​ACRA National Championship Regatta 2022

On May 18th, OKState Rowing set out to Oak Ridge, Tennessee to compete at the ACRA National Championship for the first time since 2019. This was the moment our athletes had trained all year for, devoting hours of time every day to become better than they were the day before. As the only team from Oklahoma to make an appearance, OKState Rowing was proud to leave their mark with every stroke taken in Tennessee. After three days of racing, endless laughs, and supporting each other through every step, the results are as follows:
Women's Novice 4+: 5th Place, C Final
Women's 1x: 1st Place, Grand Final (Rebecca Korn)

ACRA All Regional Team!

Each year, the ACRA committee selects 8 men and 8 women from each region of the country to be recognized for the ACRA All Regional Team. This year, we are proud to announce that Allie Sallee and Rebecca Korn have both been selected as ACRA All Regional Athletes!

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ACRA National Champion!

We are thrilled to announce that Rebecca Korn is the 2022 Women's 1x ACRA National Champion! With a 24 second lead, Rebecca's incredible speed couldn't be matched by anyone in the nation. We are so proud of Rebecca and couldn't think of someone more deserving. 

2022 Spring Racing

​​OKC Invitational 

OKState Rowing competed in their first spring race of the season on April 2nd. Competing against UCO, OCU, and WSU, the results are as follows:
​Women's Novice 8+: 2nd Place
Women's 1x: 3rd Place (Rebecca Korn) ​​
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​Plains Regional

​On May 1st, OKState Rowing traveled to Wichita, Kansas to compete against Colorado State, Kansas State, St. Louis, Kansas, Nebraska Lincoln, Washington, and Wichita State. The results are as follows:
Women's Novice 4+: 1st Place
Women's 1x: 1st Place (Rebecca Korn)

2022 Indoor Erg Sprints

Shocker Sprints

After months of indoor winter training, OKState Rowing headed to Wichita, Kansas to compete against 15 other clubs. The results are as follows: 
Leslie Garza: 1st in Women's Lightweight 2000m 
Rebecca Korn: 1st in Women's Open 500m & 2000m
Travis Thomas: 3rd in Men's Open 2000m 

Fall 2021 Racing

Head of the Oklahoma

After a long break due to COVID-19, OKState Rowing is back to training in eights and competing at regattas. For most of our athletes, their first time picking up an oar was in early September. It was only a month later when we competed at Head of the Oklahoma against 48 other clubs. The results are as follows:
Women's Collegiate Novice 8+: 3rd Place ​
Men's Collegiate Novice 8+: 3rd Place 

Wichita State University Invitational

On October 17th, OKState Rowing competed against both Wichita State and Kansas State Crew in Wichita, Kansas.  The results are as follows:
Women's 1x: 1st Place 
Women's 8+: 2nd Place
Men's 8+: 2nd Place 
Men's 4+: 3rd Place 
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Frostbite Regatta

On November 7th, OKState Rowing traveled to Wichita, Kansas to compete against 20 other clubs at the 30th Frostbite Regatta. Some of our competitors were Wichita State, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Kansas State Crew. The results are as follows:
Women's First Novice 8+: 3rd Place
Women's Second Novice 8+: 2nd Place
Men's Second Novice 8+:  2nd Place
Women's Open 8+: 3rd Place
Women's Open Lightweight 4+: 1st Place
Women's Open Lightweight 4+: 2nd Place
Women's Open 1x: 3rd Place

Captain's Cup

To conclude fall racing, OKState Rowing held their own inter team competition at Lake Carl Blackwell on November 14th. The captains chosen for this event were Logan Wargo (with team Starboard Lean), Emma Schwartze (with team Crocs Rock), and Rebecca Korn (with team Candykorn.) The results are as follows:
Quickest Dock: Candykorn
Best Costumes: Crocs Rock
Overall Winner of the Golden Oar: Starboard Lean
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OSU's Newest National Champion

OSU senior, Rebecca Korn (far right) with her gold medal winning quad from the 2021 USRowing Summer National Championship in Camden, NJ.

Taking it to the top

OSU Senior, Rebecca Korn was invited to the OKC Riversport High Performance Talent ID Camp. Korn took the opportunity to spend the summer training with elite rowers from across the country at the Olympic training center in Oklahoma City. She was selected to represent the camp in the quad at the USRowing Summer National Championship in Camden, NJ where she and her teammates won gold after a weekend of hard racing. Going into her fourth year rowing as a Cowboy, Korn is excited to bring her experience back to Stillwater and see what is in store for the 2021-2022 season.

Rowing through Adversity

                              Singles and Small Boats

For over a year, COVID-19 guidelines kept us from using the eights that OKState Rowing typically trains in, but the pandemic did not stop us from getting on the water and participating in the sport we love. The team utilized our fleet of singles and doubles to stay active and socially distanced on the water!

OKState Rowing builds a home!

With the nationwide cancellation of regattas due to the global pandemic, OKState Rowing turned their talents to construction, buying and building a massive steel shelter for the boats and other equipment at Lake Carl Blackwell. After 2 years of storing equipment on the shoreline, the generosity of family and friends of the team allowed for the purchase of much needed protection for the program!

Spring 2019 Racing

Regional Regattas

Throughout April and May, the team competed in the Plains Regional Regatta (KS), Great Plains Championship (KS) winning medals against crews from WSU, KSU, KU, St. Thomas, SLU, CSU, Denver and more.

Fourth in the Nation

Held on the Olympic course in Gainesville, GA, the ACRA National Championship gathers 1700+ athletes from over 75 schools coast to coast. Excellent work by our NW4+ taking fourth in the program's first ACRA appearance.

All Regional Team

OSU athletes Bailey Harper and Ellie Pope were selected to represent the plains region on the ACRA all regional team! This recognition is based on the athletic achievements and potential of the individual athlete. OKState Rowing also had 9 athletes presented with the ACRA All Academic award for recognition of high performance in the classroom as well as on the water.

2019 Indoor Erg Sprints

In February, our team competed against regional rivals at both the Shocker Sprints in Wichita, KS and the Riversport Erg Challenge in Oklahoma City, OK.

Competing in both 2000m and 500m sprints, OSU Athletes won medals in every event we entered.

Competition:
Wichita State University
Kansas University
Kansas State University
Baylor University
Oklahoma University

2018 Frostbite Regatta

​In early November, twenty-three novice men and women of OKState Rowing traveled to Wichita, KS with coaches Lennard and Matherly to compete at the Frostbite Regatta. A novice men's eight, with no prior rowing experience, brought home the program's first medals of the season. The regatta drew competitors from Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Missouri, Iowa, Arkansas and more!