Ohio State Finishes 12th at 2023 NCAA Championships
5/28/2023 11:28:03 AM | Rowing
Ohio State at the 2023 NCAA Championships
Dates: May 26-28
Site: Camden County Boathouse, Pennsauken, N.J.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State rowing team finished 12th at the 2023 NCAA Championships in Pennsauken, N.J. Sunday with 71 total points.
Ohio State boats earned two top-12 finishes with petite final appearances. The Second Varsity Eight placed eighth nationally and the First Varsity Four took 12th. The First Varsity Eight won the C Final to take the No. 13 spot.
In the team’s final race of the national championship regatta, Ohio State’s 2V8 charged to a second-place finish in the petite final of the boat class to earn the team’s best finish and contribute 30 points towards the team total. The Buckeyes finished in a time of 6:37.277, just 1.214 seconds behind first-place Brown. The team’s No. 8 finish overall ties its result from last year and marks the 11th consecutive NCAA Championship that the boat has finished top-10 nationally.
The Buckeyes’ 1V8 battled from behind to win the C Final and finish 13th overall. Indiana clocked the fastest time to the 500m mark with Ohio State in third a quarter of the way through the course. But the Buckeyes made a push around 800m to pass both the Hoosiers and Duke to take over the lead. The boat finished in a time of 6:29.568, a second and a half ahead of second-place Duke, and earned 30 points towards the team’s final score.
The 1V4 closed out its season with a sixth-place result in the petite final to add 11 points for the Buckeyes. The Buckeyes crossed the finish line in a time of 7:29.421. The boat matched its No. 12 seed earned entering the championships.
Ohio State earned earned the second-highest finish among Big Ten programs at the national championship regatta. This year’s event marked the Buckeyes’ 23rd NCAA Championship appearance.
2023 NCAA Championships Day 3 Results
Sunday, May 28 | Camden County Boathouse, Pennsauken, N.J.
1V8 (C Final)
- Ohio State – 6:29.568
- Rutgers – 6:31.132
- Duke – 6:36.156
- Indiana – 6:39.152
- Southern California – 6:43.060
- Northeastern – 6:45.538
Ohio State Lineup – C: Katie Hinton; S: Anneta Kyridou; 7: Maria Kyridou; 6: Jessy Vermeer; 5: Natalie Chourova; 4: Olivia Clotten; 3: Emilia Fritz; 2: Morgan Zahner; B: Tess Thompson
2V8 (Petite Final)
- Stanford – 6:16.634
- California – 6:20.032
- Yale – 6:20.346
- Michigan – 6:25.934
- Ohio State – 6:26.830
- Pennsylvania – 6:30.340
Ohio State Lineup – C: Kaitlin Pang; S: Pau Koster; 7: Jamie Harris; 6: Paige Wheeler; 5: Emma Wilson; 4: Isi Huebener; 3: Liz Paul; 2: Kristen Devolve; B: Gabrielle Schmidt
1V4 (Petite Final)
- Brown – 6:36.063
- Ohio State – 6:37.277
- Penn – 6:37.563
- Virginia – 6:41.867
- SMU – 6:41.911
- Michigan – 6:45.733
Ohio State Lineup – C: Eliana Bujwalo-Nowak; S: Alaina Hawthorn; 3: Ava Fortney; 2: Carlotta Wolff; B: Ceylan Algan
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