Friday, May 29
Gainesville, Ga.
Rutgers University
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NCAA Championships
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#10 Women's Rowing Ready For NCAA Championships
May 27 | Women's Rowing
PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The #10 Rutgers women's rowing team is ready for the 2026 NCAA Championships set for May 29-31 at Lake Lanier Olympic Park in Gainesville, Georgia.
The national championship regatta is a three-day event, racing each team's varsity eight, second varsity eight, and varsity four boats. Rutgers was one of 12 at-large bids to compete in the 22-team field marking the seventh straight appearance and eighth overall for the Scarlet Knights.
Championship Central
Video: NCAA.com
Live Results
Friday, May 29
1V8
2V8
1V4
Saturday, May 30
Sunday, May 31
Rutgers rowing finished in eighth place as a team at the 2025 NCAA Championships, marking its second-highest national finish in program history.
The Varsity 4 finished fifth in the grand final to record the boat's best national finish at the NCAA Championships. The Scarlet Knights were just 2.3 seconds away from the program's first national medal, and were a minuscule three-hundredths of a second behind fourth-place Yale. The fifth-place finish also matched Rutgers' overall best boat finish at NCAA's, joining the Varsity 8's fifth place in 2021.
The Varsity 8 took second in its petite final to grab eighth place. RU was bow ball to bow ball with Indiana throughout the race, with the Hoosiers edging the Scarlet Knights at the 1,000 and 1,500-meter marks on the 2,000-meter course. Rutgers finished strong to take Indiana at the line by a half-second.
The Second Varsity 8 finished 2025 in winning fashion, taking the C final race by 2.4 seconds over runner-up UCF for 20 championship points. RU took the lead by the halfway point and never relinquished, holding off UCF and Pennsylvania.
The Scarlet Knights finished second for the second-straight season at the 2026 Big Ten Championships. Rutgers' Third Varsity 8 claimed a Big Ten title as the Scarlet Knights claimed silver in its six other races. The Third Varsity 8's title marked RU's first Big Ten Championship in the event and fourth boat to win gold at the championships, joining the Fourth Varsity 8 in 2022 and the Third Varsity 4 in 2023 and 2024.
Five Scarlet Knights earned All-Big Ten Honors. First Team All-Big Ten went to Chiara Saccomando, Lily Wood and Elena Moran. Wood picked up third-team honors for the third-straight year, while Saccomando landed on her second all-conference team after earning second team last season. All-Big Ten Second Team honors went to Fallon DeWitt and Beatrice Colclough.All five were members of the runner-up Varsity 8 boat that took silver for the second-straight season.
Juliann Northrop, Megan Pruitt and Hannah Roetger were named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team in a vote of the league's 11 head coaches following the championship.Pruitt was the coxswain of the Second Varsity 8 that captured silver at the championships. The Scarlet Knights placed second behind #4 Washington and finished a boat length ahead of third-place #15 Michigan. Northrop rowed in the two-seat and Roetger was in the three-seat of RU's Varsity 4 that also claimed silver. The two Scarlet Knights helped the boat to a second-place finish, 4.886 seconds behind #4 Washington, and topped #14 Ohio State by over eight seconds.
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The national championship regatta is a three-day event, racing each team's varsity eight, second varsity eight, and varsity four boats. Rutgers was one of 12 at-large bids to compete in the 22-team field marking the seventh straight appearance and eighth overall for the Scarlet Knights.
| ABOUT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS |
Championship Central
Video: NCAA.com
Live Results
Friday, May 29
| 9:48 a.m. | I Eights Heat 1 |
| 10:00 a.m. | I Eights Heat 2 |
| 10:12 a.m. | I Eights Heat 3 |
| 10:24 a.m. | I Eights Heat 4 |
| 10:36 a.m. | II Eights Heat 1 |
| 10:48 a.m. | II Eights Heat 2 |
| 11:00 a.m. | II Eights Heat 3 |
| 11:12 a.m. | II Eights Heat 4 |
| 11:24 a.m. | Fours Heat 1 |
| 11:36 a.m. | Fours Heat 2 |
| 11:48 a.m. | Fours Heat 3 |
| Noon | Fours Heat 4 |
1V8
| Lane | Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Heat 3 | Heat 4 |
| 1 | Michigan | Boston U. | Northeastern | UMass |
| 2 | Washington | UCF | Brown | Rutgers |
| 3 | Tennessee | Texas | Stanford | Princeton |
| 4 | Syracuse | Cal | Virginia | Yale |
| 5 | Oregon State | Ohio State | Columbia | Miami (FL) |
| 6 | Jacksonville | Rhode Island |
2V8
| Lane | Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Heat 3 | Heat 4 |
| 1 | UCF | Northeastern | Boston U | UMass |
| 2 | Syracuse | Cal | Miami (FL) | Rutgers |
| 3 | Stanford | Texas | Virginia | Princeton |
| 4 | Tennessee | Brown | Yale | Washington |
| 5 | Ohio State | Columbia | Oregon State | Michigan |
| 6 | Jacksonville | Rhode Island |
1V4
