The 2015 American Athletic Conference Women’s Rowing Championships May 17 • Mercer Lake • West Windsor, New Jersey The American Athletic Conference will crown its second team champion in women’s rowing Sunday as eight schools send representatives to the second annual American Athletic Conference Women’s Rowing Championships on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, New Jersey. The American Athletic Conference Championships will feature crews from eight institutions in West Windsor as UCF, UConn, Sacramento State, San Diego State, SMU, Temple, Tulsa and Villanova compete for the conference title. The American Digital Network coverage will include live and on-demand finals coverage of all races from Sunday’s championships, including the post-event awards ceremony. For complete coverage of the American Athletic Conference Women’s Rowing Championship, visit The American’s Championship Central at www.theamerican.org/rowing.
Schedule of Events Time Trials 8 a.m. 8:08 a.m. 8:16 a.m. 8:24 a.m. 8:32 a.m. 8:40 a.m.
Varsity Eight Second Varsity Eight Varsity Four Third Varsity Eight Second Varsity Four Third Varsity Four
Finals 11:10 a.m. 11:20 a.m. 11:30 a.m. 11:40 a.m. 11:50 a.m. Noon 12:10 p.m. 12:20 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 12:40 p.m. 12:50 p.m. 1 p.m.
Third Varsity Four - Petite Final Third Varsity Four - Final Second Varsity Four - Petite Final Second Varsity Four - Final Third Varsity Eight - Petite Final Third Varsity Eight - Final Varsity Four - Petite Final Varsity Four - Final Second Varsity Eight - Petite Final Second Varsity Eight - Final Varsity Eight - Petite Final Varsity Eight - Final
1:45 p.m.
Awards Ceremony
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Mercer Lake
Mercer Lake was originally created in the early 1980s. Almost from its inception it was designed for hosting rowing events. It has been the site of many United States National Team Selection events including the 1988, 1992, 2004, 2008 and 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Rowing. The Caspersen Boathouse was begun as a joint project between the Lawrenceville School and Peddie School to establish a home for their rowing teams. Ground was broken in 1997 for a three-bay boathouse with a multipurpose room. In 1998, the schools moved into the boathouse. Each school occupied one of the bays and the third bay was used for rowing activities open to the public. In 2000 the Princeton International Regatta Association was formed. PIRA took the first major step toward fulfilling its mission by hosting a FISA
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World Cup event in 2001. In 2002 PIRA built on this success by hosting The Princeton International Invitational Regatta, another major international event. In 2005 PIRA was renamed the Princeton National Rowing Association to reflect the greater mission of the organization to promote rowing at all levels. The boathouse and related racecourse improvements along with PNRA’s full-time and well-trained staff make Mercer Lake the best-equipped rowing facility in the Northeastern United States. As a result, Mercer Lake has hosted a number of major regattas including five United States Olympic Team Trials; the 2002-13 USRowing National Selection Regattas; the 2006 and 2012 NCAA Women’s Rowing Championships and the 2014 and 2015 IRA Championships. 2 01 5 A m e r i c a n A t h l e t i c C o n f e r e n c e W o m e n ’ s R o w i n g C h a m p i o n s h i p s
UCF Knights Name Guiliana Abbate Brianne Addison Lauren Aiello Brittany Bagwell Taylor Barnard Samantha Belmore Jasmine Blais Ashleigh Boyd Carly Burleson Dani Burton Julia Chase Alyssa Combs Amy Compare Erin Corrigan Rachel diMonda Ginni Dunlop Leigh Durden Allie Gordon Leonie Hamel Catherine Harms Andrea Hebditch Olivia Hecimovich Abby Justinger Rachael Klunder Zana Krakic Andrea Krebs Ivana Krkljus Caylin Levin Caitlyn Lytle Sarah Muller Ragan Pape Linae Parkinson Alison Ponce Viktorija Senkute Olivia Staples Danielle Taylor Kristen Taylor Kayla Thieken Annie Thompson Kiana Thompson Crystal Victor Kaitlyn Ward Lauren Wasko
Class So. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. So. Jr. Fr. So. So. Jr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Sr. So. Fr. Jr. So. So. So. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. So. So. Sr. Jr. Fr. Sr. So. Jr.
