NCAA Division I Rowing Championship

NCAA Division I Rowing Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2015 NCAA Division I Rowing Championship
Sport College rowing
Founded 1997
No. of teams 22
Country United States
Most recent
champion(s)		 Ohio State (3)
Official website NCAA.com

The NCAA Division I Rowing Championship is a rowing championship held by the NCAA for Division I women's heavyweight (or openweight) collegiate crews. It was first held in 1997. In 2002, the NCAA added championships for Division II and Division III. All races are 2,000 meters long. The NCAA does not sponsor men's rowing (both heavyweight and lightweight) and women's lightweight rowing championships.[1]

Championship

The NCAA Division I Women's Rowing Championships have three events (I Eights, II Eights, Fours), and twenty-two teams compete. Eleven teams are selected through automatic qualification based on conference results. An additional eleven at-large teams are selected by the NCAA Rowing Committee. In previous years an additional, four at-large I Eights are selected. As of 2009 all bids must be full teams. Teams are awarded points by their final placing in each event. The NCAA Champion is determined by the team which accumulates the most points. When teams are tied for points after the three events, the NCAA champion is determined by the team with the higher placing in the I Eight event.

At-large participants in the championships are selected by the NCAA Division I Women’s Rowing Committee. The following criteria are used in selecting teams and individual boats:

Champions

NCAA Champions

NCAA Division I Rowing Championships
Year Site Team Champions Individual Events
Team Score Runner-Up Score Fours Champion II Eights Champion I Eights Champion
1997
Details		 Rancho Cordova, CA Washington 201 Princeton 184 Brown Princeton Washington
1998
Details		 Gainesville, GA Washington 91 Princeton 85 USC Virginia Washington
1999
Details		 Rancho Cordova, CA Brown 56 Virginia 56 Washington Virginia Brown
2000
Details		 Camden, NJ Brown 59 Washington 55 Washington Brown Brown
2001
Details		 Gainesville, GA Washington 58 Michigan 53 Washington Michigan Washington
2002
Details		 Indianapolis, IN Brown 67 Washington 63 Brown Washington Washington
2003
Details		 Indianapolis, IN Harvard 59 Brown 57 Brown Brown Harvard
2004
Details		 Gold River, CA Brown 70 Yale 58 Virginia Brown Brown
2005
Details		 Gold River, CA California 67 Virginia 63 Virginia Virginia California
2006
Details		 West Windsor, NJ California 66 Brown 66 Brown Brown Princeton
2007
Details		 Oak Ridge, TN Brown 58 Virginia 54 Virginia Minnesota Yale
2008
Details		 Gold River, CA Brown 67 Washington 59 Washington Brown Yale
2009
Details		 Cherry Hill, NJ Stanford 88 California 85 Clemson Yale Stanford
2010
Details		 Gold River, CA Virginia 87 California 82 Virginia Brown Yale
2011
Details		 Gold River, CA Brown 85 Stanford 85 California Stanford Princeton
2012
Details		 West Windsor, NJ Virginia 87 Michigan 82 Ohio State Michigan Virginia
2013
Details		 Indianapolis, IN Ohio State 126 California 124 Ohio State Ohio State California
2014
Details		 Indianapolis, IN Ohio State 126 California 118 California Ohio State Ohio State
2015
Details		 Gold River, CA Ohio State 126 California 114 Virginia Brown Ohio State
2016
Details		 Gold River, CA California 129 Ohio State 126 Ohio State California California
2017
Details		 West Windsor, NJ
2018
Details		 Sarasota, FL

Team titles

Team Number Years Won
Brown 7 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2011
Ohio State 3 2013, 2014, 2015
Washington 3 1997, 1998, 2001
California 3 2005, 2006, 2016
Virginia 2 2010, 2012
Harvard 1 2003
Stanford 1 2009

Prior Championships

The first women’s collegiate championship was held in 1980 at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. National champions were declared from the varsity eight race. California won the first collegiate championship. Below is a list of Women’s National Collegiate varsity eight champions:

(Source: Washington Crew Press Guide)

Prior to 1980, college boats entered the National Women’s Rowing Association National Championships (what is now the USRowing National Championships). Below is a list of NWRA open eights champions from 1971-1979 (no eights prior to 1971). The top college finisher is in parentheses:

Winning crews

I Eight

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/rowing_champs_records/2012-13/2012d1rowing.pdf
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