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DI and DII NCAA Championship Fields Set

By
Madeline Davis Tully
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Graphic courtesy of NCAA.

On the May 21st NCAA selection shows, the field and seedings for both the Division I and Division II NCAA Championships were set. On the DI side, the 22-team field was finalized and seedings released two days after the conclusion of the conference championships which determined the 11 automatic qualifiers.

Automatic Qualifiers:
American Athletic Conference: SMU
Atlantic 10 Conference: Rhode Island
Atlantic Coast Conference: Syracuse
Big 12 Conference: Texas
Big Ten Conference: Michigan
Coastal Athletic Association: Northeastern
The Ivy League: Princeton
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference: Jacksonville
Pac-12 Conference: Stanford
Patriot League: Boston University
West Coast Conference: Gonzaga

An additional 11 teams received at-large bids, as selected by the NCAA Division I Women’s Rowing Committee.  The committee members are Wesley Ng Head (Women’s Rowing Coach University of Pennsylvania), Kerri Brace (Head Women’s Rowing Coach, Canisius University), Tim Wise (Senior Associate Athletics Director, University of Notre Dame), Jessica Reo (Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director/SWA, Temple University), Justin Price (Head Women’s Rowing Coach, Rutgers University), Jamie Breslin (Senior Associate Athletics Director, Stanford University), and Thad Satre (Senior Associate Athletics Director – Compliance, Loyola Marymount University).

At-Large Selections
Brown
California
Duke
Indiana
Ohio State
Pennsylvania
Rutgers
Tennessee
Virginia
Washington
Yale

The seedings by event are as follows:

Seed First Eight Second Eight Four
1 Texas Texas Stanford
2 Stanford Tennessee Texas
3 Princeton Stanford Princeton
4 Tennessee Brown Yale
5 California Yale Brown
6 Pennsylvania Princeton Michigan
7 Yale Washington Tennessee
8 Syracuse California Washington
9 Brown Syracuse Ohio State
10 Washington Michigan Duke
11 Michigan Rutgers California
12 Indiana Indiana Virginia
13 Ohio State Ohio State Rutgers
14 Rutgers Virginia Indiana
15 Virginia Duke Pennsylvania
16 Duke Pennsylvania Gonzaga
17 Gonzaga Gonzaga Syracuse
18 Northeastern Boston U Boston U
19 Boston U Northeastern Northeastern
20 Rhode Island Rhode Island SMU
21 SMU SMU Rhode Island
22 Jacksonville Jacksonville Jacksonville

 

In DII, a field of six teams was selected to compete in two events, the varsity eight and four. One team was selected from each of the three regions – east, south, and west – and three teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division II Women’s Rowing Committee, comprised of Jeanette McKillop (Associate Director of Athletics/SWA, Franklin Pierce University), Frank Gonzalez (Associate Director of Athletics, Barry University), and Matt Weise (Head Women’s Rowing Coach, Humboldt State University).

DII Selections
Cal Poly Humboldt
Central Oklahoma
Embry-Riddle
Mercyhurst
Seattle Pacific
Western Washington

The DIII field was finalized on May 14th.  Racing takes place on May 31-June 1 at East Fork and Harsha Lake in Bethel, Ohio.

Stephen Frazier Wong Stepping Down from Role as Clemson Head Coach

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Rowing News
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CLEMSON, S.C. – Clemson Director of Athletics Graham Neff announced that Stephen Frazier Wong is stepping down from his role as Rowing Head Coach. Frazier Wong spent ten seasons guiding the Rowing program. The 2024 season came to a close at the ACC Championship race this past weekend where the Tigers finished sixth.

“I am thankful for Stephen and his family for their commitment and service to Clemson Athletics for the past ten years,” said Neff. “Our Rowing program has a proud history and we have high expectations for its continued growth. We will begin a national search immediately.”

“My family and I thank Clemson Athletics for the incredible honor to be able to coach this program,” said Frazier Wong. “I am appreciative to Graham Neff, Stephanie Ellison-Johnson, and the hundreds of student-athletes we’ve had the opportunity to serve, and I am looking forward to following the program in the future.”

Frazier Wong led Clemson to a fourth-place finish in the ACC three times, and coached a trio of All-Americans in Rachel Twitty (2022), Cate Schreiber (2021) and Isla McRae (2018).

