2 0 1 3 U S C W o m e n ’ s R o w i n g 2007 Pac-10 Champions • 4 Individual Pac-12 Titles • 5-time Jessop-Whittier Cup Winners • 23 All-Americans

For release: May 27, 2013

University of Southern California Sports Information • 3501 Watt Way • HER103 • Los Angeles, Calif. • (213) 740-8480 • Fax: (213) 740-7584 Asst. Director (Women’s Rowing): Jeremy Wu • Office:(213) 740-3807 • Cell: (213) 379-3977 • E-mail: [email protected] No. 1 USC Takes Top-End Power to Indy Brickyard

2013 Schedule 2013 NCAA Women’s Rowing Championships CRCA Ranking: No. 1 Eagle Creek Park | Indianapolis, Ind. Friday-Sunday, May 31-June 2 April Hosted by Notre Dame and the Indiana Sports Corporation 6 40th San Diego Crew Classic 8 a.m. 7 40th San Diego Crew Classic 8 a.m. Weather Update: Twitter @IndSportsCorp 20 Lake Natoma Invitational 8 a.m. Web Stream: www.NCAA.com/LiveSchedule 21 Lake Natoma Invitational 8 a.m. Website: www.NCAA.com

May LOS ANGELES – The top-ranked USC women’s rowing team will put its horsepower 4 at UCLA (Dual) 8 a.m. to the test against the nation’s best crews when it heads to Indianapolis (Eagle 18 Pacific Coast Rowing Champ. 8 a.m. Creek Park) for the 2013 NCAA Division I Women’s Rowing Championships, this 19 Pac-12 Championships (P12N) 9 a.m. weekend (May 31-June 2). 21 NCAA Selection Show (NCAA.com) 2 p.m. 31 NCAA Championships 8 a.m. ET The Women of Troy make their fifth consecutive team appearance in the NCAA championships; the program’s seventh team bid. The Trojans return to the site June of their first NCAA championship regatta under head coach Zenon Babraj who 1 NCAA Championships 8 a.m. ET guided the varsity eight to a sixth-place finish at Eagle Creek Park in 2003. It is the 2 NCAA Championships 8 a.m. ET 15th consecutive appearance at the national championships for the Trojan V8.

All times PST unless noted USC received the Pac-12’s automatic qualifier bid for the second time in program history and has all the pieces in place to contend for the program’s first-ever national title. The Trojans finished fifth twice (2007 and 2011) and had one boat win an individual national title—the 1998 varsity four. The Trojan V8+ has earned bronze twice at the NCAA championships (2007 and 2012) while the USC 2V8+ enjoyed its best finish in school history at sixth place in 2011. CRCA/USRowing Coaches Poll

Team (First-Place Votes) pts. prev. The team championship is composed of 22 teams. Eleven conferences were 1 USC (22) 473 1 awarded automatic qualification and the remaining 11 slots were filled with at- 2 California 449 2 large selections to complete the championship field. Teams qualifying for the 3 Ohio State (2) 429 3 championship as an automatic qualifier or as an at-large are required to field two 4 Washington 416 4 boats of eight rowers and one boat of four rowers. For the I Eights, II Eights, and 5 Princeton (1) 381 7 Fours, all 22 boats will be seeded into four heats. 6 Virginia 372 5 7 UCLA 364 6 Joining USC as automatic qualifiers were Boston University (Colonial Athletic 8 Harvard 285 8 Association); Gonzaga (West Coast Conference); Marist (Metro Atlantic Athletic 9 Yale 284 9 Conference); Navy (Patriot League); Notre Dame (Big East Conference); Ohio 10 Stanford 270 10 State (Big Ten Conference); Oklahoma (Conference USA); Princeton (The Ivy 11 Notre Dame 241 11 League); Rhode Island (Atlantic 10 Conference), and Virginia (Atlantic Coast 12 Brown 237 12 Conference). 13 Michigan 155 13 14 Wisconsin 147 14 Pac-12 champion California topped all at-large selections and was joined by 15 Columbia 146 15 fellow Pac-12 crews from UCLA, Stanford, Washington, and Washington State. 16 Cornell 115 17 Brown, Cornell, Harvard, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Yale rounded out the 22-team 17 Washington State 112 18 championship field. 18 Clemson 82 16 19 Louisville 79 19 Preliminary heats are set to begin on Friday, May 31, at 9:10 a.m. CT. Preliminary 20 Minnesota 66 20 repechage races are set to start at 3:50 p.m. on the same day. Semifinals will take place on Saturday, June 1, starting at 8:30 a.m. C (places 13-18) and D (places Others receiving votes: Duke 50, Oklahoma 43, Oregon 19-22) finals start at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 2, and petite and grand finals in all State 16, Pennsylvania 14, Syracuse 14, Dartmouth 5, three events are set for 10 a.m. on the final day. Michigan State 2, Miami 1, Iowa 1, Texas 1

