OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City University scored victories in five events, including two night sprints, in the Head of the Oklahoma rowing regatta on Saturday at the Oklahoma River.
Oklahoma City hauled in the Ronald J. Norick Cup for the fifth consecutive year after taking the men's collegiate eight in head racing. The Stars grabbed the William Schnittman Cup for the sixth time in the past seven Head of the Oklahoma Regattas for winning the men's collegiate four on the 2,000-meter course.
The Stars' other wins came in the women's open lightweight single, the women's open single grand final and the men's collegiate four grand final.
OCU finished 1-2 in the men's collegiate four. The Stars' crew of Nikola Uveric, Taylor Broussard, Andrija Simeunovic, Todor Stankovic with Grace Keen as coxswain finished No. 1 with a time of 14 minutes, 26.45 seconds. OCU's boat with Dawson Rogers, Brody Dennis, Boris Dimitrijevic, Stephen Emrich and Ruthie Lacy at coxswain came in second with a mark of 15:02.71.
In the men's collegiate eight, OCU completed the race first behind the lineup of Rogers, Dennis, Broussard, Uveric, Dimitrijevic, Emrich, Simeunovic, Stankovic and coxswain Nicholas Quinnie. The Stars turned in the winning time of 13:51.79.
Lacy, a sophomore from Oklahoma City, snagged first in the women's open lightweight single with a mark of 17:47.34. Also in the event, Keen finished fourth, clocking a 19:34.19. Keen and Lacy landed a third-place showing in the women's open double with their time of 16:49.90.
In the night racing, Lacy earned the win in the women's open single grand final by recording a 1:57.29. Keen crossed the finish in fifth with a 2:06.91.
The Stars nabbed first in the men's collegiate four grand final, covering the distance in 1:35.27. Keen and Lacy teamed for a third-place showing in the women's open double grand final with a time of 1:51.71.
The Head of the Oklahoma wraps up Sunday starting 8 a.m., but the Stars have completed their racing for the weekend. OCU will return to the water in the Head of the Charles on Oct. 23-24 in Camridge, Mass.