Height 5-3 5-10 5-10 5-4 6-0 5-7 5-7 5-7 5-6 5-7 5-8 5-10 5-9 5-8 5-7 5-6 5-5 5-7 5-8 5-2 6-2 5-3 5-10 5-10 5-8 5-8 5-11 5-5 5-6 5-6 5-3 5-10 5-7 5-8 5-10 5-3 5-1 5-6 5-8 5-0 5-10 5-6 5-9
Hometown/Last School Melbourne, Fla./Westshore St. Catharines, Ont./Sir Wilson Churchill Welland, Ont./E.L. Crossley Kennesaw, Ga./North Cobb Bradenton, Fla./Southeast Oviedo, Fla./Oviedo Montreal, Que./Dawson College Jacksonville, Fla./Ponte Vedra Winter Park, Fla./Winter Park Bradenton, Fla./Southeast Tampa, Fla./H.B. Plant Orlando, Fla./Boone Palm City, Fla./South Fork Albany, N.Y./Bethlehem Central Fleming Island, Fla./Fleming Island St. Catharines, Ont./Sir Winston Churchill Orlando, Fla./Suwannee Jacksonville, Fla./Providence School Cork, Ireland/Mount Mercy College Cork Jacksonville, Fla./Creekside Miami, Fla./Dade Christian School Fonthill, Ont./E.L. Crossley Appleton, Wis./Kimberly South Niagara, Ont./E.L. Crossley Sveta, Nedelja, Croatia/Sportska gimnazija Zagreb Kent, Ohio/Theodore Roosevelt Vukovar, Croatia/Ekonomska skola West Palm Beach, Fla./Oxbridge Academy Lithia, Fla./Newsome Tampa, Fla./Tampa Catholic Ashburn, Va./Stone Bridge Jacksonville, Fla./The Bolles School Winter Park, Fla./Winter Park Trakai, Lithuania/Traku Vytauto Didziojo gimnazija Smithville, Fla./Blessed Trinity Catholic Edmond, Okla./Santa Fe Ocoee, Fla./Ocoee Tampa, Fla./Tampa Catholic Atlanta,Ga./Milton Tampa, Fla./Joe E. Newsome Hollywood, Fla./Stranahan Maitland, Fla./Winter Park Newark, Del./St. Mark’s
Head Coach Becky Cramer Assistant Coaches Conny Kirsch, Megan Mitchell Graduate Assistant Kristen Larson Student Assistant Kali Mills
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UConn Huskies Name Anna Alvarado Kate Boudreau Julia Calise Norelis Collado Brenna Conrad Maddy Cooper Alexandra Coults Shannon Cox Courtney Dawless Kimberly Dineen Megan Duva Jane Eklund Lindsey Fecko Anna Fetteroll Diana Gryszkiewicz Mae Hanson Alexandra Hill Alyssa Hopson Mikayla Hudson Kathryn Hughes Audrey Kelley Claire Kenison Kiersten Kronschnabel Nikoline Laidlaw Allison Laska Kelly Laska Christine Latona Katherine Lavrentios Amanda Litty Samantha Mairson Sierra Mazur Elise McCormick Alyssa Migliorini Chisom Mokwuah Sara Nelson Sarah Norman Heather Norris Caitie Parsons Emily Powers Olivia Roberge Hanna Salmonsen Jessica Santos Arielle Sherman-Golembeski Rachel Signor Kathleen Snajder Teresa Starzecki Liz Tomasco Aleksandra Torkelson Haley Ullinger Katie Ullinger Stephanie Varanelli Abbie Viner Mai Walters Laura Webster Katie Wheatley
Class Fr. So. So. Fr. Jr. So. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. Sr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Jr. So. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Fr. Sr. So. Fr. Sr. Jr. Jr. Fr. So. Jr. Sr. Jr. Fr. So. Jr. So. Fr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Fr. Sr. So. Sr. Sr. So. Sr. So.
Hometown/Last School Shelton, Conn. Madison, Conn. East Providence, R.I. Danbury, Conn. Staatsburg, NY Pleasant Hill, Calif. Beverly, Mass. Millbrook, N.Y. West Greenwich, R.I. Old Greenwich, Conn. Glastonbury, Conn. Hollis, N.H. Princeton Junction, N.J. Killingworth, Conn. Easton, Conn. Branford, Conn. South Windsor, Conn. Windsor, Conn. Windsor, Conn. Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Simsbury, Conn. Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Canton, Conn. Dunblane, Scotland New Britain, Conn. New Britain, Conn. Granby, Conn. Needham, Mass. Bethesda, Md. Willington, Conn. Avon, Conn. Glastonbury, Conn. North Haven, Conn. Staten Island, N.Y. Shrewsbury, Mass. South Glastonbury, Conn. Brookfield, Conn. Hatteras, N.C. Lyme, Conn. Torrington, Conn. Danvers, Mass. Winchester, Mass. Old Lyme, Conn. Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Monroe, Conn. Shelton, Conn. Milford, Conn. Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Bethlehem, Conn. Stratford, Conn. Mystic, Conn. Seymour, Conn. Beverly, Mass.
