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B1G Championships
Gophers Place Fifth at B1G Championships
5/17/2015 12:00:00 AM | Rowing
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- With 88 total points, the University of Minnesota women's rowing team placed fifth at the 2015 Big Ten Rowing Championships Sunday morning at Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis, Ind. Rebecca Braak earned All-Big Ten First Team honors, while Lynn Hodnett earned a spot on the All-Big Ten Second Team. Brianna Boileau was the Gophers' Big Ten Sportsmanship Award recipient.
Six of the Maroon and Gold's seven boats competed in Grand Finals on Sunday, with the First Varsity Eight placing fifth in the first final of the day with a time of 7:01.378. The Gophers got off to a great start, as they were in second place through the first 500 meters of the race. But, the boat lost steam in the second leg of the event and fell back to fifth place, where it would finish. No. 1 Ohio State won the race in 6:42.111, followed by No. 12 Michigan, No. 13 Indiana and No. 8 Wisconsin.
The 2V8 and 2V4 boats also finished fifth in their respective finals with times of 7:10.565 and 8:21.909, while the 3V4 notched the top finish of the day for the Maroon and Gold with a fourth-place showing in 8:54.809. Â
Minnesota's 1V4 secured a sixth-place finish with a time of 8:32.739 and the Gophers' two novice boats each placed seventh in their events with times of 7:53.639 and 8:52.983, respectively.
TEAM RESULTS
1. Ohio State (186)
2. Michigan (162)
3. Wisconsin (140)
4. Indiana (121)
5. Minnesota (88)
6. Iowa (79)
7. Michigan State (58)
8. Rutgers (24)
ALL-BIG TEN TEAMS
First Team
Mera Dickensheets, Indiana
Beth Baustian, Iowa
Jessica Eiffert, Michigan
Alexandra Spaulding, Michigan
Sarah Kovacs, Michigan State
Rebecca Braak, Minnesota
Ashley Bauer, Ohio State
Catherine Shields, Ohio State
Holly Norton, Ohio State
Langley Oudemans, Rutgers
Stephanie Malchine, Wisconsin
Second Team
Becca Brougher, Indiana
Alice Wright, Indiana
Cristy Hartman, Iowa
Hannah Sherman, Michigan
Louisa Freeman, Michigan
Lori Comer, Michigan State
Lynn Hodnett, Minnesota
Sarah Davis, Ohio State
Aina Cid Centelles, Ohio State
Katie Dennis, Rutgers
Kristine Kammers, Wisconsin
SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD HONOREES
Lindsey Barber, Indiana
Zoe Ribar, Iowa
Allison Boss, Michigan
Sarah Crosby, Michigan State
Brianna Boileau, Minnesota
Anna Ralph, Ohio State
Katie Dennis, Rutgers
Anne Rauschert, Wisconsin
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Minnesota Results at B1G Championships -- Finals -- Sunday, May 17
1V8
1.   Ohio State: 6:42.111
2.   Michigan: 6:44.893
3.   Indiana: 6:46.106
4.   Wisconsin: 6:55.221
5.   Minnesota: 7:01.378
6.   Iowa: 7:15.131
7.   Michigan State: 7:05.305
8.   Rutgers: 7:32.583
2V8
1.   Michigan: 6:59.608
2.   Ohio State: 7:02.290
3.   Wisconsin: 7:04.270
4.   Indiana: 7:09.383
5.   Minnesota: 7:10.565
6.   Michigan State: 7:19.715
7.   Iowa: 7:15.423
8.   Rutgers: 7:43.951
1V4
1.   Ohio State: 7:52.172
2.   Michigan: 7:58.903
3.   Wisconsin: 8:02.479
4.   Iowa: 8:03.202
5.   Indiana: 8:12.304
6.   Minnesota: 8:32.739
7.   Michigan State: 8:36.396
8.   Rutgers: 9:02.861
2V4
1.   Ohio State: 7:59.292
2.   Wisconsin: 8:09.152
3.   Michigan: 8:11.442
4.   Iowa: 8:11.686
5.   Minnesota: 8:21.909
6.   Indiana: 8:29.014
7.   Rutgers: 9:40.884
1N8
1.   Ohio State: 7:10.296
2.   Wisconsin: 7:11.460
3.   Michigan State: 7:17.808
4.   Indiana: 7:26.615
5.   Michigan: 7:28.870
6.   Iowa: 7:35.415
7.   Minnesota: 7:53.639
8.   Rutgers: 8:15.795
3V4
1.   Ohio State: 8:10.198
2.   Wisconsin: 8:23.735
3.   Iowa: 8:36.356
4.   Minnesota: 8:54.809
5.   Indiana: 9:07.249
6.   Michigan: 9:47.393
2N8
1.   Ohio State: 7:27.064
2.   Michigan: 7:34.818
3.   Wisconsin: 7:34.923
4.   Indiana: 7:42.878
5.   Michigan State: 7:50.949
6.   Iowa: 8:08.044
7.   Minnesota: 8:52.983
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