On February 25th, Blake Marley, signed with the OCU Rowing team at Norman North High School, OK. Blake has been rowing with the Oklahoma City Junior Rowing team for the past year with the varisty and lightweight squads. He plans on majoring in business.
Matthew Maddamma, Michael Pitts and Ryan Claussen have also signed with OCU in the last two weeks. Maddamma currently rows for the juniors program at Steel City Rowing Club in Pittsburgh, PA. In 2009, he won the USRowing trials in the single scull advancing to the Junior World Championship in Correzien, France where he placed 4th just two-tneths of a second behind a bronze medal. Maddamma is from Pittsburgh, PA.
Claussen, the first rower to sign with OCU, is from Manhattan, KS and rows with Manhattan Junior Crew. Most recently, he won the Kansas Open Indoor Rowing Championship in Topeka, KS. He plans to major in physics or another natural science.
From Oak Park, IL, Michael Pitts rows with the Lincoln Park Juniors Rowing Club in Chicago. In 2009, his crew qualified for the USRowing Junior National Championship where he placed second in the petit final. Pitts is interested in majoring in justice studies.
In anticipation of the opening of the world class Devon Boathouse, Home of OCU Rowing, in the fall of 2010, the Stars expect to sign many more recruits this spring. Clay Puckett will make his official commitment on Tuesday, March 2nd at Edmond Memorial High School.
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