Friday, May 29
Gainesville, Ga.
5:00 AM PT
University of Washington
vs
NCAA Championships
Photo by: MARC LEBRYK
UW Women Headed To Lake Lanier For 2026 NCAA Championships
May 25, 2026 | Women's Rowing
The No. 4-ranked Washington's women's rowing team will compete at the 2026 NCAA Championships this Friday through Sunday, May 29-31, at Lake Lanier Olympic Park in Gainesville, Ga.
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 four.
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 and lane assignments are subject to change, and frequently do.
Fans can watch free, live video streams at NCAA.com/liveschedule.
Washington will compete at NCAAs for the 29th time in the 29-year history of the event (there was no NCAA regatta in 2020). Only UW, Brown and Princeton have earned invitations to all 29 championships. The Huskies have finished in the top-10 at all 28 prior NCAA regattas, and in the top-five in the last 10 in a row.
The NCAA Championships have twice before been held in Gainesville, in 1998 and 2001, the second and fifth-ever NCAA regattas. Under coach Jan Harville, Washington won both of those titles, taking home gold in the first eights event in each. Lake Lanier was also the site of Farooq's final U.S. National Team appearance, as the coxswain of the United States women's eight at the 1996 Olympic Games.
Last year, Washington finished fourth at NCAAs, finishing second in both the second eights and the fours, and fifth in the first eights.
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.
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 and @washingtonrowing on Instagram. You'll find the latest links to live coverage and more there. The NCAA will live stream the races in Gainesville, via its NCAA Championships Live website. Any links to live video and/or to live results will be posted on the @UW_Rowing X feed, as well as on the women's rowing schedule page here on GoHuskies.com.
UW's All-Time NCAA Team Finishes
2025: 4th
2024: 5th
2023: 2nd
2022: 4th
2021: 3rd
2020: no regatta
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)*
All-Time NCAA Rowing Team Championships
Brown – 7
Washington – 5
California – 4
Stanford – 3
Texas – 3
Ohio State – 3
Virginia – 2
Harvard – 1
All-Time NCAA Rowing Boat (V8+, 2V8+, V4+) Championships
Washington – 18
Brown – 14
Virginia – 9
California – 7
Stanford – 7
Yale – 6
Ohio State – 6
Texas – 5
Princeton – 4
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
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 four.
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 and lane assignments are subject to change, and frequently do.
Fans can watch free, live video streams at NCAA.com/liveschedule.
Washington will compete at NCAAs for the 29th time in the 29-year history of the event (there was no NCAA regatta in 2020). Only UW, Brown and Princeton have earned invitations to all 29 championships. The Huskies have finished in the top-10 at all 28 prior NCAA regattas, and in the top-five in the last 10 in a row.
The NCAA Championships have twice before been held in Gainesville, in 1998 and 2001, the second and fifth-ever NCAA regattas. Under coach Jan Harville, Washington won both of those titles, taking home gold in the first eights event in each. Lake Lanier was also the site of Farooq's final U.S. National Team appearance, as the coxswain of the United States women's eight at the 1996 Olympic Games.
Last year, Washington finished fourth at NCAAs, finishing second in both the second eights and the fours, and fifth in the first eights.
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.
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 and @washingtonrowing on Instagram. You'll find the latest links to live coverage and more there. The NCAA will live stream the races in Gainesville, via its NCAA Championships Live website. Any links to live video and/or to live results will be posted on the @UW_Rowing X feed, as well as on the women's rowing schedule page here on GoHuskies.com.
UW's All-Time NCAA Team Finishes
2025: 4th
2024: 5th
2023: 2nd
2022: 4th
2021: 3rd
2020: no regatta
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)*
All-Time NCAA Rowing Team Championships
Brown – 7
Washington – 5
California – 4
Stanford – 3
Texas – 3
Ohio State – 3
Virginia – 2
Harvard – 1
All-Time NCAA Rowing Boat (V8+, 2V8+, V4+) Championships
Washington – 18
Brown – 14
Virginia – 9
California – 7
Stanford – 7
Yale – 6
Ohio State – 6
Texas – 5
Princeton – 4
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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