Women's National Championships
The first women's collegiate championship was held in Oak Ridge, Tenn., in 1980. The Huskies won their first varsity eight title in 1981, the first of an unprecedented five straight varsity titles. The UW has now won six of the last 15 varsity eight championships, last holding the title in 1988. UW's junior varsity eight won three consecutive titles (1981-83) before losing to Yale in 1984 on Green Lake in Seattle. The junior varsity eight won in 1994, and has won the title three of the past 10 years and seven times since 1980. Washington also owns the 1980 lightweight eight and lightweight four titles. The race course length for women was doubled in 1985 from 1,000 meters to 2,000.
Year Site Varsity 8 JV 8 Varsity 4 NCAA Team Champion 1997 Lake Natoma WASHINGTON Princeton Brown WASHINGTON 1996 Lake Harsha Brown 1995 Lake Harsha Princeton Washington State Virginia 1994 Lake Harsha Princeton WASHINGTON 1993 Lake Harsha Princeton Princeton 1992 Lake Harsha Boston Princeton 1991 Lake Harsha Boston Radcliffe UC Santa Barbara 1990 Lake Wingra Princeton Cornell UC Santa Barbara 1989 Lake Wingra Cornell WASHINGTON Boston 1988 Lake Tioga WASHINGTON Yale 1987 Lake Natoma WASHINGTON WASHINGTON WASHINGTON 1986 Lake Harsha Wisconsin Wisconsin 1985 Occoquan Res. WASHINGTON Princeton Ucla 1984 Green Lake WASHINGTON Yale Ucla 1983 Lake Wingra WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Northeastern 1982 Lake Waramug WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Penn 1981 Lake Merritt WASHINGTON WASHINGTON California 1980 Melton Hill RC California Wisconsin California
Yearly Varsity Eight Results
1997 - Lake Natoma, Sacramento, Calif. // 1. WASHINGTON 6:31.8; 2. Massachusetts 6:37.0; 3. Princeton 6:39.2; 4. Brown 6:40.5; 5. Virginia 6:40.9; 6. California 6:52.0. 1996 - Lake Harsha, Cincinnati, Ohio // 1. Brown 6:45.7; 2. Princeton 6:49.3; 3. Wisconsin 6:52.54; 4. WASHINGTON 6:54.2. 1995 - Lake Harsha, Cincinnati, Ohio // 1. Princeton 6:11.96; 2. WASHINGTON 6:12.69; 3. Brown 6:18.39; 4. Wisconsin 6:22.58; 5. Cornell 6:24.26; 6. Washington State 6:34.16; 7. Stanford 6:37.69. 1994 - Lake Harsha, Cincinnati, Ohio // 1. Princeton 6:11.38; 2. Yale 6:14.46; 3. WASHINGTON 6:15.80; 4. Cornell 6:16.77; 5. Brown 6:25.21; 6. Wisconsin 6:33.38; 7. California 6:33.43. 1993 - Lake Harsha, Cincinnati, Ohio // 1. Princeton 6:40.75; 2. WASHINGTON 6:43.36; 3. Cornell 6:49.89; 4. California 6:53.39; 5. Georgetown 6:54.16; 6. Boston 6:54.43; 7oWisconsin 6:55.28. 1992 - Lake Harsha, Cincinnati, Ohio // 1. Boston 6:28.70; 2. Cornell 6:40.86; 3. Princeton 6:33.79; 4. Wisconsin 6:38.34; 5. WASHINGTON 6:41.99; 6. UC Davis 6:43.08. 1991 - Lake Harsha, Cincinnati, Ohio // 1. Boston 7:03.2; 2. Cornell 7:06.21; 3. UCLA 7:08.16; 4. Radcliffe 7:08.18; 5. Pennsylvania 7:13.23; 6. Brown 7:16.57. 