University of Tennessee Athletics
2023-24 Rowing Roster
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Abrams, Sarah
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Sarah Abrams
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Maitland, Australia
- High School:
- Hunter Valley Grammar School
Bio
CAREER HONORS
- 2024 CRCA First Team All-American
- All-Big 12 Rowing Team -- 2024
- Big 12 Boat of the Week (4/24/24)
- CRCA National Scholar-Athlete -- 2024
- SEC Academic Honor Roll -- 2024
- Big 12 Academic All-Conference First Team -- 2024
- Represented Team Australia at the 2024 World Rowing Under 23 Championships
- 2023 AAC Boat of the Year -- Varsity 8+
- 2022 AAC Boat of the Year -- Second Varsity 8+
- AAC All-Academic Team -- 2022, 2023
2023-24 - SENIOR
- Spring season boat record: 44-4
- Competed in the 1V8+ boat during the season.
- At the NCAA Championships Grand Final (6/2/24), posted a gutsy performance that resulted in a third-place national finish for the Lady Vols’ 1V8+ boat. Tennessee crossed the line just 2.236 seconds behind first-place, top-ranked Texas (6:09.920). Furthermore, a mere .352 seconds separated Tennessee from second-place, No. 2 Stanford (6:11.804). UT finished ahead of No. 4 Princeton, eighth-ranked Brown and No. 7 Washington in the race.
- A part of Tennessee's First Eight boat, put down a time of 6:16.689 to finish ahead of four top-15 teams—three in the top 10—in Saturday’s (6/1/24) semifinal race at the NCAA Championships, good for second place and qualification into the Grand Final.
- Despite a gusty headwind that picked up as the morning progressed, Tennessee's First Eight logged a time of 7:00.246 during the NCAA Championship heat race (5/31/24). That mark outpaced sixth-ranked California, No. 15 Ohio State (7:05.874) and was a convincing 24.312 seconds faster than 12th-ranked Indiana, who placed fourth in the heat.
- Earned second place in the Big 12 Championships’ (5/19/24) first varsity eight race, with a time of 6:15.334. That mark is the fastest by Tennessee's 1V8+ crew in any of its nine Big 12 Championships. The Lady Vols crossed the line 12.986 seconds ahead of 19th-ranked Alabama.
- Posted a third win for Tennessee’s 1V8+ crew at the Lake Wheeler Invitational (4/27/24), crossing in 6:26.432. That time was the second-fastest mark of any crew on the weekend, behind only its own finish on day one of the regatta. In addition, that mark was 13.826 seconds faster than 18th-ranked Washington State and 16.316 seconds ahead of Big 12 foe Alabama in the race.
- Racing in Tennessee’s 1V8+ crew, clocked the third-fastest time (6:40.718) of all boats on day one of the Lake Wheeler Invitational (4/26/24), crossing the line 7.434 seconds ahead of No. 10 Syracuse in the win.
- During the first varsity eight’s first race of the Lake Wheeler Invitational (4/26/24), put down the fastest time (6:23.438) of any crew in the event’s field, en route to a win over a trio of top-18 foes.
- Posted a strong performance in the 1V8+ boat en route to crossing the line first with a time of 6:23.176 on day two of the Big Ten Invitational (4/20/24), improving the boat’s record to 11-0 on the year. Boats from three top-16 opponents each finished at least 4.9 seconds behind the Lady Vols.
- Recorded a convincing race victory in the 1V8+ boat, finishing nearly 15 seconds ahead of No. 12 Ohio State's crew with a strong final time of 6:25.802 during the afternoon session on day one of the Big Ten Invitational (4/19/24).
- A part of the first varsity eight crew, earned a race win in the morning session on day one of the Big Ten Invitational (4/19/24) by crossing the line in 6:15.619, an impressive eight-plus seconds over second-place, ninth-ranked Michigan's 1V8+. Tennessee's 1V8+ crew was 5.7 seconds faster than any of the other 17 first varsity eight boats in that morning session.
- In the 1V8+ that finished over 13 seconds ahead of Minnesota with a time of 6:18.5 in Oak Ridge (3/29/24).
2022-23 - JUNIOR
- With the 1v8 at the NCAA, finished in third in the opening race to earn a spot in the A/B semifinals. In the petite final, the 1v8 finished in 1st, good for seventh in the nation, a program best (5/26-28/23)
- Competed with the first varsity four at the AAC Championship.1v8 finished 18 seconds ahead of second place to win the conference race (5/14/23)
- Helped the Mustangs sweep all four races at the AAC
- Raced with the second varsity eight at the Pac 12 Challenge (4/29-30/23)
- Helped the second varsity eight to a 19-second victory over Iowa on day two
2021-22 - SOPHOMORE
- Saw action with the 2V8 and 1V4 boats throughout the season
- Helped SMU’s second varsity eight team advance to finals at the NCAA Championships (5/29/22), finishing fourth in the petite final and tenth overall
- Rowed on the second varsity eight team that claimed victory at the AAC Championships (5/15/22) during the Mustangs second-consecutive conference title
- Participated on a second varsity eight team that tallied a second-place finish at the Longhorn Invitational (4/30/22), ahead of No. 10 Ohio State and No. 14 Virginia
- A member of the varsity four team that tallied two 15+ second victories over Minnesota (3/25-26/22)
2020-21 - FRESHMAN
- Finished first in the 2V4+ boat at the AAC Championships (5/16/21)
- Placed first in the 3V8+ boat at the Longhorn Invitational ahead of Alabama and Texas B (4/24/21)
- Beat Notre Dame and Louisville in the 2V4+ boat at the Cardinal Invitational (5/13-14/21)
- Beat No. 8 Iowa as a member of the 2V4+ (3/4/21)
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Rowing | 2023 Senior Video
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