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Big 12 Championships
Alabama Rowing Finishes Third at the Big 12 Championships
5/14/2023 4:50:00 PM | Rowing
The Crimson Tide’s Ella Kemna, Blythe Markel, Gianna Rucki and Ashley Sizelove earned All-Big 12 accolades
AUSTIN, Texas – Alabama rowing medaled in three races at Sunday's Big 12 Championships, earning a third-place team finish.
The Crimson Tide took silver in the Second Varsity 4+ and First Varsity Eight+, and bronze in the Second Varsity 8+, earning 73 points towards the third-place result. Alabama has finished inside the top-three in each of the last four years at the Big 12 Championships, three of those being a second-place finish. Four members of the Crimson Tide's 1V8+ crew earned All-Big 12 accolades: Ella Kemna, Blythe Markel, Gianna Rucki and Ashley Sizelove.
Alabama's 3V8+ crew logged a top-five placement in the first race of the day before the 2V4+ boat rowed to a second-place finish (7:24.3). From there, the Tide would finish fourth in the 1V4+ (7:29.0) and third in the 2V8+ (6:36.97) before taking silver in the 1V8+ (6:29.8). All of UA's three podium-finish races included the likes of eventual champion No. 2 Texas, conference affiliate member (RV) Tennessee and (RV) Alabama.
The Crimson Tide now awaits the NCAA Division I Rowing Selection Show on Tuesday, May 16 at 5:30 p.m. CT, with qualifying teams racing in the NCAA Championships May 26-28 in Camden, N.J.
From Head Coach Glenn Putyrae
"We are really proud of all the hard work this team has done this season. While there are some bittersweet feelings that the season is slowly approaching an end, we trust that every crew did the best they could [this weekend] and they are proud of their results. We've closed the gap to Texas in some of the events, but we still have a long way to go to get to where we know we can be. Congratulations to Texas – they are a strong team and we know they will represent our conference well at NCAA's [as the automatic qualifier]."
Big 12 Championship Race Results
- 3v8+: No. 2 Texas, Kansas, (RV) Tennessee, Kansas State, (RV) Alabama (6:58.6), Oklahoma, West Virginia
- 2V4+: No. 2 Texas, (RV) Alabama (7:24.3), (RV) Tennessee, Kansas State, Kansas, Oklahoma
- 1V4+: No. 2 Texas, (RV) Tennessee, Kansas, (RV) Alabama (7:29.0), Kansas State, Oklahoma, West Virginia
- 2V8+: No. 2 Texas, (RV) Tennessee, (RV) Alabama (6:36.97), Oklahoma, West Virginia, Kansas State, Kansas
- 1V8+: No. 2 Texas, (RV) Alabama (6:29.8), (RV) Tennessee, Oklahoma, Kansas State, Kansas, West Virginia
Big 12 Championship Team Results
- Texas – 98 pts
- Tennessee – 76 pts
- Alabama – 73
- Oklahoma – 48 pts
- Kansas State – 40 pts
- Kansas – 35 pts
- West Virginia – 21 pts
Alabama Boat Lineups
- 1V8+: Ashley Sizelove (cox), Paige Perrott, Halye Barlow, Mary Czaja, Gianna Rucki, Hannah Bennett, Ella Kemna, Blythe Markel, Dani French
- 2V8+: Reagan Lewis (cox), Lizzie Hall, Raegan Beightol, Ellie Alexopoulos, Abby Pesansky, Rachel Fuller, Sydney Wenstrom, Kelsey Matsen, Sophie Coutant
- 1V4+: Emma Shenkenberg (cox), Ella Koors, Kristen Rupinen, Rachael Tullis, Lauren Lowe
- 2V4+: Riley Minor (cox), Elizabeth Struble, Brooke Barlow, Emma Burnley, Shelby Schoeman
- 3V8+: Emma Ewell (cox), Emma Voelkerding, Peyton Hulsewe, Jayden Grisaffe, Lauren Hall, Ryan Hendrzak, Kristina Noje, Regan Lennon, JennaMarie Brames
Up Next
- Alabama awaits the NCAA Division I Rowing Selection Show on Tuesday, May 16 at 5:30 p.m. CT
- Qualifying teams will race in the NCAA Championships May 26-28 in Camden, N.J.
For the latest information on the team, follow @AlabamaRow on Twitter and Instagram and Alabama Rowing on Facebook. General athletic news can also be found at UA_Athletics on Twitter and Instagram and AlabamaAthletics on Facebook.
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