as of May 15, 2013 2013 USC Women of Troy Varsity Crew Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (Prev. School) Shelby Adair Port/Star 5-7 So. Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS) Marlena Adamska Port 5-11 Sr. Wloclawek, Poland (K.K. Baczynski) Iskra Angelova Port 5-9 Sr. , (Vladimir Stoychev Sport School) Jennah Blau Coxswain 5-0 Sr. Tampa, Fla. (H.B. Plant HS) Hannah Bowen Port 5-9 Sr. Escondido, Calif. (San Pasqual HS) Erica Christianson Port 6-1 Jr. Duarte, Calif. (Duarte HS) Darian DiCianno Starboard 5-11 Fr. Lafayette, Pa. (Mount St. Joseph Academy) Miranda Due Port/Star 5-7 So. Broken Arrow, Okla. (Okla. School of Science and Math) Keret Einaste Starboard 6-2 Fr. Pärnu, Estonia (Pärnu Koidula Gymnasium) Paige Fernandes Coxswain 5-0 So. Tampa, Fla. (H.B. Plant HS) Ivana Filipovic Port 6-1 Sr. Novi Sad, Serbia (Svetozar Markovic HS) Deirdre Fitzpatrick Port 5-11 Fr. Cheshire, Conn. (Sacred Heart Academy) Kellyn Freire Coxswain 5-2 So. Long Beach, Calif. (Loyola Marymount) Lindsay Gibson Port/Star 5-11 Fr. Roswell, Ga. (Roswell HS) Katherine Gleadow Port 5-9 So. Vancouver, B.C. (Crofton House School) Melanie Grindle * Starboard 5-8 Sr. Hanalei, Hawai’i (Kula HS) Krisztina Gyimes Port/Star 6-0 So. Gyor, (Budapest Business School) Kamali Houston Port 5-10 Fr. Sacramento, Calif. (St. Francis HS) Elaine Krebs Port 5-8 So. Woodridge, Ill. (Benet Academy) Lauren Liedel Port/Star 5-8 So. , Va. (National Cathedral School) Jelena Miladinovic Starboard 5-11 Jr. Novi Sad, Serbia (Gimnazija Isidora Sekulic) Vineta Moca Port 5-8 Jr. Tukuma Nov, Latvia (Murjanu Sport Gymnasium) Kajsa Olsson Starboard 6-0 Jr. Stromstad, Sweden (Stromstad Gymnasium) Tanya Ouyang Coxswain 5-2 Sr. San Francisco, Calif. (Drew HS) Caroline Sederowsky Starboard 5-9 Sr. Djursholm, Sweden (Beverly Hills HS) Rebecca Shaffer Port 6-0 Jr. Boston, Mass. (Mt. St. Joseph Academy) Madara Strautmane Port 6-0 Fr. Riga, Latvia (Murjanu Sports Gymnasium) Elizabeth Turner * Starboard 5-11 So. Chute-a-Blondeau, Ontario (Vankleek Hill Collegiate Institute) Vanessa Tyson Starboard 6-1 Sr. Lancaster, Calif. (Orange Coast College) Eglit Võsu Port 5-9 So. Pärnu, Estonia (Pärnu Sutevaka Humanitarium HS) Madelyn Walters Port 5-11 Jr. Orleans, Mass. (Connecticut) Jelena Zelenovic Starboard 6-1 Sr. Novi Sad, Serbia (Svetozar Markovic HS)

Novice Crew Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (Prev. School) Abigail Becker Port 5-6 Fr. Dallas, Texas (The Hockaday School) Sara Bilimoria Starboard 5-9 Fr. Chicago, Ill. (Glenbrook South HS) Stephanie Chen Coxswain 5-3 Fr. Hillsboro, Ore. (Century HS) Jordyn Chesley Starboard 5-10 Fr. Gaithersburg, Md. (Gaithersburg HS) Victoria Dea Port 5-6 Fr. DeBary, Fla. (DeLand HS) Lydia Etters Port 5-8 Fr. Oceanside, Calif. (Escondido Charter HS) Katherine Griffith Starboard 5-10 So. Westlake Village, Calif. (Oaks Christian HS) Cathy Ji Starboard 5-5 Fr. Rockville, Md. (Thomas Wootton HS) Emily Jordan Port 5-6 Fr. Long Beach, Calif. (The Thacher School) Nikki Kloss Port/Star 5-8 Fr. Cinnaminson, N.J. (Cinnaminson HS) Chiara Nosse Starboard 5-9 So. Carlsbad, Calif. (Pacific Ridge School) Miya Okado Port 5-4 Fr. Leonia, N.J. (Leonia HS) Bryn Olason Port 5-10 Fr. Bainbridge Island, Wash. (Bainbridge HS) Shelby Penfield Port/Star 5-7 Fr. Darien, Conn. (Darien HS) Tatjana Perrin Starboard 5-10 Fr. Kailua, Hawai’i (Kamehameha Schools) Katherine Plaxe Port/Star 5-10 Fr. San Diego, Calif. (Francis Parker HS) Michelle Popelka Port 5-7 Fr. Alameda, Calif. (Moreau Catholic HS) Alexa Rucks Port 5-7 So. Northbrook, Ill. (Glenbrook North HS) Cameron Steurer Coxswain 5-2 Fr. Dallas, Texas (Greenhill School) Jaclyn Walles Coxswain 4-11 Jr. Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Venice HS) Renee Wang Port 5-6 Fr. Saratoga, Calif. (Phillips Exeter Academy) Christina Yang Coxswain 5-4 Fr. Northridge, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake HS) Valerie Yu Starboard 5-4 Fr. Arcadia, Calif. (Arcadia HS)

