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Ohio State Takes Fifth at the NCAA Championships
5/28/2017 12:00:00 AM | Rowing
May 28, 2017
West Windsor, N.J. – The Ohio State women’s rowing team racked up a total of 106 points to cap off the 2017 season with a fifth-place finish on Sunday at the NCAA Championships in West Windsor, N.J., on Mercer Lake.
The top-five finish by Ohio State marks the 11th time in 18 trips to the NCAA regatta that the Buckeyes have earned a fifth-place showing or better. Washington ran away with the team title by scoring a perfect 132 points and winning all three boat national titles, a feat that had never been accomplished.
The First Varsity Four registered the highest finish of the day with a bronze in its Grand Final. The crew of Ashley Saba, Joan Darnell, Abby Ernst, Kaylee Koker and Helen Sudhoff (coxswain) glided through the 2,000m course with a time of 7:16.47 to finish behind Washington (7:07.10) and California (7:11.70); the third-place finish earned the Scarlet and Gray 20 points.
The Second Varsity Eight – Stephanie Gase, Catherine McNutt, Maddie Perrett, Sarah Peffley, Annie Jachthuber, Sandra Dinter, Morgan Hummel, Allyson Baker and Anjali Fernandes (coxswain) – finished one spot behind the 1V4 with a fourth-place finish in its Grand Final with a time of 6:58.16 for 38 points.
Racing in the Petite Final, the First Varsity squad of Cassandra Johnson, Anne Dietrich, Alice Riley, Bridget Schodorf, Aina Cid I Centelles, Rachel Engel, Stephanie Williams, Ida Kruse and Cassidy Jenney (coxswain) closed out their season with a victory. The Buckeyes were in a three-way battle and prevailed with a time of 6:45.65 to defeat Brown (6:47.45) and Princeton (6:47.81) to place seventh overall at the regatta.
Top 10 Team Scores
- Washington – 132
- California – 123
- Michigan – 112
- Texas – 108
- Ohio State – 106
- Stanford – 105
- Yale – 96
- Brown – 91
- Wisconsin – 86
- Princeton – 85
1V8 Results – 10-5 W/L by Race, 43-7 Overall
- Ohio State – 6:45.65 – 48 points
- Brown – 6:47.45
- Princeton – 6:47.81
- UVA – 6:49.53
- Wisconsin – 6:50.56
- Indiana – 6:55.12
Cassandra Johnson
Anne Dietrich
Alice Riley
Bridget Schodorf
Aina Cid I Centelles
Rachel Engel
Stephanie Williams
Ida Kruse
Coxswain – Cassidy Jenney
2V8 Results – 8-7 W/L by Race, 38-11 Overall
- Washington – 6:47.26
- California – 6:53.31
- Michigan – 6:55.13
- Ohio State – 6:58.16 – 38 points
- Brown – 7:03.15
- Wisconsin – 7:04.11
Stephanie Gase
Catherine McNutt
Maddie Perrett
Sarah Peffley
Annie Jachthuber
Sandra Dinter
Morgan Hummel
Allyson Baker
Coxswain – Anjali Fernandes
1V4 Results – 9-6 W/L by Race, 42-7 Overall
- Washington – 7:07.10
- California – 7:11.70
- Ohio State – 7:16.47 – 20 points
- Texas – 7:20.32
- Michigan – 7:21.09
- Princeton – 7:25.40
Ashley SabaJoan Darnell
Abby Ernst
Kaylee Koker
Coxswain – Helen Sudhoff
