Three Buckeye Boats Finish First, Team Second at 2019 Big Ten Championships
5/19/2019 11:31:45 AM | Rowing
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BARABOO, Wisc. –  The Ohio State rowing team earned three boat titles and finished second overall with 171 total points at the 2019 Big Ten Championships Sunday on Devil’s Lake. The First Varsity Four, Third Varsity Four and Second Novice Eight each defended their conference titles, while the rest of the Buckeye crews all finished in the top three of their respective races.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The 1V4, comprised of Divya Batchu, Kendell Massier, Julia Miklasevich, Ally Hatton and Maddie Frendberg, was neck-and-neck with Michigan down the entire race course. In the last 250 meters, the Buckeyes managed to pull away and secure the conference title for the boat with a time of 7:17.351.
In a race that was decided in the last 10 strokes, the Buckeye 3V4 pulled ahead of the Wolverines in the last 15 meters and crossed the finish with a time of 7:27.837 for the first-place medal. The boat was comprised of Hellen Sudhoff, Olivia Kwiecinski, Lena Harper, Willow Wahlers and Kayla Kuntzman.
The 2N8 of Emma Walker, Jennie Hallsworth, Joan Moore, Josephine Robison, Tess Mitchell, Megan McNutt, Katelyn Bartos, Lena Bercz and Claire Olechiw established a lead early on and maintained it for the entirety of the race to record the team’s third first-place finish of the day.
In the first race of the day, the First Varsity Eight of Anjali Fernandes, Lexie Nothdurft, Grace Libben, Leonie Heuer, Ida Kruse, Jessy Vermeer, Alessandra Montesano, Sierra Tiede and Ida Petersen finished second with a time of 6:24.504 to finish second, two seconds behind Michigan.
The Second Varsity Eight of Sophie Blair, Mane Bravo Alvez, Sierra Cydrus, Meg Cymanski, Rachel DeWitte, Michaela Nordhaus, Maddie Perrett, Michayla Binkley and Claire Cannon followed with another second-place finish. Â The boat finished behind the Wolverines with a time of 6:35.079.
The Second Varsity Four raced a time of 7:38.942 to earn a third-place finish. Manning the boat was Kelly Stainbrook, Rose Carr, Lilli Flinders, Kailley Boomer and Mo Robinson.
With a final time of 6:40.677, the First Novice Eight of Emma Beltz, Savannah Sellers, Jenna Draycott, Grace Pabst, Katie Reymann, Allie Strzelecki, Aryn Robinson, Adele Pohl and Kaitlyn Clouse recorded a second-place finish for Ohio State.
CONFERENCE HONORS
Five Buckeyes secured All-Conference honors. Alessandra Montesano and Lexie Nothdurft garnered First Team All-Big Ten recognition and Leonie Heuer and Ida Kruse picked up Second Team All-Big Ten recognition. Willow Wahlers is the Ohio State Sportsmanship Award honoree.
UP NEXT
The NCAA Selection Show will air Tuesday, May 21st at 5:00 PM ET on NCAA.com as the Buckeyes seek an at-large bid to the 2019 championships. Teams race a first and second varsity eight and a varsity four.
RESULTS
- Michigan 186
- OHIO STATE 171
- Wisconsin 109
- Rutgers 107
- Indiana 98
- Iowa 78
- Michigan State 67
- Minnesota 46
1V8
Michigan 6:22.012
Ohio State 6:24.504
Iowa 6:26.614
Rutgers 6:28.472
Wisconsin 7:31.934
Michigan State 6:35.124
Indiana 6:36.894
Minnesota 6:36.914
Lineup: Fernandes, Nothdurft, Libben, Heuer, Kruse, Vermeer, Montesano, Tiede, Petersen
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2V8
Michigan: 6:30.479
Ohio State: 6:35.079
Indiana: 6:39.971
Wisconsin: 6:42.287
Michigan State: 6:42.497
Rutgers: 6:43.569
Minnesota: 6:43.871 Iowa: 6:54.113
Lineup: Blair, Bravo Alvez, Cydrus, Cymanski, DeWitte, Nordhaus, Perrett, Binkley, Cannon
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1V4
Ohio State – 7:17.351
Michigan – 7:19.003
Indiana – 7:23.147
Wisconsin – 7:28.423
Rutgers – 7:32.507
Iowa – 7:36.667
Minnesota – 7:38.059
Michigan State – 7:46.879
Lineup: Batchu, Massier, Miklasevich, Hatton, Frendberg
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2V4
Michigan 7:30.616
Rutgers 7:34.542
Ohio State 7:38.942
Indiana 7:40.900
Minnesota 7:42.318
Wisconsin 7:46.420
Michigan State 7:56.061
Iowa 8:01.275
Lineup: Stainbrook, Carr, Flinders, Boomer, Robinson
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3V4
Ohio State 7:27.837
Michigan 7:28.133
Minnesota 7:40.355
Wisconsin 7:47.467
Indiana 7:47.621
Iowa 8:00.471
Rutgers 8:15.611
Lineup: Sudhoff, Kwiecinski, Harper, Wahlers, Kuntzman
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1N8
Michigan 6:37.253
Ohio State 6:40.677
Indiana – 6:41.039
Wisconsin – 6:46.351
Rutgers – 6:48.671
Minnesota – 6:55.135
Michigan State – 7:04.233
Iowa – 7:24.263
Lineup: Beltz, Sellers, Draycott, Pabst, Reymann, Strzelecki, Robinson, Pohl, Clouse
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2N8
Ohio State 6:50.423
Wisconsin 6:53.183
Michigan 6:58.407
Michigan State 7:01.529
Rutgers 7:02.037
Minnesota 7:16.513
Iowa 7:37.361Â
Lineup: Walker, Hallsworth, Moore, Robison, Mitchell, McNutt, Bartos, Bercz, Olechiw
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BOAT RECORDS
1V84-4 in races, 12-5 overall
2V82-6 in races, 9-7 overall
1V43-5 in races, 9-7 overall
2V42-6 in races, 10-7 overall
3V41-3 in races, 8-4 overall
1N84-3 in races, 14-4 overall
2N8 1-1 in races, 6-2 overall