Coaches and Staff Head Coach Zenon Babraj, 11th year (Academy of Physical Education ‘78) Assistant Coach Ligita Kaviere, fourth year (USC ‘08) Assistant Coach/Novice Megan Biging, second year (USC ‘07) Director of Operations Doug Thiemann Athletic Trainer David Borchardt

2012-13 USC Women’s Rowing | Race Notes Pronunciation Guide 2013 USC Quick Facts

Adair ...... aid-AIR Kloss ...... sounds like GLOSS University Information Adamska ...... mar-LEN-uh uh-DUM-ska Liedel ...... sounds like EYE-DELL Location ...... Los Angeles, California Angelova ...... EES-kra ung-hell-OH-vuh Miladinovic....yell-AY-nuh mla-din-oh-VICH Founded ...... 1880 Babraj ...... ZEN-enn bah-BRY Moca ...... vee-NET-uh MO-cha Enrollment ...... 38,000 (17,500 undergraduates) Bilimoria ...... bill-im-OR-ee-uh Nosse ...... key-ARR-uh NOSS-ee Campus Size ...... 150 Acres Blau ...... sounds like OW Okado ...... MEE-uh oh-KAH-doh President ...... Dr. C.L. Max Nikias Chesley ...... JORD-in Olason ...... BRIN OH-less-enn Athletic Director ...... Pat Haden Dea ...... DEE Olsson ...... KAI-sah (sounds like KITE) Senior Woman Administrator ...... Dr. Donna C. Heinel DiCianno ...... dee-chee-AH-no Ouyang ...... OH-yang National Affiliation ...... NCAA Division I Due ...... sounds like DEW Perrin ...... TOT-ee-AH-nuh PAIR-in Conference ...... Pac-12 Einaste ...... kair-ETT eye-NAST-eh Plaxe ...... sounds like LAX Nickname ...... Trojans / Women of Troy Filipovic ...... ee-VAH-nuh fill-ip-OH-vich Popelka ...... po-PELL-kah Fight Song ...... Fight On Fitzpatrick ...... DEER-drah Sederowsky ...... sed-err-OW-skee Colors ...... Cardinal and Gold Freire ...... sounds like AIR Shaffer ...... SHAY-fer Mascot ...... Traveler Gleadow ...... GLED-oh Steurer ...... STEW-rer Home Water ...... Port of Los Angeles / San Pedro, Calif. Grindle ...... sounds like SPINDLE Strautmane....MAH-der-ah STRAWT-mah-nay Gyimes ...... cris-TEE-nah DEE-mesh Vosu ...... VOH-soo Women’s Rowing Staff Houston ...... kuh-MAH-lee Walles ...... WALL-ess Head Coach ...... Zenon Babraj (11th year) Ji ...... GEE Zelenovic ...... yell-AY-nuh zell-en-OH-vich Alma Mater ...... Academy of Physical Education, ‘78 Kaviere ...... lig-EET-ah kah-vee-AIR-eh Assistant Coach...... Ligita Kaviere (4th year) Assistant Coach / Novice ...... Megan Biging (2nd year) Director of Operations ...... Doug Thiemann Head Coach Zenon Babraj Rowing Office Phone ...... (213) 740-3830 Athletic Trainer ...... David Borchardt One of the West Coast’s most accomplished coaches, Training Room Phone ...... (213) 740-5845 Zenon Babraj is in his 11th year (2012-13) as director of rowing and head coach of the Women of Troy. As the Sports Information 2007 Pac-10 Women’s Rowing Coach of the Year, he Director ...... Tim Tessalone wields an impressive resume on both the national and Mailing Address ...... USC Sports Information international levels...... Heritage Hall 103 ...... Los Angeles, CA 90089-0601 Under Babraj’s guidance, the Trojans have achieved Office Phone ...... (213) 740-8480 the greatest success in the program’s history. He is Women’s Rowing SID ...... Jeremy Wu responsible for each of USC’s seven team bids to the Office Phone ...... (213) 740-3807 NCAA championships (2005, 07, 09-13) and brought the Office Fax ...... (213) 740-7584 Trojans their first and only conference team title in 2007. Mobile Phone ...... (213) 379-3977 E-Mail ...... [email protected] Babraj’s rowers have earned 20 of USC’s 23 CRCA All-America selections and USC Ticket Office ...... (855) WEPLAY4 32 All-West-Region certificates. He has produced 18 All-Conference rowers Website ...... www.usctrojans.com Twitter ...... @USCWomensRowing including the 2007 Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year Gabriela Varekova and has maintained a steady flow of academic honors with 48 conference all-academic USC Rowing History selections and 16 CRCA National Scholar-Athlete awards. First Season of Women’s Rowing * ...... 1997-98 First Women’s Rowing Head Coach ...... George Jenkins Babraj’s crews have brought USC four victories for the coveted Jessop-Whittier Conference Championships ...... 1 (2007) Cup in the San Diego Crew Classic and have claimed a pair of Jackie Ann Indiv. Conf. Championships.... 4 (V4, 1998-05; V8, 2007-13) Stitt Hungness Trophies and two Karen Plumleigh Cortney Cups from the annual NCAA Team Appearances ..... 7 (2005-07-09-10-11-12-13) west-coast regatta. Best NCAA Team Finish ...... 5th Place (2007 and ’11) Team NCAA Championships ...... 0 His 2007 varsity eight garnered the school’s first-ever No. 1 ranking and became Indiv. NCAA Championships ...... 1 (V4, 1998) just the second USC eight to win the Jessop-Whittier Cup. In 2013, the Trojans CRCA All-America Selections ...... 23 held the nation’s top ranking as a team for six consecutive weeks heading into CRCA All-West Region Selections ...... 39 the NCAA championships. CRCA National Scholar-Athlete Selections ...... 16 Pac-12 All-Conference Selections ...... 33 USC has finished as high as fifth in the final team standings at the NCAA Pac-12 All-Academic Selections ...... 61 * First season women’s rowing scholarships awarded at USC championships (2007 and 2011) and has had two bronze-medal winners (2007 and 2012) in the varsity eight under Babraj. 2012 Season Review Final Rank ...... No. 6 CRCA/USRowing Coaches Poll In 2010, the Women of Troy put two boats in NCAA grand finals for the first time Pac-12 Championships Finish ...... 5th Place in program history. USC’s varsity eight finished in sixth and the varsity four finished NCAA Team Finish ...... 6th Place in fourth place. A year later, the Babraj’s 2011 crew put all three of its boats into NCAA grand finals. USC’S V8 took fifth while the 2V8 earned a program-best 2013 Team Information sixth-place finish and the V4 claimed bronze for its best finish since claiming the Letterwinners Returning / Lost ...... 22 / 15 1998 crown. Newcomers ...... 7 Novice Newcomers ...... 23 Babraj and his wife Kelly were first hired as co-head coaches of the Trojans’ Class Breakdown (Sr. / Jr. / So. / Fr.) ...... 10 / 6 / 10 / 6 program in June of 2002. The pair took over as only the second coaching staff Position Breakdown (Star / Port / Cox) ...... 9 / 19 / 4 in USC history since the decision to adopt women’s rowing as a scholarship sport at Troy was made in 1996.