Head Coach Jennifer Wendry Assistant Coaches Alison Abrams, Allyson Zoppa Graduate Assistant Leslie Greer
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Sacramento State Hornets Name Bianca Aguirre Dimari Aldridge Cheyenne Amaro Melinda Anthony Any Ardon Castro Natasha Bazzo Megan Boggs Sarah Buchter Alexa Cantley Selena Cisneros-Haefke Elizabeth Ditoiu Desiree Drab Munoz Michelle Evers Elizabeth Ferraro Elena Galvez Migle Griskelyte Kim Gross Amber Guzman Kayla Harper Carly Hartman Lexi Haynes Alexus Hewitt Ashley Hubbell Melissa Kepler Rosemary Kloh Katie Koehler Leanne Krautheim Gabrielle Luebben Carissa Macias Cassandra Macias Nicole Maduri Sarah Mai Angelica Manzo Emily Mauer Mary Menke Jill Modean Korina Morales Courtney Owen Olivia Oydna Kayla Padilla Silvia Parra Melissa Pollard Paige Poulin Carli Preston Kayley Rasmussen Shannon Rauls Vjollca Rexhepi Karina Rivero Alexandra Santella Callie Senna Hannah Silberberg Gina Slocumb Anne Smolenski Danielle Stout Nika Szyrynski Jasmine Taylor Emily Zimmerman
Class So. So. Jr. Fr. So. So. Jr. So. Jr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Sr. So. Fr. So. Sr. Fr. So. Sr. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Sr. Sr. Fr. So. So. So. Jr. So. Fr. Jr. Sr. So. So. Jr. So. Fr. Jr. So. So. So. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. So. So.
Height 5-7 5-11 5-6 5-9 5-2 5-7 5-6 6-0 5-2 5-7 5-10 5-6 6-0 5-6 5-11 6-2 5-9 5-8 5-10 5-9 6-1 5-9 5-8 6-1 5-11 5-11 5-6 5-7 6-2 6-2 5-7 5-8 5-7 5-2 5-7 5-10 5-2 5-9 5-9 6-1 5-7 5-6 5-2 5-9 5-6 5-8 5-5 5-4 5-9 5-7 5-11 5-10 6-0 5-7 5-9 5-7 5-7
Hometown/Last School Buena Park, Calif. Palmdale, Calif. Roseville, Calif. Oakley, Calif. Elk Grove, Calif. Pasadena, Calf. Petaluma, Calif. Richmond, Calif. Cypress, Calif. Martinez, Calif. Elk Grove, Calif. Tracy, Calif. Cave Creek, Ariz. South San Francisco, Calif. Porterville, Calif. Vilnius, Lithuania San Diego, Calif. Antelope, Calif. Salinas, Calif. Parker, Colo. Rocklin, Calif. Orangevale, Calif. Corona, Calif. Simi Valley, Calif. San Diego, Calif. Templeton, Calif. Petaluma, Calif. Cypress, Calif. West Sacramento, Calif. West Sacramento, Calif. Rancho Cordova, Calif. Elk Grove, Calif. Elk Grove, Calif. Pacifica, Calif. Elk Grove, Calif. Phoenix, Ariz. San Diego, Calif. Murrieta, Calif. San Diego, Calif. Selma, Calif. Sacramento, Calif. Sacramento, Calif. Torrance, Calif. Shafter, Calif. Angels Camp, Calif. Chino Hills, Calif. Walnut Creek, Calif. San Diego, Calif. Stockton, Calif. Sacramento, Calif. Ridgecrest, Calif. Victorville, Calif. Oak Hills, Calif. San Bernardino, Calif. Elk Grove, Calif. Oakland, Calif. Clovis, Calif.
Head Coach Mike Connors Assistant Coaches George Jenkins, Stephanie McNabb Volunteer Assistants Erika Busch, Jessica Smith, Erika Mitchell, Elizabeth Danielson Student Assistant Sandra Freeman
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San Diego State Aztecs Name Lauren Allen Amelia Anderson Sara Avery Rachel Borden Gina Bourke Julia Brockherde Vera Brockherde Haley Burton Yvonne Bustamante Christa Carrillo Christina Charlton Hannah Dahlem Brynn Danvers Jamie Darling Annalisa Duarte Elizabeth Edmonds Charlene Flournoy Jessica Furrh Hannah Gasser Michaela Gentosi Kaitlyn Goss Paige Gugino Jessica Haggard Cassandra Houy Natalie Jackson Olivia Kirkpatrick Rachel Kraushaar Alyssa Lua Kendall Lyng Katherine MacElwee Melissa McCormack Katie McKibbin River McLeod Mackenzie Morgan Maria Ordonez Miranda Orsinelli-Rivers Stephanie Osmond Katherine Paciolla Isabelle Paul Haley Peterson Stephanie Schulman Megan Stone Halei Warren Cassie Wilson Amanda Zizzo
Class Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr. Jr. So. So. Sr. Fr. So. Sr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. So. Fr. So. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. So. Jr. Fr. Sr. Sr. Fr.
