Nov. 5, 2011

Chattanooga, Tenn. - Tulsa's Lightweight 8+ turned in a top finish and all eight boats were in the top-15 in Saturday's races at the Head of the Hooch Regatta on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tenn.

"We had a lot of fun today," Head Coach Kevin Harris said. "I love that this team is having a lot of fun, but working and racing hard. We are as fast as we've been as a team in my time here and it is a really good team. We are all enjoying this group and it is great to see them reach new heights."

The Lightweight 8+ posted a time of 16:53.3, over 30 seconds faster than second-place Clemson, while the Lightweight 4+ was second with a time of 18:42.6 in a field of 12 boats.

"It was a good fall race for the Lightweight 8+," Lightweight coach Rodney Mott said. "We are young and still building so it was very good to get a win. We hadn't rowed against these crews before so it was an unknown, but we set out to race our own race and we did that today and had a good result."

The Championship 4+ `A' turned in a third-place time of 17:56.7, while the TU `B' boat was 50 seconds behind in 15th place in a field of 28 boats. Also in a Four, the Novice team finished fourth in a field of 34 boats with a time of 20:35.4.

The Hurricane's Championship 8+ `A' had a seventh-place time of 16:36.2, and the `B' boat was 14th with a time of 16:51.0. There were 26 boats that competed in the event.

"It was great to take this young group, to race aggressively and to come out the way they did," Harris said. "It shows how much potential they have. There are some fast groups here and there are a lot of us fighting to get that fast, but we've showed some great results against our fellow Conference USA members. I can't be more proud of these guys."

Tulsa will return to action tomorrow at the Head of the Hooch, racing in the Lightweight 1x, Open 2- and Open 8+.

Lightweight 4+ 
1. Old Dominion - 18:24.1
2. Tulsa `A' - 18:42.6
3. Orlando - 19:18.2
5. Tulsa `B' - 19:52.8
Lightweight 4+ `A' 
Abigail Gorman
Puja Sztorc
Jamie Roloff
Colleen Wohlrab
Danielle Bertossa
Lightweight 4+ `B'
Elissa Stiles
Alexandra Guth
Molly Selig
Rosie McCarthy
Amy Richardson
Novice 4+
1. Oklahoma City - 19:44.9
2. Texas - 20:02.5
3. FSU Club - 20:08.5
4. Tulsa - 20:35.4
Novice 4+
Diana Cortes
Melissa Urquhart
Amanda Ames
Anna Proffitt
Patrizia Perazzo
Championship 4+
1. Tennessee - 17:50.5
2. Louisville - 17:51.1
3. Tulsa `A' - 17:56.7
15. Tulsa `B' - 18:46.6
Championship 4+ `A'
Dana Urbanek
Arielle Tillou
Katie Holtvogt
Jessica Fosdyck
Stephanie Rogers
Championship 4+ `B'
Natalie Hall
Alaina Ferraro
Amanda Urquhart
Allyson Brooks
Renee Vanasse
Lightweight 8+
1. Tulsa - 16:53.3
2. Clemson - 17:28.1
3. Orlando Club - 19:09.9
4. Emory - 20:31.5
Lightweight 8+
Abigail Gorman
Danielle Bertossa
Colleen Wohlrab
Puja Sztorc
Jamie Roloff
Molly Selig
Alexandra Guth
Amy Richardson
Rosie McCarthy
Championship 8+ 
1. Tennessee `A' - 16:04.2
2. Texas `A' - 16:04.4
3. Duke `A' - 16:15.4
7. Tulsa `A' - 16:36.2
14. Tulsa `B' - 16:51.0
Championship 8+ `A'
Dana Urbanek
Amanda Urquhart
Alaina Ferraro
Arielle Tillou
Emory Cate
Renee Vanasse
Amy Nelson
Katie Holtvogt
Stephanie Rogers
Championship 8+ `B'
Natalie Hall
Allyson Brooks
Meredith Papps
Megan Fitzpatrick
Amanda Schenk
Kelly Hill
Zoe Fleischmann
Jessica Fosdyck
Carly Schmidt