2012-13 USC Women’s Rowing | Race Notes 2013 Honors and Awards 2012 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS In 2012, Virginia won its second national title at the NCAA Division I Women’s Team Rowing Championships at Lake Mercer in West Windsor, N.J. The Cavaliers also Lake Natoma Invitational Team Trophy won in 2010. Virginia claimed the varsity eight title and came in fifth in the II eights and second in the fours. The last Pac-12 team to win the crown was Stanford in Varsity 8+ 2009. California owns a pair of titles (2005-06) while Washington has three (1997- Pac-12 Champions 98, 2001). Brown has won seven of the 16 NCAA women’s championships with Jessop-Whittier Cup Winners Harvard the only other title holder (2003). San Diego Crew Classic TICKET INFORMATION Second Varsity 8+ All-session and single-session tickets for the championships can be purchased at Jackie Ann Stitt Hungness Trophy Winners www.NCAA.com/tickets through May 29. Beginning May 30, tickets are available San Diego Crew Classic on-site (cash only). All-session tickets are $40, while student and senior citizen tickets are $25. The tickets include all three days of competition. Single-session Second Varsity 8+ tickets are $15, while student and senior citizen are $10. Parking information is Karen Plumleigh Cortney Cup Winners available at www.IndianaSportsCorp.org. San Diego Crew Classic Melanie Grindle The Women of Troy may be as diverse a team as there is. The United States is Pac-12 Tom Hansen Medal Winner represented by 10 different states with only seven rowers from California. The U.S. Pac-12 Postgraduate Scholarship Winner is just one of nine different countries represented on USC’s varsity roster. Trojan boats have rowers from Bulgaria, Canada, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Serbia, and Sweden. USC’s varsity eight lineup includes just one rower from the United States: senior captain Melanie Grindle.

TOP OF THE CLASS Senior captain Melanie Grindle rose through the ranks as a walk-on rower in her freshman year and has owned the bow seat in USC’s varsity eight for the past two seasons. Grindle will attend law school at Columbia in the fall and is the winner of the Pac-12’s postgraduate scholarship and the Tom Hansen Pac-12 Medal. She has received Pac-12 All-Academic honors twice, and is a two-time CRCA National Scholar-Athlete.

JOG IN THE FOG In her spare time, senior coxswain Jennah Blau is an avid distance runner who has completed San Francisco’s Nike Half Marathon three times. Blau posted a personal top time of 1:44:00 in her last run.

ALL-AMERICAN EXCHANGE USC returned two CRCA All-Americans to its 2012-13 roster. Junior stroke Vineta Moca was a second-team selection as a sophomore and senior port Ivana Filipovic is a two-time All-America selection (second team as a sophomore in 2010 and first-team as a junior in 2011). The Trojans have had 23 All-Americans with 20 since head coach Zenon Babraj arrived on campus.

