Thursday, October 27, 2011
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Thursday, August 25, 2011
Play Golf?!
Join other fans of the OCU Stars and the coaches and staff of the Athletic Department for a Golf Scramble on Friday, September 9th. All proceeds from teams recruited by rowers directly benefit the OCU rowing program.
http://ocusports.com/sports/2009/7/20/GEN_0720091753.aspx?tab=abelemonsgolfclassic
Golf talent not required!
http://ocusports.com/sports/2009/7/20/GEN_0720091753.aspx?tab=abelemonsgolfclassic
Golf talent not required!
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Three Stars to Compete at U23 World Championships in Amsterdam
During the U23 World Championship trials on Lake Mercer (NJ), Kat Schiro and Jane Imfeld qualified to represent the US in the Lightweight Women's 4x (quadruple sculls) at U23 World Championships that will be held in Amsterdam, July 21-24.
Schiro and Imfeld have been training at the USRowing camp at GMS in Connecticut for the past month and were selected for the priority 4x with Solveig Imsdahl and Elizabeth Robinson. With a understated result in the qualifying time trial, the crew surprised their competitors in the final race from the start. The crew finished in 6:38.58 with Vesper A crossing the line six seconds later at 6:44.68. The Vesper B and Boston Rowing Club entries posted times over seven minutes. The World Record in the Lightweight Women's 4x is 6:23.96.
Edgars Boitmanis will also be competing at U23 World Championships in the Men's 4x representing his home country Latvia. This is Boitmanis third time making the U23 National Team and competing at the regatta.
Finishing up a successful season with a first and third place finish, respectively, in the Women's 1x (single sculls) at the Dad Vail Collegiate Championship, Schiro and Imfeld are the first two female rowers from Oklahoma City University to make the US National Team.
Women's Coach Melanie Borger said, "Having three OCU rowers competing at the U23 World Championships is a historical event for our rowing program. Jane and Kat have worked very hard over their collegiate careers to make the U23 team, and their dedicaation has paid off. I could not be more proud of their efforts and accomplishments. I am looking forward to how they will race at World's."
There were three rowers from OCU's Men's Team who also competed at trials. Drew McNichols and Jimmy vonPeters just missed representing the US in the Men's 2x (double sculls) by .03 seconds. Craftsbury Sculling Center won with a 6:36.02 while the photo finish showed the OCU entry with a time of 6:36.05.
Another Craftsbury Sculling Center entry in the Men's Lightweight 2x nudged out OCU's Matthew Maddamma. Maddamma representing Steel City and his partner's time of 6:40.79 was just 3 seconds shy of the winning 6:37.54.
Schiro and Imfeld have been training at the USRowing camp at GMS in Connecticut for the past month and were selected for the priority 4x with Solveig Imsdahl and Elizabeth Robinson. With a understated result in the qualifying time trial, the crew surprised their competitors in the final race from the start. The crew finished in 6:38.58 with Vesper A crossing the line six seconds later at 6:44.68. The Vesper B and Boston Rowing Club entries posted times over seven minutes. The World Record in the Lightweight Women's 4x is 6:23.96.
Edgars Boitmanis will also be competing at U23 World Championships in the Men's 4x representing his home country Latvia. This is Boitmanis third time making the U23 National Team and competing at the regatta.
Finishing up a successful season with a first and third place finish, respectively, in the Women's 1x (single sculls) at the Dad Vail Collegiate Championship, Schiro and Imfeld are the first two female rowers from Oklahoma City University to make the US National Team.
Women's Coach Melanie Borger said, "Having three OCU rowers competing at the U23 World Championships is a historical event for our rowing program. Jane and Kat have worked very hard over their collegiate careers to make the U23 team, and their dedicaation has paid off. I could not be more proud of their efforts and accomplishments. I am looking forward to how they will race at World's."
There were three rowers from OCU's Men's Team who also competed at trials. Drew McNichols and Jimmy vonPeters just missed representing the US in the Men's 2x (double sculls) by .03 seconds. Craftsbury Sculling Center won with a 6:36.02 while the photo finish showed the OCU entry with a time of 6:36.05.
