UT Places Third At Big 12 Championship

Sunday, May 16

Austin, Texas

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University of Tennessee

Big XII Championship

Photo by: Caleb Jones/Tennessee Athletics

May 14, 2021 | Rowing

By: Kimberly Hood

AUSTIN, Texas -- All four of No. 14 Tennessee's boats made it onto the podium on Saturday, clinching third place at the Big 12 Championship in Austin, Texas.

The host team, No. 2 Texas, finished first in all four races to be crowned Big 12 Champion with 167 team points. No. 13 Alabama took second with 141 points followed by Tennessee with 133 points, Oklahoma with 91, Kansas State with 87, Kansas with 77, and West Virginia with 51. Texas advances to the NCAA Championship as the Big 12 automatic qualifier.

Tennessee's Brenna Randall, Emma Seawright and Lindsey Morrissett were named to the Big 12 All-Conference Rowing Team.

The Lady Vols finished third behind Texas and Alabama in the 1V8, 1V4 and 2V4 races while edging out the Crimson Tide for second in the 2V8. Full results on HereNow.

UT will return to Knoxville to await the results of the NCAA Division I Rowing Selection Show on Tuesday, May 18. The NCAA Championship will be held May 28-30 at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Fla.

LINEUPS:
1V8: Madelyn Walsh, Katherine Schildmeyer, Abbi Altman, Mikayla Dutton, Brenna Randall, Kathleen Rice, Emma Seawright, Rebecca Caruso, Jaimie Armitage
2V8: Elizabeth Walley, Ashley Ball, Reagan Long, Beatrice Bernard, Lindsey Morrissett, Erin Gifford, Madison Kirkman, Gia Hodges, Brookmyer McIntyre
1V4: Abigail Bacci, Natalia Loram, Sydney Pardy, Casey Chronister, Lexi Bales
2v4: Madeleine Rott, Kelly Henley, Lucy Marret, Emma Long, Allie Asbury