USC Rowing NCAA History

Year Location V8+ 2V8+ V4+ Team

1998 Lake Lanier | Gainesville, Fla. -- -- 1st (7:52.10) -- 1999 Lake Natoma | Gold River, Calif. 12th (7:01.60) ------2000 Cooper River | Camden, N.J. 14th (6:39.79) ------2001 Lake Lanier | Gainesville, Fla. 4th (7:09.09) ------2002 Eagle Creek Park | Indianapolis, Ind. 8th (6:43.71) ------2003 Eagle Creek Park | Indianapolis, Ind. 6th (6:38.33) ------2004 Lake Natoma | Gold River, Calif. 12th (6:44.10) ------2005 Lake Natoma | Gold River, Calif. 10th (6:31.71) 10th (6:44.81) 6th (7:25.26) 11th (25) 2006 Lake Mercer | West Windsor, N.J. 11th (6:51.16) ------2007 Melton Hill Lake | Oak Ridge, Tenn. 3rd (6:39.45) 7th (6:58.34) 7th (7:44.06) 5th (48) 2008 Lake Natoma | Gold River, Calif. 10th (6:43.32) ------2009 Cooper River | Cherry Hill, N.J. 9th (6:23.37) 9th (6:46.19) 11th (7:34.71) 11th (46) 2010 Lake Natoma | Gold River, Calif. 6th (6:34.21) 14th (6:43.99) 4th (7:14.87) 8th (52) 2011 Lake Natoma | Gold River, Calif. 5th (6:30.19) 6th (6:37.83) 3rd (7:12.73) 5th (72) 2012 Lake Mercer | West Windsor, N.J. 3rd (6:25.06) 7th (6:42.97) 13th (7:32.59) 6th (66)

* Best finishes denoted bybold type

2012-13 USC Women’s Rowing | Race Notes 2013 USC Rowing Results 06 07 APRIL APRIL

Jessop-Whittier Cup in Memory of Patty Wyatt Jessop-Whittier Cup in Memory of Patty Wyatt Varsity Eight Women’s Collegiate Varsity Invitational | Heat B Women’s Collegiate Varsity Invitational | Grand Final Cox ...... Jennah Blau USC Varsity Eight USC Varsity Eight Stroke ...... Vineta Moca 7 ...... Krisztina Gyimes 1 USC (2)...... 6:24.05 1 USC (1)...... 6:25.30 6 ...... Ivana Filipovic 2 California (1)...... 6:26.36 2 California (3)...... 6:28.04 5 ...... Keret Einaste 3 Duke (4)...... 6:35.11 3 Virginia (2)...... 6:28.71 4 ...... Madara Strautmane 4 Wisconsin (3)...... 6:38.57 4 UCLA (6)...... 6:30.25 3 ...... Jelena Zelenovic 5 Purdue (6)...... 6:48.37 5 Washington (4)...... 6:33.33 2 ...... Iskra Angelova 6 Iowa (5)...... 6:53.10 6 Duke (5)...... 6:41.23 Bow ...... Melanie Grindle

Jackie Ann Stitt Hungness Trophy Jackie Ann Stitt Hungness Trophy Second Varsity Eight Women’s Collegiate 2V | Heat C Women’s Collegiate 2V | Grand Final Cox ...... Kellyn Freire USC Second Varsity Eight USC Second Varsity Eight Stroke ...... Deirdre Fitzpatrick 7 ...... Rebecca Shaffer 1 USC (1)...... 6:47.80 1 USC (3)...... 6:32.41 6 ...... Marlena Adamska 2 Washington (2)...... 6:58.70 2 California (2)...... 6:37.43 5 ...... Jelena Miladinovic 3 Duke (3)...... 7:06.64 3 Washington (6)...... 6:38.04 4 ...... Lindsay Gibson 4 San Diego (4)...... 7:07.61 4 Virginia (1)...... 6:38.88 3 ...... Vanessa Tyson 5 Bates (6)...... 7:22.06 5 UCLA (4)...... 6:39.03 2 ...... Madelyn Walters 6 Loyola (5)...... 7:30.22 6 Wisconsin (5)...... 6:45.31 Bow ...... Elizabeth Turner

Karen Plumleigh Cortney Cup Karen Plumleigh Cortney Cup Varsity Four Women’s Collegiate 4+ | Heat B Women’s Collegiate 4+ | Grand Final Cox ...... Paige Fernandes USC Varsity Four USC Varsity Four Stroke ...... Kamali Houston 3 ...... Kajsa Olsson 1 USC (2)...... 7:20.56 1 USC (1)...... 7:23.87 2 ...... Eglit Vosu 2 Washington (1)...... 7:30.90 2 UCLA (2)...... 7:26.10 Bow ...... Darian DiCianno 3 Duke (4)...... 7:36.40 3 Washington (3)...... 7:27.22 4 San Diego (5)...... 7:38.25 4 Virginia A (4)...... 7:28.87 5 Kansas State (6)...... 7:44.36 5 Virginia B (7)...... 7:30.38 6 Texas (3)...... 7:48.54 6 Washington State (6)...... 7:35.10 7 San Diego State (7)...... 8:05.10 7 Duke (5)...... 7:44.62

Laurel V. Korholz Perpetual Trophy Laurel V. Korholz Perpetual Trophy Novice Eight Women’s Collegiate Novice | Heat A Women’s Collegiate Novice | Grand Final Cox ...... Jaclyn Walles USC Novice Eight USC Novice Eight Stroke ...... Bryn Olason 7 ...... Katherine Plaxe 1 California (1)...... 7:02.91 1 Texas A (1)...... 6:54.90 6 ...... Nikki Kloss 2 Minnesota A (2)...... 7:14.34 2 Washington State (3)...... 6:57.09 5 ...... Sara Bilimoria 3 USC (3)...... 7:19.10 3 Texas B (6)...... 6:58.69 4 ...... Victoria Dea 4 Orange Coast Col. (4)...... 7:33.45 4 USC (2)...... 7:05.62 3 ...... Tatjana Perrin 5 San Diego State A (5)...... 7:33.84 5 Orange Coast Col. (5)...... 7:09.45 2 ...... Shelby Penfield 6 Sacramento State B (6)...... 7:41.31 6 Sacramento State A (4)...... 7:16.59 Bow ...... Miya Okado 7 San Diego State B (7)...... 7:56.49

