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Huskies Open NCAA Racing Friday In Cincinnati
May 28, 2024 | Women's Rowing
Washington's women's rowing team will compete at the 2024 NCAA Championships this weekend, May 31-June 2, in Bethel, Ohio. Racing begins Friday morning, with heats in each of the three race categories.
Heats, which are held on the first day (Fri., May 31), are arranged based on the NCAA's seedings. Here is the schedule for Washington:
Friday, May 31, Heats
10:00 a.m. ET / 7:00 a.m. PT – Varsity Eight, heat two
Lanes 1-5: Northeastern, Washington, Stanford, Yale, Virginia
10:48 a.m. ET / 7:48 a.m. PT – Second Varsity Eight, heat two
Lanes 1-5: Boston U, Michigan, Tennessee, Washington, Duke
11:24 a.m. ET / 8:24 a.m. PT – Varsity Four, heat one
Lanes 1-5: Syracuse, Ohio State, Stanford, Washington, Gonzaga
Semifinals are Saturday, June 1 starting at 8:12 a.m. ET and ending at 10:24 a.m. ET. The grand finals are set for Sunday, June 2, at (all times ET) 9:36 a.m. (V4+), 10:00 a.m. (2V8+) and 10:24 a.m. (V8+). Schedules are subject to change, and frequently do.
Washington will compete at NCAAs for the 27th time in the 27-year history of the event (of course, there was no NCAA regatta in 2020). Only the UW, Brown and Princeton have earned invitations to all 27 championships.
Last year, Washington finished second overall at the NCAA Championships, finishing second to first-place Stanford in both the first and second eights finals, and second in the fours petite final (eighth place overall). The Huskies finished fourth in 2022, and in a three-way tie for first in 2021 (UW finished third after tie-breakers were employed).
Washington has won the NCAA team championship five times, sweeping all three grand finals in both 2017 and 2019 (the only team ever to do that even once, much less twice), while also winning the crown in 1997 (the first year of the NCAA regatta), 1998 and 2001.
The Huskies, under eight-year head coach Yasmin Farooq, earned the No. 10 seed in the first varsity eight, the No. 7 seed in the second eight and the No. 8 seed in the varsity four.
Scoring
The NCAA Rowing champion is determined by total points. The first-place finisher in the Varsity 4+ grand final will earn 22 points, with each finisher after that receiving one fewer (21 for second, 20 for third, all the way to one point for 22nd place). The 2V8+ winner gets 44 points, with each subsequent finisher earning two fewer (42 for second; 40 for third, etc.), and the varsity eight winner gets 66 points, with the second-place team getting 63, etc. Any ties in the point totals are broken by the two (or three) teams' finish in the varsity eight.
Race Coverage
For the latest information on the Huskies at the NCAA Championships, make sure to follow @UW_Rowing on X/Twitter. You'll find the latest links to live coverage and more there. The NCAA will live stream the races via its NCAA Championships Live website. See the links at the top-right of this page for live results and live video streams from each day's racing.
