NCAA Division I Rowing Championship

NCAA Division I Rowing Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2015 NCAA Division I Rowing Championship
Sport	College rowing
Founded	1997
No. of teams	22
Country	United States
Most recent champion(s)	Ohio State (3)
Official website	NCAA.com

The NCAA Division I Rowing Championship is a rowing championship held by the NCAA for Division I women's heavyweight (or openweight) collegiate crews. It was first held in 1997. In 2002, the NCAA added championships for Division II and Division III. All races are 2,000 meters long. The NCAA does not sponsor men's rowing (both heavyweight and lightweight) and women's lightweight rowing championships.^[1]

Championship

The NCAA Division I Women's Rowing Championships have three events (I Eights, II Eights, Fours), and twenty-two teams compete. Eleven teams are selected through automatic qualification based on conference results. An additional eleven at-large teams are selected by the NCAA Rowing Committee. In previous years an additional, four at-large I Eights are selected. As of 2009 all bids must be full teams. Teams are awarded points by their final placing in each event. The NCAA Champion is determined by the team which accumulates the most points. When teams are tied for points after the three events, the NCAA champion is determined by the team with the higher placing in the I Eight event.

At-large participants in the championships are selected by the NCAA Division I Women’s Rowing Committee. The following criteria are used in selecting teams and individual boats:

• Regional championship results.
• Regional ranking.
• Late season performance.
• Head-to-head results.
• Results versus team already selected.
• Results versus common opponents.
• Results versus regionally ranked team.

Champions

NCAA Champions

NCAA Division I Rowing Championships
Year	Site		Team Champions					Individual Events
			Team	Score	Runner-Up	Score		Fours Champion	II Eights Champion	I Eights Champion
1997 Details	Rancho Cordova, CA		Washington	201	Princeton	184		Brown	Princeton	Washington
1998 Details	Gainesville, GA		Washington	91	Princeton	85		USC	Virginia	Washington
1999 Details	Rancho Cordova, CA		Brown	56	Virginia	56		Washington	Virginia	Brown
2000 Details	Camden, NJ		Brown	59	Washington	55		Washington	Brown	Brown
2001 Details	Gainesville, GA		Washington	58	Michigan	53		Washington	Michigan	Washington
2002 Details	Indianapolis, IN		Brown	67	Washington	63		Brown	Washington	Washington
2003 Details	Indianapolis, IN		Harvard	59	Brown	57		Brown	Brown	Harvard
2004 Details	Gold River, CA		Brown	70	Yale	58		Virginia	Brown	Brown
2005 Details	Gold River, CA		California	67	Virginia	63		Virginia	Virginia	California
2006 Details	West Windsor, NJ		California	66	Brown	66		Brown	Brown	Princeton
2007 Details	Oak Ridge, TN		Brown	58	Virginia	54		Virginia	Minnesota	Yale
2008 Details	Gold River, CA		Brown	67	Washington	59		Washington	Brown	Yale
2009 Details	Cherry Hill, NJ		Stanford	88	California	85		Clemson	Yale	Stanford
2010 Details	Gold River, CA		Virginia	87	California	82		Virginia	Brown	Yale
2011 Details	Gold River, CA		Brown	85	Stanford	85		California	Stanford	Princeton
2012 Details	West Windsor, NJ		Virginia	87	Michigan	82		Ohio State	Michigan	Virginia
2013 Details	Indianapolis, IN		Ohio State	126	California	124		Ohio State	Ohio State	California
2014 Details	Indianapolis, IN		Ohio State	126	California	118		California	Ohio State	Ohio State
2015 Details	Gold River, CA		Ohio State	126	California	114		Virginia	Brown	Ohio State
2016 Details	Gold River, CA		California	129	Ohio State	126		Ohio State	California	California
2017 Details	West Windsor, NJ
2018 Details	Sarasota, FL

Team titles

Team	Number	Years Won
Brown	7	1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2011
Ohio State	3	2013, 2014, 2015
Washington	3	1997, 1998, 2001
California	3	2005, 2006, 2016
Virginia	2	2010, 2012
Harvard	1	2003
Stanford	1	2009

Prior Championships

The first women’s collegiate championship was held in 1980 at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. National champions were declared from the varsity eight race. California won the first collegiate championship. Below is a list of Women’s National Collegiate varsity eight champions:

• 1996 – Brown
• 1995 – Princeton
• 1994 – Princeton
• 1993 – Princeton
• 1992 – Boston University
• 1991 – Boston University
• 1990 – Princeton
• 1989 – Cornell
• 1988 – Washington
• 1987 – Washington
• 1986 – Wisconsin
• 1985 – Washington
• 1984 – Washington
• 1983 – Washington
• 1982 – Washington (AIAW champion)
• 1981 – Washington
• 1980 – California

(Source: Washington Crew Press Guide)

Prior to 1980, college boats entered the National Women’s Rowing Association National Championships (what is now the USRowing National Championships). Below is a list of NWRA open eights champions from 1971-1979 (no eights prior to 1971). The top college finisher is in parentheses:

