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The IRA Stewards and Commissioner Laura Kunkemueller have announced the teams invited to participate in the 2026 Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championship regatta for men’s and lightweight women’s varsity programs. The IRA welcomes the schools listed below based on the performance of their varsity eights and subsequent receipt of an Automatic Qualifying or at-Large bid, to Lake Natoma on May 29th – 31st. IRA Website.
The 2026 NCAA Rowing Championships for women are set for May 29-31 at Lake Lanier Olympic Park in Gainesville, Georgia, hosted by Lake Lanier Olympic Park and the University of North Georgia.
The NCAA Division I Women’s Rowing Championships are comprised of 22 teams and provides three events (I Eights, II Eights and Fours). The Division II championships provide for a maximum field of six teams in two events, requiring an eight and a four with coxswain from each school. The Division III championship is composed of eight teams, required to field two eights each. NCAA Website.
IRA Field
Bates College (D3)
Boston University (HWT, W LTWT)
Brown University (HWT)
Colby College (D3)
College of the Holy Cross (HWT)
Columbia University (HWT, M LTWT)
Cornell University (HWT, M LTWT)
Dartmouth College (HWT, M LTWT)
Drexel University (HWT)
Georgetown University (HWT, W LTWT, M LTWT)
Gordon College (W LTWT)
Harvard University (HWT, W LTWT, M LTWT)
Ithaca College (D3)
LaSalle University (HWT)
MIT (HWT, W LTWT, M LTWT)
Marietta College (D3)
Northeastern University (HWT)
Oregon State University (HWT)
Princeton University (HWT, W LTWT, M LTWT)
Sacred Heart University (W LTWT)
Stanford University (HWT, W LTWT)
Syracuse University (HWT)
Temple University (HWT)
Trinity College (D3)
Tufts University (D3)
US Naval Academy (HWT, M LTWT)
University of California, Berkeley (HWT)
University of California, San Diego (HWT)
University of Pennsylvania (HWT, M LTWT)
University of Washington (HWT)
University of Wisconsin (HWT, W LTWT)
Wesleyan University (D3)
Williams College (D3)
Yale University (HWT, M LTWT)
NCAA Division I National Championship Field
Automatic Qualifers:
Atlantic 10 Rhode Island
ACC Stanford
Big 12 UCF
Big Ten Washington
CAA Northeastern
Ivy League Princeton
MAAC Jacksonville
MAC UMass
Patriot League Boston U.
WCC Oregon State
At-Large Selections:
Brown
California
Columbia
Miami (Florida)
Michigan
Ohio State
Rutgers
Syracuse
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Yale
NCAA Division II National Championship Field
1 Western Washington
2 Cal Poly Humboldt
3 Seattle Pacific
4 Embry-Riddle
5 Jefferson
6 Rollins
NCAA Division III National Championship Field
1 Bates
2 Williams
3 Tufts
4 Trinity
5 Wellesley
6 William Smith
7 Puget Sound
8 Catholic