UW's All-Time NCAA Team Finishes
2023: 2nd
2022: 4th
2021: 3rd
2020: no regatta held
2019: 1st
2018: 2nd
2017: 1st
2016: 5th
2015: 4th
2014: 7th
2013: 6th
2012: 7th
2011: 8th
2010: 10th
2009: 7th
2008: 2nd
2007: 10th
2006: 7th
2005: 9th
2004: 5th
2003: 3rd
2002: 2nd
2001: 1st
2000: 2nd
1999: 3rd
1998: 1st
1997: 1st
UW's All-Time NCAA Boat Champions
Fours (stroke to bow, coxswain)
1999 (Erin Becht, Anna Mickelson, Kara Nykrein, Kellie Schenk, Mary Whipple)
2000 (Lauren Estevenin, Carrie Stasiak, Heidi Hurn, Adrienne Hunter, Anne Heisburg)
2001 (Margherita Pallottino, Yvonne Stenken, Kattie Baurichter, Teegan Simonson, Maili Barber)
2008 (Rachel Powers, Jennifer Park, Charlene Franklin, Adrienne Martelli, Maggie Cheek)
2017 (Valentina Iseppi, Valerie Vogt, Julia Paulsen, Sophia Baker, Marley Avritt)
2019 (Dimitra Tsamopoulou, Kieanna Stephens, Holly Drapp, Emma Vagen, Dana Brooks)*
2021 (Carmen McNamara-Smith, Fiona Shields, Katherine Slack, Sophia Chaffey, Sachi Yamamoto)
* - NCAA-record time for fours: 6:52.451
Second Eights (coxswain, stroke to bow)
2002 (Anne Hessburg, Jenni Vesnaver, Jessica Harm, Shannon Oates, Erin Becht, Sanda Hangan, Margherita Pallottino, Erin Curry, Mandy Nelson)
2017 (Isabella Corriere, Marlee Blue, Maggie Phillips, Carmela Pappalardo, Phoebe Spoors, Karlé Pittsinger, Bella Chilczuk, Anna Thornton, Calina Schanze)
2018 (Marley Avritt, Brooke Pierson, Katy Gillingham, Carmela Pappalardo, Karlé Pittsinger, Julia Paulsen, Jennifer Wren, Jessica Thoennes, Calina Schanze)
2019 (Amanda Durkin, Klara Grube, Lark Skov, Elise Bueke, Holly Dunford, Molly Gallaher, Mackenna Cameron, Skylar Jacobson, Adele Likin)*
2021 (Dana Brooks, McKenna Bryant, Dimitra Tsamopoulou, Molly Gallaher, Taylor Buell, Nikki Martincic, Lark Skov, Joïe Zier, Brittani Shappell)
* - NCAA-record time for second eights: 6:11.262
First Eights (coxswain, stroke to bow)
1997 (Alida Purves, Sabina Telenska, Denni Nessler, Kelly Horton, Katy Dunnet, Annie Christie, Jan Williamson, Tristine Glick, Kari Green)
1998 (Missy Collins, Sabina Telenska, Denni Nessler, Kelly Horton, Katy Dunnet, Annie Christie, Rachel Dunnet, Vanessa Tavalero, Kari Green)
2001 (Mary Whipple, Lauren Estevenin, Nicole Borges, Anna Mickelson, Rika Geyser, Adrienne Hunter, Carrie Stasiak, Nicole Rogers, Annabel Ritchie)
2002 (Mary Whipple, Lauren Estevenin, Annabel Ritchie, Anna Mickelson, Heidi Hurn, Adrienne Hunter, Carrie Stasiak, Kara Nykreim, Yvonneke Stenken)
2017 (Phoebe Marks-Nicholes, Chiara Ondoli, Elise Beuke, Brooke Pierson, Katy Gillingham, Brooke Mooney, Tabea Schendekehl, Jessica Thoennes, Annemieke Schanze)
2019 (Marley Avritt, Tabea Schendekehl, Calina Schanze, Sofia Asoumanaki, Marlee Blue, Teal Cohen, Valentina Iseppi, Jennifer Wren, Carmela Pappalardo)*
* - NCAA-record time for first eights: 6:07.284
All-Time NCAA Rowing Team Championships
Brown – 7
Washington – 5
California – 4
Ohio State – 3
Virginia – 2
Stanford – 2
Texas – 2
Harvard – 1
All-Time NCAA Rowing Boat (V8+, 2V8+, V4+) Championships
Washington – 18
Brown – 14
Virginia – 9
California – 7
Ohio State – 6
Yale – 5
Princeton – 4
Stanford – 4
Texas – 3
Michigan – 2
Clemson – 1
Harvard – 1
Minnesota – 1
USC – 1
UW's Pre-NCAA (NCRC) Women's National Championships
Varsity Eight*
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1987
1988
* V8+ winner was considered "national champion" prior to introduction of NCAA regatta
Junior Varsity Eight
1981
1982
1983
1987
1989
1994
Varsity Four
1987
Heats, which are held on the first day (Fri., May 31), are arranged based on the NCAA's seedings. Here is the schedule for Washington:
Friday, May 31, Heats
10:00 a.m. ET / 7:00 a.m. PT – Varsity Eight, heat two
Lanes 1-5: Northeastern, Washington, Stanford, Yale, Virginia
10:48 a.m. ET / 7:48 a.m. PT – Second Varsity Eight, heat two
Lanes 1-5: Boston U, Michigan, Tennessee, Washington, Duke
11:24 a.m. ET / 8:24 a.m. PT – Varsity Four, heat one
Lanes 1-5: Syracuse, Ohio State, Stanford, Washington, Gonzaga
Semifinals are Saturday, June 1 starting at 8:12 a.m. ET and ending at 10:24 a.m. ET. The grand finals are set for Sunday, June 2, at (all times ET) 9:36 a.m. (V4+), 10:00 a.m. (2V8+) and 10:24 a.m. (V8+). Schedules are subject to change, and frequently do.