Women’s Collegiate 4+ B | Final Second Varsity Four USC Second Varsity Four Cox ...... Cameron Steurer Stroke ...... Katherine Gleadow 1 Virginia (1)...... 7:33.11 3 ...... Lauren Liedel 2 USC (2)...... 7:35.04 2 ...... Hannah Bowen 3 UCLA (3)...... 7:45.14 Bow ...... Elaine Krebs 4 Texas (4)...... 7:57.27 5 San Diego (5)...... 8:10.26 6 San Diego State (6)...... 8:26.46

40th Annual San Diego Crew Classic Preliminary Heats and Finals Mission Bay | San Diego, Calif. Saturday-Sunday, April 6-7, 2013

2012-13 USC Women’s Rowing | Race Notes 2013 USC Rowing Results 20 21 APRIL APRIL

VARSITY EIGHT VARSITY EIGHT Varsity Eight Morning Session Final Cox ...... Jennah Blau 1 USC...... 6:34.30 1 USC...... 6:20.40 Stroke ...... Vineta Moca 2 Notre Dame...... 6:38.00 2 California...... 6:24.00 7 ...... Krisztina Gyimes 3 Kansas...... 7:10.40 3 Stanford...... 6:25.90 6 ...... Ivana Filipovic 5 ...... Keret Einaste Afternoon Session 4 ...... Madara Strautmane 1 USC...... 6:34.60 3 ...... Jelena Zelenovic 2 Wisconsin...... 6:43.10 2 ...... Iskra Angelova 3 Sacramento State...... 7:08.40 Bow ...... Melanie Grindle

SECOND VARSITY EIGHT SECOND VARSITY EIGHT Second Varsity Eight Morning Session Final Cox ...... Kellyn Freire 1 USC...... 6:43.40 1 California...... 6:31.30 Stroke ...... Deirdre Fitzpatrick 2 Notre Dame...... 6:47.30 2 USC...... 6:33.20 7 ...... Rebecca Shaffer 3 Kansas...... 7:12.20 3 Stanford...... 6:46.40 6 ...... Marlena Adamska 5 ...... Jelena Miladinovic Afternoon Session 4 ...... Lindsay Gibson 1 USC...... 6:49.00 3 ...... Vanessa Tyson 2 Wisconsin...... 6:54.10 2 ...... Madelyn Walters 3 Sacramento State...... 7:32.50 Bow ...... Elizabeth Turner

VARSITY FOUR VARSITY FOUR Varsity Four Morning Session Final Cox ...... Paige Fernandes 1 USC...... 7:20.10 1 California...... 7:16.10 Stroke ...... Kamali Houston 2 Notre Dame...... 7:24.20 2 USC...... 7:20.00 3 ...... Kajsa Olsson 3 Kansas...... 7:54.20 3 Stanford...... 7:22.20 2 ...... Eglit Vosu Bow ...... Darian DiCianno Afternoon Session 1 USC...... 7:36.80 2 Wisconsin...... 7:50.40 3 Sacramento State...... 8:31.50

NOVICE EIGHT NOVICE EIGHT Novice Eight Heat 2 Grand Final Cox ...... Christina Yang 1 Washington State...... 7:11.40 1 California A...... 6:43.90 Stroke ...... Michelle Popelka 2 USC...... 7:18.50 2 Wisconsin...... 6:46.40 7 ...... Sara Bilimoria 3 California B...... 7:20.10 3 Washington State...... 6:55.00 6 ...... Bryn Olason 4 Sacramento State B...... 8:06.10 4 USC...... 7:02.90 5 ...... Katherine Plaxe 4 ...... Nikki Kloss 3 ...... Tatjana Perrin 2 ...... Emily Jordan Bow ...... Shelby Penfield

SECOND VARSITY FOUR Second Varsity Four Morning Session Cox ...... Cameron Steurer 1 Wisconsin...... 7:42.70 Stroke ...... Katherine Gleadow 2 USC...... 7:48.50 3 ...... Lauren Liedel 3 California B...... 7:55.10 2 ...... Hannah Bowen Bow ...... Elaine Krebs Afternoon Session (Petite Final) 1 USC...... 7:41.00 2 California B...... 7:48.20 3 Stanford...... 8:12.40

2013 Lake Natoma Invitational Heats and Finals Lake Natoma | Gold River, Calif. Saturday-Sunday, April 20-21, 2013

2012-13 USC Women’s Rowing | Race Notes 2013 USC Rowing Results 2013 USC-UCLA Dual Finals vs. 04 Ballona Creek | Marina Del Rey, Calif. MAY Saturday, May 4, 2013 VARSITY EIGHT NOVICE EIGHT 1 USC...... 5:54.10 1 UCLA...... 6:29.70 2 UCLA...... 5:56.60 2 USC...... 6:48.80

SECOND VARSITY EIGHT SECOND VARSITY FOUR 1 USC...... 6:03.00 1 UCLA...... 6:59.20 2 UCLA...... 6:05.40 2 USC...... 7:06.20

