Rowing Wins AAC Championship

[PonyPride]

From SMUMustangs.com:

Rowing Wins AAC Championship

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — SMU rowing won its first conference championship in program history at the American Athletic Conference Championships on Sunday. The Mustangs had a clean sweep, winning all four races at Melton Lake. With the championship crown, SMU earns an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships held in Sarasota, Florida May 28-30.

The Mustangs began the day winning a photo-finish race over UCF in the Second Varsity Four boat. SMU edged the Knights by two tenths of a second finishing at the 7:38.019 mark. This race was not counted towards the final results.

In the First Varsity Four race, SMU finished strong to take the first 24 points of the AAC Championship competition ahead of UCF and Sacramento State.

The Second Varsity Eight boat took the water with the lead and beat out UCF by five seconds with a time of 6:37.136 to take a 72-60 advantage over UCF heading into the final and determining race.

In the last competition, the First Varsity Eight followed suit and took down the defending conference champion UCF Knights by three seconds, finishing at the 6:35.916 mark.

Final 2021 Conference Championship Standings
SMU 144 points
UCF 120 points
Tulsa 84 points
Sacramento State 84 points
Temple 48 points

American Athletic Conference Honors
Coaching Staff of the Year
SMU

All-Conference First Team
Juliet Traylor, SMU
Madison van Meel, SMU
Jasmine Brake, SMU
Colombe De Rouvroy, SMU
Colleen Gillis, SMU
Julie Poulsen, UCF
Leslie Lajoie, UCF
Mia Cleary, UCF
Madlen Markova, Tulsa
Jordan Smith, Sacramento State
Meg Cook, Temple

All-Conference Second Team
Megan Scott, SMU
Lauren Poland, SMU
Trevor Rose, SMU
Elena Esteban, UCF
Amy Van Ryn, UCF
Suzannah Hornett, Tulsa
Johanna Kristof, Tulsa
Chloe Henderson, Tulsa
Shelby Kolbeck, Sacramento State
Angela Fletcher, Sacramento State
Claire Savage, Temple

Lineups
1st Varsity 8+
Cox: Colleen Gillis
8: Jasmine Brake
7: Victoria Franklin
6: Madison van Meel
5: Juliet Traylor
4: Peyton Matthews
3: Daisy Butterworth
2: Megan Hewison
1: Colombe De Rouvroy

2nd Varsity 8+
Cox: Sasha Radovanovic
8: Sophie Hill
7: Anne Ensley
6: Lauren Poland
5: Megan Scott
4: Amy Salesky
3: Bailey Peterson
2: Sydney Suntrup
1: Gracie Condon

1st Varsity 4+
Cox: Hallie Wilson
4: Peyton Jewell
3: Trevor Rose
2: Allison Lea
1: Emily Baker

2nd Varsity 4+
Cox: Eleanor Bomberg
4: Sarah Abrams
3: Erin Pierce
2: Laura Purvis
1: Madison Stafford

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

Wow - that is awesome!!!

Congratulations to the rowing team for brining another conference championship to The Hilltop!!!

[mtrout]

That's awesome. Major program turnaround.