GOLD RIVER, Calif. – Gonzaga claimed its 22nd overall West Coast Conference Championship and eighth consecutive Saturday after sweep all three scoring races at Lake Natoma. With the win, the Bulldogs secured the automatic berth to the 2024 NCAA Rowing Championship.

Gonzaga opened the varsity four race with a commanding victory, topping second place San Diego by 26 seconds. The second varsity eight race came down to the last 500 yeards as San Diego clinched the race by one second in front of the Zags. The final race of the day was all Gonzaga again in the varsity eight as the Bulldogs crossed the finish line at 6:38.800, in front of USD by 12 seconds. LMU finished third in the varsity eight (6:52.790) and varsity four (8:02.380).

The Zags finished with 40 points, San Diego placed second with 38, followed by LMU and Saint Mary’s who tied for third with 24 points. Portland rounded out the top five of the championship standings (21 points).

The field for the 2024 NCAA Rowing National Championship will be revealed on Tuesday. The NCAA Championship will be held May 31-June 2 at East Fork/Harsha Lake in Bethel, Ohio, hosted by Marietta College and the Cincinnati USA Sports Commission.

FINAL 2024 WCC CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
PLACE SCHOOL POINTS
1. Gonzaga 40
2. San Diego 38
3. LMU 24
3. Saint Mary’s 24
5. Portland 21
6. Creighton 15
7. Santa Clara 6
WCC CHAMPIONSHIP – WINNING BOAT LINEUPS
Gonzaga Varsity 8
Cox: Lula Macey
Ella Beck
Amanda Triebensee
Camille Ruhlin-Hicks
Isabella Barstow
Hannah Cooney
Molly Hess
Edie BEnson
Katelyn Sierhuis

San Diego Second Varsity 8
Cox: Natanya Ahadian
Madison Dowson
Sophia Bouvard
Jayden Soukoulis
Emily Cary
Annika Goodwyn
Morgan Asher
Bella Kolander
Genevieve Rovetti

Gonzaga Varsity 4
Cox: Ava Beekman
Samantha Claborn
Katherine Hill
Mollie Monson
Maria Ines Marquez

Gonzaga Second Varsity 4
Cox: Annika Morallos
Isabella Loh
Lilly Spillane
Grace Hare
Lillian Rickett

WCC ROWING MAJOR INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Grace Kaufmann, San Diego

CO-COXSWAIN OF THE YEAR
Lula Macey, Gonzaga
Emma Zavala, San Diego

COACH OF THE YEAR
Andrew Derrick, Gonzaga

ROWER OF THE YEAR
Hannah Cooney, Gonzaga

2024 ROWING WCC ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
CREIGHTON: Isabella Fier, Paige Harty
GONZAGA: Hannah Cooney, Amanda Triebensee, Camille Ruhlin-Hicks
LMU: Georgia Guinan, Brittany Steenbergen
PORTLAND: Mia Kilmister, Kate Feustel
SAINT MARY’S: Hathaway Scarpine, Katelyn Robertson
SAN DIEGO: Vivien Goretic, Emma Zavala, Ali O’Dea
SANTA CLARA: Dominique Matthews, Addie Chappell

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

PENNSAUKEN, N.J. (May 18, 2024) – The Northeastern women’s rowing team swept all four Grand Finals for the second straight season to capture its 10^th consecutive CAA Championship Saturday morning at the Cooper River. The Huskies now own a league-best 13 CAA Championship titles.

It marks the fifth time in program history Northeastern has swept all four races at the CAA Championship, leading to 48 points in the team standings. UC San Diego – who had never finished better than third in a race at the CAA Championships – earned a pair of silver medals, placing second with 40 team points, recording its best finish at the conference championship. Drexel was third with 33 points, followed by UConn (26) with a program-best fourth-place effort. Delaware (24), Villanova (21), Eastern Michigan (18) and Monmouth (6) rounded out the field.

A dominant day concluded with a commanding victory as Northeastern clinched the team title with its fourth straight gold medal in the Varsity Eight. The Huskies posted a winning time of 6:48.744 to claim its 13th victory in the event. UCSD capped off an impressive weekend with its second runner-up finish in as many races. The Tritons claimed the silver medal (6:53.308) – their highest-ever finish in the event – ahead of Drexel (7:00.733).

The Huskies kept the pedal to the metal in the Second Varsity Eight, winning the event for the second consecutive season. Northeastern posted a time of 7:02.530 to claim gold. UCSD finished runner-up, crossing in 7:07.385 for its first-ever silver medal. The Tritons were ahead of Drexel in third (7:10.450).