VARSITY FOUR 1 USC...... 6:39.80 2 UCLA...... 6:40.10

Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four Novice Eight Cox ...... Jennah Blau Cox ...... Kellyn Freire Cox ...... Paige Fernandes Cox ...... Christina Yang Stroke ...... Vineta Moca Stroke ...... Deirdre Fitzpatrick Stroke ...... Kajsa Olsson Stroke ...... Michelle Popelka 7 ...... Krisztina Gyimes 7 ...... Rebecca Shaffer 3 ...... Kamali Houston 7 ...... Sara Bilimoria 6 ...... Ivana Filipovic 6 ...... Marlena Adamska 2 ...... Darian DiCianno 6 ...... Bryn Olason 5 ...... Keret Einaste 5 ...... Jelena Miladinovic Bow ...... Eglit Vosu 5 ...... Tatjana Perrin 4 ...... Madara Strautmane 4 ...... Lindsay Gibson 4 ...... Nikki Kloss 3 ...... Jelena Zelenovic 3 ...... Vanessa Tyson Second Varsity Four 3 ...... Shelby Penfield 2 ...... Iskra Angelova 2 ...... Madelyn Walters Cox ...... Jaclyn Walles 2 ...... Victoria Dea Bow ...... Melanie Grindle Bow ...... Elizabeth Turner Stroke ...... Hannah Bowen Bow ...... Miya Okado 3 ...... Lauren Liedel 2 ...... Katherine Gleadow Bow ...... Elaine Krebs

SECOND VARSITY FOUR Second Varsity Four 2013 Pacific Coast Rowing Championships 1 Stanford B ...... 7:27.50 Cox ...... Jaclyn Walles Finals 18 2 USC ...... 7:30.50 Stroke ...... Katherine Gleadow Lake Natoma | Gold River, Calif. MAY 3 California A ...... 7:34.10 3 ...... Lauren Liedel Saturday, May 18, 2013 4 Stanford C ...... 7:50.20 2 ...... Hannah Bowen 5 Stanford A ...... 7:56.40 Bow ...... Elaine Krebs 6 California B ...... 8:00.60 7 San Diego ...... 8:07.30

2013 Pac-12 Championshps Grand Finals 19 Lake Natoma | Gold River, Calif. MAY Sunday, May 19, 2013 VARSITY EIGHT SECOND VARSITY EIGHT VARSITY FOUR NOVICE EIGHT 1 USC (7) ...... 6:37.80 1 California (1) ...... 6:47.70 1 California (1) ...... 7:23.80 1 Washington (1) ...... 6:57.00 2 Washington (6) ...... 6:42.10 2 USC (2) ...... 6:51.20 2 UCLA (3) ...... 7:26.70 2 California (2) ...... 7:04.10 3 California (4) ...... 6:44.70 3 Washington (4) ...... 6:53.20 3 Washington (4) ...... 7:31.10 3 Wash. State (4) ...... 7:05.50 4 UCLA (5) ...... 6:47.30 4 UCLA (3) ...... 6:54.80 4 Wash. State (7) ...... 7:34.50 4 UCLA (3) ...... 7:12.00 5 Stanford (3) ...... 6:48.20 5 Stanford (5) ...... 6:58.70 5 USC (2) ...... 7:34.60 5 USC (7) ...... 7:13.00 6 Wash. State (2) ...... 6:51.10 6 Wash. State (6) ...... 6:59.60 6 Stanford (5) ...... 7:40.20 6 Stanford (5) ...... 7:14.30 7 Oregon State (1) ...... 7:01.30 7 Oregon State (7) ...... 7:03.70 7 Oregon State (6) ...... 7:41.90 7 Oregon State (6) ...... 7:18.00

Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four Novice Eight Cox ...... Jennah Blau Cox ...... Kellyn Freire Cox ...... Paige Fernandes Cox ...... Christina Yang Stroke ...... Vineta Moca Stroke ...... Deirdre Fitzpatrick Stroke ...... Kamali Houston Stroke ...... Bryn Olason 7 ...... Krisztina Gyimes 7 ...... Rebecca Shaffer 3 ...... Kajsa Olsson 7 ...... Nikki Kloss 6 ...... Ivana Filipovic 6 ...... Marlena Adamska 2 ...... Eglit Vosu 6 ...... Michelle Popelka 5 ...... Keret Einaste 5 ...... Jelena Miladinovic Bow ...... Darian DiCianno 5 ...... Sara Bilimoria 4 ...... Madara Strautmane 4 ...... Lindsay Gibson 4 ...... Emily Jordan 3 ...... Jelena Zelenovic 3 ...... Vanessa Tyson FINAL TEAM STANDINGS 3 ...... Katherine Plaxe 2 ...... Iskra Angelova 2 ...... Madelyn Walters 1 California ...... 39.0 2 ...... Shelby Penfield Bow ...... Melanie Grindle Bow ...... Elizabeth Turner 2 USC ...... 37.5 Bow ...... Miya Okado 3 Washington ...... 36.5 4 UCLA ...... 28.0 5 Stanford ...... 18.0 6 Washington State ...... 16.5 7 Oregon State ...... 6.5

