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No. 8 Rowing sweeps Big 12 Championships

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – No. 8 Texas captured all five races for the second time in as many league championship regattas, as the Longhorns won the 2016 Big 12 Championships Sunday morning on Melton Hill Lake. UT also won the NCAA automatic-qualifier standings and secured its second straight trip to the NCAA Championships.

Texas won its second straight Big 12 team title and sixth overall in the event's eight-year history. Oklahoma took second with

Texas' third varsity eight boat set the tone for the Championships with an open-water win in the day's first grand final at 6 minutes, 54.