Iowa Finishes Day Two At Longhorn Invitational

March 20, 2010

AUSTIN, TX- The University of Iowa’s rowing team competed against the University of Texas this afternoon at the Longhorn Invitational. The Hawkeyes competed in the Varsity 8’s, Varsity 4’s, Novice 8’s, and Novice 4’s down a 2000m stretch of Lady Bird Lake.

Iowa raced against very strong tailwinds this afternoon. The Hawkeyes raced strong in the varsity 8’s coming in second, Iowa’s boat of Sheila Rinozzi, Emily Vinson, Caitlin Kuempel, Jessica Novack, Emily Katalinich, Megan Erickson, Katy Kroll, Christine Allingham and Allison Robinson finished with a time of 6:46, which was over two seconds faster than the boats morning race. The Hawkeyes second varsity 8 boat finished second in their heat with a time of 6:50.4, which was also faster than their morning time.

“We came back and rowed better than we did in the morning but it wasn’t enough,” said Head Coach Mandi Kowal. “Texas came through with a nice game plan and executed well.”

The Hawkeyes continued the competition with one boat of varsity 4’s. The boat of Emily Melvold, Katherine Radasavich, Chloe Zwiacher, Morgan Finn, and Megan Clancy came in second in the event with a time of 7:45.5. Iowa moved on to one boat of novice 8’s and it earned second place with a time of 7:01.8. The Hawkeyes had one boat of novice 4’s that came in behind Texas with a time of 8:50.7.

“We still have considerable work to do and these racing opportunities help to expose our limiting factors.” added Coach Kowal. “We have one more race to make a difference this weekend and we plan to make the best of it.”

The Hawkeyes will wrap-up the invitational tomorrow morning when they take on Kansas State.

Final Results

1st Varsity 8’s 1. Texas 6:35.3 2. Iowa 6:44.2

2st Varsity 8’s 1. Texas 6:48.5 2. Iowa 6:50.4

Varsity 4’s 1. Texas 7:40.6 2. Iowa 7:45.5

Novice 8’s 1. Texas 7:18.3 2. Iowa 7:01.8

Novice 4’s 1. Texas 8:28.9 2. Iowa 8:50.7