Washington will compete at NCAAs for the 27th time in the 27-year history of the event (of course, there was no NCAA regatta in 2020). Only the UW, Brown and Princeton have earned invitations to all 27 championships.
Last year, Washington finished second overall at the NCAA Championships, finishing second to first-place Stanford in both the first and second eights finals, and second in the fours petite final (eighth place overall). The Huskies finished fourth in 2022, and in a three-way tie for first in 2021 (UW finished third after tie-breakers were employed).
Washington has won the NCAA team championship five times, sweeping all three grand finals in both 2017 and 2019 (the only team ever to do that even once, much less twice), while also winning the crown in 1997 (the first year of the NCAA regatta), 1998 and 2001.
The Huskies, under eight-year head coach Yasmin Farooq, earned the No. 10 seed in the first varsity eight, the No. 7 seed in the second eight and the No. 8 seed in the varsity four.
Scoring
The NCAA Rowing champion is determined by total points. The first-place finisher in the Varsity 4+ grand final will earn 22 points, with each finisher after that receiving one fewer (21 for second, 20 for third, all the way to one point for 22nd place). The 2V8+ winner gets 44 points, with each subsequent finisher earning two fewer (42 for second; 40 for third, etc.), and the varsity eight winner gets 66 points, with the second-place team getting 63, etc. Any ties in the point totals are broken by the two (or three) teams' finish in the varsity eight.
Race Coverage
For the latest information on the Huskies at the NCAA Championships, make sure to follow @UW_Rowing on X/Twitter. You'll find the latest links to live coverage and more there. The NCAA will live stream the races via its NCAA Championships Live website. See the links at the top-right of this page for live results and live video streams from each day's racing.