• 1979 – Burnaby BC (top college Yale)
• 1978 – Burnaby BC (top college Wisconsin)
• 1977 – Vesper Boat Club (top college Wisconsin)
• 1976 – College Boat Club (top college Wisconsin)
• 1975 – University of Wisconsin
• 1974 – Vesper Boat Club (top college Radcliffe)
• 1973 – Radcliffe College
• 1972 – College Boat Club (top college Washington)
• 1971 – Vesper Boat Club (top college Washington)

Winning crews

I Eight

• 1997 — Sabina Telenska, Denni Nessler, Kelly Horton, Katy Dunnet, Annie Christie, Jan Williamson, Tristine Glick, Kari Green, Alida Purves (cox), Head Coach: Jan Harville
• 1998 — Sabina Telenska, Denni Nessler, Kelly Horton, Katy Dunnet, Annie Christie, Rachel Dunnet, Vanessa Tavalero, Kari Green, Missy Collins (cox), Head Coach: Jan Harville
• 1999 — Caroline Grogan, Erin Kelley, Amy Meyers, Nina Carter, Kellie Walker, Anda Adams, Rachel Anderson, Portia Johnson, Kate Saul (cox), Head Coach: John Murphy
• 2000 — Portia Johnson, Rachel Anderson, Anda Adams, Kellie Walker, Jessica Lanning, Liane Malcos, Erin Kelley, Caroline Grogan, Kate Saul (cox), Head Coach: John Murphy
• 2001 — Annabel Ritchie, Nicole Rogers, Carrie Stasiak, Adrienne Hunter, Rika Geyser, Anna Mickelson, Nicole Borges, Lauren Estevenin, Mary Whipple (cox), Head Coach: Jan Harville
• 2002 — Lauren Estevenin, Annabel Ritchie, Anna Mickelson, Heidi Hurn, Adrienne Hunter, Carrie Stasiak, Kara Nykreim, Yvonneke Stenken, Mary Whipple (cox), Head Coach: Jan Harville
• 2003 — Sarah Marvel, Courtney Brown, Caryn Davies, Anna Brock, Lis Lambert, Heather Schofield, Caroline Fisher, Tasha Pasternack, Julie Gluck (cox), Head Coach: Liz O'Leary
• 2004 — Deborah Dryer, Meg Anderson, Catherine Starr, Karen Prazar, Rachel Dearborn, Natalia Obolensky, Marie Walcott, Gillian Almy, Mira Mehta (cox), Head Coach: John Murphy
• 2005 — Erin Cafaro, Mara Allen, Erin Reinhardt, Iva Obradović, Kim Atkinson, Laura Terheyden, Kaylan Vander Schilden, Jelena Djukic, Remy Hitomi (cox), Head Coach: Dave O'Neill
• 2006 — Caroline Lind, Kristin Haraldsdottir, Jackie Zider, Devan Darby, Andréanne Morin, Carrie Kruse, Genevra "Gevvie" Stone, Kate Bertko, Elizabeth Agnew (cox), Head Coach: Lori Dauphiny
• 2007 — Rachel Jeffers, Tess Gerrand, Christine Geiser, Jamie Redman, Taylor Ritzel, Amanda Rich, Alice Henly, Christine Glandorf, Emily Cleveland (cox), Head Coach: Will Porter
• 2008 — Taylor Ritzel, Christina Person, Tess Gerrand, Jamie Redman, Alice Henly, Maren McCrea, Caroline Nash, Christine Glandorf, Mia Kanak (cox), Head Coach: Will Porter
• 2009 — Erika Roddy, Di Eaton, Elle Logan, Grace Luczak, Julie Smith, Lindsay Meyer, Michelle Vezie, Adrienne Fritsch, Jenna Levy (cox), Head Coach: Yasmin Farooq
• 2010 — Taylor Ritzel, Tess Gerrand, Alice Henly, Maren McCrea, Caroline Nash, Catherine Hart, Stephanie Madner, Dara Dickson, Mia Kanak (cox), Head Coach: Will Porter
• 2011 — Lauren Wilkinson, Kelsey Reelick, Emily Reynolds, Michaela Strand, Heidi Robbins, Kelly Pierce, Molly Hamrick, Ashton Brown, Lila Flavin (cox), Head Coach: Lori Dauphiny
• 2012 — Keziah Beall, Martha Kuzzy, Kristine O'Brien, Sarah Cowburn, Fiona Schlesinger, Susanne Grainger, Hemingway Benton, Carli Goldberg, Sidney Thorsten (cox), Head Coach: Kevin Sauer
• 2013 — Agatha Nowinski, Erica Rippe, Paparangi Hipango, Kara Kohler, Jenn Helssen, Kendall Chase, Maggie Simpson, Clair Premzic, Rachel Ersted (cox), Head Coach: Dave O'Neill

See also

• Intercollegiate Women's Varsity Eights
• Intercollegiate Rowing Association Women's Varsity Lightweight Eights Champions
• NCAA Division II Rowing Championship
• NCAA Division III Rowing Championship

References

1. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/rowing_champs_records/2012-13/2012d1rowing.pdf

External links

• NCAA Division I Rowing