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Dale England Cup
No. 12 Rowing Preview: Dale England Cup
04.22.2015 | Rowing
Longhorns take on No. 11 Indiana, Notre Dame and Columbia in two-day regatta.
WHAT: After a productive weekend at the Clemson Invitational, No. 12 Texas continues its spring regatta season on Friday at the two-day, four-team Dale England Cup hosted by Indiana University.
The regatta features No. 11 Indiana, Notre Dame and Columbia along with the 12th-ranked Longhorns.
WHEN/WHERE
Friday-Saturday, April 24-25
Lake Lemon – Bloomington, Indiana
FORMAT
Texas will engage in dual racing with Columbia (Friday afternoon), Notre Dame (Saturday morning) and Indiana (Saturday afternoon).
TEXAS RACE SCHEDULE (all times Eastern)
Friday, April 24
4:54 p.m., 2V4 vs. Indiana "B"
5:42 p.m., V4 vs. Columbia
6:06 p.m., 2V8 vs. Columbia
6:30 p.m., V8 vs. Columbia
Saturday, April 25 vs. Notre Dame
8:54 a.m., 2V4
9:30 a.m., V4
9:42 a.m., 2V8 (race also includes Indiana N8)
10:18 a.m., V8
Saturday, April 25 vs. Indiana
11:54 a.m., 2V4
12:18 p.m., V4
12:42 p.m., 2V8
1:06 p.m., V8
PRE-REGATTA COMMENTS
Texas head coach Dave O'Neill
"We've made some good progress as a team. We've lost a few races by some close margins. What we know we can do better is to go further per stroke. In terms of maximizing that base speed, we haven't been able to get that just yet. But, we've taken some big steps forward.
"This is a short week of training, and we're compressing quite a bit into these couple of days, in terms of a technical focus. This will be a big weekend and we want to make sure we're at our best."
TEXAS MOVES UP IN LATEST CRCA/USROWING COACHES POLL
Texas has moved up two spots in the latest (April 21) CRCA/USRowing Coaches Poll to No. 12 following its impressive performances at the Clemson Invite.
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 April 15 edition.
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 21, 2015)
- Ohio State
- California
- Virginia
- Brown
- Washington
- Stanford
- Washington State
- Princeton
- Wisconsin
- Yale
- Indiana
- TEXAS
- Michigan
- Harvard-Radcliffe
- USC
- UCLA
- Syracuse
- Oregon State
- Gonzaga
- Cornell
VARSITY EIGHT EARNS BIG 12 RECOGNITION AFTER STRONG CLEMSON INVITE
The Big 12 Conference announced Wednesday (April 22) the selection of Texas' varsity eight boat as the league's Boat of the Week. The Longhorns' V8+ defeated No. 16 UCLA, No. 18 Oregon State, No. 19 Gonzaga and then-No. 20 Minnesota through three sessions of racing last weekend at the Clemson Invitational, a 21-team regatta featuring half of the 20 teams featured in last week's CRCA/USRowing coaches poll.
The Texas V8+ featured coxswain Katie Betsill, stroke Katie Trovato, Emily Froehlich, Gia Doonan, Pippa Loveard, Nadja Hyson, Casey Redman, Kim Gorcyca and April Brown. Betsill coxed the boat during the regatta's Saturday evening and Sunday morning sessions while Kenna Harris occupied the coxswain seat during the regatta's first session.
The V8+ also posed formidable challenges to No. 3 Virginia, No. 7 Washington State and No. 11 Indiana at the Clemson Invite. The V8 nearly toppled the third-ranked Cavaliers and took second in the Saturday evening race just 1.1 seconds behind UVA. The V8 pushed Washington State in the regatta's first session, and as was the case against Virginia, UT's V8 took a close second just 1.1 seconds behind.
SECOND VARSITY EIGHT TABBED BIG 12 BOAT OF THE WEEK
The Big 12 Conference announced the selection of UT's second varsity eight as the league's Boat of the Week on April 1. 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 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.
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