1990 - Lake Wingra, Madison, Wis. // 1. Princeton 5:52.2; 2. Radcliffe 5:54.2; 3. Cornell 5:54.3; 4. UCLA 5:54.7; 5. Wisconsin 5:58.5; 6. Syracuse 6:02.7; 7. Stanford 6:04.8; 8. Virginia 6:19.0. 1989 - Lake Wingra, Madison, Wis. (1,750 meters) // 1. Cornell 5:34.9; 2. Wisconsin 5:37.5; 3oStanford 5:38.0; 4oWASHINGTON 5:42.9. 1988 - Lake Tioga, Mansfield, Pa. // 1. WASHINGTON 6:41.0; 2. Yale 6:42.4; 3. Brown 6:42.5; 4. Radcliffe 6:47.8; 5. Cornell 6:48.7; 6. Wisconsin 6:53.0; 7. Ucla 7:02.26. 1987 - Lake Natoma, Sacramento, Calif. // 1. WASHINGTON 6:33.8; 2. Yale 6:37.4; 3. Radcliffe 6:40.2; 4. Wisconsin 6:40.6; 5. Brown 6:41.0; 6. Cornell 6:57.1 1986 - Lake Harsha, Cincinnati, Ohio // 1. Wisconsin 6:52.3; 2. Radcliffe 6:53.3; 3. WASHINGTON 6:59.8; 4. Princeton 6:59.8; 5. New Hampshire 7:09.6; 6. Cornell 7:23.0. 1985 - Occoquan Reservoir, Arlington, Va. // 1. WASHINGTON 5:28.4; 2. Wisconsin 5:32.0; 3. Minnesota 5:33.4; 4. Princeton 5:33.9; 5. Radcliffe 5:35.0; 6. Boston U 5:35.1; 7. Cornell 5:40.6. 1984 - Green Lake, Seattle, Wash. // 1. WASHINGTON 3:29.5; 2. Radcliffe 3:31.1; 3. Wisconsin 3:33.0; 4. Dartmouth 3:34.7; 5. Stanford 3:39.7; 6. Minnesota 3:40.0. 1983 - Lake Wingra, Madison, Wis. // 1. WASHINGTON 4:57.5; 2. Wisconsin 5:03.06; 3. Stanford 5:05.7; 4. Boston U 5:06.1; 5. Cornell 5:15.1. 1982 - Lake Waramug, Conn. // 1. WASHINGTON 4:56.4; 2. Wisconsin 4:59.8; 3. Boston U 5:02.3; 4. Yale 5:05.4; 5. Stanford 5:09.0; 6. Cornell 5:20.8. 1981 - Lake Merritt, Oakland, Calif. // 1. SHINGTON 3:20.8; 2. Yale 3:22.9; 3. Boston U 3:26.5; 4. Stanford 3:27.8; 5. Wisconsin 3:28.7; 6. California 3:29.7. 1980 - Melton Hill Rowing Club, Oak Ridge, Tenn. // Complete varsity eight results not available in UW files. California won the varsity eight title. Washington did not enter that event. The UW won the lightweight eight title.
Yearly Junior Varsity Eight Results
1997 - Lake Natoma, Sacramento, Calif. // 1. Princeton 6:59.9; 2. WASHINGTON 7:03.2; 3. Virginia 7:06.5; 4. Rutgers 7:09.4; 5. Yale 7:11.9; 6. Brown 7:12.7. 1996 - Lake Harsha, Cincinnati, Ohio // 1. Princeton 7:01.02; 2. Wisconsin 7:07.42; 3. Washington State 7:09.51. 1995 - Lake Harsha, Cincinnati, Ohio // 1. Washington State 6:23.60; 2. Princeton 6:23.80; 3. WASHINGTON 6:25.90; 4. Wisconsin 6:31.10; 5. Syracuse 6:36.15. 1994 - Lake Harsha, Cincinnati, Ohio // 1. WASHINGTON 6:23.80; 2. Princeton 6:25.18; 3. Cornell 6:32.40. 1993 - Lake Harsha, Cincinnati, Ohio // 1. Princeton 7:03.07; 2. WASHINGTON 7:12.80; 3. Yale 7:15.83; 4. Cornell 7:24.20; 5. Wisconsin 7:25.41. 1992 - Lake Harsha, Cincinnati, Ohio // 1. Princeton 6:33.63; 2. Cornell 6:40.86; 3. WASHINGTON 6:42.78. 1991 - Lake Harsha, Cincinnati, Ohio // 1. Radcliffe 7:08.64; 2. Cornell 7:08.88; 3. Wisconsin 7:13.40; 4. Penn 7:18.78. 1990 - Lake Wingra, Madison, Wis. // 1. Cornell 6:06.8; 2. UCLA 6:09.5; 3. Wisconsin 6:11.4. 1989 - Lake Wingra, Madison, Wis. (1,750 meters) // 1. WASHINGTON 5:46.8; 2. Cornell 5:48.2; 3. Wisconsin 6:01.9. 