Height 5-7 5-11 5-7 6-0 5-7 5-9 5-9 5-8 5-8 5-9 6-2 5-4 5-7 5-4 5-8 5-5 5-7 5-7 5-10 5-9 5-7 6-0 5-8 5-3 5-8 5-6 5-11 5-2 5-4 5-11 5-6 5-8 5-10 5-9 5-8 5-8 5-8 5-9 5-10 6-1 5-4 5-7 5-11 6-0 5-6
Hometown/Last School Omaha, Neb./Eastlake San Luis Obispo, Calif./San Luis Obispo Pinon Hills, Calif./Serrano Tempe, Ariz./Horizon Honors Wellington, New Zealand/Wellington Girls’ College Duisburg, Germany/St. Hildegardis Gymnasium Duisburg, Germany/St. Hildegardis Gymnasium Santee, Calif./Santana El Centro, Calif./Grossmont College Chino Hills, Calif./Ayala San Francisco, Calif./Marin Catholic Buckley, Wash./University of Portland West Vancouver, B.C., Canada/Collingwood School Newport Beach, Calif./Newport Harbor Hayward, Calif./James Logan Saratoga, Calif./Prospect Fairfield, Calif./Vanden Vista, Calif./Vista Sacramento, Calif./St. Francis Catholic Newport Beach, Calif./Corona Del Mar Phoenix, Ariz./Xavier College Prep El Dorado Hills, Calif./Oak Ridge Petaluma, Calif./Petaluma Washington, D.C./St. John’s College Imperial Beach, Calif./Mar Vista Austin, Texas/Westlake Tustin, Calif./Spirit Academy Los Alamitos, Calif./Los Alamitos Fullerton, Calif./Sunny Hills Temecula, Calif./Temecula Valley Folsom, Calif./Folsom Costa Mesa, Calif./Orange Coast College Murrieta, Calif./Vista Murrieta Kirkland, Wash./Lake Washington San Diego, Calif./Clairemont Senior San Diego, Calif./Steele Canyon Bainbridge Island, Wash./Bainbridge Temecula, Calif./Temecula Valley Wellington, New Zealand/Wellington Girls’ College Kingsburg, Calif./Kingsburg Honolulu, Hawaii/Kamehameha Kapalama Fall River, Mass./B.M.C. Durfee Lodi, Calif./Lodi Redlands, Calif./Redlands San Jose, Calif./Ann Sobrato
Head Coach Bill Zack Assistant Coaches Heather Crichton, Daniel Duxbury
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SMU Mustangs Name Bailey Adams Hanna Axene Olivia Best Jessica Clouse Chantelle Conley Dominique Conley Brittany Courteau Hannah Dart Sophi Farid Jackie Galloway Stephanie Gentile Angelica Greene Lindsay Heyman Shelby Hill Madeline Horton Susan Hovey-Murray Jessica Jancose Marissa Jennings Meghan Klein Katherine Linares Amber Long Kelly McGowan Natalie Miller Savannah Moody Shery Mugwagwa Molly O’Connell Eki Olumese Paige Papesch Jo Parmer Christine Roe Madelaine Rueda Alyssa Sands Alexandra Savoca Sydney Severson Rebekah Tate Colleen Tautkus Moyra Tran Lauren Vanek Ashley Wagner Miranda Zsigmond
Class Height Sr. 5-8 Sr. 5-9 Fr. 6-0 So. 5-6 Sr. 5-9 Sr. 5-10 So. 5-9 Fr. 5-9 Fr. 5-2 Fr. 5-10 Sr. 5-0 Fr. 5-6 So. 5-8 Fr. 5-8 Fr. 5-5 Jr. 6-0 Fr. 5-2 So. 5-8 So. 5-8 Fr. Fr. 5-3 Fr. 5-8 Fr. 5-10 So. 5-11 Sr. 5-6 So. 5-6 Fr. 5-8 Fr. 5-7 Jr. 5-3 Fr. 5-8 Fr. 4-11 Fr. 5-10 Fr. 5-7 So. 5-9 Jr. 5-7 Fr. 5-6 So. 5-4 Fr. 5-9 Fr. Jr. 5-11
Hometown/Last School Ennis, Texas/Ennis Irvine, Calif./Wood Bridge Flower Mound, Texas/Flower Mound Marcus Austin, Texas/Principia Upper School Newport Beach, Calif./Newport Harbor Newport Beach, Calif./Newport Harbor Grand Rapids, Mich./Culver Academy Melbourne, Australia/Methodist Ladies College Columbia, Mo./Rock Bridge Wylie, Texas/Wylie Mays Landing, N.J./Our Lady of Mercy Academy Jacksonville, Fla./Fleming Island Great Neck, N.Y./Great Neck North Frisco, Texas/Frisco Houston, Texas/Memorial Richmond, Va./Mills Goodwin St. Louis, Mo./Clayton Summit, N.J./Summit Carlisle, Mass./Buckingham Browne and Nichols Dallas, Texas/Townview Center Billings, Mont./West Philadelphia, Pa./The Episcopal Academy Orange County, Calif./Lutheran Long Beach, Calif./Los Alamitos Harare, Zimbabwe Seal Beach, Calif./Los Alamitos Gaithersburg, Md./Poolesville Cleveland, Ohio/Hathaway Brown Austin, Texas/Belton Rockwall, Texas/Rockwall Methuen, Mass./Central Catholic Carrollton, Texas/Homeschooled New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan Bainbridge Island, Wash./Bainbridge Plano, Texas/John Paul II High School York, Pa./The Taft School Pflugerville, Texas/Pflugerville St. Louis, Mo./Westminster Christian Academy Dallas, Texas/Trinity Christian Los Alamitos, Calif./Los Alamitos
Head Coach Doug Wright Assistant Coaches Jessi Hooper, Paige Love Volunteer Assistant Katey Porter