| Lane | Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Heat 3 | Heat 4 |
| 1 | Columbia | Boston U. | Northeastern | Jacksonville |
| 2 | Brown | Cal | Princeton | Oregon State |
| 3 | Stanford | Texas | Washington | Rutgers |
| 4 | UCF | Yale | Virginia | Tennessee |
| 5 | Miami (FL) | Michigan | Ohio State | Syracuse |
| 6 | Rhode Island | UMass |
Saturday, May 30
| 8:12 a.m. | I Eights C/D Semifinals |
| 8:24 a.m. | I Eights C/D Semifinal |
| 8:36 a.m. | I Eights A/B Semifinals |
| 8:48 a.m. | I Eights A/B Semifinals |
| 9:00 a.m. | II Eights C/D Semifinals |
| 9:12 a.m. | II Eights C/D Semifinals |
| 9:24 a.m. | II Eights A/B Semifinals |
| 9:36 a.m. | II Eights A/B Semifinals |
| 9:48 a.m. | Fours C/D Semifinals |
| 10:00 am. | Fours C/D Semifinals |
| 10:12 a.m. | Fours A/B Semifinals |
| 10:24 a.m. | Fours A/B Semifinals |
Sunday, May 31
| 8:12 a.m. | Fours D Final (places 19-22) |
| 8:24 a.m. | Fours C Final (places 13-18) |
| 8:36 a.m. | II Eights D Final (places 19-22) |
| 8:48 a.m. | II Eights C Final (places 13-18) |
| 9:00 a.m. | I Eights D Final (places 19-22) |
| 9:12 a.m. | I Eights C Final (places 13-18) |
| 9:24 a.m. | Fours Petite Final (places 7-12) |
| 9:36 a.m. | Fours Grand Final (places 1-6) |
| 9:48 a.m. | II Eights Petite Final (places 7-12) |
| 10:00 am. | II Eights Grand Final (places 1-6) |
| 10:12 a.m. | I Eights Petite Final (places 7-12) |
| 10:24 a.m. | I Eights Grand Final (places 1-6) |
| CRCA TOP 25 POLL |
| 1. | Tennessee |
| 2. | Stanford |
| 3. | Texas |
| 4. | Washington |
| 5. | Princeton |
| 6. | Virginia |
| 7. | Yale |
| 8. | Cal |
| 9. | Brown |
| 10. | Rutgers |
| 11. | Syracuse |
| 12. | UCF |
| 13. | Miami |
| 14. | Ohio State |
| 15. | Michigan |
| 16. | Duke |
| 17. | Columbia |
| 18. | Alabama |
| 19. | UCLA |
| 20. | Oregon State |
| 21. | Dartmouth |
| 22. | Harvard-Radcliffe |
| 23. | North Carolina |
| 24. | Oklahoma |
| 25. | Indiana |
| RUTGERS IN THE POLLS |
- Week Eleven (May 19) - #10
- Week Ten (May 12) - #12
- Week Nine (May 5) - #12
- Week Eight (Apr. 28) - #12
- Week Seven (Apr. 21) - #12
- Week Six (Apr. 14) - #12
- Week Five (Apr. 7) - #11
- Week Four (Mar. 31) - #11
- Week Three (Mar. 24) - #8
- Week Two (Mar. 17) - #8
- Week One (Mar. 10) - #8
- Preseason (Mar. 3) - #9
| LAST TIME AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS |
Rutgers rowing finished in eighth place as a team at the 2025 NCAA Championships, marking its second-highest national finish in program history.
The Varsity 4 finished fifth in the grand final to record the boat's best national finish at the NCAA Championships. The Scarlet Knights were just 2.3 seconds away from the program's first national medal, and were a minuscule three-hundredths of a second behind fourth-place Yale. The fifth-place finish also matched Rutgers' overall best boat finish at NCAA's, joining the Varsity 8's fifth place in 2021.
The Varsity 8 took second in its petite final to grab eighth place. RU was bow ball to bow ball with Indiana throughout the race, with the Hoosiers edging the Scarlet Knights at the 1,000 and 1,500-meter marks on the 2,000-meter course. Rutgers finished strong to take Indiana at the line by a half-second.
The Second Varsity 8 finished 2025 in winning fashion, taking the C final race by 2.4 seconds over runner-up UCF for 20 championship points. RU took the lead by the halfway point and never relinquished, holding off UCF and Pennsylvania.
| BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP RECAP |
The Scarlet Knights finished second for the second-straight season at the 2026 Big Ten Championships. Rutgers' Third Varsity 8 claimed a Big Ten title as the Scarlet Knights claimed silver in its six other races. The Third Varsity 8's title marked RU's first Big Ten Championship in the event and fourth boat to win gold at the championships, joining the Fourth Varsity 8 in 2022 and the Third Varsity 4 in 2023 and 2024.
Five Scarlet Knights earned All-Big Ten Honors. First Team All-Big Ten went to Chiara Saccomando, Lily Wood and Elena Moran. Wood picked up third-team honors for the third-straight year, while Saccomando landed on her second all-conference team after earning second team last season. All-Big Ten Second Team honors went to Fallon DeWitt and Beatrice Colclough.All five were members of the runner-up Varsity 8 boat that took silver for the second-straight season.
Juliann Northrop, Megan Pruitt and Hannah Roetger were named to the Big Ten All-Freshman Team in a vote of the league's 11 head coaches following the championship.Pruitt was the coxswain of the Second Varsity 8 that captured silver at the championships. The Scarlet Knights placed second behind #4 Washington and finished a boat length ahead of third-place #15 Michigan. Northrop rowed in the two-seat and Roetger was in the three-seat of RU's Varsity 4 that also claimed silver. The two Scarlet Knights helped the boat to a second-place finish, 4.886 seconds behind #4 Washington, and topped #14 Ohio State by over eight seconds.
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