Friday, May 31
Bethel, Ohio
9:00 AM
Rutgers University
vs
NCAA Championships - Day 1
No. 13 Rowing Takes on the 2024 NCAA Championships
May 30 | Women's Rowing
Scarlet Knights make their fifth consecutive appearance at the national regatta after finishing 15th in 2023
BETHEL, Ohio – No. 13 Rutgers rowing heads to the Midwest for the 2024 NCAA Championships beginning on Friday, May 31 through Sunday, June 2 at East Fork/Harsha Lake.
The Scarlet Knights are competing in their fifth consecutive NCAA Championships after breaking an 18-year drought in 2019 with an 11th-place finish, followed by a seventh-place team result in 2021, a 13th-place finish in 2022, and a 15th-place showing last year in New Jersey.
Last spring, Rutgers' three boats raced to second-place finishes in the C finals (14th overall) at the NCAA Championships. The Scarlet Knights entered the national championships with just nine returners from the 2022 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).
Competition on Friday begins for the Scarlet Knights at 10:12 a.m. in the third heat of the Varsity 8. The 2nd Varsity 8 will be in the third heat at 11 a.m. At 12 p.m., Rutgers will compete in the fourth heat of the Varsity 4. All times are approximate and subject to change.
The top three boats from each heat move on to Saturday's A/B semifinals. The rest move on to the C/D semifinals on Saturday.
This year's field features Boston U., Brown, California, Duke, Gonzaga, Indiana, Jacksonville, Michigan, Northeastern, Ohio State, Pennsylvania, Princeton, Rhode Island, Rutgers, SMU, Stanford, Syracuse, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Yale.
FRIDAY HEAT SCHEDULE
Schedule
Friday, May 31 – Heats
10:12 a.m. ET – Varsity 8, Heat 3
Lane 1: Boston U.
Lane 2: Michigan
Lane 3: Princeton
Lane 4: Pennsylvania
Lane 5: Rutgers
Lane 6: Jacksonville
11 a.m. ET – 2nd Varsity 8, Heat 3
Lane 1: Northeastern
Lane 2: Rutgers
Lane 3: Stanford
Lane 4: Princeton
Lane 5: Virginia
Lane 6: Jacksonville
12 p.m. ET – Varsity 4, Heat 4
Lane 1: SMU
Lane 2: Virginia
Lane 3: Yale
Lane 4: Brown
Lane 5: Rutgers
Lane 6: Rhode Island
SCORING
The NCAA Rowing champion is determined by total points with points assigned based on the finish in each race. The first-place finisher in the First Varsity 8 will receive 66 points with each subsequent finisher collecting three fewer points – 63 for second, 60 for third, etc. The Second Varsity 8 winner will earn 44 points with each successive finisher collecting two fewer points (42 points for second, 40 points for third, etc.) and the Fours winner will receive 22 points, with the runner-up earning 21 points, third receiving 20 points, etc. Ties will be broken based on the teams' result in the Varsity 8.
FORMAT
The top three times of each heat will automatically advance to the A/B Semifinals on Saturday with the remaining boats moving on to the C/D Semifinals on Saturday.
The results of Saturday's A/B Semifinals will determine the field competing in the Grand and Petite Finals. The top three of each A/B Semifinal will advance to the Grand Final (places 1-6) and the other six boats will move to the Petite Final (places 7-12) on Sunday.
The 10 boats that comprise the C/D Semifinals on Saturday will vie for spots in the C and D Finals on Sunday. The top six boats will advance to compete in the C Final (places 13-18), while the remaining four boats will race in the D Final (places 19-22).
HOW THEY GOT HERE
The Scarlet Knights earned one of 11 at-large bids to the NCAA Championships, making an appearance at the national regatta for the fifth consecutive season.
Rutgers finished third at the 2024 Big Ten Championships, tying for its highest finish at the conference regatta under seventh-year head coach Justin Price. RU won three medals, including a Big Ten gold for a third-consecutive year after the 3rd Varsity 4 won its race for the second-straight year. The Varsity 4 raced to silver, while the 2nd Varsity 8 claimed bronze. Two Varsity 8 members, which saw their boat finish less than a second away from a Big Ten Championships medal, were named All-Big Ten with Lily Wood taking First Team honors and Annie Wertheimer earning a Second Team distinction.
The 2024 Rutgers team returns 14 of the 23 athletes from the NCAA boats. The RU eights will be coxed by Victoria Grieder, an inaugural member of the CRCA Athletes to Watch in 2024, and Emily Mahaffy, a 2021 Second-Team All-American as a freshman and recipient of the Big Ten Postgraduate Scholarship.
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS HISTORY
Last spring, Rutgers finished the season 15th in the country with all three boats racing to second-place finishes in the C finals (14th overall) at the NCAA Championships, the fourth consecutive appearance for the Scarlet Knights at the national regatta. The Scarlet Knights entered the national championships with just nine returners from the 2022 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).
Follow Rutgers Athletics on Facebook and Twitter (@RUAthletics) for all of the latest news and updates. For specific updates regarding rowing, follow the program on Twitter (@RutgersWRowing) and Instagram (@RutgersWRowing).
The Scarlet Knights are competing in their fifth consecutive NCAA Championships after breaking an 18-year drought in 2019 with an 11th-place finish, followed by a seventh-place team result in 2021, a 13th-place finish in 2022, and a 15th-place showing last year in New Jersey.
Last spring, Rutgers' three boats raced to second-place finishes in the C finals (14th overall) at the NCAA Championships. The Scarlet Knights entered the national championships with just nine returners from the 2022 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).