The Clemson Rowing program has excelled in the classroom, as they have been above a 3.0 in 27 straight semesters and recorded their 50th 3.0 or better GPA in 51 total semesters since joining in the fall of 1998.

IRA National Championship Field Set

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Rowing News
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Photo by Lisa Worthy

Commissioner Gary Caldwell has announced the teams who have been selected to participate in the 2024 Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championship regatta. The full list of participating schools includes:

Adrian College
Bates College
Boston University
Brown University
Colgate University
College of the Holy Cross
Columbia University
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Drexel University
Florida Institute of Technology
Georgetown University
Gordon College
Harvard University
Hobart College
Iona University
Ithaca College
Jacksonville University
La Salle University
Marietta College
Marist College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mercyhurst University
Milwaukee School Of Engineering
Northeastern University
Oklahoma City University
Oregon State University
Princeton University
Rochester Institute of Technology
Saint Joseph’s University
Santa Clara University
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Stanford University
Stetson University
Syracuse University
Trinity College
Tufts University
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, San Diego
University of Pennsylvania
University of San Diego
University of Washington
University of Wisconsin
US Naval Academy
USCG Academy
Wesleyan University
Williams College
Yale University

About the regatta
The 2024 IRA regatta will be held at Mercer Lake in West Windsor, NJ and will feature Division 3 racing on Friday, May 31st and Saturday, June 1st. This will be the 121st running of the regatta and the third consecutive one to host a D3 championship.

About the competitors
At the conclusion of the regional championships no one is left undefeated at the top of the heavyweight men’s division, with promise of extremely tight heats and semi finals for crews attempting to get to the grand finale on Sunday morning. Harvard lightweights have had their way at the varsity level throughout the spring and capped that off with a wire to wire win at the Eastern Sprints. Meanwhile, the lightweight women’s division seems to be dominated by Princeton but other programs have shown significant depth in the four and double which should make the competition extremely interesting.

University of Texas Tower Lighting to Honor #1 Rowing Set for Tonight

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Rowing News
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Story and photo courtesy of Texas Athletics.

AUSTIN, Texas – The University of Texas Tower will be lit in Burnt Orange on Tuesday evening, May 21, in recognition of No. 1 Rowing’s Big 12 Conference championship title. Per tradition, the University recognizes UT sports programs who win a conference team championship with a Burnt Orange lighting of the campus landmark.

Fans are encouraged to arrive in front of the Littlefield Fountain on 21st Street at 8:45p.m. CT, when the team will arrive to take group photos with their Big 12 trophies.

The No. 1 Rowing team won the 2024 Big 12 title with a clean sweep of five races at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Fla. on Sunday morning. It marked the ninth consecutive and 13th overall league title for the Longhorns. Additionally, the team’s first-place finish secured a trip to the 2024 NCAA Championships set for May 30-June 1 on East Fork/Harsha Lake in Bethel, Ohio.

Texas will learn the seeding of the three NCAA boats – First Eight, Second Eight and Four – during the NCAA Division I Rowing Selection Show at 4 p.m. this afternoon. Fans can watch the 2024 DI rowing selection on NCAA.com. The Longhorns will be seeking a third national championship in four years after having won back-to-back titles in 2021-22 and placing fourth in 2023.

Four More U.S. Crews Qualify for Paris Olympics

By
Madeline Davis Tully
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Photo by Stewart Cohen.

Four U.S crews qualified for the 2024 Olympics Games through the Final Olympic Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland earlier today, May 21. The women’s quad of Grace Joyce, Emily Delleman, Teal Cohen, and Lauren O’Connor won their final by just .3 seconds over Ukraine. The U.S. men’s double of Sorin Koszyk and Benjamin Davison also won their final by a slightly more comfortable 3.3 seconds. The men’s eight avoided disaster with a decisive win of 3.6 seconds. The crew is made up of Henry Hollingsworth, Nicholas Rusher, Christian Tabash, Clark Dean, Christopher Carlson, Peter Chatain, Evan Olson, Pieter Quinton, and Rielly Milne.  Italy nabbed the final qualifying spot after nipping Canada by just .01 seconds at the line. Finally, Jacob Plihal, the U.S. men’s single, placed second in his final to grab the final qualifying spot in the event defeating, among others, defending silver medalist Kjetil Borch who finished fourth.

