Oklahoma City ? Kansas finished tied for third at the Big 12 Rowing Championships on Saturday in Oklahoma City, while Texas won its fourth-straight title by one point over Oklahoma, 105-104.
Kansas and Kansas State tied for third place with 64 points each.
The First Varsity Four boat of seniors Paige Stephens, Kathryn Schoonover and coxswain Lindsey Bricklemyer and juniors Emily Starr and Ashleigh Allam won with a time of 7:43.69 to earn 17 points, capturing the program’s first race crown in league history by 10 seconds.
The Jayhawks finished the day of competition with three third-place finishes and two fourth-place finishes.
Kansas junior Olivia Kinet was selected to the All-Big 12 first team, while senior Melanie Luthi earned second-team honors.
Oklahoma City ? Kansas University’s rowing team tied for third place with Tulsa at the University of Oklahoma Invitational on Sunday.
San Diego won with 102 points, and Oklahoma finished second with 92 points. KU and Tulsa tied with 46 points. SMU finished fifth with 14 points, and Creighton placed sixth with four points.
KU kicked off the morning session on Sunday with victories over Oklahoma in the First Novice Eight and Varsity Four races, earning 10 points, but the Sooners won the Second and First Varsity Eight races and earned 18 points for those finishes. The Jayhawks did pick up a victory over Oklahoma in the Second Novice Eight, but that race did not count for points.
In the afternoon session Kansas outraced Tulsa to win the Second Varsity Eight with a time of 7:34.88 and pick up eight points. The Jayhawks also earned four points in the First Novice Eight.
KU will travel March 27 to Austin, Texas.