2012-13 USC Women’s Rowing | Race Notes VARSITY EIGHT HEAT 1 | 9:10 a.m. HEAT 2 | 9:20 a.m. HEAT 3 | 9:30 a.m. HEAT 4 | 9:40 a.m. USC* (Pac-12) Princeton* (Ivy League) Ohio State* (Big Ten) Virginia* (ACC) Yale UCLA California Washington Harvard Stanford Notre Dame* (Big East) Michigan Washington State Brown Cornell Wisconsin Oklahoma* (C-USA) Boston U* (CAA) Navy* (Patriot League) Gonzaga* (WCC) Marist* (MAAC) Rhode Island* (A10)

II VARSITY EIGHT HEAT 1 | 9:50 a.m. HEAT 2 | 10 a.m. HEAT 3 | 10:10 a.m. HEAT 4 | 10:20 a.m. Ohio State California USC Brown Virginia Harvard Princeton Washington UCLA Wisconsin Notre Dame Stanford Yale Michigan Oklahoma Cornell Washington State Boston U Gonzaga Navy Marist Rhode Island

VARSITY FOUR HEAT 1 | 10:30 a.m. HEAT 2 | 10:40 a.m. HEAT 3 | 10:50 a.m. HEAT 4 | 11 a.m. California Ohio State Brown UCLA Wisconsin Princeton Yale Washington Washington State USC Virginia Notre Dame Cornell Stanford Harvard Michigan Oklahoma Rhode Island Boston U Navy Marist Gonzaga

* Denotes automatic qualifier |All preliminary heats will be held on Friday, May 31.

FRIDAY, MAY 31 SATURDAY, JUNE 1 SUNDAY, JUNE 2

TIME DIV EVENT TIME DIV EVENT TIME DIV EVENT 8:30 a.m. DIII II Eights – Heat 1 8:30 a.m. DI I Eights – C/D Semifinals 8:30 a.m. DI Fours – D Final (19-22) 8:40 a.m. DIII II Eights – Heat 2 8:40 a.m. DI I Eights – C/D Semifinals 8:40 a.m. DI Fours – C Final (13-18) 8:50 a.m. DIII I Eights – Heat 1 8:50 a.m. DI I Eights – A/B Semifinals 8:50 a.m. DI II Eights – D Final (19-22) 9:00 a.m. DIII I Eights – Heat 2 9:00 a.m. DI I Eights – A/B Semifinals 9:00 a.m. DI II Eights – C Final (13-18) 9:10 a.m. DI I Eights – Heat 1 9:10 a.m. DI II Eights – C/D Semifinals 9:10 a.m. DI I Eights – D Final (19-22) 9:20 a.m. DI I Eights – Heat 2 9:20 a.m. DI II Eights – C/D Semifinals 9:20 a.m. DI I Eights – D Final (13-18) 9:30 a.m. DI I Eights – Heat 3 9:30 a.m. DI II Eights – A/B Semifinals 9:30 a.m. DII Fours – Grand Final (1-3) 9:40 a.m. DI I Eights – Heat 4 9:40 a.m. DI II Eights – A/B Semifinals 9:40 a.m. DII Eights – Petite Final (5-6) 9:50 a.m. DI II Eights – Heat 1 9:50 a.m. DI Fours – C/D Semifinals 9:50 a.m. DII Eights – Grand Final (1-4) 10:00 a.m. DI II Eights – Heat 2 10:00 a.m. DI Fours – C/D Semifinals 10:00 a.m. DI Fours – Petite Final (7-12) 10:10 a.m. DI II Eights – Heat 3 10:10 a.m. DI Fours – A/B Semifinals 10:10 a.m. DI Fours – Grand Final (1-6) 10:20 a.m. DI II Eights – Heat 4 10:20 a.m. DI Fours – A/B Semifinals 10:20 a.m. DI II Eights – Petite Final (7-12) 10:30 a.m. DI Fours – Heat 1 10:30 a.m. DII Eights – Repechage 10:30 a.m. DI II Eights – Grand Final (1-6) 10:40 a.m. DI Fours – Heat 2 10:40 a.m. DII Fours – Repechage 10:40 a.m. DI I Eights – Petite Final (7-12) 10:50 a.m. DI Fours – Heat 3 10:50 a.m. DIII II Eights – Petite Final (5-6) 10:50 a.m. DI I Eights – Grand Final (1-6) 11:00 a.m. DI Fours – Heat 4 11:00 a.m. DIII II Eights – Grand Final (1-4) 11:15 a.m. DII Awards Ceremony 11:10 a.m. DII Eights – Heat 1 11:10 a.m. DIII I Eights – Petite Final (7-8) 11:45 a.m. DI Awards Ceremony 11:20 a.m. DII Eights – Heat 2 11:20 a.m. DIII I Eights – Grand Final (1-6) 11:30 a.m. DII Fours – Heat 1 12:00 p.m. DIII Awards Ceremony 11:40 a.m. DII Fours – Heat 2 3:30 p.m. DIII II Eights – Repechage 3:40 p.m. DIII I Eights – Repechage 3:50 p.m. DI I Eights – Repechage 1 4:00 p.m. DI I Eights – Repechage 2 4:10 p.m. DI II Eights – Repechage 1 4:20 p.m. DI II Eights – Repechage 2 4:30 p.m. DI Fours – Repechage 1 4:40 p.m. DI Fours – Repechage 2

2012-13 USC Women’s Rowing | Race Notes