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Stanford, Cal Poly Humboldt, Wellesley win 2023 rowing championships

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Stanford wins the 2023 DI rowing championship
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🌲 Stanford wins DI rowing championship

Stanford finally broke through to get back on top of the rowing world.

The Cardinal clinched the national championship on Sunday with a total of 129 points. Stanford finished as runners-up in the 2021 and 2022 tournament, placing behind Texas in both years.

This year's title marks the second in program history, the first coming in 2009.

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Cal Poly Humboldt wins third DII rowing national championship

The Cal Poly Humboldt Women's Rowing team clinched its third NCAA Division II National Championship on Saturday, winning gold in both the Four Grands final and the Eights Grand Final.

It marks the third national title for the Lumberjacks, who previously won the championship in 2012 and 2014.

5:13 pm, May 28, 2023

Here are the 2023 NCAA rowing champions

Stanford rowing celebrates championship

The NCAA crowned three rowing national champions this weekend at Camden County Boathouse in Pennsauken, N.J.

In Division I, Stanford took the title on Sunday after accumulating 129 points. The Cardinal had finished as runners up in 2021 and 2022.

On Saturday, Cal Poly Humboldt took home the Division II crown and Wellesley won the Division III title. It was Humboldt's first title since 2014 and third overall. Wellesley's championship was its second in a row.

Here are the final standings across all three divisions:

Division I

  1. Stanford | 129
  2. Washington | 120
  3. Princeton | 113

Division II

  1. Cal Poly Humboldt | 30
  2. Central Oklahoma | 25
  3. Seattle Pacific | 18

Division III

  1. Wellesley | 54
  2. Wesleyan | 45
  3. Tufts | 41
5:52 pm, May 27, 2023

🏆 Wellesley wins back-to-back DIII rowing titles

Wellesley won the 2023 DIII rowing championship. This is Wellesley’s second straight title and third all-time. 
12:14 pm, May 26, 2023

DI, DII, DIII rowing schedule and streams

NCAA rowing

The chase for the 2023 NCAA rowing championships begins May 26. The DI championship concludes May 28 while DII and DIII wrap up May 27. Each session can be watched live here on NCAA.com. Below you'll find the complete schedule and streaming links for all three division championships. 

Division I 

Division II 

Division III

Rewatch the DI, DII and DIII sessions by clicking or tapping here.

2023 rowing championship: day one recap

 

10:30 pm, May 16, 2023

NCAA DI women’s rowing championship selections

INDIANAPOLIS—The NCAA Division I Women’s Rowing Committee has selected the teams that will compete in the 2023 NCAA Division I women’s rowing championship.

The championship will be held May 26-28 at Cooper River Park in Pennsauken, New Jersey, with Temple University and Camden County Boathouse, serving as hosts. 

The team championship is composed of 22 teams.  Eleven conferences were awarded automatic qualification, and the remaining eleven slots were filled with at-large selections to complete the championship field.  Teams qualifying for the championship are required to field two boats of eight rowers and one boat of four rowers.  For the I Eights, II Eights and Fours, all 22 boats will be seeded into four heats.

The following teams were selected:  

Automatic qualifiers:

Conference school
American Athletic Conference SMU
Atlantic 10 Conference George Washington
Atlantic Coast Conference Virginia
Big 12 Conference Texas
Big Ten Conference Michigan
Colonial Athletic Conference Northeastern
The Ivy League Princeton
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Jacksonville
Pac-12 Conference Stanford
Patriot League Navy
West Coast Conference Gonzaga

At-Large Selections:
Brown
California
Duke
Indiana
Ohio State
Pennsylvania
Rutgers
Southern California
Syracuse
Washington 
Yale

The seeding for each boat classification is as follows:

seed I Eights seed II Eights seed Fours
1 Princeton 1 Yale 1 Texas
2 Texas 2 Princeton 2 Yale
3 Stanford 3 Texas 3 Brown
4 Pennsylvania 4 Washington 4 Stanford
5 Yale 5 Stanford 5 Princeton
6 Brown 6 Pennsylvania 6 Virginia
7 Syracuse 7 California 7 Washington
8 Washington 8 Ohio State 8 California
9 Virginia 9 Brown 9 Duke
10 Michigan 10 SMU 10 SMU
11 California 11 Virginia 11 Michigan
12 SMU 12 Duke 12 Ohio State
13 Indiana 13 Michigan 13 Syracuse
14 Ohio State 14 Syracuse 14 Southern California
15 Duke 15 Rutgers 15 Pennsylvania
16 Southern California 16 Southern California 16 Rutgers
17 Rutgers 17 Indiana 17 Indiana
18 Northeastern 18 Northeastern 18 Gonzaga
19 Gonzaga 19 George Washington 19 Navy
20 Navy 20 Gonzaga 20 Northeastern
21 George Washington 21 Navy 21 Jacksonville
22 Jacksonville 22 Jacksonville 22 George Washington

 


In 2022, Texas claimed its second consecutive rowing national title at the NCAA Division I Women’s Rowing Championships at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota. For all the latest news, results and a webcast of all races at the NCAA Championships, visit NCAA.com.

