RALEIGH, N.C. (theACC.com) – Capped off by a record-setting victory in the Varsity Eight Grand Final, Syracuse won the 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference Rowing Championship for the first time in program history.
Syracuse and Virginia tied atop the final leaderboard with 90 points, as the tiebreaker went to the winner of the Varsity Eight Grand Final. The Orange V8 crossed the line first with an ACC Championship-record time of 6:09.814, edging the Cavaliers by over five seconds. With the title-clinching victory, the Syracuse V8 was named ACC Crew of the Year.Following Virginia in the team standings was Duke with 78 points, Notre Dame finished fourth with 68 points and Miami rounded out the top five with 52 points. Clemson finished with 41 points and ended up sixth, North Carolina claimed seventh with 37 points, and Louisville (21) and Boston College (17) rounded out the field in eighth and ninth places, respectively.
Prior to the Varsity Eight, the Syracuse Second Varsity Eight also posted a Championship record, finishing first at 6:19.406, breaking the previous record set by the Orange in 2017 at Lake Hartwell in South Carolina (6:22.644). The Virginia 2V8 finished second by less than a two-second margin.
For the first time since 2019, Duke captured the First Varsity Four at 7:05.130, finishing more than six seconds ahead of second-place Virginia. Despite the setback, the Cavaliers began the day with wins at Second Varsity Four (7:11.110) and Third Varsity Eight (6:35.011).
Syracuse’s Luke McGee was named the ACC Coach of the Year for the second straight season, while Notre Dame’s Isalina Colsman was tabbed the ACC Newcomer of the Year, becoming the first Fighting Irish student-athlete to earn Newcomer or Freshman of the Year since 2017.
With the win, Syracuse claims the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Championship while others will await the announcement of NCAA Selections on Tuesday, May 21 at 5 p.m. to learn if their seasons will continue. The 2024 NCAA Championship will be held May 31-June 2 at East Fork/Harsha Lake in Bethel, Ohio.
Team Scores
1. Syracuse – 90*
1. Virginia – 90
3. Duke – 78
4. Notre Dame – 68
5. Miami – 52
6. Clemson – 41
7. North Carolina – 37
8. Louisville – 21
9. Boston College – 17
2024 All-ACC Rowing Team
ACC Coach of the Year: Luke McGee, Syracuse
ACC Newcomer of the Year: Isalina Colsman, Notre Dame
ACC Crew of the Year: Syracuse V8 – Cox – Caileigh Grimes (cox), Emmie Frederico, Ellie-Kate Hutchinson, Alena Criss, Zoe Acosta, Kamile Kralikaite, India Aikens, Aphrodite Gioulekas, Izabela Krakic
First Team
Emmie Frederico, Syracuse
Kamile Kralikaite, Syracuse
Aphrodite Gioulekas, Syracuse
Caileigh Grimes, Syracuse (coxswain)
Katherine Kelly, Virginia
Lauren Benedict, Virginia
Lena Mills, Duke
Natalie Hoefer, Notre Dame
Aaliah Dawson, Miami
Second Team
Alena Criss, Syracuse
Nora Grabcheski, Virginia (coxswain)
Kathryn Nash, Duke
Margaret Newell, Notre Dame
Constance Stirling, Miami
Emerey Sampson, Clemson
Madelaine Johnson, North Carolina
Claire Carver-Ritter, Louisville
Lauren Meath, Boston College
