OAK RIDGE, Tenn. -- The Old Dominion women's rowing team placed sixth at the 2016 Big 12 Rowing Championship on Sunday, a two-spot improvement on last year's eighth-place finish.
On a Sunday morning that featured all five finals, ODU recorded a total of four sixth-place finishes. Senior Colleen Rennie, a member of ODU's 1V8, was also named All-Big 12 for the second consecutive year.
Texas swept all five events, winning its second consecutive Big 12 championship and its sixth in the last eight years.
The 3V8 (Dee, Thies, Lamb, Shank, Rivera-Cortes, Gonzalez, Drury, DiMarcantonio, Harris) opened the morning by defeating (7:27.592) West Virginia (7:29.100) in the two-boat petite final. Overall, the 3V8 finished seventh out of eight boats in the 3V8. Texas (6:54.234) won the 3V8 grand final.
The 2V4 (Christian, Howser, Yoxthimer, Cheatham, Hughes) then placed sixth in the grand final (8:19.805). The Longhorns grabbed first place (7:26.529) in that race, as well.
The 1V4 (McNealy, Flanagan, Wright, Jory, Paulsen) then matched the 2V4's performance with another sixth-place finish (7:58.861) in the grand final. Texas placed first (7:32.187), making it 3-for-3 for the Longhorns in the finals.
The 2V8 (DeHond, Puhi, Cohen, Nardiello, O'Connell, Williamson, Fruetel, Wolff, Huff) secured another sixth-place finish (7:15.242) for ODU, as Texas once again locked up first place (6:41.906).
The 1V8 (Cleveland, Phy, Sterling, Stephan, Stafford, Gall, La Sala, Rennie, Woody) rounded out the championship with a sixth-place finish (6:55.940) in its grand final. ODU was edged by fifth-place Kansas (6:55.392), while Texas finished first (6:27.404).
For more information, head to the Big 12 Championship Central.
The NCAA Rowing Championship takes place May 27-29 in Gold River, California. The selection show is scheduled for Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Team Scores
1. Texas 48
2. Oklahoma 41
3. Tennessee 34
4. Kansas 27
5. Kansas State 21
6. Old Dominion 18
7. Alabama 15
8. West Virginia 12
All-Big 12 Team
West Virginia – Elizabeth Kantak
Alabama – Olivia Dennis
Old Dominion – Colleen Rennie
Kansas State – Madi Haney
Kansas – Kaelyn Thierolf
Kansas – Maggie Duncan
Tennessee – Taylor Upson
Tennessee – Pari Baker
Tennessee – McDarragh Minnock
Oklahoma – Katie Ognovich
Oklahoma – Victoria Wallace
Oklahoma – Elena Sloan
Oklahoma – Maegan Neihart
Texas – April Brown
Texas – Mariam Soufi
Texas – Emily Froehlich
Texas – Pippa Loveard
Texas – Gia Doonan
Oklahoma - Nicasia D’Allesandro (cox)
Texas – Katie Betsill (cox)
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