Anna Ralph wins national championship rowing race

Ralph is a three-time Big Ten Conference champion

Anna Ralph (center) was a 2012 Loveland High School graduate

Loveland High graduate, Anna Ralph won a national championship race on May 31 while rowing for Ohio State (OSU) at the Sacramento State Aquatic Center in Gold River, Calif in the “First Varsity Eight”.

This was the 3rd consecutive win for the Buckeyes. The Buckeyes recorded 186 team points, and set a new championships record on the strength of six first-place finishes.

The women’s NCAA rowing championship is a 3-day event. Participating schools race 3 boats; 2 boats with 8 rowers and a coxswain, and 1 boat with 4 rowers and a coxswain. Boats earn points for their team and the team with the most points wins. The first varsity 8 boat for OSU won their individual race and the team earned enough points to win the NCAA championship.

[quote_box_right]Anna Ralph Accolades
2015 NCAA champion (1V8)
Three-time Big Ten champion (1V8, 1V4, 1N8)
2015

Big Ten Sportsmanship Award 

Two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection

Three-time Ohio State Scholar-Athlete[/quote_box_right]

Ralph is a three-time Big Ten Conference champion and received the 2015, Big Ten sportsmanship award for the Buckeyes. She is a two-time academic all-Big Ten selection and three-time OSU scholar athlete. As a OSU Freshman, Anna captured a first-place finish and gold medal at the 2013 Big Ten Championships.

Anna was a 2012 Loveland High School graduate. She is now a senior at OSU and is majoring in biological engineering. Her older sister Emily was a 2008 Loveland High School graduate and won OSU’s first NCAA individual boat championship in 2012.

With the Ralph sisters aboard, OSU became the first team in NCAA history to win three consecutive national titles.

Prior to Ohio State

Anna was a three-year member of the Loveland High tennis team under coach Jeff Sharpless, also played lacrosse under coach Art Jarvis, and ran cross-country under coach Deb Pomerov.

Brother, Michael a star football athlete at Loveland High School recently committed to play football at Wofford College.

Anna and Emily are daughters of Bill and Mary Ralph

In this video, rower/biological engineering major, Anna Ralph talks about the science of rowing with Civil Engineering Professor Ethan Kubatko and Women’s Rowing Head Coach Andy Teitelbaum.