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SPARTAN ROWING MICHIGAN STATE AT THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Date ....................................................................................Sunday, May 13, 2018 Location .......................................................................................Indianapolis, Ind. Course ................................................................................Eagle Creek Reservoir Host Website ................................................................................. www.bigten.org Live Stream .....................................................................https://www.btn2go.com/ Television ..................................................................Big Ten Network (tape delay) The Catch finished fifth in 2014, and seventh MICHIGAN STATE AT A GLANCE ... Michigan State travels to Indianapolis, in 2015 and 2016. The Spartan crew QUICK FACTS Indiana for the 2018 Big Ten Rowing earned a sixth place finish in 2017 at Location ................................ East Lansing, Mich. Championships. the Championships. Founded..........................................................1855 The 2012 championship snapped a Enrollment ...................................................50,344 Nickname .................................................Spartans streak of four consecutive gold medals Colors ............................................Green & White The Format in the varsity eight race for MSU, an Interim President ................................ John Engler The 2017 Big Ten Rowing unprecedented run - only Michigan Interim Athletics Director ............... Bill Beekman Championship format will be an eight- had previously won back-to-back Conference ................................................Big Ten lane, finals-only championship taking championships in that race in Big Ten COACHING STAFF place on Sunday. Conference history, which dates back Head Coach ...................Matt Weise (14th season) Racing begins on Sunday morning to the sport’s inception as a Big Ten Asst. Coach .................. Samantha Sarff (second season) at 9 a.m., with racing going off on sport in 2000. Asst. Coach .................... Katie Bitz (sixth season) 20-minute centers. The varsity eight Asst. Coach .................... Liz Englad (first season) Rigger ..............................Ed Gunter (11th season) race is at 11 a.m., with the awards ceremony scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Strength of Schedule ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Michigan State has lined up with some Rowing Contact .............................Jamie Baldwin of the best crews in the country this Office Phone ..................................(517) 355-2271 Cell Phone .....................................(517) 243-3187 The Venue season. Either in dual races or in the Email ...................................... [email protected] Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis Oak Ridge Invitational, MSU has seen Fax.................................................(517) 353-9636 serves as the neutral-site host course 13 of the CRCA Top 20 teams in the Athletics Web Site ......................msuspartans.com for the Big Ten Championships for the nation throughout the 2018 season. Twitter ...........................................@MSURowing eighth time in Championship history, after campus sites were used from Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association 2000-10. Big Life, Big Stage, Big Ten Network (CRCA)/ The 2,000-meter course on Eagle BTN2Go will stream Sunday’s US Rowing Poll Creek Reservoir remains one of championship races live beginning at 9 May 2, 2018 the country’s premiere venues. The a.m. ET. The Big Ten Network will air Team (First Place Votes) .............................. Points 1. University of California (25) ..................... 487 Eagle Creek course has held more the Big Ten Rowing Championships 2. University of Washington .......................... 485 than a dozen USRowing National on Sunday, May 20, at 11 a.m. ET. 3. University of Texas .................................... 397 Championships (including the 2004, 4. The Ohio State University ....................... 389 5. Stanford University .................................... 378 2005 and 2006 events), numerous 6. Yale University .......................................... 345 Olympic, Pam Am and National Big Ten Championship History 7. University of Virginia ................................ 337 8. University of Michigan ............................ 334 Team trial regattas as well as NCAA Eight of the Big Ten’s 14 universities 9. University of Iowa .................................... 317 National Championships and regional sponsor women’s rowing at the varsity 10. Princeton University .................................. 284 collegiate, junior and masters events. level: Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, 11. Brown University ....................................... 268 12. University of Southern California .............. 233 Eagle Creek was the site of the 1994 Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio 13. University of Wisconsin ........................... 219 World Rowing championships and State, Rutgers, and Wisconsin. 14. Indiana University ................................... 182 also hosts high-school and collegiate From 2011-14, the Big Ten 15. Washington State University...................... 127 16. Harvard University .................................... 108 regattas in the spring and the Head of Championships were a seven-race, 17. University of Notre Dame ............................ 62 the Eagle each October. finals-only event contested within a 18. University of Pennsylvania .......................... 48 19. Duke University ........................................... 47 single day. With the addition of an eighth 20. Syracuse University ..................................... 39 program (Rutgers) for the 2015 season, Recent History the Championship returned to a format Others Receiving Votes: MICHIGAN STATE UNIVER- SITY (38), University of Louisville (34), University of Okla- The Spartans last won a Big Ten which runs semifinal heats on Saturday homa (32), Oregon State University (19), Dartmouth College (15), University of California at Los Angeles (14), University Championship in 2009, which was for boat classes with eight entries (both of Alabama (5), Gonzaga University (3), University of Min- its second consecutive. The Spartans varsity eights, novice eights, and varsity nesota (2), Clemson University (1), Rutgers University (1). finished second in 2010 and fourth fours). On Sunday morning, petite and *BOLD denotes Big Ten opponent in each year from 2011-13. MSU grand finals will be contested. 2005, 2008, 2009 BIG TEN CHAMPIONS • 1 4 - TIME NCAA REGATTA QUALIFIER Regan ‘10 was the bow seat in the US Women’s Eight New for 2013 was the addition of a third varsity four race, that won gold in Rio in August of 2016. Regan owns with point values the same as the second novice eight race. nine international medals in her seven years since joining Because of the damage to the racecourse in 2017, the the US Rowing program in Princeton: five gold and one championships reverted to an eight-lane, finals-only regatta. silver medal from World Championships, one gold from Due to the success of the 2017 race, the Big Ten will feature the World Cup, and also earned a gold medal in the U23 the same format in 2018. eight in 2010. In 2013, Regan was a part of the US women’s eight that set a world-record time at World Rowing Cup III in Rotsee/Lucerne, Switzerland. That time of 5:54.160 is a Big Ten Seedings record which still stands. Regan also competed in the World The Big Ten announced the seedings for the 2018 Championships in Bradenton, Florida in September, where Championships earlier this week. The Spartan novice eight her team finished fourth with a time of 6:09.250. is the highest-seeded entry for Michigan State, earning the Olivia Jamrog ‘15 is pursuing a masters degree at No. 2 seed. Cambridge University in London, and rowed for Cambridge MSU’s varsity eight is the No. 6 seed, as is both the varsity in the storied Boat Race, beating Oxford by 11 lengths. four and second varsity four. MSU earned a four seed in the She also rowed for Team USA at the 2015 U-23 World third varsity four, and is the No. 5 seed in the second varsity Championship. eight and second novice eight. The Head Coach Spartan Rowers Earn Spots at Selection Camps With 21 years as a part of the Michigan State rowing Three Michigan State rowers have earned spots at the program, Matt Weise has had a hand in shaping the Spartans selection camps for Team USA at both the World Rowing for their entire varsity existence. The 2018 season is his 14th Under 23 Championships and the World University as the head coach after seven years as an assistant. Championships. Weise continually develops the nationally-recognized Senior Nicole Marek will head to the U23 World Rowing program, leading the team to its highest finish at the NCAA Championships selection camp as a sculler, while sophomore Championship and back-to-back Big Ten titles (2008, 2009). Sophia Klein has been selected to compete in the World Weise has led the Spartans to seven NCAA appearances, University Championships selection camp. Junior Meaghan three Big Ten championships and one Central Region title. Faucher was named to the U23 rowing camp waitlist as a Weise, a three-time Big Ten Coach of the Year, has also sculler, but has chosen to join teammate Klein and compete coached 11 All-Americans, five Big Ten Athletes of the for a spot at the World University Championships in August. Year, three Big Ten Freshmen of