Saturday, April 19
Sarasota, Fla.
Indiana University
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Big Ten Invitational
No. 21 Hoosiers Hold Their Own at Big Ten Invite
4/19/2025 4:09:00 PM | Women's Rowing
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – No. 21-ranked Indiana rowing won four close head-to-head battles on Saturday (April 19), maximizing its results on the final day of the Big Ten Invitational at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Florida.
The Indiana Varsity Eight posted its third runner-up performance in three races over the weekend with Saturday's performance. IU's top boat outpaced No. 17 Oregon State for second place by eight tenths of a second, finishing runner-up to No. 9 Rutgers. The V8 recorded a 12-3 head-to-head record on the weekend and was 5-3 against ranked crews.
On Saturday, Indiana held its own while grouped with four other ranked programs in the V8, 2V8, V4 and 2V4 races – No. 9 Rutgers, No. 16 Duke, No. 17 Oregon State, No. 24 USC and unranked Alabama – recording a 12-8 head-to-head record in those events.
The Second Varsity Eight finished under three seconds out of second behind Duke and first-place Rutgers, but a late surge was enough to hold off Oregon State for third place. Indiana's time of 6:48.781 came in 54 hundredths ahead of the Beaver boat, 5.5 seconds in front of Duke and with a 17-second advantage over Alabama.
The battle for third place in the V4 race was one of the closest of the weekend as Indiana raced USC for a spot in the top half of the standings. The two boats were bow ball to bow ball in the final stretch, but the IU crew did just enough pull ahead through the finish by one tenth of a second.
Indiana's 3V4 put up another runner-up finish late in the session, beating two ranked programs in USC and No. 20 Oklahoma, behind UCLA.
RESULTS
LINEUPS
Friday
V8: Lilly Gintert (coxswain), Annabel Oertel (stroke), Nico Daly, Maddison Shanks, Phoebe Inall, Abbey Armstrong, Lilly Murphy, Laura McCabe, Grace Sappington (bow)
2V8: Rebecca Baker (coxswain), Bridgette Sutton (stroke), Rea Kearns, Lily Haupt, Clare Hunsberger, Caroline Schrieber, Cat Madden, Grace Langridge, Mikayla Messinger (bow)
V4: Yael Kiser (stroke), Jania Hackett, Grace Newton, Alison Nieder, Molly Boutwell (coxswain)
2V4: Ava Olson (stroke), Olivia Luban, Chelsie Lindauer, Averi Weninger, Hannah Thomas (coxswain)
3V4: Payton Dilger (stroke), Delaney Bailey, Allie Beth Currier, Kaylee Mulligan, Paige Riley (coxswain)
N8: Olivia Mencias (coxswain), Charlotte Rozzi (stroke), Ava Harwood, Lucy Tait, Elena Knecht, Bailey Klein, Abigail Willham, Kaisa Hinkle, Kylie Lick (bow)
2N8: Vivian Flapan (coxswain), Mallory Kixmiller (stroke), Caroline Gauer, Sahara Geyer, Sia Grewal, Daniella Mandel, Violet Chamberlain, Emma Gunn, Ava Rippetoe (bow)
Saturday
V8: Lilly Gintert (coxswain), Annabel Oertel (stroke), Nico Daly, Maddison Shanks, Phoebe Inall, Abbey Armstrong, Lilly Murphy, Laura McCabe, Grace Sappington (bow)
2V8: Rebecca Baker (coxswain), Lily Haupt (stroke), Rea Kearns, Grace Langridge, Clare Hunsberger, Caroline Schrieber, Cat Madden, Bridgette Sutton, Mikayla Messinger (bow)
V4: Yael Kiser (stroke), Jania Hackett, Grace Newton, Alison Nieder, Molly Boutwell (coxswain)
2V4: Ava Olson (stroke), Olivia Luban, Chelsie Lindauer, Averi Weninger, Hannah Thomas (coxswain)
3V4: Payton Dilger (stroke), Delaney Bailey, Allie Beth Currier, Kaylee Mulligan, Paige Riley (coxswain)
N8: Olivia Mencias (coxswain), Charlotte Rozzi (stroke), Ava Harwood, Lucy Tait, Elena Knecht, Bailey Klein, Abigail Willham, Kaisa Hinkle, Kylie Lick (bow)
2N8: Vivian Flapan (coxswain), Mallory Kixmiller (stroke), Caroline Gauer, Sahara Geyer, Sia Grewal, Daniella Mandel, Violet Chamberlain, Emma Gunn, Ava Rippetoe (bow)
UP NEXT
In one week, Indiana will host Michigan State and Notre Dame in the 16th Annual Dale England Cup, its lone home event of the season. IU had kept the cup the last seven seasons. Racing will begin at 9 a.m. ET Saturday (April 26).
