Rowing Team Looks To Finish Season Strong

The Sooner's rowing team has had a successfull month of April to close out their regular season.

For the first time in the program's young history, the Sooners finally cracked into the Top 20 National Rankings.

Starting out the month with a trip to San Diego, the Sooners were looking to face a few of the top teams in the nation. "Going up agaiant teams like Stanford and UCLA I felt like we had a good chance to compete with them," Courtney Nevin, HES sophomore said.

The Sooner's did indeed knock off No. 4 Stanford and No. 11 UCLA over the weekend.

The second trip this month for the Sooners was to Ann Arbor, Mich. to face Indiana and Michigan. Oklahoma defeated Indiana, but came up short against the home school Michigan.

Along with the team's success, 24 rowers were named to the inaugural Big 12 Academic At Large team. The team recognizes student-athletes who participate in sports outside Big 12 competition and maintain a GPA of 3.0 or better.

"Having so many of us make it doesn't really suprise me, we have so many study hours each week, and tutors to help us out it's hard not to do well in your classes," Elise Pool, communication sophomore said.

The Sooners will close out the month at the Big 12 Championships at Lake Wyandotte, Kan.

"I think we have a good chance to win a conference title and I feel like we will be one of the favorites coming in win it all," Nevin said.