UW's All-Time NCAA Team Finishes
2023: 2nd
2022: 4th
2021: 3rd
2020: no regatta held
2019: 1st
2018: 2nd
2017: 1st
2016: 5th
2015: 4th
2014: 7th
2013: 6th
2012: 7th
2011: 8th
2010: 10th
2009: 7th
2008: 2nd
2007: 10th
2006: 7th
2005: 9th
2004: 5th
2003: 3rd
2002: 2nd
2001: 1st
2000: 2nd
1999: 3rd
1998: 1st
1997: 1st
UW's All-Time NCAA Boat Champions
Fours (stroke to bow, coxswain)
1999 (Erin Becht, Anna Mickelson, Kara Nykrein, Kellie Schenk, Mary Whipple)
2000 (Lauren Estevenin, Carrie Stasiak, Heidi Hurn, Adrienne Hunter, Anne Heisburg)
2001 (Margherita Pallottino, Yvonne Stenken, Kattie Baurichter, Teegan Simonson, Maili Barber)
2008 (Rachel Powers, Jennifer Park, Charlene Franklin, Adrienne Martelli, Maggie Cheek)
2017 (Valentina Iseppi, Valerie Vogt, Julia Paulsen, Sophia Baker, Marley Avritt)
2019 (Dimitra Tsamopoulou, Kieanna Stephens, Holly Drapp, Emma Vagen, Dana Brooks)*
2021 (Carmen McNamara-Smith, Fiona Shields, Katherine Slack, Sophia Chaffey, Sachi Yamamoto)
* - NCAA-record time for fours: 6:52.451
Second Eights (coxswain, stroke to bow)
2002 (Anne Hessburg, Jenni Vesnaver, Jessica Harm, Shannon Oates, Erin Becht, Sanda Hangan, Margherita Pallottino, Erin Curry, Mandy Nelson)
2017 (Isabella Corriere, Marlee Blue, Maggie Phillips, Carmela Pappalardo, Phoebe Spoors, Karlé Pittsinger, Bella Chilczuk, Anna Thornton, Calina Schanze)
2018 (Marley Avritt, Brooke Pierson, Katy Gillingham, Carmela Pappalardo, Karlé Pittsinger, Julia Paulsen, Jennifer Wren, Jessica Thoennes, Calina Schanze)
2019 (Amanda Durkin, Klara Grube, Lark Skov, Elise Bueke, Holly Dunford, Molly Gallaher, Mackenna Cameron, Skylar Jacobson, Adele Likin)*
2021 (Dana Brooks, McKenna Bryant, Dimitra Tsamopoulou, Molly Gallaher, Taylor Buell, Nikki Martincic, Lark Skov, Joïe Zier, Brittani Shappell)
* - NCAA-record time for second eights: 6:11.262
First Eights (coxswain, stroke to bow)
1997 (Alida Purves, Sabina Telenska, Denni Nessler, Kelly Horton, Katy Dunnet, Annie Christie, Jan Williamson, Tristine Glick, Kari Green)
1998 (Missy Collins, Sabina Telenska, Denni Nessler, Kelly Horton, Katy Dunnet, Annie Christie, Rachel Dunnet, Vanessa Tavalero, Kari Green)
2001 (Mary Whipple, Lauren Estevenin, Nicole Borges, Anna Mickelson, Rika Geyser, Adrienne Hunter, Carrie Stasiak, Nicole Rogers, Annabel Ritchie)
2002 (Mary Whipple, Lauren Estevenin, Annabel Ritchie, Anna Mickelson, Heidi Hurn, Adrienne Hunter, Carrie Stasiak, Kara Nykreim, Yvonneke Stenken)
2017 (Phoebe Marks-Nicholes, Chiara Ondoli, Elise Beuke, Brooke Pierson, Katy Gillingham, Brooke Mooney, Tabea Schendekehl, Jessica Thoennes, Annemieke Schanze)
2019 (Marley Avritt, Tabea Schendekehl, Calina Schanze, Sofia Asoumanaki, Marlee Blue, Teal Cohen, Valentina Iseppi, Jennifer Wren, Carmela Pappalardo)*
* - NCAA-record time for first eights: 6:07.284
All-Time NCAA Rowing Team Championships
Brown – 7
Washington – 5
California – 4
Ohio State – 3
Virginia – 2
Stanford – 2
Texas – 2
Harvard – 1
All-Time NCAA Rowing Boat (V8+, 2V8+, V4+) Championships
Washington – 18
Brown – 14
Virginia – 9
California – 7
Ohio State – 6
Yale – 5
Princeton – 4
Stanford – 4
Texas – 3
Michigan – 2
Clemson – 1
Harvard – 1
Minnesota – 1
USC – 1
UW's Pre-NCAA (NCRC) Women's National Championships
Varsity Eight*
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1987
1988
* V8+ winner was considered "national champion" prior to introduction of NCAA regatta
Junior Varsity Eight
1981
1982
1983
1987
1989
1994
Varsity Four
1987
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