Four more U.S. crews did not advance out of the “last chance regatta.”  The men’s quadruple sculls finished third in final, missing a qualifying spot by .1 seconds. The lightweight men’s double scull was eliminated in reps while both the PR1 men’s single scull and PR2 mixed double were eliminated after finishing fifth in final.

Full results and live stream are available via WorldRowing.com.

Race Highlights: May 17-19

By
Madeline Davis Tully
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Photo by Lisa Worthy.

Eastern Sprints: In the race of the weekend, if not the year, the Brown heavyweight men came from fourth place to nip the undefeated Princeton varsity eight at the line by just eight-tenths of the second to win Eastern Sprints on Sunday. In the process, they passed defending champions Yale and former #1-ranked Harvard with an incredible sprint that caught even the live stream announcers unable to accurately call the finishing order. Though Princeton won the Rowe Cup, the team points award for the heavyweight men, their stated goal at the start of the season, they were surely disappointed to do so without gold in the premier event. Penn also had a historic day, winning the Jope Cup for overall lightweight points for the first time since 1967 as well as racing to their best finish in the heavyweight varsity eight, fifth, since 2002. Top-ranked Harvard came away with gold in the lightweight varsity eight.

ACRA Championship: The largest regatta for collegiate crews, the ACRA Championship, wrapped up on Melton Lake in Oak Ridge, TN on Sunday, naming national champions for the collegiate club scene. With 301 crews from 68 different teams, the three-day regatta saw its fair share of tight racing. Notre Dame came away with their first ever national championship in the men’s varsity eight while Vanderbilt avenged last year’s silver medal by taking the gold in the women’s varsity eight. All racing was live streamed for free on YouTube and complete results are online.

DI Women’s Conference Championships: 10 DI women’s rowing conference championships concluded this weekend, setting half of the field for the NCAA Championship along with the AAC Championship that was held the weekend prior. The champions are: American Athletic Conference: SMU, Atlantic 10 Conference: Rhode Island, Atlantic Coast Conference: Syracuse, Big 12 Conference: Texas, Big Ten Conference: Michigan, Coastal Athletic Association: Northeastern, The Ivy League: Princeton, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference: Jacksonville, Pac-12 Conference: Stanford, Patriot League: Boston University, and West Coast Conference: Gonzaga. The rest of the DI NCAA Championship field will be set at 5pm EST on Tuesday May 21 on the NCAA selection show.

World Rowing Final Olympic & Paralympic Qualification Regatta: The “last chance regatta,” also known as the “regatta of death,” wraps up tomorrow, Tuesday May 21, but has seen plenty of action already as all finals are now set. Seven spots are available across the five Paralympic boat classes and 30 are available in the fourteen Olympic boat classes. For everyone else, their 2024 Olympic dreams will end at the finish line. Seven U.S. crews are still in contention for Olympic berths.  All races will be live streamed starting at 3am EST.

Photo Finishes Abound at ACRA Championship

By
Madeline Davis Tully
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Photo courtesy of HereNow.

The largest regatta for collegiate teams, the ACRA Championship, concluded on Sunday, May 19 with a flurry of thrilling races in both the men’s and women’s varsity eights. Five of the last seven races, the men’s A, B, C, and D finals in addition to the A, B, and C women’s finals, featured at least one official “photofinish” on the HereNow results.

On the women’s side, Vanderbilt beat Purdue to the line by less than three-tenths of a second, avenging last year’s silver medal.

Vanderbilt over Purdue by .3

In the men’s A final, Notre Dame won their first-ever ACRA championship by 1.5 seconds.  Just behind them, Virginia defeated defending champs UCLA by a mere four-tenths of a second.

Notre Dame defeats Virginia, with the Cavaliers finishing .4 seconds ahead of UCLA

Furthermore, in the men’s varsity eight C final, Middlebury finished fourth, just .4 seconds behind Lehigh and a mere .104 seconds ahead of UC Davis, a literal bow ball.

Middlebury defeats UC Davis by an actual bow ball.

These races provided an exciting end to what was already a highly competitive and hard-fought regatta for the 301 crews that raced, representing 68 teams. All races were live streamed on YouTube.

Stanford Women Win Third Straight Pac-12 Championship

By
Rowing News
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Story and photo courtesy of Stanford Athletics.

