLE DUALS
For the third-consecutive season, the Buckeyes will battle competition from the ACC at the Double Duals.
Last season at the duals, March, 30, 2002, in Ann Arbor, Mich., the Ohio State first varsity 8 won both of its races. Despite rough weather conditions, the Buckeyes defeated Virginia, seven minutes and six seconds to 7:10.3 in the morning and beat out Duke, 7:39.1 to 7:47.3 in the afternoon. The second varsity 8 split its races, falling to Virginia in the morning, but defeating the Blue Devils in the afternoon.
The first varsity 4 boat finished 14 seconds behind Virginia in the morning, but rebounded to defeat Duke in the afternoon. The second varsity 4 beat out the Cavalier second 4 in the morning and finished third vs. the OSU and Virginia first varsity 4’s in the afternoon.
BUCKEYES OPEN 2003 SEASON AT WINDERMERE CREW CLASSIC
The Ohio State rowing team struggled in its first regatta of the season, with the first varsity 8 dropping races to California, Southern California and Stanford.
The second varsity 8 scored one win in three races on the weekend. The boat defeated Stanford by 4.88 seconds on the final day of competition. The Buckeyes’ first 4 was the lone Buckeye boat to fare well on the weekend, taking two of three races from west coast competition. The first varsity 4 defeated USC on Saturday, finishing in 7:28.84 and defeating the Trojans by more than 20 seconds. On Sunday, the boat followed by out racing Stanford, crossing the finish line in 7:26.99 and defeating the Cardinal boat by more than 20 seconds as well.
2002 FALL RECAP
The Ohio State rowing team competed in three events over the course of its fall training season, posting impressive finishes among national competition at all three.
The fall began in the form of the Buckeyes’ third-consecutive first-place finish at the Head of the Ohio, Oct. 5, in Pittsburgh, Pa. The Buckeye first varsity 8 finished at 14 minutes, 31.1 seconds, beating out Michigan State (15:03.4) by 32.3 seconds. Boston University took third in the competition.
The Buckeyes’ two other boats also posted strong finishes. The second varsity 8 placed fifth (15:17.3), just two seconds behind Notre Dame’s first varsity 8 (15:15.3), while Ohio State’s third 8 entry took 11th (16:02.6).
The team continued its trek through the fall with a 12th-place finish out of 47 boats and 10th among collegiate entries, Oct. 20 in Boston, Mass., at the Head of the Charles, the largest two-day regatta in the world.
The Buckeyes finished at 17 minutes, 6.680 seconds, after the addition of a 10 second penalty for missing a buoy. The penalty knocked the team back from a potential seventh-place finish and fifth among collegiate boats.
Ohio State rebounded from it’s setback in Boston with a strong end to the fall season at the Rivanna Romp, Nov. 10 in Charlottesville, Va., sweeping the varsity events.
The OSU first 8 took the varsity 8 race (13:39.4), beating out Virginia (13:40.5) and Clemson (13:51.2). The Buckeye second varsity 8 finished fifth.
The Buckeyes proceeded to win the varsity 4 race as well, with the team’s varsity 4 ‘B’ boat taking the race at 15:08.9, defeating Virginia 15:12.5. The OSU first 4 finished third (15:15.2).
BIG TEN ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS TO INVADE THE SCIOTO
The Ohio State University will serve as host to the Big Ten Rowing championships for the first time, May 3, 2003.
The Buckeyes will compete against Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota and Wisconsin in an attempt to defend their Big Ten title on their home river.
The preliminary morning heats will kick off at 8 a.m., while the afternoon finals session will be held at noon. Admission is free.
A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE
Six of the eight rowers from the Ohio State first varsity 8, including the entire stern, return to create a strong first boat, comparable to the Buckeye’s top boat from last season, which took fourth place at the NCAA championships.
The boat will be led by senior Maxi Meissner and emerging star Karla Fiserova.
Fiserova, a junior, was chosen by her coaches as the team’s most valuable player in 2002. She also was named a second team All-American and to the all-central region and All-Big Ten first teams.
Junior Tatiana Grigorieva and sophomore Franziska Schubert also will help bring power to the boat. Grigorieva and Schubert both were all-central region and All-Big Ten honorees in 2002.
In the second varsity 8, senior Meghan McCartney and senior Heather Arndts all are among the returning rowers.
Junior Ashley Orr will join the first varsity 8 and become the boat’s coxswain. Orr spent the past two seasons as cox of the second varsity 8.
Sophomores Laureen Ellison, Sarah Fiebig and Jamie Berning also return, looking to further increase their contributions to the squad.
NEWCOMERS
Three freshmen Ninnet Kossowsky, Jana Schiller and Olga Grigorieva, have been added to the mix and hope to contribute heavily in the 2002-03 season. Kossowsky and Schiller will row in the second 8 Saturday.
The team also recently added Amanda Purcell, a sophomore, coming to the team from the Buckeye club rowing squad. Purcell hopes to immediately make her presence felt as a part of the second varsity 8.
INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR
In the tradition of Ohio State rowing, the team once again sports a delegation from around the globe.
The team now includes six members from Germany (Diana Albrecht, Ninnet Kossowsky, Maxi Meissner, Jana Schiller, Franzi Schubert, and Susi Wesenberg) and four other members from countries other than the U.S.
Overall, the team has representatives from five countries (United States, Germany, Czech Republic, Russia and Australia) and seven states (Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, California, New Jersey and New York).
2002 RECAP
The Buckeyes experienced a number of firsts in the 2001-02 season, including the first Big Ten Championship in program history, the first Top 3 ranking and the first time a Buckeye first varsity 8 boat has qualified for the Grand Final of an NCAA championship regatta.
The Ohio State first varsity 8 finished its season with an impressive 53-5 record, winning both the conference and regional gold medals, breaking many program first varsity 8 records including wins in a season, overall winning percentage and best regional and national finishes.
As a team, the Buckeyes took fifth in the nation, marking their second-best national finish in program history.
Conny Kirsch was named the 2002 Big Ten Rowing Co-Athlete of the Year, while Andy Teitelbaum was selected as both the Big Ten and Central Region Coach of the Year.
In total, two Ohio State rowers were named All-Americans, while four were named to all-central region teams and five were selected for All-Big Ten squads.
ABOUT COACH TEITELBAUM
Now in his eighth year at the head of the Ohio State rowing program, Andy Teitelbaum has guided the Buckeyes to national prominence.
For an outstanding 2002 season in which Teitelbaum guided the Buckeyes to their first Big Ten championship, he was named by his peers as the Big Ten and central region Coach of the Year.
With a record of 53-5 in the 2002 season and a fifth-place finish at the 2002 NCAA Championships, Teitelbaum’s career record at OSU now stands at 196-99.
NEXT UP
The Buckeyes will return to the site of their 2002 Big Ten Championship when the team travels to East Lansing, Mich., Saturday, April 19.
Ohio State will compete in an all-Big Ten regatta, featuring Michigan, Michigan State and Indiana.
