CHERRY HILL, N.J. – No. 14 Rutgers rowing launches the 2024 season on Sat., March 23 at 8 a.m. in the Big Ten/Ivy League Dust Up against Harvard, Ohio State, Penn, Syracuse, and Yale on the Cooper River. The season opener pits the Scarlet Knights against some of the top teams in the country, including No. 5 Yale, No. 8 Penn, No. 11 Ohio State, No. 12 Syracuse, and No. 19 Harvard.
The Scarlet Knights will race Ohio State and Yale in the morning session, including one race against a Penn boat, before taking on Penn and Harvard in the afternoon.
The Dust Up marks the first of three consecutive regattas for the Scarlet Knights in the state of New Jersey. Next week, RU returns to the Cooper River for the annual Doc Hosea Invitational, then takes on the Ivy League Invitational in Princeton on April 12-13. That will be the team's final competition in New Jersey before travels to Florida, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, and Ohio to finish up the season.
Rutgers returns 14 of the 23 athletes that competed in the three NCAA Championships boats in 2023, when RU placed 15th in the country with all three boats racing to second-place finishes in the C finals (14th overall). Among the returners is a member of the inaugural CRCA Athletes to Watch list, junior coxswain
Victoria Grieder.
The NCAA Championships last spring marked the fourth consecutive appearance for the Scarlet Knights at the national regatta. Rutgers entered the national championships with just nine returners from 2022's NCAA boats, with the strong depth of NCAA newcomers keeping the trend of Rutgers outracing its seeding heading into the NCAA Championships. All three 14th-place boats finished ahead of their seed (V8 - 17th, 2V8 - 15th, V4 - 16th).
Rutgers placed fourth at the 2023 Big Ten Championship winning four medals at the conference regatta and claiming Big Ten gold for a second-straight year after the 3rd Varsity 4 won its championship race. The Varsity 8 placed fourth, while the 2nd Varsity 8 and Varsity 4 raced to bronze medals, matching their best results at the Big Ten Championships.
2024 Big Ten/Ivy League Duals - Schedule
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Time
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Event
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Lane 2
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Lane 3
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Lane 4
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Lane 5
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7:45
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V4
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Ohio State
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Yale
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Rutgers
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7:55
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V4
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Syracuse
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Penn
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Indiana
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Harvard
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8:05
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2V
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Ohio State
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Yale
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Rutgers
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8:15
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2V
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Syracuse
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Penn
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Indiana
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Harvard
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8:25
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1V
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Ohio State
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Yale
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Rutgers
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8:35
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1V
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Syracuse
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Penn
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Indiana
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Harvard
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8:45
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2V4
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Ohio State
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Yale
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Rutgers
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8:55
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2V4
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Syracuse
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Penn
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Indiana
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Harvard
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9:05
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3V
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Ohio State
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Yale
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Rutgers
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9:15
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3V
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Syracuse
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Penn
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Harvard
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9:25
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3V4
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Rutgers
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OSU
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Rutgers
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Penn
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9:35
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4V
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Syracuse
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Rutgers
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11:00
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V4
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Yale
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Indiana
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11:10
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V4
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Syracuse
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Ohio State
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11:20
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V4
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Penn
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Rutgers
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Harvard
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11:30
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2V
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Yale
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Indiana
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Yale 3V
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11:40
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2V
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Syracuse
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Ohio State
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11:50
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2V
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Penn
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Rutgers
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Harvard
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12:00
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1V
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Yale
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Indiana
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12:10
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1V
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Syracuse
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Ohio State
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12:20
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1V
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Penn
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Rutgers
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Harvard
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12:30
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2V4
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Yale
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Indiana
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12:40
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2V4
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Syracuse
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Ohio State
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Syracuse 3V4
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Ohio State 3V4
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12:50
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2V4
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Penn
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Rutgers
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Harvard
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1:00
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3V
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Rutgers
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Penn
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Harvard
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Rutgers 4V
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1:10
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3V
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Syracuse
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Ohio State
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Syracuse 4V
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1:20
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4V4
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Rutgers 3V4
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Penn
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Rutgers 4V4
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