Spartans Head South For Races Against B1G Foes

East Lansing, Mich. -- Michigan State will head back out on the road for an all-Big Ten racing weekend, taking on Indiana and host Ohio State in Columbus.

Racing will begin at 9 am at Griggs Reservoir on the Scioto River. Live race coverage will be available on BTN+, and live updates on racing can be found on the Ohio State rowing twitter feed (@OhioStateWROW)

Parking and spectator information can be downloaded here.

The Spartans will field seven boats this weekend against Big Ten opponents, and racing begins at 9 am with the novice entries. Ohio State will have nine entries, fielding two boats in each the second novice eight and third varsity four races.

MSU is in its fourth competition weekend of the spring, with these races in Columbus and a next Saturday (April 30) at IRA Eastern Sprints before the Big Ten Championships, which will be held on Sunday, May 14 in Indianapolis.

MSU is coming off a weekend of racing at home against Miami, Temple, and Eastern Michigan novices. MSU's top two boats each split the day, falling to Miami and defeating Temple, both falling to the Hurricanes by just over five seconds at the finish but bouncing back with strong afternoon performances.

Both of MSU's novices continued their recent success – the top novice boat posted margins of better than 30 seconds over the MSU 3V and nearly a minute over outside competition in both of their races against the Hurricanes and Eagles. The second novices both posted open-water victories as well, over Miami's third varsity eight and the Eastern Michigan novices.

The fours – MSU put four of them in the water on Saturday – also experienced success. The varsity four had open water against both Miami and Temple, while the third four posted wins over the Hurricanes and MSU's fourth varsity four entry. The Spartan second four edged out Miami by 1.5 seconds in the morning session, but lost to Temple in the afternoon.

Saturday Racing Schedule

9 am - Second Novice 8+
9:15 am - Novice 8+
9:30 am - Third Varsity 4+
9:45 am - Second Varsity 4+
10 am - Varsity 4+
10:15 am - Second Varsity 8+
10:30 am - Varsity 8+

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Varsity 8+: Coxswain Lizzie Johnston ; S - Sophia Ring; 7 - Lucy Botting; 6 - Freya Engel; 5 - Carolynn Garner; 4 - Sabrina Gottschalk ; 3 - Danielle Carlson; 2 - Molly Stothard; B - Maya Elbaranes

Second Varsity 8+: Coxswain Ellise Flessland; S - Lily Devereaux; 7 - Victoria Mills; 6 - Julie Armstrong ; 5 - Alice Bradley; 4 - Kendall Carlin; 3 - Olivia Portner; 2 - Claudia Kingma; B - Emily Carless; ;

Varsity 4+: Coxswain Sophia Stauffer ; S - Delaney Davis; 3 - Sara Hilburger; 2 - Ella Kubas; B - Anna Drnkova

Second Varsity 4=: Coxswain Kendall Gonya; S - Eleni Agioti; 3 - Kat Borders; 2 - Breanna Berry; B - Abby Marek

Third Varsity 4+: Coxswain Grace Thomas; S - Ella Harrell; 3 - Kaylie Wright; 2 - Mackenzie Rugg; B - Olivia Tolkinen

Novice 8+: Coxswain Kate Galazin; S - Jayden Schmaltz ; 7 - Haley Rinehart ; 6 - Lillian Davidson-Walshe; 5 - Sophia Parker; 4 - Ava Woodard; 3 - Alaina Roush; 2 - Jillian Cox; B - Eryn Rose;

Second Novice 8+: Coxswain Erin Swartz; S - Danielle Edington; 7 - Nora Roche; 6 - Isabella Short; 5 - Margaret Daiber; 4 - Lauren Droska; 3 - Logan Hibbard; 2 - Kaleigh Yunker; B - Elise Ciantar

Players Mentioned

Julie Armstrong

Breanna Berry

Kat Borders

Lucy Botting

Alice Bradley

Emily Carless

Kendall Carlin

Danielle Carlson

Elise Ciantar

Jillian Cox

Maggie Daiber

Lillian Davidson-Walshe

Delaney Davis

Lily Devereaux

Anna Drnkova

Lauren Droska

Danielle Edington

Maya Elbaranes

Freya Engel

Ellise Flessland

Kate Galazin

Carolynn Garner

Kendall Gonya

Sabrina Gottschalk

Ella Harrell

Logan Hibbard

Sara Hilburger

Lizzie Johnston

Claudia Kingma

Ella Kubas

Abby Marek

Victoria Mills

Sophia Parker

Olivia Portner

Haley Rinehart

Sophia Ring

Nora Roche

Eryn Rose

Alaina Roush

Mackenzie Rugg

Jayden Schmaltz

Isabella Short

Sophia Stauffer

Molly Stothard

Erin Swartz

Grace Thomas

Olivia Tolkinen

Ava Woodard

Kaylie Wright

Kaleigh Yunker

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