Wolverines Road Trip to Columbus to Race Ohio State, Rutgers

Saturday, April 13

Columbus, Ohio

9:00 AM

Michigan

Ohio State

Wolverines Road Trip to Columbus to Race Ohio State, Rutgers

4/10/2019 12:51:00 PM | Rowing

By: Chad Shepard

» Michigan enters this weekend in the midst of a fast start to the season, and its performance has it ranked No. 5 nationally.
» The Wolverines enter Saturday's regatta after weekend sweeps of Ivy League and ACC programs.
» This matchup pits the two top-finishing Big Ten programs in each of the past eight seasons against each other.

THIS WEEK
Saturday, April 13 -- at No. 9 Ohio State, vs. No. 16 Rutgers (Columbus, Ohio) 9 a.m.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio. -- The No. 5-ranked University of Michigan rowing team will face its first Big Ten foes of 2019 when it heads to Columbus, Ohio, for a Saturday (April 13) regatta against Ohio State and Rutgers. The programs will race 2,000 meters on the Scotio River in Columbus. Michigan State also will be present, racing against Ohio State and Rutgers.

All three Big Ten teams are ranked heading into this weekend. Michigan leads the way at No. 5, with Ohio State ranked No. 9 and Rutgers listed No. 16 in the latest CRCA/USRowing poll.

U-M will race the Buckeyes in the morning, and will race Rutgers in the afternoon session. The regatta will begin at 9 a.m., with the second session beginning at 1 p.m.

Michigan will travel two varsity eights, four varsity fours and two novice eights for competition.

Varsity Lineup

1V8: Charlotte Powers (coxswain), Jessica Schoonbee, Meghan Gutknecht, Tayla-May Bentley, Annika Hoffmann, Victoria Glunt, Madison Byrd, Kathryn Grotto, Caroline Hendershot

2V8: Erika Yasuda (coxswain), Emma Luniewicz, Grace Collins, Grace Gagliardi, Shayla Lamb, Kate Burns, Megan Hinkle, Rebecca Joyce, Jeri Rhodes

1V4: Lilia Duncan, Lillian Mei, Rachel Fanning, Perry Bower, Sujin Kim (coxswain)

2V4: Caroline McGee, Paige Badenhorst, Madeleine Schneider, Emily Krebs, Darien Moses (coxswain)

3V4: Tate Aronstein, Julia Gehlert, Noa Sreden, Audrey Gordon, Lily Miller (coxswain)

4V4: Taylor Toudouze, Ally Eggleton, Catherine Olson, Kendra Sanders, Fleur De Jong (coxswain)

1N8: Kayla Ehrlich (coxswain), Maddie Ball, Victoria Cooke, Elizabeth Schlyer, Jessica Kohl, Madison McGivney, Tara Flaherty, Kathryn Ward, Lara Vanderbilt

2N8: Kaitlin Nemeh (coxswain), Lauren Sickmiller, Emma Hammond, Hadley Camp, Carly Bunuan, Kiana Mayer, Abigail Guimond, Maggie Thom, Erika Nofz

Things to Know

• Michigan enters Saturday's races coming off consecutive Big Ten honors. The first varsity eight was named Big Ten Boat of the Week on April 2 and the first varsity four earned the same honor on April 9.

• U-M enters this week ranked No. 5 nationally in the latest edition of the CRCA/USRowing Coaches' Poll (April 10) after beginning the season ranked ninth. U-M has been a top-10 preseason team in four of the last five seasons.

• Ohio State enters the weekend ranked No. 9 in the poll, while Rutgers, listed in the polls for the first time in program history, is ranked 16th.

• Last weekend, OSU raced at Virginia's ACC-Big Ten Showdown. The Buckeyes went 9-6 overall.

• Rutgers' last time out on the water was for the Doc Hosea Invitational on March 30, when they bested ranked opponents then-No. 14 Syracuse and then-No. 15 Minnesota to win the regatta.

• Overall, the Big Ten has six teams ranked in the top 20 nationally: U-M at No. 5, Ohio State at No. 9, Wisconsin (No. 11), Iowa (No. 13), Rutgers (No. 16) and Indiana (No. 20).

• U-M's Scholar Stories series has continued this year, and Emily Krebs -- a biomedical engineer -- recounts the story of her time at Michigan. [ story ]

A Look Ahead

Saturday, April 20 -- Ohio State, Washington (Las Vegas, Nev.), 9 a.m.
Saturday, April 20 -- Ohio State - Novice (Belleville Lake), 9 a.m.