GOLD RIVER, Calif. – No. 2 Stanford captured its third consecutive conference title Sunday, sweeping the 2024 Pac-12 Women’s Rowing Championships held on Lake Natoma.

Stanford’s three-peat was led by wins in all scoring races by at least six seconds over its conference foes, finishing the day with the regatta’s maximum 45.5 points.  The Cardinal’s dominance led to a nine-and-a-half-point victory over second-place California, who finished with 36 points. Washington finished third and ended the day with 35.5 points.

Senior Belle Battistoni was named Pac-12 Women’s Rowing Scholar-Athlete of the Year at the conclusion of the regatta, Stanford’s fourth consecutive winner of the conference’s highest academic honor.

In the lone exhibition race of the day, Stanford’s fourth varsity eight took its lead at the first 500m and did not let up, winning the first race of the day by a boat’s length.

The third varsity eight set the tone for the scoring races of the day with a decisive victory over California, earning the team’s first 3.5 points of the day and a conference title in open water.

The Cardinal’s varsity four owned the race from the first stroke, taking the team’s second title of the day in dominant open-water fashion over the Huskies and Golden Bears. With the win, Stanford took a two-point lead in the team standings.

Stanford’s second varsity eight broke its four-year streak of runner-up finishes in the second-varsity eight race, bringing home the conference championship with a seven-second victory over Washington. The Cardinal went into its final race of the day with a four-point lead over the Huskies.

The Cardinal sealed its third straight conference championship with a six-second victory in the varsity eight race. Stanford took control of the race early on and took the final conference title of the day in open water.

With the conference title win, Stanford is the Pac-12’s automatic qualifier for the national championship regatta. The Cardinal now takes two weeks to prep for the 2024 NCAA Championships, held on Harsha Lake at East Fork State Park in Bethel, Ohio May 31-June 2.

Lineups
Varsity Eight
Coxswain: Carolyn Kennedy
8: Luise Bachmann
7: Matilda Drewett
6: Iris Klok
5: Fiona Mooney
4: Lucy Burrell
3: Annika Jeffery
2: Lettie Cabot
1: Belle Battistoni

Second Varsity Eight
Coxswain: Honor Warburg
8: Nora Goodwillie
7: Heather Schmidt
6: Julietta Camahort
5: Regan McDonnell
4: Madeleine Greenstock
3: Katherine Mote
2: Quincy Stone
1: Julia Braz

Varsity Four
Coxswain: Abbey Heinemann
4: Mathilda Kitzmann
3: Alice Baker
2: Beckie Leigh
1: Lucy Black

Third Varsity Eight
Coxswain: Reese Dibiase
8: Julia Veith
7: Sofia Simone
6: Kieran Wallace
5: Ellie Sutro
4: Ellie Rowley
3: Paloma Sequeira
2: Caia Costello
1: Taylor English

Novice Eight/Fourth Varsity Eight
Coxswain: Analiese Bancroft
8: Sonia Gnatowska
7: Charlotte Botha
6: Susie Mallen
5: Natalie Clemans
4: Lily Moore
3: Kylie Oakes
2: Mia Thompson
1: Schuyler Hyde

Results
Fourth Varsity Eight
1. Stanford- 06:43.020
2. California- 6:46.750
3. Washington B (Exh.)- 6:47.370
4. Washington A- 6:55.240
5. UCLA- 7:05.940

Third Varsity Eight
1. Stanford- 06:37.540
2. California- 6:43.350
3. Washington- 6:45.110
4. UCLA- 6:58.660
5. USC- 7:04.530
6. Oregon State- 7:09.770
7. Washington State- 7:15.460

Varsity Four
1. Stanford- 7:11.830
2. Washington- 7:24.160
3. California- 7:28.760
4. USC- 7:38.760
5. Oregon State- 7:41.910
6. UCLA- 7:43.320
7. Washington State- 7:57.750

Second Varsity Eight
1. Stanford- 6:28.340
2. Washington- 6:35.720
3. California- 6:41.110
4. Oregon State- 6:49.360
5. UCLA- 6:53.460
6. USC- 6:54.620
7. Washington State- 7:03.710

Varsity Eight
1. Stanford- 6:26.550
2. California- 6:32.020
3. Washington- 6:36.090
4. Oregon St.- 6.43.880
5. Washington St.- 6:46.360
6. USC- 6:48.210
7. UCLA- 6:52.080

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