Another Craftsbury Sculling Center entry in the Men's Lightweight 2x nudged out OCU's Matthew Maddamma. Maddamma representing Steel City and his partner's time of 6:40.79 was just 3 seconds shy of the winning 6:37.54.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Dad Vails
OCU makes the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Sacramento Bee the next day. Read the full article about sculling at Vails and OCU here:
In addition to 1st place finishes in the Women's Collegiate 1x and the Men's Collegiate 1x and a 3rd place finish in the Women's Collegiate 1x, the Men's Varsity 8+ advances to the repechages. Women's Varisty 4+ posts the 4th fastest time in the heat in a field of 29 crews. Women's pair posts the 6th fastest heat time in a field of 29 crews.
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/05/14/3627475/oklahoma-city-university-wins.html
In addition to 1st place finishes in the Women's Collegiate 1x and the Men's Collegiate 1x and a 3rd place finish in the Women's Collegiate 1x, the Men's Varsity 8+ advances to the repechages. Women's Varisty 4+ posts the 4th fastest time in the heat in a field of 29 crews. Women's pair posts the 6th fastest heat time in a field of 29 crews.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
The Women's 8+ takes all four pieces against UCO
The OCU Women's 8+ met with hometown rival, University Central Oklahoma, in an early morning scrimmage on Thursday, April 28th for four 750 meter pieces. In the hopes of avenging their Stroklahoma lose, the OCU women's 8+ of cox Briana Hurley, Cassie Robbins, Megan Duffy, Dinah Harjo, Kathryn Schiro, Jane Imfeld, A. Rose Lane, Shantel Wagner and Katie Sondag jumped off the line with powerful starts demoarlizing the Bronchos. After a very tight and competitive 2nd piece with a powerful push from UCO, the Stars made a committment to win the 3rd and 4th pieces by open water.
Results:
1st piece: OCU 2:42.39; UCO 2:46.46
2nd piece: OCU 2:48.08; UCO 2:48.48
3rd piece: OCU no time recorded; UCO: +:08 seconds
4th piece: OCU 2:37.00; UCO 2:45.0
Both the men's and women's squads will line up against Wichita State University, Kansas State University and Oklahoma State University this Saturday from 11 am to 3 pm on the Oklahoma River.
Results:
1st piece: OCU 2:42.39; UCO 2:46.46
2nd piece: OCU 2:48.08; UCO 2:48.48
3rd piece: OCU no time recorded; UCO: +:08 seconds
4th piece: OCU 2:37.00; UCO 2:45.0
Both the men's and women's squads will line up against Wichita State University, Kansas State University and Oklahoma State University this Saturday from 11 am to 3 pm on the Oklahoma River.
Women's rowers glide to four second-place finishes in Tulsa Duels
The Oklahoma City University women's rowers took on in-state competitors Tulsa and Central Oklahoma in the Tulsa Duels Saturday at the J. Bird Sr. Shell Nest on the Verdigris River.
Host team Tulsa took wins in all the races held, while OCU fielded four second-place finishes and one third.
The varsity 2- was the most tightly contested race of the day, with all three boats finishing within 16 seconds of one another. The Tulsa 'B' shell finished first in eight minutes, 41.12 seconds and OCU's Shantel Wagner and Rose Lane came in second with a time of 8:45.23.
Lane and Rikki George teamed up in the varsity 2x to record a time of 8:34.63 and a third-place finish in another highly competitive race. Tulsa's A and B boats were less than a half second apart to take the top two spots, with the A boat finishing in 8:18.36.
The lightweight sculling pair of of Wagner and Briana Hurley finished in 8:25.81 to take second. OCU's varsity 4+ boats took second in both the 'A' and 'B' finals, with times of 8:22.16 and 8:13.19, respectively.
Host team Tulsa took wins in all the races held, while OCU fielded four second-place finishes and one third.
The varsity 2- was the most tightly contested race of the day, with all three boats finishing within 16 seconds of one another. The Tulsa 'B' shell finished first in eight minutes, 41.12 seconds and OCU's Shantel Wagner and Rose Lane came in second with a time of 8:45.23.
Lane and Rikki George teamed up in the varsity 2x to record a time of 8:34.63 and a third-place finish in another highly competitive race. Tulsa's A and B boats were less than a half second apart to take the top two spots, with the A boat finishing in 8:18.36.
The lightweight sculling pair of of Wagner and Briana Hurley finished in 8:25.81 to take second. OCU's varsity 4+ boats took second in both the 'A' and 'B' finals, with times of 8:22.16 and 8:13.19, respectively.
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