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Temple Owls Name Olivia Aizen Casey Alameno Janie Augustyn Jenna Bahel Nicole Barth Julie Blackmon Kathy Bostion Stephanie Bragg Carolyn Brooks Annie Buckley Sierra Derti Callie Diguardia Kayla Dorney Amber Dutcher Morgan Evans Charlotte Forman Brittany Fowler Meghan Fowler Kelsey Franks Megan Gleason Kaitlin Grisanti Anne Hughes Gina Inverso Lisa Kennedy Grace Kroner Emily Leyland Erin Matz Kelly McGee Moira Meekes Emilie Mehler Aimee Meissner Lea Millio Layla Moran Eleanor Oken Emily Opperman Lily Papaleo Rachel Phillips Elena Ramos Sarah Scanlin Madison Schwaab Samantha Sederstrand Symantha Sharon Nicole Stark Olivia Stifel Victoria Verrekia Madison Weis Danielle White Brianne Wojciechowski Amanda Wolfgang
Class So. Fr. Jr. So. So. Fr. Sr. So. Fr. Sr. So. Jr. Sr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. So. So. Sr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Jr. So. So. Sr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr.
Height 6-2 5-6 5-10 5-9 4-8 5-6 5-5 5-8 5-4 5-8 5-9 5-11 5-9 5-8 5-4 6-1 5-3 5-11 5-1 5-7 5-8 5-10 5-4 5-10 5-8 5-9 5-0 5-6 5-9 5-9 5-6 5-7 5-10 5-7 5-3 5-6 6-3 5-5 5-6 5-9 5-5 5-4 5-3 6-0 4-11 5-8 5-9 5-9 5-7
Hometown/Last School Yardley, Pa./Pennsbury Norristown, Pa./Archbishop Carroll West Chester, Pa./B. Reed Henderson Kennett Square, Pa./Kennett Philadelphia, Pa./Little Flower Philadelphia, Pa./Saint Basil Academy Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin Northampton, Pa./Northampton Bethlehem, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic Philadelphia, Pa./Saint Basil Academy Schnecksville, Pa./Parkland Annapolis, Md./South River Saylorsburg, Pa./Pleasant Valley Lititz, Pa./Warwick Senior Mohnton, Pa./Governor Mifflin Hampton Bays, N.Y./Hampton Bays Havertown, Pa./Haverford Senior Havertown, Pa./Haverford Linwood, N.J./Mainland Regional Margate, N.J./Holy Spirit Nesconset, N.Y./Smithtown East Havertown, Pa./Havertown Merchantville, N.J./Bishop Eustace Prep Ambler, Pa./Wissahickon Senior Cincinnati, Ohio/Turpin Cheltenham, Pa./Little Flower Catasauqua, Pa./Catasauqua Senior Drexel Hill, Pa./Upper Darby Drexel Hill, Pa./Archbishop Prendergast Jenkintown, Pa./Abington Phillipsburg, N.J./Phillipsburg Drexel Hill, Pa./Archbishop Prendergast Westport, Mass./Westport Portland, Ore./St. Mary’s Academy Pittsburgh, Pa./North Catholic Chicago, Ill./Mother McAuley Liberal Arts Milwaukee, Wis./Wisconsin Lutheran Dover, Del./Caesar Rodney Bristol, Pa./Archbishop Ryan Catonsville, Md./Catonsville West Chester, Pa./Archbishop John Carroll Shavertown, Pa./Lake-Lehman Wexford, Pa./North Catholic Falls Church, Va./McLean Broomall, Pa./Archbishop Carroll River Vale, N.J./Pascack Valley Huntington, N.Y./St. Anthony’s Southampton, Pa./Archbishop Ryan Pipersville, Pa./Central Bucks West
Head Coach Rebecca Smith Grzybowski Assistant Coaches Alyssa O’Donnell, Mariana Folco Graduate Assistant Taylor Wasserleben Volunteer Assistant Natalie Carlone
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Tulsa Golden Hurricane Name Christen Bianchi Jerusha Blankenship Alana Bobka Jessica Burke Stephanie Call Jennifer Casson Adrianna Catalanotto Marissa Catalanotto Kristy Covre Madison Crane Lindsay Crute Abigail Elggren Hannah Emnett Danielle Engles Emily Farrar Maria Gearing Betsy Govig Elizabeth Hart Paige Hibbard Sarah Jactel Allison Kiefer Ashley Lane Skylar Luttjehuizen Madeline Lyons Anna McHenry Margaret Mealy Angela Metzler Phoebe Mulligan Elizabeth Natho Kristin Palilionis Sarah Palilionis Rachel Parks Melissa Pepper Patrizia Perazzo Rachel Perry Becca Renteria Delani Richart Sarah Ringler Sarah Robinson Jamie Roloff Chaselyn Ruffaner-Hanson Kaitlyn Schneider Emalia Seto Maile Seto Lauren Simpson Leah Suleski Sam Tober Eva Trabucco Gabriela Tucker Lauren Turner Melissa Urquhart Lauren Vander Hoeven Marcia Vidaurri Hannah Vissers Colleen Wohlrab
Class Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. So. Jr. Fr. Jr. So. So. Jr. Fr. Jr. So. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Jr. So. Fr. So. Fr. Sr. So. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Sr. Jr. So. Fr. Jr. So. Sr. Fr. Jr. Jr. So. So. Jr. Jr. Fr. Fr. So. Sr. Fr. So. Fr. Sr.