Competition on Friday begins for the Scarlet Knights at 10:12 a.m. in the third heat of the Varsity 8. The 2nd Varsity 8 will be in the third heat at 11 a.m. At 12 p.m., Rutgers will compete in the fourth heat of the Varsity 4. All times are approximate and subject to change.
The top three boats from each heat move on to Saturday's A/B semifinals. The rest move on to the C/D semifinals on Saturday.
This year's field features Boston U., Brown, California, Duke, Gonzaga, Indiana, Jacksonville, Michigan, Northeastern, Ohio State, Pennsylvania, Princeton, Rhode Island, Rutgers, SMU, Stanford, Syracuse, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Yale.
FRIDAY HEAT SCHEDULE
Schedule
Friday, May 31 – Heats
10:12 a.m. ET – Varsity 8, Heat 3
Lane 1: Boston U.
Lane 2: Michigan
Lane 3: Princeton
Lane 4: Pennsylvania
Lane 5: Rutgers
Lane 6: Jacksonville
11 a.m. ET – 2nd Varsity 8, Heat 3
Lane 1: Northeastern
Lane 2: Rutgers
Lane 3: Stanford
Lane 4: Princeton
Lane 5: Virginia
Lane 6: Jacksonville
12 p.m. ET – Varsity 4, Heat 4
Lane 1: SMU
Lane 2: Virginia
Lane 3: Yale
Lane 4: Brown
Lane 5: Rutgers
Lane 6: Rhode Island
SCORING
The NCAA Rowing champion is determined by total points with points assigned based on the finish in each race. The first-place finisher in the First Varsity 8 will receive 66 points with each subsequent finisher collecting three fewer points – 63 for second, 60 for third, etc. The Second Varsity 8 winner will earn 44 points with each successive finisher collecting two fewer points (42 points for second, 40 points for third, etc.) and the Fours winner will receive 22 points, with the runner-up earning 21 points, third receiving 20 points, etc. Ties will be broken based on the teams' result in the Varsity 8.
FORMAT
The top three times of each heat will automatically advance to the A/B Semifinals on Saturday with the remaining boats moving on to the C/D Semifinals on Saturday.
The results of Saturday's A/B Semifinals will determine the field competing in the Grand and Petite Finals. The top three of each A/B Semifinal will advance to the Grand Final (places 1-6) and the other six boats will move to the Petite Final (places 7-12) on Sunday.
The 10 boats that comprise the C/D Semifinals on Saturday will vie for spots in the C and D Finals on Sunday. The top six boats will advance to compete in the C Final (places 13-18), while the remaining four boats will race in the D Final (places 19-22).
HOW THEY GOT HERE
The Scarlet Knights earned one of 11 at-large bids to the NCAA Championships, making an appearance at the national regatta for the fifth consecutive season.
Rutgers finished third at the 2024 Big Ten Championships, tying for its highest finish at the conference regatta under seventh-year head coach Justin Price. RU won three medals, including a Big Ten gold for a third-consecutive year after the 3rd Varsity 4 won its race for the second-straight year. The Varsity 4 raced to silver, while the 2nd Varsity 8 claimed bronze. Two Varsity 8 members, which saw their boat finish less than a second away from a Big Ten Championships medal, were named All-Big Ten with Lily Wood taking First Team honors and Annie Wertheimer earning a Second Team distinction.
The 2024 Rutgers team returns 14 of the 23 athletes from the NCAA boats. The RU eights will be coxed by Victoria Grieder, an inaugural member of the CRCA Athletes to Watch in 2024, and Emily Mahaffy, a 2021 Second-Team All-American as a freshman and recipient of the Big Ten Postgraduate Scholarship.
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS HISTORY
Last spring, Rutgers finished the season 15th in the country with all three boats racing to second-place finishes in the C finals (14th overall) at the NCAA Championships, the fourth consecutive appearance for the Scarlet Knights at the national regatta. The Scarlet Knights entered the national championships with just nine returners from the 2022 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).
- 15th overall in 2023
- V8 - 14th
- 2V8 - 14th
- V4 - 14th
- 13th overall in 2022
- V8 – 13th
- 2V8 – 13th
- V4 – 9th
- 7th overall in 2021
- V8 – 5th
- 2V8 – 10th
- V4 – 7th
- 11th overall in 2019
- V8 – 10th
- 2V8 – 14th
- V4 – 10th
| Rank | Team | Points | Previous Ranking |
| 1 | University of Texas | 2618 | 1 |
| 2 | Stanford University | 2513 | 2 |
| 3 | University of Tennessee | 2246 | 5 |
| 4 | Princeton University | 2217 | 3 |
| 5 | Yale University | 1972 | 6 |
| 6 | University of California, Berkeley | 1965 | 4 |
| 7 | University of Washington | 1897 | 8 |
| 8 | Brown University | 1857 | 7 |
| 9 | University of Michigan | 1655 | 9 |
| 10 | Syracuse University | 1562 | 10 |
| 11 | University of Pennsylvania | 1392 | 11 |
| 12 | Indiana University | 1206 | 14 |
| 13 | Rutgers University | 1175 | 13 |
| 14 | University of Virginia | 1147 | 16 |
| 15 | The Ohio State University | 1018 | 12 |
| 16 | Duke University | 718 | 15 |
| 17 | Oregon State University | 633 | ORV |
| 18 | University of Notre Dame | 421 | ORV |
| 19 | University of Alabama | 280 | 19 |
| 20 | Harvard-Radcliffe | 245 | 20 |
Follow Rutgers Athletics on Facebook and Twitter (@RUAthletics) for all of the latest news and updates. For specific updates regarding rowing, follow the program on Twitter (@RutgersWRowing) and Instagram (@RutgersWRowing).
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