The Northeastern title defense began with the fourth straight gold medal for the Huskies in the Varsity Four. Northeastern crossed the finish in 8:00.945 over five seconds ahead of another group of Huskies – UConn earning the silver medal (8:06.342) for its best finish in a race at the CAA Championships in program history. Delaware placed third (8:09.22), collecting its second medalist finish.

For the second straight season, the Huskies opened the competition with a victory in the non-scoring Third Varsity Eight. It set the tone for Northeastern, posting a winning time of 7:06.085, 19 seconds ahead of Delaware (7:25.795) in second. Drexel rounded out the medalists with a third-place finish (7:31.407). The top three finishers were the same as last season, with the Blue Hens and Dragons swapping places from last spring.

Colin Truex earned his first CAA Coach of the Year honor after leading UCSD to its best finish at the CAA Championships, including a pair of silver medalist efforts for the first time in program history.  

Northeastern will hear its name called in the NCAA Championship selection show on Tuesday, May 21 at 5 p.m. on NCAA.com.

Team Standings

All-CAA Honorees
Tess Miller, Northeastern
Jordan Hilliard, Northeastern
Iris Cotrupi, Northeastern
Firinne Rolfe, Northeastern
Bianca Tung, UCSD
Sophia Gordon, UCSD
Sabrina Koldinger, UCSD
Julianna Rogers, Drexel
Chloe Speciale, Drexel
Erica Dean, UConn
Emma Paynter, UConn
Maya Ferrer, Delaware
Tynneqa Jefferies, Delaware
Kara Dempsey, Villanova
Reagan Fazekas, Eastern Michigan
Addison Cohen, Monmouth

CHERRY HILL, N.J. – With a sweep in the Grand Finals, the Boston University women’s rowing program captured the 2024 Patriot League Championship on Friday (May 17) at the Cooper River.

BU totaled 54 team points to record its first-ever Grand Finals sweep as a Patriot League member, earning its first league title since 2022 and third overall.

Waters remained calm during the morning session despite rain throughout Thursday and overcast skies. There, BU won all three of its morning heats to advance to the Grand Finals. In the afternoon, temperatures climbed into the low 70s, with a slight crosswind and flat waters.

BU’s Varsity 4+, coxed by Kennedy Walker and stroked by Sonya Carson, jumped out to an early lead, nearly by half a length of open water ahead of Navy in second. The Mids closed the gap to about six seats past the 1,000-meter mark, but a strong Terrier push in the final 500 meters handed BU the win in 7:45.819, 3.7 seconds ahead of Navy. For the first time, BU has repeated gold in the Varsity 4+ Grand Final in consecutive years.

In the Second Varsity 8+ Grand Final, coxed by Trisha Jaggi and stroked by Ada Giraldo, the Terriers and MIT jockeyed for the top position throughout the race, but BU slowly built its lead to a full length, crossing the finish line with a time of 6:56.337, just under four seconds over the Engineers. The Terriers have won the Second Varsity 8+ Grand Final for three consecutive years.

The Terriers’ Varsity 8+, coxed by Audrey Lucerne and stroked by Sofia Suhinin, gradually gained seats on Navy and MIT in the first half of the piece. An open-water lead was trimmed to seven seats by the Mids in the final 500 meters, but the Terriers withstood the surge to capture first in 6:42.028, with Navy placing second 3.5 seconds later. Friday marked the first gold for BU in the Varsity 8+ Grand Final since 2017.

Following the races, Director of Women’s Rowing Malcolm Doldron was named the Patriot League Coach of the Year, becoming the third head coach in program history to garner the award. The Varsity 8+ was selected as the Patriot League Boat of the Year.

BU will learn its seeding for the 2024 NCAA Championships with the selection show on Tuesday (May 21) at 5 p.m. The tournament will be held in Bethel, Ohio at East Fork/Harsha Lake from May 31 to June 2.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. BU – 54 points
2. Navy – 44*
3. MIT – 44
4. Georgetown – 36
5. Bucknell – 29
6. Holy Cross – 27
7. Colgate – 16
8. Lehigh – 11
9. Loyola – 9

*Navy is named the runner-up with a higher finish in the Varsity 8+ race.

