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Clemson Invite
Rowing Preview: Clemson Invitational
04.15.2015 | Rowing
Longhorns trek to Clemson for competitive two-day regatta featuring 21 schools.
WHAT: No. 14 Texas continues its spring regatta season this weekend at the third annual Clemson Invitational, a three-session regatta featuring seven-lane racing among 21 schools. Ten of the participating schools are featured in the newly released CRCA/USRowing Coaches Poll.
CLEMSON INVITE FIELD
Bucknell, Clemson, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, #19 Gonzaga, #12 Indiana, Louisville, Michigan State, #20 Minnesota, #1 Ohio State, Oklahoma, #18 Oregon State, Pennsylvania, #15 Radcliffe, Syracuse, Tennessee, #14 Texas, #16 UCLA, #4 Virginia and #10 Washington State.
WHEN/WHERE
Saturday-Sunday, April 18-19 (schedule link and Texas race schedule below)
Lake Hartwell – Clemson, S.C.
FULL SCHEDULE/RESULTS
HERE
PRE-REGATTA COMMENTS
Texas head coach Dave O'Neill
"This is certainly a big weekend for our team for many reasons. We got off to a great start at the San Diego Crew Classic, and we've had some really good training in the weeks since. There will be a lot of racing this weekend against some terrific competition, so we'll challenge throughout."
TEXAS RACE SCHEDULE (with lane assignments)
Saturday, April 18 (Morning session, all times Eastern)
8:14 a.m.: Varsity 8+
0. Bucknell
1. Oregon State
2. Clemson
3. Washington State
4. TEXAS
5. Minnesota
6. Tennessee
8:38 a.m.: Second Varsity 8+
0. Tennessee
1. Minnesota
2. TEXAS
3. Washington State
4. Clemson
5. Oregon State
6. Bucknell
9:02 a.m.: Varsity 4+
0. (empty)
1. Tennessee
2. Minnesota
3. TEXAS
4. Washington State
5. Clemson
6. Oregon State
9:19 a.m.: Second Varsity 4+
0. Dartmouth
1. Syracuse
2. TEXAS
3. Ohio State
4. UCLA
5. Duke
6. Indiana
Saturday, April 18 (Afternoon session, all times Eastern)
6:01 p.m.: Second Varsity 4+
0. Cornell
1. Syracuse
2. Virginia
3. TEXAS
4. UCLA
5. Louisville
6. Dartmouth
6:25 p.m.: Varsity 4+
0. Cornell
1. Minnesota
2. Virginia
3. TEXAS
4. UCLA
5. Gonzaga
6. Dartmouth
6:49 p.m.: Second Varsity 8+
0. Cornell
1. Minnesota
2. Virginia
3. TEXAS
4. UCLA
5. Gonzaga
6. Dartmouth
7:13 p.m.: Varsity 8+
0. Dartmouth
1. Gonzaga
2. UCLA
3. TEXAS
4. Virginia
5. Minnesota
6. Cornell
Sunday, April 19 (all times Eastern)
8:00 a.m.: Varsity 8+
0. Syracuse
1. TEXAS
2. Indiana
3. Dartmouth
4. Gonzaga
5. Duke
6. Bucknell
8:24 a.m.: Second Varsity 8+
0. Bucknell
1. Duke
2. Gonzaga
3. Dartmouth
4. Indiana
5. TEXAS
6. Syracuse
8:48 a.m.: Varsity 4+
0. (empty)
1. Duke
2. Gonzaga
3. Dartmouth
4. Indiana
5. TEXAS
6. Syracuse
9:12 a.m.: Second Varsity 4+
0. Duke
1. Pennsylvania
2. Virginia
3. Dartmouth
4. Indiana
5. TEXAS
6. Oklahoma
TEXAS ENTERS CRCA/USROWING COACHES POLL
Earlier this month, Texas made its first appearance in the CRCA/USRowing Coaches Poll since 2012 and checked in at No. 12 nationally. The Longhorns remained at No. 12 in the April 8 poll before dropping to No. 14 in the latest edition (April 15).
UT's April 1 appearance in the CRCA/USRowing Coaches Poll marked the program's first national ranking since March 25, 2012, when the Longhorns ranked nineteenth.
CRCA/USRowing Coaches Poll (April 15, 2015)
1. Ohio State
2. California
3. Brown
4. Virginia
5. Washington
6. Stanford
7. Princeton
8. Wisconsin
9. Yale
10. Washington State
11. Michigan
12. Indiana
13. USC
14. TEXAS
15. Harvard-Radcliffe
16. UCLA
17. Notre Dame
18. Oregon State
19. Gonzaga
20. Minnesota
SECOND VARSITY EIGHT TABBED BIG 12 BOAT OF THE WEEK
Texas received an additional bit of good news on April 1 when the Big 12 Conference announced the selection of UT's second varsity eight as the league's Boat of the Week. It marked the first such selection for a Longhorns boat since April 9, 2014, when Texas' varsity four was honored.
The Longhorns' 2V8+ handily won its qualifying heat on day one of the San Diego Crew Classic and defeated a strong field in the six-boat Women's Collegiate 2V Grand Final on the regatta's second day. The 2V8+ featured coxswain Katie Betsill, stroke Sara Neaves, Casey Redman, Allyson Hite, Victoria Bartell, Victoria Bujala, Rachel Smith, Sofia Arend and Rachel Fleming.
Texas won the Jackie Ann Still Hungness Memorial Trophy in a race that featured three participating schools – USC, UCLA and San Diego – who competed at the 2014 NCAA Championships. The race also featured Duke and fellow Big 12 member Kansas State.
NEXT REGATTAS
Texas travels to Bloomington, Indiana, next weekend for the Dale England Cup, a four-team, two-day regatta hosted by Indiana University. The regatta features Notre Dame and Columbia along with the Longhorns and host Hoosiers.
Texas welcomes San Diego for a day of racing on Austin's Lady Bird Lake (May 2) before heading east for the two-day Big 12 Championship (May 16-17) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The Big 12 Championship features Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Kansas State and West Virginia in addition to rowing affiliate members Alabama, Old Dominion and Tennessee. The champion will receive an automatic berth to the NCAA Championships.
The NCAA Championships are set for May 29-31 in Gold River, California. The event features 22 teams with racing in three events: eights, second eights and fours. Of the 22 participating teams, 11 earn automatic bids from their respective conferences while the other 11 receive at-large bids.
Players Mentioned
