PHILADELPHIA – Oklahoma City University takes a shot at its third consecutive gold medal in the men's heavyweight four in the Dad Vail Regatta on Friday and Saturday on the Schuylkill River. 

The Stars have won the men's heavyweight four the past two years. Last year, OCU boasted of its best performance in the Dad Vail Regatta with four medals. 

OCU snagged second in the women's collegiate double and the men's collegiate quad as well as third in the women's collegiate single on May 7-8, 2021.  

Ruthie Lacy, a sophomore from Oklahoma City, will get the Stars' efforts under way in a women's collegiate single heat 7:30 a.m. EDT (6:30 a.m. CDT) Friday. Lacy earned bronze with her time of 8 minutes, 21.99 seconds.    

Boris Dimitrijevic, Nicola Uveric, Aidan Moriarty, Andrija Simeunovic and coxswain Sarah Tyree comprise Oklahoma City's crew that will race in the men's varsity heavyweight four. Dimitrijevic, Simeunovic and Tyree collected the win in last year's Dad Vails with a mark of 6:22.291. 

Dawson Rogers will compete in the men's open collegiate single then team with Taylor Broussard to form OCU's men's collegiate double crew. Broussard teams with Jack Austin in the men's pair.