9:26 pm, May 16, 2023

2023 NCAA DII women's rowing championship selections

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division II Women’s Rowing Committee has selected the institutions that will compete in the 2023 NCAA Division II Women’s Rowing Championship.

The championships will be held May 26-27 at Cooper River Park in Pennsauken, New Jersey with Temple University and Camden County Boathouse, serving as hosts.

The team championship is composed of six teams. Each team is required to field one boat of eight rowers and one boat of four rowers. The institutions selected were: Cal Poly Humboldt, Central Oklahoma; Embry-Riddle (Florida), Thomas Jefferson University, Seattle Pacific; and Western Washington.

2023 Heat/Lane Assignments

EIGHTS: Heat A

School

Lane

Embry-Riddle (Florida)

2

Cal Poly Humboldt

3

Western Washington

4

 EIGHTS: Heat B

School

Lane

Thomas Jefferson

2

Central Oklahoma

3

Seattle Pacific

4

FOURS: Heat A

School

Lane

Thomas Jefferson

2

Central Oklahoma

3

Seattle Pacific

4

FOURS: Heat B

School

Lane

Embry-Riddle (Florida)

2

Western Washington

3

Cal Poly Humboldt

4

In 2022, Mercyhurst captured its third national title at the NCAA Division II Women’s Rowing Championships held at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota.

🚣🏼‍♀️ All you need to know about the 2022 rowing championships

For all the latest news, results and a webcast of all races at the NCAA Championships, visit NCAA.com.

8:32 pm, May 16, 2023

2023 DIII rowing championship selections

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division III Women’s Rowing Committee has selected the institutions that will compete in the 2023 NCAA Division III Women’s Rowing Championship.

The championships will be held May 26-27 at Cooper River Park in Pennsauken, New Jersey, with Temple University and Camden County Boathouse, serving as hosts.

The team championship is composed of eight teams. Each team is required to field two boats of eight rowers and a coxswain. Automatic qualification (AQ) is granted to four conferences, which form “Pool A.” The remaining four teams are selected from “Pool C,” which is teams in conferences with automatic bids that did not win their conference’s AQ and the remaining Pool B institutions.

Conferences receiving automatic qualification are as follows:

Conference

Liberty League

Mid-Atlantic Rowing Conference

New England Small College Athletic Conference

New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference

Automatic Qualifier Team

Ithaca

Washington College

Williams

Wellesley

Pool C

Bates

Lewis & Clark

Tufts

Wesleyan (Connecticut)

In 2022, Wellesley captured its second national title at the NCAA Division III Women’s Rowing Championships held at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota. For all the latest news, results and a webcast of all races at the NCAA Championships, visit NCAA.com.

HEAT/LANE ASSIGNMENTS

(USING CHEVRON)

I EIGHTS: Heat A

School/Lane

Ithaca 2

Wellesley 3

Bates 4

Lewis & Clark 5

I EIGHTS: Heat B

School/Lane

Wesleyan (CT) 2

Williams 3

Tufts 4

Washington Coll. 5

II EIGHTS: Heat A

School/Lane

Williams 2

Wesleyan (CT) 3

Wellesley 4

Washington Coll. 5

II EIGHTS: Heat B

School/Lane

Ithaca 2

Bates 3

Tufts 4

Lewis & Clark 5

3:35 pm, May 10, 2023

Past DI champions

Year Champion Points Runner-Up Points Host or Site
2022 Texas 124 Stanford 124 Sarasota, Fla.
2021 Texas 126 Stanford 126 Sarasota, Fla.
2020 Canceled due to Covid-19 -- -- -- --
2019 Washington 132 Texas 125 Indianapolis
2018 California 130 Washington 128 Sarasota, Fla.
2017 Washington 132 California 123 West Windsor, N.J.
2016 California 129 Ohio State 126 Gold River, Calif.
2015 Ohio State 126 California 114 Gold River, Calif.
2014 Ohio State 126 California 118 Indianapolis
2013 Ohio State 126 California 124 Indianapolis
2012 Virginia 87 Michigan 82 West Windsor, N.J.
2011 Brown 85 Stanford 85 Gold River, Calif.
2010 Virginia 87 California 82 Lake Natoma, Calif.
2009 Stanford 88 California 85 Cherry Hill, N.J.
2008 Brown 67 Washington 59 Sacramento, Calif.
2007 Brown 58 Virginia 54 Knoxville, Tenn.
2006 California 66 Brown 66 West Windsor, N.J.
2005 California 67 Virginia 63 Sacramento, Calif.
2004 Brown 70 Yale 58 Sacramento, Calif.
2003 Harvard 59 Brown 57 Indianapolis, Ind.
2002 Brown 67 Washington 63 Indianapolis, Ind.
2001 Washington 58 Michigan 53 Gainesville, Ga.
2000 Brown 59 Washington 55 Cherry Hill, N.J.
1999 Brown 56 Virginia 56 Sacramento, Calif.
1998 Washington 91 Brown 85 Gainesville, Ga.
1997 Washington 201 Princeton 184 Sacramento, Calif.
3:35 pm, May 10, 2023

