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Big 12 Championships
Alabama Rowing Finishes Third at the Big 12 Championship
5/19/2024 4:11:00 PM | Rowing
The Crimson Tide’s Lizzie Hall, Ingrid Lofgren, and Sydney Wenstrom earned All-Big 12 honors
SARASOTA, Fla. – The No. 19 Alabama rowing program medaled in four of five races at the Big 12 Championship, en route to a second-consecutive third-place team finish. Three members of the Crimson Tide's 1V8+ crew earned All-Big 12 honors: Lizzie Hall, Ingrid Lofgren, and Sydney Wenstrom.
Sunday's conference championship yielded four bronze medals for the Crimson Tide, highlighted by a nine-second difference between Alabama's First Varsity 8+ crew (6:28.320) and Central Florida's fourth-place boat. UA's Second Varsity 4+ crew also claimed bronze, finishing three seconds (7:23.087) faster than Central Florida's fourth-place boat.
The championship was capped with Alabama's Third Varsity 8+ crew crossing the finish line third (6:44.391), over two second ahead of Kansas State's fourth-place crew, and the Tide's First Varsity 4+ boat returning a bronze-medal winning performance (7:05.608), finishing one second ahead of fourth-place Central Florida.
Alabama now awaits the NCAA Division I Rowing Selection Show on Tuesday, May 21 at 4 p.m. CT, with qualifying teams racing in the NCAA Championships May 31-June 2 at East Fork/Harsha Lake in Bethel, Ohio.
HEAD COACH GLENN PUTYRAE
"It was a great morning of racing and while not every crew got their best result, we were proud of the way all our crews put their energy into their boat, kept fighting until the end, and demonstrated their strength as a team. Their base fitness was on display. We opened the gap on many crews and closed the gap on two very strong teams with come-from-behind performances in the 4's and 3V8."
This team has continued to gain speed throughout the spring and with each new combination, the rowers have embraced their new role in their boat knowing that the end goal was always to get things right on this day. Now we wait and see. The rowers controlled what they could control, and on Tuesday, we'll see if the selectors recognize their performance as a team."
RACE RESULTS
- 3V4+ (Exhibition): 5th vs. No. 1 Texas/No. 5 Tennessee/Central Florida/Oklahoma – 7:58.305
- 3V8+: 3rd vs. No. 1 Texas/No. 5 Tennessee/Central Florida/Oklahoma/Kansas/Kansas State/West Virginia – 6:44.391
- 2V4+: 3rd vs. No. 1 Texas/No. 5 Tennessee/Central Florida/Oklahoma/Kansas/Kansas State/West Virginia – 7:23.087
- 1V4+: 3rd vs. No. 1 Texas/No. 5 Tennessee/Central Florida/Oklahoma/Kansas State/Kansas/West Virginia – 7:05.608
- 2V8+: 5th vs. No. 1 Texas/No. 5 Tennessee/Central Florida/Oklahoma/Kansas/Kansas State/West Virginia – 6:38.869
- 1V8+: 3rd vs. No. 1 Texas/No. 5 Tennessee/Central Florida/Oklahoma/Kansas/Kansas State/West Virginia – 6:28.320
ALABAMA BOAT LINEUPS
Sunday
- 1V8+: Ashley Sizelove (cox), Paige Perrott, Lizzie Hall, Kristina Noje, Ingrid Lofgren, Rachel Fuller, Sydney Wenstrom, Dani French, and Zoe DeFeo
- 2V8+: Reagan Lewis (cox), Ryan Hendrzak, Andrijana Mijailovic, Ryleigh White, Abby Pesansky, Sophie Coutant, Renni Fultz, Savannah Snow, and Riley Parbon
- 3V8+: Lauren Schneiderman (cox), Kathryn Kennefick. Sydney Warmbier, Jayden Grisaffe, Nadia Smith, Emma Voelkerding, Julianna Franklin. Olivia Lestelle, and Lauren Hall
- 1V4+: Riley Minor (cox), Ella Kemna, Raegan Beightol, Lauren Lowe, and Shelby Schoeman
- 2V4+: Reagan Labiak (cox), Brynna Ruf, Kelsey Matsen, Ella Koors, and Emma Burnley
- 3V4+: Micaiah Gianfagna (cox), Kendall Hamm, Payton Hanson, Hayden Hammond, and Mackenzie Ayon
UP NEXT
- Alabama will look to have its name called, Tuesday, May 21, with the chance of receiving an at-large bid for the 2024 NCAA Rowing Championships, hosted at East Fork/Harsha Lake in Bethel, Ohio.
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