UW To Make 28th Straight NCAA Rowing Championships Appearance
May 20, 2025 | Women's Rowing
Washington's women's rowing team will compete at the 2025 NCAA Championships May 30-June 1 in West Windsor, N.J., as the NCAA announced the 22-team field for the regatta today.
The Huskies, under ninth-year head coach Yasmin Farooq, earned the No. 4 seed in the first varsity eight, and the No. 2 seed in both the second eight and the varsity four.
Heats, which are held on the first day (Fri., May 30), are arranged based on those seedings. Here is the schedule for Washington:
Friday, May 30, Heats
10:24 a.m. ET/7:24 a.m. PT – Varsity Eight, heat four
Lanes 1-6: Northeastern, Virginia, Washington, Princeton, UCF, Rhode Island
10:48 a.m. ET/7:48 a.m. PT – Second Varsity Eight, heat two
Lanes 1-5: Oregon State, Virginia, Washington, Brown, Pennsylvania
11:36 a.m. ET/8:36 a.m. PT – Varsity Four, heat two
Lanes 1-5: Oregon State, Princeton, Washington, Brown, Pennsylvania
Semifinals are Saturday, May 31 starting at 8:12 a.m. ET and ending at 10:24 a.m. ET. The grand finals are set for Sunday, June 1, 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 28th time in the 28-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 28 championships.
The last time that the regatta was held at Mercer Lake, the Huskies, in Farooq's first year as head coach, became the first team ever to sweep all three NCAA grand finals, winning the Huskies' their fourth NCAA crown. The event was also held there in 2006 and 2012.
Last year, Washington finished fifth at NCAAs, despite being seeded No. 10 in the varsity eight. In 2023, the Huskies came in second overall at the NCAA Championships, finishing behind 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.
At NCAAs, each participating team races a first varsity eight, a second varsity eight and a varsity four. Points are assigned for places in each of those three races (66 for first place in the varsity eight, 44 for first place in second varsity eight and 22 for first place in third varsity four) and the overall points champion wins the NCAA crown.
Here is the entire field for this year's NCAA Women's Rowing Championships (in varsity eight seeding order):
1. Stanford
2. Texas
3. Tennessee
4. Washington
5. Princeton
6. Rutgers
7. Yale
8. Michigan
9. Brown
10. Indiana
11. Dartmouth
12. Virginia
13. UCF
14. California
15. Pennsylvania
16. Harvard
17. Syracuse
18. Oregon State
19. Boston U.
20. Northeastern
21. Rhode Island
22. Fairfield
The Huskies, under ninth-year head coach Yasmin Farooq, earned the No. 4 seed in the first varsity eight, and the No. 2 seed in both the second eight and the varsity four.
Heats, which are held on the first day (Fri., May 30), are arranged based on those seedings. Here is the schedule for Washington:
Friday, May 30, Heats
10:24 a.m. ET/7:24 a.m. PT – Varsity Eight, heat four
Lanes 1-6: Northeastern, Virginia, Washington, Princeton, UCF, Rhode Island
10:48 a.m. ET/7:48 a.m. PT – Second Varsity Eight, heat two
Lanes 1-5: Oregon State, Virginia, Washington, Brown, Pennsylvania
11:36 a.m. ET/8:36 a.m. PT – Varsity Four, heat two
Lanes 1-5: Oregon State, Princeton, Washington, Brown, Pennsylvania
Semifinals are Saturday, May 31 starting at 8:12 a.m. ET and ending at 10:24 a.m. ET. The grand finals are set for Sunday, June 1, 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 28th time in the 28-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 28 championships.
The last time that the regatta was held at Mercer Lake, the Huskies, in Farooq's first year as head coach, became the first team ever to sweep all three NCAA grand finals, winning the Huskies' their fourth NCAA crown. The event was also held there in 2006 and 2012.
Last year, Washington finished fifth at NCAAs, despite being seeded No. 10 in the varsity eight. In 2023, the Huskies came in second overall at the NCAA Championships, finishing behind 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.
At NCAAs, each participating team races a first varsity eight, a second varsity eight and a varsity four. Points are assigned for places in each of those three races (66 for first place in the varsity eight, 44 for first place in second varsity eight and 22 for first place in third varsity four) and the overall points champion wins the NCAA crown.
Here is the entire field for this year's NCAA Women's Rowing Championships (in varsity eight seeding order):
1. Stanford
2. Texas
3. Tennessee
4. Washington
5. Princeton
6. Rutgers
7. Yale
8. Michigan
9. Brown
10. Indiana
11. Dartmouth
12. Virginia
13. UCF
14. California
15. Pennsylvania
16. Harvard
17. Syracuse
18. Oregon State
19. Boston U.
20. Northeastern
21. Rhode Island
22. Fairfield
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