April 30, 2008

EAST LANSING, Mich. - The Big Ten Conference announced the seedings for the 2008 Women's Rowing Championships, which will be held Saturday, May 3 in Ann Arbor, Mich. The Spartans' varsity eight, varsity four and novice eight crews all earned the No. 1 seed in their races, while the second varsity eight and second varsity four boats are the No. 2 seeds. MSU's second varsity eight boat is the fifth seed.

Michigan State is ranked sixth nationally in the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association/USRowing's most recent rankings, released April 23.

The Spartans finished fourth last year at the Big Ten Championships with 102 points. The varsity eight, varsity four and second varsity eight crews finished third, while the second varsity four and novice eight boats finished fourth.

Action begins Saturday morning at 8 a.m., with the second novice eight races. The full tournament schedule is available at www.bigten.com.

2008 Big Ten Championship Seedings
Varsity Eights
No. 1 Michigan State
No. 2 Michigan
No. 3 Ohio State
No. 4 Minnesota
No. 5 Wisconsin
No. 6 Iowa
No. 7 Indiana

Second Varsity Eights
No. 1 Ohio State
No. 2 Michigan State
No. 3 Michigan
No. 4 Wisconsin
No. 5 Minnesota
No. 6 Indiana
No. 7 Iowa

Varsity Fours
No. 1 Michigan State
No. 2 Minnesota
No. 3 Wisconsin
No. 4 Michigan
No. 5 Ohio State
No. 6 Iowa
No. 7 Indiana

Second Varsity Fours
No. 1 Wisconsin
No. 2 Michigan State
No. 3 Ohio State
No. 4 Minnesota
No. 5 Michigan
No. 6 Iowa
No. 7 No boat for Indiana

Novice Eights
No. 1 Michigan State
No. 2 Minnesota
No. 3 Wisconsin
No. 4 Michigan
No. 5 Iowa
No. 6 Ohio State
No. 7 Indiana

Second Novice Eights
No. 1 Wisconsin
No. 2 Minnesota
No. 3 Iowa
No. 4 Michigan
No. 5 Michigan State
No. 6 Ohio State
No. 7 No boat for Indiana