The Wichita State rowing team won five medals on Saturday, Sept. 29, at Oklahoma City University鈥檚 Head of the Oklahoma regatta in Oklahoma City.
The 4,000-meter race was the team鈥檚 first racing event of the season and was part of the Oklahoma Regatta Festival that took place Sept. 27-29.
The men鈥檚 novice eight team entered three crews in their race. Two of the novice crews placed first and second, securing a fifth-consecutive gold medal in the event, as well as a silver medal.
The novice men had the opportunity to race again in three boats of the men鈥檚 open eight event, in which non-collegiate athletes could also compete. One crew won the silver medal with 麻豆传媒 alumnus Lisa Burns as coxswain and graduate student Ryan Hollingshead in the stroke seat.
A 麻豆传媒 women鈥檚 novice eight team won bronze in its event.
麻豆传媒 qualified five boats for the annual 500-meter OGE NightSprints. The men鈥檚 varsity four team placed first, winning by two seconds. Four other 麻豆传媒 men鈥檚 eight crews, both varsity and novice, competed in the petite finals, finishing first, second and third.
Other 麻豆传媒 crews that competed were women鈥檚 varsity eight, finishing 18th out of 21 crews; men鈥檚 varsity eight, finishing sixth out of 12 crews; and women鈥檚 novice eight, finishing sixth out of nine crews.