Height 5-7 5-8 5-5 5-0 5-2 5-9 5-7 5-5 5-10 5-4 5-6 5-6 5-11 5-8 5-10 5-9 5-6 5-4 5-6 5-3 5-5 5-10 5-10 5-6 5-6 5-3 5-3 5-9 5-2 5-9 5-10 5-5 5-9 5-5 5-7 5-3 5-3 5-8 5-2 5-6 5-8 5-0 5-4 5-6 5-11 5-5 5-11 5-1 5-7 5-7 5-9 5-7 5-1 5-8 5-8
Hometown/Last School Edmond, Okla./Edmond Santa Fe HS Tulsa, Okla./Homeschooled Aurora, Colo./Mile High Rowing Club Bartlesville, Okla./Bartlesville HS Tulsa, Okla./Union HS Kingston, Ont./Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute Northport, N.Y./Sagamore Rowing Association Northport, N.Y./Sagamore Rowing Association St. Catharines, Ont./St. Catharines Rowing Club Little Rock, Ark./Arkansas Boathouse Club Augusta, Ga./John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School Mercer Island, Wash./Mercer Island HS St. Louis, Mo./Cor Jesu Academy Sapulpa, Okla./Sapulpa HS Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Crew Fenwick, Ont./E.L. Crossley Secondary Phoenix, Ariz./Xavier Preparatory Crew Parker, Colo./Mile High Rowing Club St. Louis, Mo./St. Louis Rowing Club Atlanta, Ga./Atlanta International School Easton, Conn./Joel Barlow HS Olympia, Wash./Olympia Area Rowing Dunnville, Ont./E.L. Crossley Secondary/South Niagara Rowing Club Seattle, Wash./Mount Baker Junior Crew Salina, Kan./Salina HS Sherman, Texas/Sherman HS Zionsville, Ind./Indianapolis Rowing Center Northern Ireland, U.K./Portora Boat Club Saint Charles, Mo./St. Louis Rowing Club Inverary, Ont./Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute Inverary, Ont./Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute Oklahoma City, Okla./Oklahoma City Riversport Huntington Beach, Calif./Newport Aquatic Center Caracas, Venezuela/Emil Friedman HS Austin, Texas/Homeschooled Olathe, Kan./Kansas State Fayetteville, Ark./Fayetteville HS Folsom, Calif./Capital Crew Rowing Club Leesburg, Va./Bishop O’Connell HS Richboro, Pa./Council Rock HS/Bachelors Barge Club Corrales, N.M./Cibola HS Lake View, N.Y./Frontier HS/West Side Rowing Club El Dorado Hills, Calif./St. Francis HS/Capital Crew Rowing Club El Dorado Hills, Calif./St. Francis HS/Capital Crew Rowing Club Chattanooga, Tenn./Chattanooga Junior Rowing Buffalo, N.Y./City Honors School/West Side Rowing Club Fonthill, Ont./E.L. Crossley Secondary/South Niagara Rowing Club St. Catharines, Ont./St. Francis Catholic Secondary Grosse Pointe, Mich./Detroit Boat Club Absecon, N.J./Holy Spirit HS Latham, N.Y./Shaker Rowing Association St. Catharines, Ont./St. Catharines Rowing Club Miami, Fla./Miami Palmetto Senior HS Kingston, Ont./Kingston Rowing Club Sarasota, Fla./Sarasota Scullers
Head Coach Kevin Harris Assistant Coaches Rodney Mot, Natasha Ostopovich, Richard Ruggieri Graduate Assistant Arielle Tillou Undergraduate Assistant Elizabeth Keane
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Villanova Wildcats Name Katrina Bertrand Mackenzie Bowden Margaret Cavanaugh Isabella Cedeno Alexandra Cerbone Megan Clarke Gabriella DeLorenzo Lucia DeNicola Jacqueline Denning Kelly Foster Cecilia Franko Alexandra Gera Sophie Grueterich Clare Keating Heather Kittredge Christina Ko Emily Lenane Veronica Manley Caroline McCaughey Kiera McCloy Briggs Mroz Morgan Mroz Katherine Murphy Luisa Nitzschke Deirdre Pehnke Melanie Preve Abigale Schenone Stephanie Smilgis Julia Taladay Lauren Woodhull Brittany Wyatt
Class Sr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr. Jr. Jr. So. So. Fr. Jr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Sr. Fr. So. Fr. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr. Sr.