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The Indiana Varsity Eight posted its third runner-up performance in three races over the weekend with Saturday's performance. IU's top boat outpaced No. 17 Oregon State for second place by eight tenths of a second, finishing runner-up to No. 9 Rutgers. The V8 recorded a 12-3 head-to-head record on the weekend and was 5-3 against ranked crews.
On Saturday, Indiana held its own while grouped with four other ranked programs in the V8, 2V8, V4 and 2V4 races – No. 9 Rutgers, No. 16 Duke, No. 17 Oregon State, No. 24 USC and unranked Alabama – recording a 12-8 head-to-head record in those events.
The Second Varsity Eight finished under three seconds out of second behind Duke and first-place Rutgers, but a late surge was enough to hold off Oregon State for third place. Indiana's time of 6:48.781 came in 54 hundredths ahead of the Beaver boat, 5.5 seconds in front of Duke and with a 17-second advantage over Alabama.
The battle for third place in the V4 race was one of the closest of the weekend as Indiana raced USC for a spot in the top half of the standings. The two boats were bow ball to bow ball in the final stretch, but the IU crew did just enough pull ahead through the finish by one tenth of a second.
Indiana's 3V4 put up another runner-up finish late in the session, beating two ranked programs in USC and No. 20 Oklahoma, behind UCLA.
RESULTS
| Friday Morning | Friday Afternoon | Saturday |
| V8 1. Washington - 6:17.285 2. Indiana - 6:24.039 3. Penn - 6:26.681 4. Clemson - 6:30.661 5. Notre Dame - 6:38.054 6. Iowa - 6:39.401 |
V8 1. Harvard - 6:25.956 2. Indiana - 6:28.477 3. Alabama - 6:36.199 4. Oklahoma - 6:36.308 5. Iowa - 6:38.487 6. UCLA - 6:42.006 |
V8 1. Rutgers - 6:25.828 2. Indiana - 6:31.713 3. Oregon State - 6:32.538 4. Duke - 6:36.800 5. Alabama - 6:42.227 6. USC - 6:47.679 |
| 2V8 1. Washington - 6:26.329 2. Penn - 6:34.454 3. Indiana - 6:39.968 4. Clemson - 6:40.724 5. Notre Dame - 6:50.965 6. Iowa - 6:56.826 |
2V8 1. Oklahoma - 6:33.751 2. Harvard - 6:35.458 3. UCLA - 6:39.574 4. Indiana - 6:41.110 5. Alabama - 6:49.249 6. Iowa - 6:55.154 |
2V8 1. Rutgers - 6:40.651 2. Duke - 6:45.830 3. Indiana - 6:48.781 4. Oregon State - 6:49.322 5. USC - 6:56.324 6. Alabama - 7:06.388 |
| V4 1. Washington - 7:13.243 2. Penn - 7:23.261 3. Indiana - 7:25.535 4. Clemson - 7:26.433 5. Notre Dame - 7:40.150 6. Iowa - 7:55.690 |
V4 1. Harvard - 7:16.932 2. Alabama - 7:22.715 3. UCLA - 7:27.997 4. Indiana - 7:29.898 5. Oklahoma - 7:32.647 6. Iowa - 7:49.134 |
V4 1. Rutgers - 7:18.274 2. Duke - 7:22.861 3. Indiana - 7:28.812 4. USC - 7:28.950 5. Alabama - 7:31.414 6. Oregon State - 7:34.524 |
| 2V4 1. Washington - 7:22.945 2. Penn - 7:32.200 3. Clemson - 7:34.852 4. Indiana - 7:39.386 5. Notre Dame - 7:54.443 6. Iowa - 8:06.192 |
2V4 1. Harvard - 7:25.898 2. UCLA - 7:28.413 3. Oklahoma - 7:30.547 4. Alabama - 7:32.274 5. Indiana - 7:45.577 6. Iowa - 8:10.059 |
2V4 1. Rutgers - 7:28.121 2. Duke - 7:40.972 3. Alabama - 7:47.321 4. Indiana - 7:50.804 5. USC - 7:53.757 6. Oregon State - 7:58.321 |
| 3V4 1. Ohio State - 7:33.907 2. UCLA - 7:46.802 3. Indiana - 7:55.349 4. Oklahoma - 8:06.211 |
