SPARTAN ROWING MICHIGAN STATE AT THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Date ..................................................................................................................................................................................Sunday, May 14, 2017 Location .................................................................................................................................................................................Indianapolis, Ind. Course .........................................................................................................................................................................Eagle Creek Reservoir Host Website ........................................................................................................................................................................www.bigten.org Live Webstream ...............................................................................http://www.btn2go.com/schedule?day=2017-05-14 Television .................................................................................................................................................Big Ten Network (tape delay) The Catch Strength of Schedule MICHIGAN STATE AT A GLANCE ... Michigan State travels to Indianapolis, Indiana for the 2017 Michigan State has lined up with some of the best crews QUICK FACTS Big Ten Rowing Championships. in the country this season. Either in dual races or in the Location ..................................................................................East Lansing, Mich. Oak Ridge Invitational, MSU has seen nine of the CRCA Top Founded .....................................................................................................................1855 The Format 20, and two of the additional six crews which are receiving Enrollment ...........................................................................................................48,800 Due to extensive course damage, the 2017 Big Ten Rowing votes in the poll. Nickname........................................................................................................Spartans Championship format will be an eight-lane, finals-only Colors ...................................................................................................Green & White championship. The planned format had been two sets of Big Life, Big Stage, Big Ten Network President ........................................................................Dr. Lou Anna K. Simon Athletics Director .................................................................................Mark Hollis heats per boat class on Saturday, followed by Grand and BTN2Go will stream Sunday’s championship races live Conference ........................................................................................................Big Ten Petite Finals on Sunday. beginning at 9 a.m. ET. BTN will air the Big Ten Rowing Racing begins on Sunday morning at 9 am, with racing Championships on Saturday, May 20, at 11 a.m. ET. COACHING STAFF going off on 20-minute centers. The varsity eight race is at Head Coach ...........................................................Matt Weise (13th season) 11 am, with the Awards Ceremony scheduled for 12 noon. Big Ten Championship History Asst. Coach ........................................................................................Samantha Sarff (first season) Eight of the Big Ten’s 14 universities sponsor women’s Novice Coach ...........................................................Katie Bitz (fifth season) Rigger ...........................................................................Ed Gunter (10th season) The Venue rowing at the varsity level: Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis serves as the neutral-site Michigan State, Minnesota, Ohio State, Rutgers, and ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS host course for the Big Ten Championships for the seventh Wisconsin. Rowing Contact ...........................................................................Jamie Baldwin time in Championship history, after campus sites were From 2011-14, the Big Ten Championships were a Office Phone ....................................................................................(517) 355-2271 used from 2000-10. seven-race, finals-only event contested within a single Cell Phone .........................................................................................(517) 243-3187 The 2,000-meter course on Eagle Creek Reservoir day. With the addition of an eighth program (Rutgers) for Email ..........................................................................................jweir@ath.msu.edu Fax .........................................................................................................(517) 353-9636 remains one of the country’s premiere venues. The Eagle the 2015 season, the Championship returned to a format Athletics Web Site .............................................................msuspartans.com Creek course has held more than a dozen USRowing which runs semifinal heats on Saturday for boat classes Twitter ...................................................................................................@MSURowing National Championships (including the 2004, 2005 with eight entries (both varsity eights, novice eights, and and 2006 events), numerous Olympic, Pam Am and varsity fours). On Sunday morning, petite and grand finals Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA)/ National Team trial regattas as well as NCAA National will be contested. Due to the damage to the racecourse US Rowing Poll Championships and regional collegiate, junior and with recent weather events, 2017 will revert to an eight- May 9, 2017 masters events. Eagle Creek was the site of the 1994 World lane, finals-only regatta. Rowing championships and also hosts high-school and New for 2013 was the addition of a third varsity four race, Team (First Place Votes) .............................................................................Points 1 University of Washington (21) ............................................................474 collegiate regattas in the spring and the Head of the Eagle with point values the same as the second novice eight 2 University of California, Berkeley (4) .............................................461 each October. race. 3 University of Texas ......................................................................................433 4 University of Michigan ..............................................................412 Recent History Big Ten Seedings 5 Ohio State University .................................................................391 6 Yale University ................................................................................................353 The Spartans last won a Big Ten Championship in 2009, The Big Ten announced the seedings for the 2016 7 Princeton University ..................................................................335 its second consecutive. The Spartans finished second in Championships earlier this week. The Spartan novice 8 Stanford University .....................................................................................329 2010 and fourth in each year from 2011-13. MSU finished eight is the highest-seeded entry for MSU, with the No. 2 9 Brown University ........................................................................298 fifth in 2014, and seventh the last two seasons, seed. 10 University of Wisconsin ............................................................291 11 University of Virginia .................................................................223 The 2012 championship snapped a streak of four MSU’s varsity eight is the No. 5 seed, as is the varsity 12 University of Iowa .......................................................................209 consecutive gold medals in the varsity eight race for MSU, four. MSU earned a six seed in the third varsity four, and is 13 Syracuse University .....................................................................................181 an unprecedented run - only Michigan had previously the No. 7 in the second varsity eight. 14 Washington State University ...............................................................167 won back-to-back championships in that race in Big MSU will not have an entry in the second novice eight 15 University of Southern California ......................................................161 16 Indiana University ........................................................................116 Ten Conference history, which dates back to the sport’s race. 17 Duke University .................................................................................................91 inception as a Big Ten sport in 2000. 18 Harvard University ....................................................................... 85 19 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ..................................................66 20 University of California, Los Angeles ...............................................41 Others Receiving Votes : University of Central Florida, University of Louisville, University of Notre Dame, University of Oklahoma MSU regular-season opponents in bold italic 2005, 2008, 2009 BIG TEN CHAMPIONS • 1 4 - TIME NCAA REGATTA QUALIFIER Big Ten Kudos Boat Notes Michigan State’s varsity eight was the Big Ten Boat of the Week on April 25 after the final • MSU’s varsity eight holds a 9-4 record in dual races in 2017, which includes a 3-2 mark week of dual racing. The then- No. 17 Spartans