Hometown/Last School Weston, Fla./Pine Crest Halifax, Mass./Silver Lake Regional Erie, Penn./Mercyhurst Preparatory School Richmond, Va. Rockaway, N.J./Morris Knolls High Mahopac, N.Y./Mahopac High Staten Island, N.Y./Notre Dame School Franklin Lakes, N.J./Immaculate Heart Accademy Newtown, Mass./Lexington High School Gloucester, Mass. Rocky River, Ohio/Rocky River Lafayette Hill, Pa./Plymouth Whitemarsh High School Riverside, Conn./Greenwich Ridgewood, N.J./Ridgewood Tolland, Conn./Tolland West New York, N.J. Milton, Mass. Morris Plains, N.J./Villa Walsh Academy Boston, Mass./Boston Latin School Erdenheim, Pa./Mount Saint Joseph Academy Elmhurt, Ill./Saint Ignatius College Prep Elmhurst, Ill./Saint Ignatius College Prep Chatham, N.J./Chatham High Dahenfeld, Germany/Mercedes-Benz International School West Windsor, N.J./West Winsdor-Plainsboro Attleboro, Mass./Moses Brown School Chatham, N.J./Chatham High Macungie, Penn./Emmaus High Paris, France/Winston Churchhill HS Riverhead, N.Y./Bishop McGann-Mercy Cincinnati, Ohio/Finneytown High
Head Coach Jack St. Clair Assistant Coach Justin Jones
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Not entirely unlike the nation that provides its namesake, the American Athletic Conference was born from an ideal in which members with ambitious goals are provided with the means to succeed in their quests for excellence. With roots that extend to three conferences, the American Athletic Conference membership in 2014-15 consists of 11 institutions: the University of Central Florida, the University of Cincinnati, the University of Connecticut, East Carolina University, the University of Houston, the University of Memphis, the University of South Florida, Southern Methodist University, Temple University, Tulane University and the University of Tulsa. The 2015-16 season sees the U.S. Naval Academy join the ranks in football only. Under the leadership of commissioner Mike Aresco, The American, which operated as the Big East Conference from 1979 to 2013, has immediately taken a place at the forefront of Division I athletics, with schools that have played in four Bowl Championship Series games, won four NCAA men’s basketball titles since 1999, and won nine NCAA women’s basketball championships since 1995. Two American Athletic Conference football teams were ranked in the top 15 of the final 2013 Associated Press poll. Five were selected for bowl games, including UCF, which won the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and finished the season
ranked No. 10 nationally. The conference produced 14 players who received All-America recognition by a major outlet. The American had four players chosen in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft, trailing only the SEC and the ACC among FBS conferences. UCF quarterback Blake Bortles highlighted a group of 12 American Athletic Conference players chosen when he was taken No. 3 overall by the Jacksonville Jaguars. The success of The American in Year 1 was not limited to the gridiron. UConn won NCAA titles in both men’s and women’s basketball. The conference had the best postseason winning percentage of any league in men’s basketball, while The American produced top-10 teams in baseball, men’s soccer and men’s golf and sent half of its participating teams to the NCAA Softball Championship. The American Athletic Conference holds television partnerships with ESPN and CBS Sports which will give the conference unprecedented national exposure. The football portion of the contract, which began in the 2014 season, calls for nearly 90 percent of conference-controlled games on national broadcast or national cable platforms. The first American Athletic Conference Football Championship, which will be played in 2015, will be carried either on ABC or ESPN on Championship Saturday. In men’s basketball, the television deal calls for all conference-controlled games to be televised, with more than 63 percent slotted for national broadcast or national cable – a minimum of 107 games. The entire postseason tournament will be televised, including the championship game, which will be either on
ABC or ESPN. Sixty percent of the American’s women’s basketball games will be carried on either national cable, regional sports networks or ESPN3. American Athletic Conference teams will have access to the pinnacle of college football’s postseason structure. An American representative would be chosen for the College Football Playoff semifinals if it is among the top four teams following the regular season. Otherwise, the league would place its champion in either the Cotton Bowl, Fiesta Bowl or Peach Bowl if it is ranked higher than the champions of Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, the Mountain West Conference and the Sun Belt Conference. Additionally, The American has announced primary or secondary partnerships with 12 bowls for the next six-year cycle, ensuring multiple annual matchups against the nation’s top conferences and providing desirable postseason destinations to member institutions and their fans. The American Athletic Conference administers to its membership from a state-of-the-art office located in Providence, R.I. The location of the conference headquarters – just steps from the city’s Amtrak station and 10 minutes from T.F. Green International Airport – gives the conference easy access to its member schools. The conference headquarters is equipped with a complete video production studio, serving as the home of the American Digital Network, and small- and large-scale meeting rooms to accommodate the many coaches’ and administrators’ meetings held on-site each year.