AWARDS
Patriot League Coach of the Year: Malcolm Doldron, Boston University
Patriot League Boat of the Year: Boston University Varsity 8+

RESULTS

Varsity 4+

Heat 1

1. BU – 8:13.007
2. Georgetown – 8:22.595
3. Bucknell – 8:25.598
4. Lehigh – 8:43.345
5. Loyola Maryland – 9:17.813

Grand Final

1. BU – 7:45.819
2. Navy – 7:49.520
3. MIT – 7:52.925
4. Bucknell – 8:05.569
5. Holy Cross – 8:15.157
6. Georgetown – 8:24.082

Second Varsity 8+

Heat 1

1. BU – 7:09.276
2. Georgetown – 7:15.924
3. Bucknell – 7:27.781
4. Lehigh – 7:31.789
5. Loyola Maryland – 8:14.129

Grand Final

1. BU – 6:56.337
2. MIT – 7:00.317
3. Georgetown – 7:06.092
4. Navy – 7:09.873
5. Holy Cross – 7:11.873
6. Bucknell – 7:32.628

Varsity 8+

Heat 1

1. BU – 7:01.776
2. Georgetown – 7:07.493
3. Holy Cross – 7:14.998
4. Lehigh – 7:32.129
5. Loyola Maryland – 7:41.744

Grand Final

1. BU – 6:42.028
2. Navy – 6:45.474
3. MIT – 6:52.609
4. Georgetown – 6:56.553
5. Bucknell – 7:03.921
6. Holy Cross – 7:08.448

LINEUPS

Varsity 4+
Cox: Kennedy Walker
Bow: Luisa Reussner
2: Lulu November
3: Aryn Bailey
Stroke: Sonya Carson

Second Varsity 8+
Cox: Trisha Jaggi
Stroke: Ada Giraldo
7: Hannah Look
6: Grace Brown
5: Viktoria Zruttová
4: Sally Thoden
3: Lilly McSweeney
2: Reagan Lynch
Bow: Bianca Saffirio

Varsity 8+
Cox: Audrey Lucerne
Stroke: Sofia Suhinin
7: Mariana Forehand
6: Camilla Silvestri
5: Olivia Bencze
4: Anna Dechantsreiter
3: Ingrid Eshuis
2: Lydia Pelton
Bow: Susan Cook

USRowing Northwest and Northeast Youth Championships: The USRowing Youth Series concludes this weekend in Vancouver, WA and Lowell, MA as over 3,000 athletes compete for regional championships and qualification spots for the USRowing Youth National Championships in June. At the Northwest Youth Championship, twenty-nine clubs will contest 69 events while 57 clubs will compete in the Northeast Youth Championships. The Midwest Junior Rowing Championships, while not a part of the Youth Series, is also a qualifying event for Youth Nationals and runs May 18-19 in Bethel, OH. All USRowing Youth Series races will be live streamed, for free, on Overnght.

DI Women’s Conference Championships: This weekend, 10 DI women’s rowing conference championships will be held across the country, naming conference champions and automatic qualifiers for the upcoming NCAA National Championship. The championships are: Atlantic 10 Conference, Atlantic Coast Conference, Big 12 Conference, Big Ten Conference, Coastal Athletic Association, The Ivy League, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, Pac-12 Conference, Patriot League, and West Coast Conference. One conference championship was held last week, with SMU taking home the AAC championship and a spot at NCAAs. The other 11 at-large teams will be named to the DI field next Tuesday, May 21, via the NCAA selection show.

Eastern Sprints: 16 of the best DI men’s collegiate programs will descend on Lake Quinsigamond this weekend to contest Eastern Sprints. This will be the biggest collection of top tier teams, with the exception of west coast schools, before the IRA National Championship later this month. 12 of the top-15 crews from the heavyweight men’s varsity eight in the IRCA/IRA Coaches Poll will be there along with nine of the top-10 ranked lightweight varsity eights. Live streaming will be available on Overnght with results here.

ACRA Championship: The American Collegiate Rowing Association Championship will name national champions from among the best American collegiate club teams this weekend. The regatta is running from May 17-19 on Melton Lake in Oak Ridge, TN. UCLA will aim to defend their 2023 championship in the men’s varsity eight while Bowdoin will work to do the same in the women’s varsity eight. Live stream and results.

World Rowing Final Olympic & Paralympic Qualification Regatta: Eight American crews will get their final opportunity to earn a spot at the 2024 Olympic or Paralympic Games when they race at the Final Olympic & Paralympic Qualification Regatta, known colloquially as the “Regatta of Death.” The men’s single sculls, men’s double sculls, lightweight men’s double sculls, men’s quadruple sculls, women’s quadruple sculls, men’s eight, PR1 men’s single sculls, and PR2 mixed double sculls will compete from May 19-21 in Lucerne, Switzerland. Each crew needs a top-two finish in order to qualify for the Games, while only the first place PR1 men’s single will advance.