No. 1-Ranked Huskies Head To Sarasota For NCAAs

Friday, May 25

Sarasota, FL

5:00 AM

University of Washington

NCAA Rowing Championships

May 19, 2018 | Women's Rowing

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UPDATED SCHEDULE (as of 5:00 p.m. PT on Thu., May 24)

The No. 1-ranked Washington women's rowing team heads to Sarasota, Fla., this week for the 2018 NCAA Rowing Championships.

The 22nd NCAA regatta will be held at Sarasota's Nathan Benderson Park, which was the venue for last year's World Championships. Racing is Friday through Sunday, May 25-27.

"There are a lot of really good teams that we haven't raced yet this year, so we are really looking forward to the heats on Friday and the opportunity to see the field," UW head coach Yasmin Farooq said. "It's so important to do well in all three boats, with the goal of advancing to the next round each day, and you can't really think beyond that.

"At NCAAs, you need to row three or four races over the course of three days, and your best one has to be your last," she added.

Last May in West Windsor, N.J., Washington became the first team ever to sweep all three grand finals at NCAAs, earning the Huskies' their fourth-ever NCAA rowing title, their first since 2001.

This year, the UW enters the championships with the No. 1-seeded entry in all three boats: the varsity eight (I Eights), second varsity eight (II Eights) and varsity four (Fours), after having won all three of those finals (as well as the third varsity eight and novice eight) at the 2018 Pac-12 Championships May 13 at Lake Natoma.

Here's the schedule of races this weekend:

Friday, May 25 – Heats (updated schedule; revised on May 24)
8:42 a.m. ET/5:42 a.m. PT – Varsity Eight, heat one (vs. Gonzaga, Yale, Princeton & Syracuse)
9:14 a.m. ET/6:14 a.m. PT – Second Varsity Eight, heat one (vs. Northeastern, USC, Iowa & Syracuse)
9:46 a.m. ET/5:46 a.m. PT – Varsity Four, heat one (vs. USC, Stanford, Brown & Gonzaga)

Saturday, May 26 – Semifinals
8:36 and 8:48 a.m. ET/5:36 and 5:48 a.m. PT – Varsity Eight, A/B semifinals
9:24 and 9:36 a.m. ET/6:24 and 6:36 a.m. PT – Second Varsity Eight, A/B semifinals
10:12 and 10:24 a.m. ET/7:12 and 7:24 a.m. PT – Varsity Four, A/B semifinals

Sunday, May 27 – Finals
10:12 a.m. ET/7:12 a.m. PT – Varsity Four, grand final
10:36 a.m. ET/7:36 a.m. PT – Second Varsity Eight, grand final
11:00 a.m. ET/8:00 a.m. PT – Varsity Eight, grand final

See the "Championship Information" link at the top right of this page for the full schedule of all heats, repechages, semifinals and finals.

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 tied 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 Twitter. You'll find the latest links to live coverage and more there. The NCAA will live stream the races in Sarasota, via its NCAA Championships Live website. Any links to live video and/or to live results will be posted on the @UW_Rowing twitter feed, as well as on the women's rowing schedule page here on GoHuskies.com.

WASHINGTON'S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS HISTORY

UW's All-Time NCAA Team Finishes
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 Event 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)*
* - set NCAA Regatta record for fours: 7:07.103

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, Margaret Phillips, Carmela Pappalardo, Phoebe Spoors, Karle Pittsinger, Bella Chilczuk, Anna Thornton, Calina Schanze)

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)

All-Time NCAA Rowing Team Championships
Brown – 7
Washington – 4
California – 3
Ohio State – 3
Virginia – 2
Stanford – 1
Harvard – 1

All-Time NCAA Rowing Event (V8+, 2V8+, V4+) Championships
Brown – 14
Washington – 12
Virginia – 9
Ohio State – 6
California – 5
Yale – 4
Princeton – 3
Michigan – 2
Stanford – 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 NCAA regatta

Junior Varsity Eight
1981
1982
1983
1987
1989
1994

Varsity Four
1987