3V4 1. Ohio State - 7:43.103 2. Notre Dame - 7:54.300 3. Indiana - 8:00.309 |
3V4 1. UCLA - 7:48.908 2. Indiana - 8:02.896 3. USC - 8:07.882 4. Oklahoma - 8:17.639 |
| N8 1. Ohio State - 6:47.496 2. Notre Dame - 6:52.501 3. UCLA - 6:54.033 4. Duke - 7:01.575 5. Indiana - 7:04.350 6. SMU - 7:24.764 |
N8 1. Tennessee - 6:45.988 2. Ohio State - 6:54.041 3. Alabama - 6:55.724 4. Iowa - 7:09.793 5. Oklahoma - 7:11.514 6. Indiana - 7:13.366 |
N8 1. USC - 6:59.348 2. Notre Dame - 7:00.858 3. UCLA - 7:05.229 4. SMU - 7:09.582 5. Indiana - 7:13.151 6. Miami - 7:14.798 |
| 2N8 1. Ohio State - 7:00.531 2. Michigan - 7:08.170 3. Minnesota - 7:10.708 4. Indiana - 7:52.140 |
2N8 Did not race |
2N8 1. Ohio State - 7:10.696 2. Michigan - 7:16.525 3. Rutgers - 7:18.062 4. Miami - 7:45.548 5. Indiana - 8:09.704 |
LINEUPS
Friday
V8: Lilly Gintert (coxswain), Annabel Oertel (stroke), Nico Daly, Maddison Shanks, Phoebe Inall, Abbey Armstrong, Lilly Murphy, Laura McCabe, Grace Sappington (bow)
2V8: Rebecca Baker (coxswain), Bridgette Sutton (stroke), Rea Kearns, Lily Haupt, Clare Hunsberger, Caroline Schrieber, Cat Madden, Grace Langridge, Mikayla Messinger (bow)
V4: Yael Kiser (stroke), Jania Hackett, Grace Newton, Alison Nieder, Molly Boutwell (coxswain)
2V4: Ava Olson (stroke), Olivia Luban, Chelsie Lindauer, Averi Weninger, Hannah Thomas (coxswain)
3V4: Payton Dilger (stroke), Delaney Bailey, Allie Beth Currier, Kaylee Mulligan, Paige Riley (coxswain)
N8: Olivia Mencias (coxswain), Charlotte Rozzi (stroke), Ava Harwood, Lucy Tait, Elena Knecht, Bailey Klein, Abigail Willham, Kaisa Hinkle, Kylie Lick (bow)
2N8: Vivian Flapan (coxswain), Mallory Kixmiller (stroke), Caroline Gauer, Sahara Geyer, Sia Grewal, Daniella Mandel, Violet Chamberlain, Emma Gunn, Ava Rippetoe (bow)
Saturday
V8: Lilly Gintert (coxswain), Annabel Oertel (stroke), Nico Daly, Maddison Shanks, Phoebe Inall, Abbey Armstrong, Lilly Murphy, Laura McCabe, Grace Sappington (bow)
2V8: Rebecca Baker (coxswain), Lily Haupt (stroke), Rea Kearns, Grace Langridge, Clare Hunsberger, Caroline Schrieber, Cat Madden, Bridgette Sutton, Mikayla Messinger (bow)
V4: Yael Kiser (stroke), Jania Hackett, Grace Newton, Alison Nieder, Molly Boutwell (coxswain)
2V4: Ava Olson (stroke), Olivia Luban, Chelsie Lindauer, Averi Weninger, Hannah Thomas (coxswain)
3V4: Payton Dilger (stroke), Delaney Bailey, Allie Beth Currier, Kaylee Mulligan, Paige Riley (coxswain)
N8: Olivia Mencias (coxswain), Charlotte Rozzi (stroke), Ava Harwood, Lucy Tait, Elena Knecht, Bailey Klein, Abigail Willham, Kaisa Hinkle, Kylie Lick (bow)
2N8: Vivian Flapan (coxswain), Mallory Kixmiller (stroke), Caroline Gauer, Sahara Geyer, Sia Grewal, Daniella Mandel, Violet Chamberlain, Emma Gunn, Ava Rippetoe (bow)
UP NEXT
In one week, Indiana will host Michigan State and Notre Dame in the 16th Annual Dale England Cup, its lone home event of the season. IU had kept the cup the last seven seasons. Racing will begin at 9 a.m. ET Saturday (April 26).
Follow Indiana Rowing on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
#NeverDaunted
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