UW Officially Selected For 29th Straight NCAA Rowing Championships
May 19, 2026 | Women's Rowing
The No. 4-ranked Washington women's rowing team will compete at the 2026 NCAA Championships May 29-31 in Gainesville, Ga., as the NCAA announced the 22-team field for the regatta today.
The Huskies, under 10th-year head coach Yasmin Farooq, earned the No. 9 seed in the first varsity eight, the No. 5 seed in the second eight, and the No. 3 seed in the varsity four. UW earned automatic qualification to the NCAAs by winning the Big Ten Championship last Sunday.
Heats, which are held on the first day (Fri., May 29), are arranged based on those seedings. Here is the schedule for Washington:
Friday, May 29, Heats
9:48 a.m. ET/6:48 a.m. PT – Varsity Eight, heat #1
Lanes 1-5: Michigan, Washington, Tennessee, Syracuse, Oregon State
11:12 a.m. ET/8:12 a.m. PT – Second Varsity Eight, heat #4
Lanes 1-6: Massachusetts, Rutgers, Princeton, Washington, Michigan, Rhode Island
11:48 a.m. ET/8:48 a.m. PT – Varsity Four, heat #3
Lanes 1-6: Northeastern, Princeton, Washington, Virginia, Ohio State, Rhode Island
Semifinals are Saturday, May 30 starting at 8:12 a.m. ET and ending at 10:24 a.m. ET. The grand finals are set for Sunday, May 31, 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.
Fans are encouraged to purchase tickets ahead of time (link at top of this page). UW has also reserved a tent for Husky fans and family. The purple arrow marks that tent, on this map (story continues below):
Washington will compete at NCAAs for the 29th time in the 29-year history of the event (of course, there was no NCAA regatta in 2020). Only the Huskies, Brown and Princeton have earned invitations to all 29 championships.
Lake Lanier, in Gainesville, will serve as the host site. Lake Lanier was the rowing venue for the 1996 Olympic Games and has twice been home to the NCAA Championships, in 1998 and 2001 (the second and fifth-ever NCAA regattas), both of which Washington won.
Last year, Washington finished fourth at NCAAs, earning the silver medal in both the second eights and the fours.
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. Washington has finished in the top five in each of the last 10 NCAA regattas and has never finished outside of the top 10.
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. Tennessee
2. Texas
3. Stanford
4. Princeton
5. Yale
6. Virginia
7. California
8. Syracuse
9. Washington
10. UCF
11. Brown
12. Rutgers
13. Miami (Fla.)
14. Columbia
15. Ohio State
16. Oregon State
17. Michigan
18. Boston U.
19. Northeastern
20. Massachusetts
21. Rhode Island
22. Jacksonville
The Huskies, under 10th-year head coach Yasmin Farooq, earned the No. 9 seed in the first varsity eight, the No. 5 seed in the second eight, and the No. 3 seed in the varsity four. UW earned automatic qualification to the NCAAs by winning the Big Ten Championship last Sunday.
Heats, which are held on the first day (Fri., May 29), are arranged based on those seedings. Here is the schedule for Washington:
Friday, May 29, Heats
9:48 a.m. ET/6:48 a.m. PT – Varsity Eight, heat #1
Lanes 1-5: Michigan, Washington, Tennessee, Syracuse, Oregon State
11:12 a.m. ET/8:12 a.m. PT – Second Varsity Eight, heat #4
Lanes 1-6: Massachusetts, Rutgers, Princeton, Washington, Michigan, Rhode Island
11:48 a.m. ET/8:48 a.m. PT – Varsity Four, heat #3
Lanes 1-6: Northeastern, Princeton, Washington, Virginia, Ohio State, Rhode Island
Semifinals are Saturday, May 30 starting at 8:12 a.m. ET and ending at 10:24 a.m. ET. The grand finals are set for Sunday, May 31, 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.
Fans are encouraged to purchase tickets ahead of time (link at top of this page). UW has also reserved a tent for Husky fans and family. The purple arrow marks that tent, on this map (story continues below):
Washington will compete at NCAAs for the 29th time in the 29-year history of the event (of course, there was no NCAA regatta in 2020). Only the Huskies, Brown and Princeton have earned invitations to all 29 championships.
Lake Lanier, in Gainesville, will serve as the host site. Lake Lanier was the rowing venue for the 1996 Olympic Games and has twice been home to the NCAA Championships, in 1998 and 2001 (the second and fifth-ever NCAA regattas), both of which Washington won.
Last year, Washington finished fourth at NCAAs, earning the silver medal in both the second eights and the fours.
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. Washington has finished in the top five in each of the last 10 NCAA regattas and has never finished outside of the top 10.
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. Tennessee
2. Texas
3. Stanford
4. Princeton
5. Yale
6. Virginia
7. California
8. Syracuse
9. Washington
10. UCF
11. Brown
12. Rutgers
13. Miami (Fla.)
14. Columbia
15. Ohio State
16. Oregon State
17. Michigan
18. Boston U.
19. Northeastern
20. Massachusetts
21. Rhode Island
22. Jacksonville
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