Kleiss, Buchholtz named CRCA all-region rowers
May 26, 2011 | Lightweight Rowing
May 26, 2011
GOLD RIVER, Calif. – With the 2011 NCAA Rowing Championships starting on Friday, the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) announced its all-region rowers and junior Vanessa Kleiss (Grantsburg, Wis.) and junior Rachel Buchholtz (East Troy, Wis.) made the teams. The CRCA also announced winners of its 2011 Scholar Athletes and a total of 13 Badgers, including eight openweights and five lightweights, made the cut.
Kleiss, a first-team all-central region rower, spent the entire spring as part of UW’s varsity eight. Buchholtz, a second-team all-central region team member, also rowed all spring in the varsity eight. Both were part of the Big Ten Boat of the Week after the crew defeated Minnesota on May 1 on Lake Mendota in Madison, Wis. Both will compete this weekend in the NCAA championships.
In addition, 13 others rowers are 2011 CRCA Scholar Athletes, noted by their minimum 3.5 cumulative grade-point averages for their careers through the fall. All winners are in at least their second year of eligibility.
The winners include sophomore Helen Beckner (Washington, D.C.), senior Mia Cava (Ardmore, Pa.), sophomore Constance Chucholowski (San Diego, Calif.), sophomore Caelainn Donnellan (Neenah, Wis.), senior Rebekah Foelker (Watertown, Wis.), senior Taylor Fries (Westport, Conn.), sophomore Katherine Hanes (Germantown, Wis.), junior Hayley Leinss (West Bend, Wis.), sophomore Jessica Lund (Lake Oswego, Ore.), senior Breanne Lynch (Hartland, Wis.), sophomore Kendall Schmidt (Greenfield, Wis.), senior Shannon Schlack (Brooklyn, Wis.), junior Sara Watermolen (Sturgeon Bay, Wis.).