Past DII champions

Year Champion Points Runner-Up Points Host or Site
2022 Mercyhurst 30 Western Washington 19 Sarasota, Fla.
2021 Central Oklahoma 20 Mercyhurst 15 Sarasota, Fla.
2020 Canceled due to Covid-19 -- -- -- --
2019 Central Oklahoma 30 Florida Tech 23 Indianapolis
2018 Central Oklahoma 18 Western Washington 14 Sarasota, Fla.
2017 Western Washington 17 Central Oklahoma 16 West Windsor, N.J.
2016 Barry 20 Central Oklahoma 15 Gold River, Calif.
2015 Barry 20 Mercyhurst 15 Gold River, Calif.
2014 Humboldt State 16 Nova Southeastern 15 Indianapolis
2013 Nova Southeastern 20 Barry 15 Indianapolis
2012 Humboldt State 20 Western Washington 13 West Windsor, N.J.
2011 Western Washington 20 Mercyhurst 13 Gold River, Calif.
2010 Western Washington 20 Seattle Pacific 11 Lake Natoma, Calif.
2009 Western Washington 18 Mercyhurst 13 Cherry Hill, N.J.
2008 Western Washington 20 UC San Diego 15 Lake Natoma, Calif.
2007 Western Washington 20 UC San Diego 11 Knoxville, Tenn.
2006 Western Washington 20 Barry 15 West Windsor, N.J.
2005 Western Washington 20 Mercyhurst 12 Sacramento
2004 Mercyhurst 18 Humboldt State 17 Sacramento
2003 UC Davis 20 Western Washington 15 Indianapolis
2002 UC Davis 50 Western Washington 45 Indianapolis
3:34 pm, May 10, 2023

Past DIII champions

Year Champion Coach Points Runner-Up Points Host or Site
2022 Wellesley Tessa Spillane 51 Bates 50 Sarasota, Fla.
2021 Bates Peter Steenstra 42 Hamilton 33 Sarasota, Fla.
2020 Canceled due to Covid-19          
2019 Bates Peter Steenstra 46 WPI 41 Indianapolis, Ind.
2018 Bates Peter Steenstra 56 Wellesley 45 Sarasota, Fla.
2017 Bates Peter Steenstra 39 Williams 38 West Windsor, N.J.
2016 Wellesley Tessa Spillane 40 Bates 36 Gold River, Calif.
2015 Bates Peter Steenstra 39 Trinity (Conn.) 38 Gold River, Calif.
2014 Trinity (Conn.) Wesley Ng 40 Williams 33 Indianapolis
2013 Williams Kate Maloney 42 Bates 35 Indianapolis
2012 Williams Kate Maloney 42 Bates 37 West Windsor, N.J.
2011 Williams Brad Hemmerly 19 Bates 16 Gold River, Calif.
2010 Williams Justin Moore 26 Bates 19 Gold River, Calif.
2009 Williams Justin Moore 24 Bates 19 Cherry Hill, N.J.
2008 Williams Justin Moore 25 Trinity (Conn.) 21 Gold River, Calif.
2007 Williams Justin Moore 18 Trinity (Conn.) 16 Oak Ridge, Tenn.
2006 Williams Justin Moore 21 Ithaca 15 West Windsor, N.J.
2005 *Ithaca Becky Robinson 10 Smith 10 Gold River, Calif.
2004 Ithaca Becky Robinson 7 Smith 10 Gold River, Calif.
2003 Colby Stew Stokes 10 Puget Sound 12 Indianapolis
2002 Williams Justin Moore 9 Colby 11 Indianapolis

*Awarded championship based on higher finish in grand final.

3:25 pm, May 8, 2023
2022 rowing championship: day two recap
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2:57 pm, May 8, 2023

Championship selections are May 16

The selections for the 2023 NCAA rowing championships will stream live here on NCAA.com on Tuesday, May 16. Full selections will also be published in articles on NCAA.com after the show.

Here's the schedule for the selection live streams, all times Eastern:

  • DIII: 4:30 p.m.
  • DII: 5:30 p.m. 
  • DI: 6:30 p.m.

The championships for all divisions, which also stream live on NCAA.com, are May 26-28 at Camden County Boathouse in Pennsauken, New Jersey.