Washington's women's rowing team will compete at the 2024 NCAA Championships May 31-June 2 in Bethel, Ohio, as the NCAA announced the 22-team field for the regatta today.
 
The Huskies, under eight-year head coach Yasmin Farooq, earned the No. 10 seed in the first varsity eight, the No. 7 seed in the second eight and the No. 8 seed in the varsity four.
 
Heats, which are held on the first day (Fri., May 31), are arranged based on those seedings. Here is the schedule for Washington:
 
Friday, May 31, Heats
10:00 a.m. ET/7:00 a.m. PT – Varsity Eight, heat two
Lanes 1-5: Northeastern, Washington, Stanford, Yale, Virginia
 
10:48 a.m. ET/7:48 a.m. PT – Second Varsity Eight, heat two
Lanes 1-5: Boston U, Michigan, Tennessee, Washington, Duke
 
11:24 a.m. ET/8:24 a.m. PT – Varsity Four, heat one
Lanes 1-5: Syracuse, Ohio State, Stanford, Washington, Gonzaga
 
Semifinals are Saturday, June 1 starting at 8:12 a.m. ET and ending at 10:24 a.m. ET. The grand finals are set for Sunday, June 2, 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.
 
Washington will compete at NCAAs for the 27th time in the 27-year history of the event (of course, there was no NCAA regatta in 2020). Only the UW, Brown and Princeton have earned invitations to all 27 championships.
 
Last year, Washington finished second overall at the NCAA Championships, finishing second to first-place Stanford in both the first and second eights finals, and second in the fours petite final (eighth place overall). The Huskies finished fourth in 2022, and in a three-way tie for first in 2021 (UW finished third after tie-breakers were employed).
 
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.
 
This year, the NCAA Championships will be held at Harsha Lake in Bethel, Ohio, near Cincinnati, for the first time ever. Harsha Lake was a frequent home to national championship regattas, for men and women, prior to the NCAA's sponsorship of the sport.
 
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. Texas
2. Stanford
3. Princeton
4. Tennessee
5. California
6. Pennsylvania
7. Yale
8. Syracuse
9. Brown
10. Washington
11. Michigan
12. Indiana 
13. Ohio State
14. Rutgers
15. Virginia
16. Duke
17. Gonzaga
18. Northeastern
19. Boston U
20. Rhode Island
21. SMU
22. Jacksonville