2014-15 American Athletic Conference Championship Schedule Men’s & Women’s Cross Country Oct. 31, 2014 Mohawk Park • Tulsa, Okla. Men’s Champion: Tulsa Women’s Champion: Tulsa Women’s Soccer First Round: Oct. 31, 2014 (campus sites) Quarterfinals: Nov. 2, 2014 (campus sites) Semifinals & Final Nov. 7-9, 2014 Corbett Soccer Stadium • Tampa, Fla. Champion: UConn Men’s Soccer Quarterfinals: Nov. 8, 2014 (campus sites) Semifinals & Final Nov. 14-16, 2014 Joseph J. Morrone Stadium • Storrs, Conn. Champion: Tulsa Men’s & Women’s Swimming & Diving Feb. 18-21, 2015 Greensboro Aquatics Center • Greensbro, N.C. Men’s Champion: East Carolina Women’s Champion: SMU
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Men’s & Women’s Indoor Track & Field Feb. 27-28, 2015 New Balance Track& Field Center at The Armory New York, N.Y. Men’s Champion: Houston Women’s Champion: UConn Women’s Basketball March 6-9, 2015 Mohegan Sun Arena • Uncasville, Conn. Champion: UConn Men’s Basketball March 12-15, 2015 XL Center • Hartford, Conn. Champion: SMU Women’s Tennis April 15-18, 2015 Michael D. Case Tennis Center • Tulsa, Okla. Champion: Tulsa Men’s Tennis April 16-19, 2015 Michael D. Case Tennis Center • Tulsa, Okla. Champion: USF
Women’s Golf April 19-21, 2015 Hammock Beach Golf & Spa Resort Palm Coast, Fla. Champion: UCF Men’s Golf April 26-28, 2015 Black Diamond Ranch • Lecanto, Fla. Champion: USF Softball May 7-9, 2015 UCF Softball Complex • Orlando, Fla. Champion: UCF Men’s & Women’s Outdoor Track & Field May 14-17, 2015 George J. Sherman Family Sports Complex Storrs, Conn. Women’s Rowing May 17, 2015 Mercer Lake West Windsor, N.J. Baseball May 19-24, 2015 Bright House Field Clearwater, Fla.
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Championship Records & Results TEAM RESULTS Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS School Louisville UCF UConn Temple Rutgers Villanova SMU
Total Points 158 136 111 109 101 69 52
RACE RESULTS Third Varsity Four Place School 1 Louisville 2 Rutgers 3 Temple 4 UCF 5 UConn
Time 7:51.943 8:15.660 8:19.779 8:29.259 8:33.121
Second Varsity Four Place School Time 1 Louisville 7:33.853 2 UCF 7:39.045 3 Rutgers 7:52.741 4 Temple 8:01.538 5 Villanova 8:06.407 6 UConn 8:11.550 Third Varsity Eight Place School 1 Louisville 2 UCF 3 Temple 4 Rutgers 5 UConn
Time 7:06.013 7:16.003 7:16.695 7:38.634 7:42.923
Varsity Four Place 1 2 3 4 5 6
Time 7:28.307 7:33.902 7:42.948 7:49.887 7:57.421 8:04.679
School Louisville Rutgers UCF Temple UConn Villanova
Second Varsity Eight Place School 1 Louisville 2 UCF 3 UConn 4 Temple 5 SMU 6 Rutgers 7 Villanova
Time 6:44.430 6:59.828 7:01.723 7:03.609 7:06.777 7:12.934 7:23.866
Varsity Eight Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Time 6:36.796 6:43.917 6:45.619 6:52.107 6:54.765 7:01.135 7:03.321
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School Louisville UCF UConn Temple Rutgers Villanova SMU
2014 All-Conference First Team Dasha Mardhanka, Louisville Morgan Donham, Louisville Hannah Ritter, Louisville Jamie Montesano, Louisville Lauren Aiello, UCF Ginni Dunlop, UCF Charlotte Kelley, UConn Megan Boyer, Temple Katie Bakaj, Rutgers Lauren Woodhull, Villanova Miranda Zsigmond, SMU All-Conference Second Team Lucy Wilshire, Louisville Andrea Zorn, Louisville Elise Valantine, Louisville Camille Everett, UCF Calena Illan, UCF Natalie Carlone, UConn Erin Mounce, UConn Jacqueline Lees, Temple Ali Watkins, Temple Stepanie Ford, Rutgers Kelly O’Coner, Villanova Coaching Staff of the Year Louisville Boat of the Year Louisville Second Varsity Eight - Sophie St. Martin, Hanna Spittel, Lizzie DeVries, Katie Nord, Kara Savegnago, Amy Van Syoc, Kylen Pattermann, Sam Sinnett and Abbie Wade
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