1988 - Lake Tioga, Mansfield, Pa. // 1. Yale 6:51.20; 2. WASHINGTON 6:56.4; 3. Brown 7:01.7; 4. Wisconsin 7:05.6; 5. Cornell 7:07.1. 1987 - Lake Natoma, Sacramento, Calif. // 1. WASHINGTON 6:45.9; 2. Yale 6:47.7; 3. Radcliffe 6:50.0; 4. Wisconsin 6:51.7; 5. California 7:09.8; 6. Mt. Holyoke 7:14.0. 1986 - Lake Harsha, Cincinnati, Ohio // 1. Wisconsin 7:04.4; 2. WASHINGTON 7:08.1; 3. Princeton 7:08.3; 4. Radcliffe 7:13.4; 5. New Hampshire 7:27.2. 1985 - Occoquan Reservoir, Arlington, Va. // 1. Princeton 5:47.3; 2. WASHINGTON 5:47.5; 3. Yale 5:49.9; 4. Wisconsin 5:50.4; 5. New Hampshire 6:17.9. 1984 - Green Lake, Seattle, Wash. // 1. Yale 3:39.0; 2. WASHINGTON 3:40.2; 3. Princeton 3:41.5; 4. Wisconsin 3:43.2; 5. Dartmouth 3:45.0. 1983 - Lake Wingra, Madison, Wis. // 1. WASHINGTON 5:17.4; 2. Wisconsin 5:22.9; 3. Georgetown 5:44.0. 1982 - Lake Waramug, Conn. // 1. WASHINGTON 5:09.7; 2. Boston U 5:14.8; 3. Wisconsin 5:15.7; 4. Cornell 5:29.38. 1981 - Lake Merritt, Oakland, Calif. // 1. WASHINGTON 3:30.4; 2. Wisconsin 3:31.3; 3. California 3:36.4.
The 1997 Women's Rowing Championships were the first to be officially sanctioned by the NCAA. Washington carved its name in the history books as winners of the inaugural team trophy and as the first NCAA team champion for the university.
Eight teams competed over three days for the first-of-its-kind NCAA team trophy. The original field included Washington, Brown, Dartmouth, Oregon State, Princeton, Rutgers, Virginia and Yale. Those schools had one crew in each of three contested races - the first varsity eight, second varsity eight and varsity four - to compile team team points towards the trophy. In addition, 16 schools were represented as at-large entries contending for individual titles.
Washington's varsity four and junior varsity eight each posted second place finishes in its races, providing a slim five-point lead over Princeton in the team standings heading into to the women's varsity eight championship final. The Husky varsity responded with a wire-to-wire victory, finishing more than six seconds ahead of second place Massachusetts. Princeton, which needed to beat Washington to win the team title, finished in third place, 7.4 seconds behind the Huskies.
The Huskies compiled 201 points to win the NCAA trophy - the first of its kind for the university. Washington teams have had NCAA individual champions and the men's and womeni's crews and Husky football teams have all won non-NCAA sponsored national titles.
Kelly Horton and Sabina Telenska (above left) are all smiles upon their return to Seattle with Washington's first NCAA team championship trophy.
The varsity crew (above right) poses with its championship trophy after a post-race victory dunk in Lake Natoma.
The Husky varsity (below right) won its grand final in open water.
1998 NCAA Championships May 29-30 - Lake Lanier - Gainesville, Ga. Hosted by the University of Central Florida and Lake Lanier Rowing Club
