SARASOTA, Fla. - Old Dominion women’s rowing capped off the season with five races at the BIG 12 Championship held in Nathan Benderson Park. Central Florida swept all six races held at the Championship and ODU had its best conference finish since 2011.
ODU competed against Central Florida, Kansas, Kansas State, Tulsa, and West Virginia. There were six races slated for the day, beginning with a 3V4+ exhibition that did not count for points. Old Dominion took on UCF and finished in second with a time of 7:50.026.
“It was a great end to the season for the team, the best Big 12 finish ever for the program and the best conference finish for the team since 2011, it really shows the progress this team has made in such a short time,” said ODU Head Coach Brian Conley.
ODU started its first official race in the third event, a 2V4+ and finished in fifth with a final time of 8:11.192, Central Florida (7:33.980) came in first ahead of Kansas State (7:47.864).
UCF continued its pace ahead of the pack coming in first in the 1V4+ race clocking in at 7:22.231, Old Dominion secured a fourth-place finish with a final time of 7:57.129. The Monarchs came in sixth in the 2V8+ (7:22.951) and the Knights came in first (6:35.960). The final event of the day was a 1V8+ race, ODU finished in fifth (6:57.606) and UCF (6:22.086) completed a sweep of the Championship coming in first for the sixth time of the day.
“We are still hungry and want more as any team does who falls short of winning, but the team is believing now that we can compete at this level and that will be enormous for us moving forward,” added Conley. “The seniors are going to be missed and were such great leaders for this team this year, I’m excited about who will step up to lead next year and the incoming freshmen will only add to what we have going on.”
Final Results:
3V4+ (Exhibition)
- UCF - 7:50.026
- ODU - 8:28.138
3V8+
- UCF - 7:00.147
- Kansas - 7:15.845
- Kansas State - 7:17.597
- Tulsa - 7:49.787
- West Virginia - 7:58.003
2V4+
- UCF - 7:33.980
- Kansas State - 7:47.864
- Tulsa - 7:51.796
- Kansas - 7:52.900
- ODU - 8:11.192
- West Virginia - 8:15.092
1V4+
- UCF - 7:22.231
- Kansas State - 7:29.291
- Tulsa - 7:51.771
- ODU - 7:57.129
- Kansas - 8:05.449
- West Virginia - 8:08.045
2V8+
- UCF - 6:35.960
- Tulsa - 6:51.955
- Kansas - 6:55.107
- Kansas State - 6:57.191
- West Virginia - 7:08.767
- ODU - 7:22.951
1V8+
- UCF - 6:22-086
- Tulsa - 6:38.866
- Kansas - 6:47.506
- Kansas State - 6:52.462
- ODU - 6:57.606
- West Virginia - 6:59.686